Hello, it's Peter here. Welcome to Tuesdays 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. Weve had a big response on email at the moment, so thank you very much indeed for all of those, keep them coming in. If you want to drop me a line about any story weve done, or if youve got a story you think we should be doing you can reach me on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On the programme tonight we'll have the very latest as huge sweeping changes come to the Hull education system. Plus we'll be hearing what Hull West and Hessle MP, and Education Secretary Alan Johnson has to say about the plans. Theres anger as a memorial to Bomber Command is left cordoned off in a storage area instead of being on public display. Well be visiting the high tech computer company investing millions in its new base.... inside a nuclear bunker! Also tonight, we go behind the scenes of the hit musical Starlight Express as it comes to our region. We'll be speaking to one local girl working on the production as a wardrobe assistant. Thats all coming up tonight at the usual time of half past six. Well as I said, were always getting a lot of emails in to the programme, one viewer last night emailed in to complain about something we showed that he found rather shocking. Of course sometimes on the news we show things that might shock people or be upsetting, and this was one of those cases. We showed pictures of Radio Humbersides David Burns when we did a link up with the Sports Talk programme last night, and an anonymous viewer wrote in to say What a mistake you made putting a picture of Burnsy on the telly. I always imagined him to be a young handsome looking chap, it's quite a shock. Please don't do that again. Well I can only apologise for the distress that must have caused, well try to put a warning on screen before we do that again. Shoes Well anyone whos shuffled around a holiday resort in a pair may need some convincing, but flip flops could actually aid athletic development, thats according to the makers of the Fit Flop, likely to be this summers must have accessory. Apparently thousands of people joined a waiting list to buy these sandals which cost just £36 and aim to tone your leg muscles while you walk. You can of course buy flip flops for £4.99. These are the healthy ones at a mere £36 designed to help your legs, theyre on sale right now. Pictures If youve got a picture you think we should see for the big screen, send them in. We probably dont want any more bird pictures, weve been inundated with those. And we showed for the first time last night a video someone had sent in. Videos also gratefully received if you know how to send them in via email. Personally I wouldnt have a clue. I look forward hearing from you. Cooking Well after Gordon Ramsay and the rest of them, its welcome back to the real domestic goddess. Five years after hanging up her oven gloves for positively the last time, can you believe it, Delia Smith is making a comeback. Our all time favourite TV chef, who absented herself from the screen to spend more time with her football club Norwich City, is going to make a series for the BBC based on the best selling book she wrote 36 years ago, How to Cheat at Cooking. Well after five years, what theyre saying is that Delia Smith is back with recipes that work, no tantrums, and not one f-word. Welcome back. I think shes going to be a huge hit. I always remember for one birthday, I think I was about 20 or 21, I was given a Delia Smith book called Cooking for One, which I still have. Its sad, I know. Graduates Well education is in the news today with talk about academies for our schools in Hull. Apparently highly educated women are twice as likely to end up in low paid jobs than a decade ago according to a new report. Nearly one in eight female graduates, compared to 5.4% in the mid nineties is employed as a receptionist or nursery nurse rather than in professional or management roles. The report found that 17% were employed as secretaries, 11% as sales assistants, and 5% in elementary jobs such as traffic wardens or road sweepers. So highly educated women, in other words those whove been to university, are stuck in jobs they didnt actually train for. The figure is higher now than it was 15 years ago. Happiness Its one of the most pondered questions of all time, can money buy happiness? Well the answer according to a study is yes, but so can friendships and successful relationships. Researchers have been trying to calculate what effect our finances and our lifestyle have on our emotions. Well according to this report, marriage increases happiness levels by the same amount as earning an extra £54,000 a year, while surprisingly living together was worth more at an extra £82,500. Meanwhile chatting to your neighbours on a regular basis would make you as happy as getting a £40,000 a year pay boost. What is this all about? I dont understand that at all. What would you rather do, chat with your neighbour or have a £40,000 pay increase? I think Id know which I would rather do. Well your views on that or anything else, drop me a line, and dont forget our website as well. If you want to watch the more recent edition of Look North and the reports included on it, then the website address is www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. Enjoy your Tuesday, join me tonight. 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
