Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Im looking forward to the weekend. If youve got something planned, then I hope it goes very well indeed. Well be talking about Scunthorpe United on the programme tonight. They have a big game, of course, coming up against Nottingham Forest. The Iron sold over nine thousand tickets. Well have a bit on that on the programme tonight.
Also on the programme, we'll be speaking to one young mum, whose fiancé is risking life and limb serving in Basra. Plus we'll have the latest on the Christopher Laverack murder case. And we'll be speaking with the Skegness man, suffering from kidney cancer, who tonight on Look North will be giving a heartfelt plea to the NHS to give him the drug that could save his life. Also on the programme, well have something for the old rockers in the region. Well be stepping back in time to when Jimi Hendrix was rocking the region forty years ago. And well meet the woman, who needs a little help from me to stop her turkey eating her garden. More on that later. And of course Paul will have the forecast for us and will be letting us know if we can get out and about in our gardens this weekend! If, of course, youre lucky enough to have one!! Weekend As I say, if youve got something planned at the weekend, then I hope it goes very well indeed. Thanks for all the emails this week. Its been a very lively week, with a huge response last night. We were talking about tail docking for dogs last night on the programme. I had a lot of emails and phone messages about that one. Well have some of your thoughts on the programme tonight about tail docking. And of course, Crufts got under way yesterday. There was coverage of the annual dog show in the Birmingham NEC last night on the TV. Well see a record twenty-two thousand dogs under one roof during the dog show. It doesnt bear thinking about does it? Thanks for the response on the tail docking story. Also this week, weve talked about the problems of our seaside resorts and whether or not theyre run down. Last night, we were talking about coastal erosion. And just a reminder that we will have some coverage of our seaside resorts and debate about whether or not they are run down in the Politics Show on Sunday morning. If you want to tune in and find out more, then its on BBC One at half past eleven on Sunday morning. Head A headmistress has banned parents from a primary school playground citing health and safety! Mothers and fathers have traditionally entered the grounds to drop off and collect their children. Thats perfectly normal you might think. Well, according to the school, adults were obscuring teachers views of the children in the playground. To prevent this, mothers and fathers were told they must wait outside the gates or face legal action for trespassing. Parents were so incensed when the ban began on Monday that the police were called to the primary school, which was in Essex, to prevent a breach of the peace. The teachers couldnt see the pupils they were supposed to be minding, so the parents were banned from the playground. You couldnt make it up! Eggs We were talking yesterday about the alarm clock that wakes you up with a cooked piece of bacon. I wasnt quite sure how that would sell. From bacon to eggs though! Countless inventors have claimed to have cracked it, but that hasnt stopped enthusiasts from working on their own methods for the perfect boiled egg. Timing devices and even light bulbs have been rolled out in the pursuit of firm white eggs and slightly runny yokes. The latest invention claims to be the easiest of all. Instead of using time to work out whether an egg is cooked to your liking, this device measures heat. Its made of clear, non toxic red plastic and is shaped like an egg. Its marked with the measurements for hard boiled, medium and soft. Its placed in the water, along with the eggs, where it sits on the bottom of the pan. As the water heats up, the red shade starts to turn black. This begins around the edges and then starts to transform the colour towards the centre. When the proportion of red an! d black indicate that the egg is at the level of hardness required, you simply take it out of the water and tuck in. The perfect egg colour-changing egg timer and its on sale for just a fiver! I wonder who sits and thinks these things up. By the way, two or three people have written to tell me about the umbrella I was talking about earlier in the week. Its shaped like a stealth bomber and sells at £30. They tell me it was demonstrated on the television and the guy stood there in gale force winds, which were being generated by a wind machine and apparently it didnt buckle at all. People seem to be quite impressed by that one. Its £30, but it will last you a lifetime apparently. Its also non-drip as well! Letter Dont forget if there's someone you know, who's not signed up to the Levy Letter and you think they would like one, then point them in the direction of either one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page. Get them to sign up over the weekend and theyll get their first and daily free Levy Letter from Monday. Also, if youre involved with a group or society and youd like some publicity for a good cause youre involved with, then drop me a line. Also, if theres a problem or an issue that you think we could deal with on the programme, or a story that we should know about, then email me and let me know about it. Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a very good weekend and join me on BBC One at 6.30pm for tonights Look North. Take care, Peter And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. 1.94.4
