Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well and youll be able to join me tonight for Look North at half past six. First it was the floods, and now Foot and Mouth. We'll be looking at how the Foot and Mouth crisis in the South of England is affecting farmers and meat processors in our region.
Campaigners against plans for a leisure centre in Louth find out they will be able to put their case to a public enquiry. We're at Leconfield as the Armed Forces Minister visits the School of Transport and the RAF. And we pay a visit to the country's first eco-friendly holiday cabin made from straw, but there isnt much old fashioned about this wind and solar powered structure. And Hannah Moffat will be meeting the senior citizen taking up Britain's fastest growing sport Triathlon. I think thats swimming, running, and cycling, or three events too many for me And well have the forecast as always. Its still looking good for most of our region, but will it last? Find out later on the programme. Thats Look North at six thirty on BBC One. Wetwang Well as I mentioned on the show yesterday, apparently Wetwang is the only real place name in the Lord of the Rings books. I was informed of that fact in an email from a helpful viewer, it wasnt something I was personally aware of I have to admit. Surprisingly, the Mayor of Wetwang, our own Paul Hudson, seemed to be oblivious to that fascinating information, shame on him. Im told that in the famous Tolkien books Wetwang is an area of swamp near to the Dead Marshes no jokes about the real Wetwang please. So now you know. Aviation Show If youre a fan of planes or aviation then youll want to know about an event on Monday August 27th, Bank Holiday. Its a special day being held by the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby. Itll be attended by Marshal of The Royal Airforce Sir Michael Beetham and Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis. There will be a flying display, weather permitting, with some rare aircraft doing flybys, and there will also be a photographic display as well. Thats at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Spilsby Lincolnshire starting from 10.30am. Real Ale Now I dont know how many real ale fans read the Levy Letter, but apparently if you are, youre very unlikely to be female. I dont think thats a huge surprise to be honest, but theres a new campaign to get brewers to target women in their advertising and encourage female drinkers to take up the traditional beverage. According to the Campaign for Real Ale, or CAMRA, 80% of female drinkers have never tried a pint of bitter in a pub, as I said, I dont think this is an earth shattering revelation. CAMRAs first ever chairwoman has said that beer marketing is patronising because it doesnt often feature women drinking the products. So if youre a woman and you like a drink from time to time, would you be tempted to try a pint of bitter rather than a more feminine tipple? Im not sure about that myself, and you have to question whether its a good thing encouraging anyone to take up drinking pints of a heavy alcoholic beverage. Maybe Im wrong. If you want to have a comment on this or anything else, or maybe you have a news story for Look North or you want to send us a picture for the programme, you can drop me a line on [EMAIL PROTECTED] And if you know somebody whos 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. Well thats about it from me today, join me tonight for Look North at half past six on BBC One. 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
