Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Thursdays 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 looking at where your money is being spent on regenerating the city of Hull and we'll be putting the top people at CityBuild under scrutiny. Also tonight, we'll be on the East Coast getting reaction over the Government casino plans being stalled and finding out what thatll mean for the regeneration of our coastline resorts. Plus with claims and counter claims over what happened surrounding the recent bin dispute in Hull, we'll be getting the facts and getting the latest for you tonight on this one. We had our first report last night all the way from my part of the world in Cornwall. They currently have many wind turbines working in their region, so we went down there to find out what local residents think to them. With dozens of planning applications in place for wind turbines in the region, we'll have our second report tonight, this time finding out what other options there are for energy production. Many people feel very strongly against wind turbines and dont want to see them in the area, and many people have got in touch to say that theyre the future for providing electricity. Well be attempting to get both sides of the debate this week with our final report tomorrow. Also tonight, a subject very close to my heart - I'll be speaking to a Lincoln professor, who has been given half a million pounds to find out why we can't sleep. I might have to ask him for a few handy hints! So thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me then. Wheat-Filled Bags I dont know if youve heard about this, but fire fighters are warning people over misusing microwave ovens. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service has been called to a number of incidents where wheat-filled bags have sparked fires after the bags were left unattended in a microwave oven. I have to say that Ive got one of those for problems with my neck and occasionally, if you leave it in too long, then it gets so hot and you can even smell it starting to burn. So were all guilty of it! A warning there if youve got one of those wheat-filled bags keep an eye on them when they go into the microwave! I see that a third of women think theyre too fat to appear naked in front of their partners. Thats an extraordinary figure isnt it? Thats from a new survey just out. Its just amazing how many worries we all have about how we look. Just amazing. The Apprentice Sir Alan Sugar was back last night feisty as ever. Hes looking for a new apprentice for 2007. He says that hes looking for better candidates this time than last time. He was quite happy with series number one, because he got Tim Campbell to work for him. Michelle Dewberry was in series number two and won it, but I dont think he was that impressed with the calibre of the contestants, mainly because in programme eleven somebody admitted that they didnt even know who Sir Alan Sugar was and what his business was! I dont think he was impressed by that! The programme was back last night and for once we dont have any contestants from our region in this new series. Although, there are a couple from Yorkshire, so look out for them. Cherries Well, first there was the shock of strawberries selling at Wimbledon for a pound each, and now its the turn of the humble cherry. One big supermarket is offering three hundred gram punnets of them for £19.49! There are about twenty cherries in a punnet and that works out at just about 97p each! Would you pay a pound for a cherry? I think I know the answer to that one! Dont forget if youve got a problem that you think we could deal with on Leave it to Levy, then send me the details and let me know how I can help. Weve had quite a few answer phone messages just this morning from people asking for my help with problems. People left messages over night and we listened to them this morning. So well look into those suggestions and thank you very much for getting in touch with me. So let me know either email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ring me, if its urgent during the day on 01482 323232. And weve had two or three stories on the programme just recently from people ringing in or getting in touch with us, so thank you very much for that. Also if youre involved in an event for charity, then let me know, because I can do a little plug for you in the Levy Letter. Helen Giles wrote to me actually to invite me to go along to Bridlington Old Town Summer Festival. But I cant go! Very sorry Helen, but Im on holiday, but of course I can give a plug for it. Helen writes After our very successful first Summer Festival in 2006, we are now planning an even more ambitious event, spanning two weekends in July. The festival is a celebration of the community of the Old Town focusing on music, art, gardens and local food and crafts. Sounds great doesnt it. So thats July 6th to 15th in Bridlingtons Old Town. On Friday the 6th to Sunday 8th of July, therell be lots of live bands and on Sunday 8th therell be a Food Feast with a food market and cookery demonstrations. So an incredibly busy time in Bridlington, so best wishes to the organisers of that event and of course to Helen Giles as well. I hope it goes well and ! make sure you put that note in your diary for 6th 15th July for Bridlington Old Town Summer Festival. Teenagers Todays teenagers are the first generation, whose health is worse than their parents, according to doctors. Despite living in an age of unprecedented prosperity and life expectancy, adolescents are reversing the long term British trend of ever-rising good health. The stark warning, in a report just out, shows that teenagers are doing worse than their predecessors in all the traditional measures of health. Todays teenagers are not as healthy as previous generations even though there are all the tips on healthy eating and also all the alleged prosperity as well. Cycle Test I remember doing it and taking the cycle test. I cant remember how old I was. And nowadays you dont hear about cycle tests. More primary pupils are being encouraged to take the cycling proficiency test in an effort to cut the number of youngsters travelling to school by car. It was introduced in 1947. The test traditionally included manoeuvres around bollards in the playground. I remember doing that! A revamped version is to be offered to primary school pupils within two years to prepare them for the modern day road conditions. How the test has changed? Well in the old days, of course, it included balancing on your bike when stationary, looking over your shoulder without wobbling, indicating left and right with your arms. Now things have changed! The modern test means that children have to pass three levels each with its own badge and theyre taken onto minor roads, often around their own primary school, to practice stopping and turning at junctions. So the return of the c! ycle test all these years later! Well, that's it from me for today. Dont forget if youve got a picture that we could show on the programme, then send it to me. There was a lovely picture on last night, quite unusual as well of kite flyers on Fraisthorpe beach. So thanks for that one. Send me your snaps and let me take a look. 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