Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays 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. I'll have all the day's news and Lisa will have the forecast.
On tonight's programme, we'll be reporting on the controversial cog logo for the city that cost Hull hundreds of thousands of pounds. It was brought in to reinvent the image of the city and to promote it to visitors. Now it is finally being ditched for the traditional three crowns, which had previously served for centuries and has long been associated with the citys sports teams. Also tonight, we'll have the latest from Lincolnshire Police as they hunt the murderer of a man from Boston. And we'll be on a Scunthorpe housing estate where we recorded scenes of vandalism and anti social behaviour last year. Now the police and local community say it's all been turned around for the better. Thats tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. I hope you can join me then. Showbiz Well, its a big night tonight for the Hessle Theatre Company. Theyre doing the premiere of Titanic The Musical. Its some show for an amateur group to stage. I believe there is only one set of Titanic The Musical available in the country. Theyve hired it in. It starts tonight at the Hull New Theatre in Kingston Square at half past seven. Theres a matinee on Saturday at two oclock as well. So we wish lots of luck to the Hessle Theatre Company and for more on that, then join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Ill be speaking to one of the stars tonight, called Christopher Corbetts. Hes got a part in the musical about the doomed ship, but believe it or not, one of his descendents was actually working on the Titanic. Ill be talking to him tonight. If youre going tonight, then enjoy and all the very best to the cast and crew. What an ambitious show! Still on the subject of showbiz news and musicals, Connie Fisher is back in the news again with the Sound of Music. Shes been off for a couple of weeks, as I mentioned a while back, due to problems with her voice. Now shes back and shes allegedly singing with a click track, where theres a digitally enhanced recording of music and voice. There seems to be a little bit of a furore over this as some people are saying, if youre paying £50 plus for a ticket, then you dont expect to listen to someone singing to a CD of someones voice. So thats Connie Fisher allegedly singing to a click track of her own voice in the Sound Of Music in the West End in London. I see that the Scottish folk twins, The Proclaimers, have got a number one single today at last. Even if it is quite a few years since their 1980s hit Im Going To Walk 500 Miles. This time, although it was a hit last time, its now at number one thanks to the vocals of Little Britain character, Andy Pipkin, played by Matt Lucas and also Peter Kay from Phoenix Nights as Brian Potter. The original Proclaimers song only reached number eleven, but the two comics have taken it to the top of the chart at number one this week. And all the money from the sale of this song this time around is going to Comic Relief and its out to buy at the moment. Arctic Corsair Ive mentioned this before, but Hulls last sidewinder trawler, the Arctic Corsair, is open again this summer. If you havent been, then its well worth a visit. Its a great treat to be able to look around it. Its the last of the sidewinder trawlers here in Hull. The Lord Mayor of Hull, Councillor Trevor Larson, carried out the opening ceremony at the weekend. The city centre museum, which is now open for the summer season, has been painstakingly restored. It is well worth a visit. If youve not been, then get yourself down one day in the summer. Patches A patch to help women regain their sex drive will become available on the health service this week. The makers say it could change the lives of hundreds of thousands of women in the way that Viagra has done for men. Its called Intrinsa and it will initially only be available on prescription for women, who have been diagnosed with sexual problems. GPs will prescribe it on the NHS and women will pay £6.65 for the prescription charge. However, it is likely that the patches will later become lifestyle drugs bought freely over the counter by women, who simply want to increase their libido. Emails Dont forget, if youve got a story that you think we should know about or something that youd like me to investigate, then let me know and drop me a line. Give me the details and let me know how I can help. The address, as always, is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email me any time or if its really urgent and important, then just give me a ring at the BBC in Hull on 01482 323232. Well, Keith Sanders from the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre in Great Steeping in Lincolnshire emailed the Look North email at the weekend to ask for some help. He writes, Easter opening is a critical time for an animal sanctuary. All through the winter the money is pouring out and income is normally at its lowest ebb. Unlike funfairs and caravan sites animals need to eat and be cared for all year round. And big animals eat a huge amount and when they need pills they need dozens at a time! Sammy our oldest horse for example is on Prednisalone tablets to help him breathe better. If humans need Prednisalone they normally have about 1 to 4 tablets daily. Sammy on the other hand has 50 every day, thats enough to put the average human out like a light. But he is a big chap and he is only one of our older residents! In fact we spoke to the local hospital pharmacy last year about Prednisalone quantities and found out that we use more per week than the average hospital! Thats just! amazing isnt it? Thanks Keith for emailing in and letting me know about that. Well, Id love to help in some way, so heres a little plug in the Levy Letter for the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre in Great Steeping. If youre about in Lincolnshire, then Im sure thats well worth a visit to look at these incredible working horses. So go along and take a look. And best wishes to all who work with these incredible horses. Well, that's it from me for today. Enjoy your afternoon and join me tonight for Look North at the usual time of half past six. Bye for now, 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
