Hello and welcome to todays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well, although it might not be if youre a Hull City supporter. The Tigers lost to Chelsea last night of course, it might not be a big surprise to many people Im told the Chelsea team cost over £100 million more than Hull Citys team! So if youre a Hull City fan, commiserations today, but if youre a neutral than Im sure you enjoyed seeing the Premiership superstars visiting our region.
Coming up on Look North today, we'll meet the 11 year old boy from East Yorkshire who hasn't been to school for weeks because his parents claim that teachers can't deal with his severe allergy to peanuts. It might be almost a hundred days since the June floods but the VIP visits to our region continue. After ministers galore, today it's the turn of the man whose job it is to lead an independent review into what lessons need to be learned. Ill be speaking to him tonight. Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on the Government to sign up the Red Arrows for the London 2012 opening ceremony. They all believe the government has banned them because they are too British... but is that true? We'll be investigating. We're always hearing that obesity is one of the biggest health issues facing us now, but it seems we're passing the problem on to our dogs! Around a third of all dogs are overweight and now a kennels in Lincolnshire has created its own health club for canines. Well visit the doggy fat camp. And we'll hear from Alan Titchmarsh about his new TV series the Nature of Britain. Of course well also have the weather forecast as usual, its not looking that promising right now, but its been very changeable, so hopefully well get a few minutes of sun today. Thats all coming up tonight on BBC One at half past six. Box Office Well as I said, its been a wet day today from where Im sitting, and I think we all agree it hasnt been the brightest and driest of summers this year, but there might be one group of people rejoicing over the wet weather. The wettest summer on record has driven cinema box offices to their highest takings for 40 years. Some of the big films released this summer were the Harry Potter film, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Simpsons Movie, Shrek the Third, and Spider-Man 3. All of them did exceptionally well out of our damp climate this year, although it would be interesting to know how well DVD rentals and films on television did. I know there were times when the weather made me not want to leave my front door, let alone go to the cinema. Balloon Heres an amazing story I read today, a balloon released into the sky by a young girl at a fete in Manchester has been discovered in Southern China. Its baffled meteorologists, as helium balloons dont typically travel very far, but on this occasion it managed to go about 6,000 miles, thats incredible isnt it? The balloon was sent back by a Chinese student with an enclosed note saying he found it while he was playing with his friends. Its something that a lot of children do, and adults as well I suppose, releasing balloons into the air with a note attached asking for a reply saying where it was found. I dont think many people will have beaten that journey of 6,000 miles. Maybe you have, if so then drop me a note to my email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Itll go directly to me, and if you want to let me know about anything to do with the letter, or maybe a story for the programme or a picture youd like us to see then you can give it to me at that address as well. It would be fantastic if somebody had a more incredible story than that balloon journey to tell me, but somehow I doubt it. Dont forget to take a look at our Look North website, you can find it at www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. You can watch the most recent Look North programme, and view some of our tops stories online if youve missed it. We get a lot of comments from people watching the programme online abroad. Of course you dont need to live in our region to get the programme over the internet, so if youre going on holiday, or moving away and you cant live without Look North then theres your answer! Thats all from me today, have a good afternoon and join me tonight for the programme 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
