Hello, it's Peter here. Welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day's going well and you'll be able to join me tonight for the last Look North of the week on BBC One at half past six. We'll have all the day's news and stories from this part of the world as usual.
All this week we've been looking at the state of our NHS. Tonight we have a special debate on the way forward for our region's heath services. We'll also be finding out how the health care of a woman in Boston, Lincolnshire, differs from a woman from Boston in America. That should be a fascinating comparison. We'll have the latest on the Paul Cook saga over whether he'll move across the city. This means an awful lot to a lot of people around here of course, and well be bringing you the latest news. We'll be investigating new claims that east coast beaches, including Skegness, are dirtier than ever. We have a special report on a campaign to save a local landmark from vandals. And we'll meet the Spalding teenager who could soon be the country's youngest ever councillor! Paul will have the weekend forecast, hopefully the weathers going to improve. Marathon Its a busy weekend for things in our region, and outside our region of course it is the London Marathon. One local lad running in the Marathon this year is David Prescott, you might guess from his name that hes the son of our local Hull East MP John Prescott. Hes running to support the Spinal Injuries Association, and if you want to support him by donating then go to his website at http://www.justgiving.com/davefromhull. You can give him a donation online through that website. And also from Look North and Radio Humberside, our own Della Parsons who works here will be running along with local girl Victoria Walsh to raise money for the eight lifeboat stations in our region. Weve already raised lots of money as part of our appeal, and we could always do with more so if you want to support Della and Victoria in the run, and raise money for our vital lifeboats then go to the BBC Humber web page at www.bbc.co.uk/humber, click on Making Waves, then on Team Making Waves, and youll find information on how you can make a valuable contribution. Whatever youre doing this weekend, I hope it goes very well indeed. I mentioned on the programme last night that a great day out is Burton Constable Hall. I say that but I havent actually been there yet, but I will now. Ive joked several times on the air that they only sent me one ticket. Well this morning a letter arrived from the top man, the Director of Burton Constable Hall, Dr David Connell whos sent me four tickets. So Im looking forward to going. Theyve also got an excellent sculpture trail there as well. So whatever youre doing this weekend, enjoy, and I hope it goes extremely well. The Producers The big hit musical show The Producers is on in Manchester at the moment, and it stars Peter Kay. The actress who plays opposite him is Yorkshires very own Emma Jayne Appleyard. Emma spends a good deal of time with her mum and dad at their caravan in Withernsea when shes not on stage mixing with the luvvies. Speaking of the theatre, its just been announced that after all these years of being on TV, theres going to be a stage show version of Dads Army. Sadly, most of the original cast are no longer with us, but the star of the show was of course the gruff and bumbling Captain Mainwaring played by the superb Arthur Lowe. Well in this new stage version, the part is going to be played by an actor from just across the water, Barton on Humber. He is Peter Martin, who for the last few years of course has been playing Len in Emmerdale. Hes a good friend of ours here on Look North and Radio Humberside. He was recently one of the judges at Radio Humbersides fundraising event St! ars in Their Eyes, and he was one of the guests on An Evening With Peter Levy back in November at the Hull Truck Theatre. Its some achievement to land the part of Captain Mainwaring, and we wish all the very best to Peter and hope it goes well for him. Its a great story, well done to Peter. Colours Top colours for cars, what do you think the most popular colour was last year? Well silver was the most popular colour, black was second, blue was third, grey was forth, and red was fifth. The most unpopular colour, the one that is hardest to sell second hand is a white one would you believe. Tea Drinking just two cups of tea a day could slash the risks of skin cancer according to new research. Scientists found that those who enjoyed a regular cuppa are at least 65% less likely to get certain types of skin tumours. And of course in a few weeks time weve been told that both tea and coffee are now good for us, despite some of the things weve been told over the last few years. Emails Dont forget if youve got a story or a subject that you think we should know about, or a problem you think we can deal with on the programme then drop me a line and give me the details, and dont forget to give me the telephone number as well. The address as usual, and for any photographs you want to send the show is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daisy Appeal I had an email yesterday from Sue whos organised a charity fund raiser for The Daisy Appeal. If you dont know, The Daisy Appeal is trying to raise £6.5 million to build the Hull and East Yorkshire Medical Research and Teaching centre at Castle Hill hospital in Cottingham near Hull. Theyve already managed to raise £5.5 million from the community and Sue writes in to say I have organised a charity fund raiser on Saturday 5th May at the Piper Club in Hull. We are having two live bands, All Mod Cons who are a Jam tribute band, and My Friend Stan who are a great party band. We also have a northern soul disco. Tickets are £5 and can be bought from the Piper Club either before or on the night. People can also contact me on my mobile number 07951788033 for either tickets or further information. We had a similar fund raiser in November and raised over £1000 for this extremely worthy appeal. Well that sounds like a lot of fun, and if you can make it to the Piper Club its all for a worthy cause. Well thats it from me today, whatever youre doing this weekend, enjoy it. Have a very good weekend, and if theres somebody you know whos not getting a levy letter and you think theyd like one then point them in the direction of the two addresses at the bottom of the page or just go to www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull, come to our new revamped Look North website, click on Levy Letter, sign up, and theyll get their first and daily Levy Letter from me starting on Monday. Take care, bye for now. 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