Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and Im sure youre looking forward to the weekend. If youve got something planned or organised, then I hope you enjoy. And if youre talking to anybody at the weekend, who doesnt get a Levy Letter, then tell them to go to our new revamped website at www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull and get them to sign up. You can watch any of our stories again on there, theres up to date news on there too and if you missed the programme, then you can watch it again online!
On the programme tonight. we'll have an exclusive report on the MOD as they fly into trouble yet again with another low flying incident. This happened close to where horse rider, Heather Bell died and we'll be speaking to her husband live tonight to get his reaction. Also tonight, find out why NPower is in the bad books with many of the region's residents. And we'll have a special feature as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight celebrates its 50th birthday. We'll be going behind the scenes at RAF Coningsby. Plus will he or won't he? As Hull KR take on Huddersfield tonight, we'll have the latest on the saga of Paul Cooke. And we'll be gauging reaction of Hull City fans as they prepare for their crucial relegation battle. I hope you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual. Paul will have the forecast, as well as the rest of the days news. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects. First of all, the other night, we were trying to help the Wragby Handbell ringers. They wanted a metronome one of the old fashioned metronomes. Well, we had loads of response on that one. I cant believe how many people out there have one at home and are willing enough to offer them to the group. Very generous of you all! Well, the Wragby Handbell ringers have their metronome now, so theyll be ringing their bells in time. So thanks to every one, who got in touch about that one. Weve had a huge response about lots of stories this week and loads last night about smoking outside Hull Royal Infirmary. Thanks so much indeed for all of them. And 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 also email me if youve got a story that you think I should know about. Drop me a line to [EMAIL PROTECTED] And if its urgent, give me a ring on 01482 323232. Events Dont forget, if youre involved in a charity event or production thats coming up in the near future and youd like a little plug in the Letter, then give me the details. Theres a huge event for the residents of Pocklington coming up from the 11th 13th May. Its called the Flying Man Festival and celebrates the extraordinary talents of Flying showman, Thomas Pelling back in 1733.There are lots of events going on including a Teddy Bear Abseil and if youve got a head for heights, then there might be an opportunity for you. Do you fancy a bit of abseiling? Sounds like my worst nightmare! Well, there are still some spaces to join in the sponsored abseil on the Saturday. So the 12th May at 10am, if youve got nothing better to do, then go and abseil in Pocklington! Theyre in need of your support! And theres another big event coming up in Hull for a wonderful charity that aims to promote awareness for sudden infant death syndrome. Theyre doing a big walk through East Park in Hull called A Mile For Maude. Its just one mile, so its nice and easy for children to take part in. Thats Saturday 12th May in East Park at 11am. Dogs Depressed dogs are to be given a beef flavoured canine version of Prozac to get their tails wagging. Its the first drug from a new division thats devoted wholly to pet dogs. Its a form of Prozac called Reconcile and its aimed at dogs suffering from stress and separation anxiety. So if your dog has lost its wag and looks a bit down in the mouth, then Reconcile might be the drug for him! Food I bought watercress from the supermarket last night and branded across it was This is a Superfood. It tastes like weed, but its supposed to be a Superfood apparently and I spent a pound for that weed and ate it last night. But the first purple asparagus to be grown in Britain went on sale this week. It has a huge advantage over its green relative. It doesnt end up stuck in your teeth apparently. Unlike the common version of the vegetable grown in this country for centuries, the more exotic purple Superfood can also be eaten raw. Look out for it. Its the purple asparagus. I dont know how much it costs. It probably costs a small fortune! But it is available now. Let me know what you think about that! Numbers You might have seen this documentary on television last night. I think it was on Channel 4. It was looking at the average person by numbers. Looking at how much we drink, eat. There are just a couple of the figures here, because Im sure you watched it last night. There are some interesting things revealed in it. Each person drinks 74,802 cups of tea in a lifetime! They own eight cars in a lifetime and we make 1700 friendships. You drink 1694 bottles of wine. Crikey! I think that sounds like a little bit on the low side. We have 7163 baths. Im not sure about that either to be honest. We fall in love three times. We get through 656 bars of soap in a lifetime. That doesnt sound very much does it. And 276 tubes of toothpaste. Dont ask me, Im only reading it to you. But thats what the statistics show for the average person. What was so magical about the programme last night though was that all these statistics were shown in picture form. So theyd lined up 74,802 cups of te! a in Trafalgar Square, which looked just incredible. They had big jugs of liquid suspended above a stream to show just how many tears an average person cries in a lifetime. It was really cleverly done. So I hope you saw it last night. If you didnt then look out for it again in the TV listings. It was on Channel 4 and it was called Human Footprint. Relationships Well, I dont know how much time you spend with your loved one, but busy women have become post-it note partners, because they can only manage to speak to their men folk for ten minutes during the day. Scribbled messages, texts and emails have replaced face to face chats for up to a million women in Britain. So much so that they leave just a little note saying pick up the kids, empty the bin or buy some milk for their partners. Are you a post-it note partner? Well, that's it from me for now. Enjoy your afternoon. Join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Have a very good weekend and look out for your Levy Letter again on Monday. 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
