Hello, it's Peter here. Welcome to todays Levy Letter. Sorry about the last couple of days. The letters arrived all in the early hours of this morning. There was, I understand, a little problem with the main server, whatever that is. Apologies if youve had two letters already today, possibly even now the third, but we are now up to date and everything should be running properly. I hope your day's going well and you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Coming up on the programme tonight, find out why the leader of the Conservative Party is in Hull today. We'll have a special report and speak to the man himself, David Cameron.
Well have the story of a Skegness family having to pay £4000 a month on vital drugs to keep their son alive. And weve got exclusive access to a Lincolnshire Police operation as they crack down on speeding bikers in the county. We talk to parents in Driffield who are up in arms over plans to bus their children six miles away to go to school. Weve got the latest special report in our Big Check Up series on the NHS. On Leave it to Levy tonight find out how you can help Robin Hood by playing Maid Marian at Lincoln Castle! And we'll have news on plans to bring the world famous ship The Bounty to Hull in the Autumn. You might have seen the film of the story starring Marlon Brando. Paul of course will be here with the weather forecast as well, thats all coming up on Look North at the usual time, half past six on BBC One. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects, we were talking last night about the legendary musician Mick Ronson who worked with David Bowie. Weve had plenty of emails in about that. Well be reading some of those out at half past six. We also touched on a couple of fund raising events last night which Id just like to give a little plug to on the Levy Letter today. Its interesting to read that survival rates for cancer victims have doubled over the past 30 years according to new figures according to new figures. A patient now has a 46.2% of being alive 10 years after diagnosis, compared with 23.6% 30 years ago. Experts say that early detection, specialist surgery and screening programmes and advances in Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy have saved lives. The overall 5 year survival rate rose to 49.6% although risks vary with different types of cancer. We were talking to two ladies last night whove been diagnosed with breast cancer on the programme. There is a fashion show tonight and a fund raiser. Its at the Beachcomber Club in Cleethorpes, and it starts at 7.30. Also last night on the programme I was talking to a lady whos organising a fund raising event tomorrow night, raising money for the family of Madeleine McCann for them to stay in Portugal for as long as is necessary. Now its being held tomorrow night, Thursday at the Tigers Lair Club in Hull, starting at 7.30. Best of luck to all those involved at Cleethorpes tonight and in Hull tomorrow night. Home Information Packs HIPs, Home Information Packs, call them what you like. They start very soon, and they are getting so much bad publicity. Weve had loads of emails on this subject, so thank you for those. I was reading an article in one of the papers today saying that theyre going to have a detrimental effect on the housing market. They seem to be universally unpopular. If youve got a view on those then drop me a line to the usual email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] If youve got a problem you think we might be able to tackle then send me an email. We will be having a Leave it to Levy on the programme tonight at 7.30. Apprentice Well its getting exciting now, I cant quite remember how many are left. Its only about half a dozen now isnt it? The Apprentice is tonight on BBC One at 9pm with Sir Alan Sugar. Theres an extra bit, The Apprentice: Youre Fired! Thats on BBC Two at 10. If youre watching then I hope you are enjoying. Its on tonight in its regular viewing slot. Additives A couple of stores have announced in the last 24 hours that they will remove all artificial colours and flavourings from their food products by the end of the year. One supermarket said earlier this week that its doing the same with 9,000 own brand items. The decision follows the study earlier this week by the Food Standards Agency that drew a link between additives and poor behaviour and concentration in children. The thing I dont understand on this story is that if they can just at a sweep remove all these things, why were they necessary in the first place? Im sure theres a very good answer for that, I dont know what it is. Alan Johnson Well weve seen about it yesterday on the television, and heard about it on the radio. Alan Johnson of course made his bid to be the deputy leader of the Labour Party. He wasnt actually the overall favourite at the start of the day, but by the end of the day he overtook his rivals to become the new favourite to win the Deputy Leadership contest. They put the Education Secretary Alan Johnson at 2-1, with Harriet Harman in second place at 3-1. Both overtook the ex-favourite Hilary Benn who drifted to 7-2 after failing to raise enough nominations from MPs to get on the ballot. So there we are, thats the race for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party. Well be following the story and our local candidate Alan Johnson on Radio Humberside on look North. Well thats about it from me today, enjoy your day and join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. 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
