Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well and youll be able to join me tonight for Look North at half past six. Coming up tonight on Look North its an Olympics special to mark the start of the 5 year countdown to the games.
We ask how Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will be sharing in the Olympic dream. And I'll be speaking to the government Minister responsible for the Olympics, Tessa Jowell to see what she has to say. We'll hear from athletes looking to the future and hoping to compete in the games. It seems an awful long way away doesnt it? Its amazing athletes are already aiming for success. And we find out what's in it for our local facilities and how easy will it be for families in our region to get to see events. Of course the games are based in London, but interest will be high all over the country. And we'll have all the rest of the day's news as usual, and also the weather forecast. Last night Paul was in the studio, and we had a couple of messages saying he must have been getting ready for a job interview because he looked so smart! Well he was just dressing up for his visit to our Hull studios. Quite right too. Well were still hearing lots of stories across the region of how were dealing with the floods, there was that excellent programme last night of course, A Forgotten City which was presented by Paul. And I had this email from the Caxton Players in Grimsby who have their own story of overcoming adversity, Although we are not flooded, the heavy rainfalls are still causing other problems, here at the Caxton Theatre in Grimsby rain has got in causing about £5000 worth of damage to ceilings walls and decor, in wartime I suppose this would be called 'collateral damage'. But the old saying "the show must go on" is one that we believe in. So despite our problems our next production "An Inspector Calls" will still open on Saturday the 28th and run until Saturday 4th August. An opportunity to be entertained and forget ones problems for a couple of hours. Well done to the Caxton Players, and if youre in the Grimsby area do try and see that, as they say, the show must go on! Pop Stars When it comes to pop stars, you might think theyre all called something exotic or lyrical like Bon Jovi, Freddie Mercury, or Madonna, but apparently the most common pop star names are a lot more ordinary than youd think. I saw this on the BBC News website today, and it has the top 10 most common pop star names, based on the number of number one singles. Number one was the fairly ordinary Paul, with people like McCartney and Weller. Number two was the everyday John. Three was David hardly exotic. Brian was four, George at five. The last five were Mark, Peter, Tony, Andy, and Shane. So there we are, if youve got an average or boring name youre just as likely to become a star as if youre called Elvis. Lifestyle Its the time of year when groups of young people will be running community schemes as part of the Lifestyle programme run by the Police. Ive had an email appealing for help, this comes from a group called Bridlingtons Bovvered Bunch, We live in Bridlington and our project is about showing the relevant agencies and authorities that we are bothered about the young people in Bridlington. We have surveyed 1,700 ten to sixteen year olds and have amassed a lot of data. We want to put our findings onto a DVD so it can be used as evidence to hopefully kick start a programme of improvement for the kids. However we have been badly let down and although we have a camcorder and a computer we have no knowledge of how to go about making this DVD. We have been offered some help for a day in August, but the project has to be completed by the beginning of Sept. Are there any 'film makers' who can spare the time during August to help us and help us edit what we do? So theres a challenge for you, if you can edit videos, or if you know someone who can and would like to help then contact them on 01262 674524. Thanks to Cindy, Scott, Hannah, and Joel and parent helpers Maggie and Linda for that email, and good luck. Its all for a wonderful cause and sounds like a very good project, so hopefully theyll get the help they need. Dance Just room in the letter to say good luck to the pupils of Miss Saras Dance Studio for their annual show, its called Dancing on The Sidewalk, and its on at the Middleton Hall on the Hull University campus this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Good Luck to them, and if youre going along, enjoy. Well thats about it from me today, have a good day, and as always if you know somebody whod not signed up to the Levy Letter and you think theyd like one, get them to go to www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull and click on Levy Letter and they can sign up and start receiving their free daily Levy Letter from the very next day. 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
