Hello, it's Peter here. Welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day's going well and you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. We'll have all the day's news including our investigation into the council in our region that's encouraging us all to recycle while dumping it's own waste in a land fill site.
We'll have the latest on plans by nurses to strike over this year's pay rises. I'll be trying to help somebody with in Leave it to Levy. It has a musical theme, and if you want to see how that went, dont miss the programme tonight. And we'll be at East Ravendale Primary school near Grimsby where the students will be celebrating today. It was the last in the country with outdoor toilets, but soon people there will be able to go to the loo without leaving the building. And also as Easter looms closer well have the detailed forecast from Paul as usual. Emails Thanks for your emails on a variety of subjects, things weve been talking about in the letter and also on the programme. Were only three months away from the smoking ban in all public places. On the programme on Monday night we were talking about smoking in working mens clubs. We had a huge response on that, just a few emails here, this one says My partner and I are looking forward to the ban in pubs and clubs as there is nothing worse than the feeling of not being able to breath in these areas. Some smokers are totally oblivious that theyre causing any distress to people sitting close by. This is bound to split parties of friends where some smoke and others dont. That one comes from Angie Clifford. Thank you very much indeed. Ive got another one here from Marian. We went to southern Ireland last year, spent a fortnight there in various places, and we didnt hear one person moan about having to go outside for a cigarette. Smokers should remember that non-smokers have rights too. Roll on the first of July. And Ive got another email here from Lorrain in Edinburgh. I live in Scotland, and I watch the programme. The change over has been brilliant. Its a pleasure going into pubs and not smelling like an ash tray when you leave, and be able to eat food without other smells tainting it. My partner is a smoker and we often stay outside to have a drink so he can smoke too. The social scene outside pubs here in Edinburgh is great. Thats from Lorrain in Edinburgh. Thank you very much indeed for all the responses, keep them coming in. And dont forget, if youve got a story or something that you think we should be reporting on in the programme and that we should know about then drop me a line, give me the details, and send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bread Winners Well being the bread winner was once a proud masculine role. These days men are happy sharing the responsibility and house work with their wives or partners according to a new survey. Theres only one problem, the women are dreaming of a man that earns enough money so they can stay at home. The findings suggest that men are willing to, and able to accept the feminist view of family life, spending less time at work and more time at home with the children. Women, it seems, are the only ones who arent so keen, and theyre not shy about letting their husbands know their views. The survey found that half of all men with young children felt under pressure from their wives or partners to earn enough so that she can be a full time mum. Isnt it interesting how things go full circle? Women want to work, and now they want a man who earns enough to allow them to stay at home, not work, and have babies. Interesting stuff. If youve got a view on that or indeed anything else then let m! e know. The address as usual is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Street So Tracy Barlow is guilty, and I see an awful lot of people were watching the story come to a conclusion on Monday night on television. There were two segments on it, and there was twice the surge that there usually is after a popular programme as people put on the kettle or the microwave. Its been brilliantly acted. The street is on top form at the moment, so well done to everybody who is in the street, particularly David Platt, who is played by Jack Shepherd. Hes a young Yorkshire actor whos making great big inroads. Pill Coming to a chemist soon is a pill that will help you drop a dress size in just weeks. It seems too good to be true doesnt it? An over the counter pill, which fights obesity could be on sale in Britain next year. Slimmers, who take the Alli tablet with every meal could typically lose 50% more weight than those who rely solely on willpower alone. The drug is the first of its kind to be sold without prescription and apparently cuts weight by 5% in only four months. For a woman, weighing twelve stone, this would mean shedding more than seven pounds, which is the equivalent to dropping a dress size. Can you just imagine how much of a scramble theres going to be for this tablet? Presumably, its totally safe, otherwise how could it have cost past the testing stage? Its called the Alli tablet and it goes on sale next year in this country. Goodies In the seventies, thirty years ago now, they rode around on their famous tandem bike. Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie they are The Goodies and they are back on tour. Well, two of them are anyway Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden. Bill Oddie, of course, is far too busy with his Springwatch and Autumn Watch programmes to go on tour. But apparently, the thing that they get asked about most often is not wheres Bill, but wheres the bike! They used to go riding around on it in the opening sequence and often during the programme as well. Tim was always at the front, Graeme in the middle and Bill at the back. The Goodies are on their way and theyre here in Hull this week. If youre going then enjoy. Housing Home owners are never short of a mention in the Levy Letter. Prices will soar even faster in the next few months as people try and avoid this Home Pack tariff coming in. Thousands of homes are flooding onto the market to beat the June 1st deadline for the introduction of compulsory Home Information Packs, costing sellers up to £700. Can you believe that? I hadnt even thought about that. Theyre being introduced on the 1st of June, which is why everybody is putting their homes up for sale at the moment. Picture Dont forget, if youve got a picture that you think we should see, as long as its not of a fish, we dont want any more of those, then do drop me a line and send me the picture, either electronically or a hard copy in the post. Let me have it and well show it on the screen one night on the programme. Well thats it from me, join me tonight on BBC One at half past six for Look North. Bye for now. 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