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 as usual. I'll have all the day's news and Paul will have the forecast.
On tonight's programme, we'll be asking regeneration officials in Hull why they are welcoming a national coffee shop chain to the city centre even though they broke the law and set up shop without planning permission. We'll be asking should the law apply equally to all businesses? And we could do with your help with this one. Are you a small local business and have you had problems getting planning permission from the council to expand your shop? Well, whatever your story or if you simply want to send in your comments about this, then do get in touch with me today before the show. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also tonight, we'll be taking a look at Reeds Island in the Humber estuary. Its the tiny spit of land just off the south bank near South Ferriby and it has become an important site for avocet breeding. Its gradually being washed away by the fierce tides on the river. Well be taking a look at this important stretch of land for local wildlife. And tonight, I'll be talking to the Archbishop of Canterbury ahead of his speech in Hull and I'll be asking him about the importance of good manners! Thats tonight on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me then. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects and also a huge response after the show last night, both on the subject of Paul Cooke and also whether or not prisoners should have the right to vote. Its very good to get such a great response so thank you very much indeed for all of those. Dont forget, if youve got a problem that you think I could help with on Leave It To Levy, then let me know. Send me the details. And let me know if you know of any good stories that are happening near you. Let me know about them and well see if we can do them on the programme. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] And you can always write to me at BBC Look North, Queen's Court, Queen's Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. Letter Dont forget if you know someone, who's not signed up to the Levy Letter, and you think they would like one, then get them to go to our new website. Click on Levy Letter and tell them to sign up. Its been revamped, so take a look at www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. And our new website is looking great at the moment. Theres lots on there about the stories that were looking at for the programme. And theres the latest news and weather on there as well. So take a look. And if youre home late and you missed the show, then take a look on there, because you can watch the whole programme again. Email This email comes from Ann. She says, I was wondering if theres any chance you could give a mention to the Fun Day and Dog Show that I organise each year just outside Mablethorpe. Its in aid of Bullies In Need Bull Terrier Rescue, which rescues and rehomes bull terriers throughout the UK. Were fully dependent on donations and fundraising activities. Our annual fun day is our major earner. We need to attract as many people as possible. So there you are. Its on Sunday 5th August, starting at 11 oclock. Thats the Fun Day and Dog Show just outside Mablethorpe in aid of Bullies In Need Bull Terrier Rescue. Spies Beware, more and more people are using private detectives. The number of private detectives, hired to snoop on suspected adulterers, has tripled in a year, according to a survey. Women are more likely than men to turn to a Private Eye to check if their partner is having an affair with a third more women than men turning to them for their services. Adultery was cited in 32% of cases as grounds for divorce, thats up 29% in 2005. And around 27% in 2004. Men were regarded as the guilty party in 69% of cases. Its interesting to notice in there that the number of people using private detectives has tripled in just one year. Clever Cat Well, a cat was given up for adoption and we always know that cats are clever, but this is just incredible. It then walked five hundred miles to be reunited with her old owners. Mimine was handed over to her new family when her original owners decided to move house. But within days, she had walked out of her adoptive home and began her thirteen month journey back to her original home. It took thirteen months to walk the five hundred miles! But she got back and she found them. Isnt that just incredible? Graduates A third of female graduates from University will never have children, because theyll choose careers over motherhood, according to some research. A study found that 40% of highly educated women are still childless by the age of thirty-five. Thats an increase of 20% in just over ten years. While some are making a conscious decision not to have a family, others are simply leaving it too late after taking years to build up their careers, buy a home and find the right partner. And graduates, who do become mothers, are having fewer children and leaving it to much later in life. If the trend continues, then the eventual rate of childlessness amongst graduates, now in their twenties, is likely to be even higher than a third. But at the moment, a third of all female university graduates will never have children. Just a staggering figure isnt it? Are you a female graduate in your twenties? If so, then what do you think to that? Well, that's it from me for now. Enjoy your afternoon. Join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual. 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
