Hello and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope youve had a good start to your day, its certainly not the warmest, driest, or sunniest day weve had this year, so wrap up warm, perhaps in front of the television tonight to watch Look North!
Coming up on the programme, this morning the A52 in Lincolnshire saw another fatal crash involving minibuses taking migrant workers to their jobs. Tonight we'll investigate what's being done to improve safety. We'll have the latest of our special reports looking at how the money you gave to Children in Need is being spent. Well hear from 12 year old Bethany as she explains how she was helped and supported when her dad died. It's caused tempers to flare around schools in North Lincolnshire and now police are cracking down on the parents who illegally park outside schools. We'll have a report from the school run in Scunthorpe. Also tonight, it might feel like the rugby league season has just finished but for the Hull FC squad training gets underway again today... They're being told to get on their bikes to get fit! And finally, it's Christmas Day in Skegness... Hundreds of holiday makers travel to the East Coast every year for tinsel and turkey short breaks. We'll be asking them why! And of course well have the latest weather forecast as always, thats all coming up on look North at half past six on BBC One. Children In Need Well its Children in Need night this Friday, and already people across our region have been raising money, Ive had a couple of emails reporting successes. Thank you very much if youve been involved in fund raising, and if youve got something planned for Friday or this week I hope the preparations going well. Last year the appeal raised over £33 million pounds, which is phenomenal. If youre doing anything extra special, or if you want a little plug in the letter, drop me a line at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Ill see if I can fit it in. You can also contact me if youre got any stories for the programme or any interesting pictures or comments, send an email to me and itll go direct to my computer. Curvy Women Good news for all you curvaceous ladies out there, new research suggests that a voluptuous figure could be a sign on superior intelligence! Researchers studies 16,000 women and found that not only did generously proportioned females do better in cognitive tests, their children were more likely to do well too. The all important measurement is in the hips. The bigger the difference between the hips and the waist, the better to women did in the tests. Its an incredible piece of research. The scientists speculate that its all to do with levels of fatty acids in the body, including Omega-3, which you might have heard of. You can buy supplements of Omega-3 of course, and its plentiful in oily fish. Its supposed to increase your brain power, and that of your child if youre pregnant. It all sounds very convincing, but then you think of all the thinner ladies in the world who are also very intelligent, and you wonder how true it is. I think its difficult to guess intelligence by waist measurements, I cant see how much use this research will actually be in the real world, but then we keep reading it, dont we? Some people actually have careers doing this kind of research Gun Safety I had a story in the letter a little while ago about dog owners being shot by their own dogs after leaving their guns on the floor with the safety switch off, well in the news today theres an example of an even more blatant disregard for gun safety. I dont know if youll believe this, but I promise its an absolutely genuine story. A 66 year old man in the US has injured himself after trying to use a gun to loosen a stiff wheel nut on his car. Now when I first read that I imagined that he was trying to use the gun to lever or force the nut, but no, he actually fired the gun at the wheel hoping somehow to undo it. Before you say it, he wasnt intoxicated, and he was alone at the time. After he became frustrated with the nut, he discharged his weapon, with the resulting ricochet spraying him in the abdomen up as far as his chin. Hes currently in hospital with severe but not life threatening injuries. So if youre reading this and you own a firearm, I think it goes without saying that thats not a good idea, and a gun isnt a mechanics tool. I dont think anybody else is stupid enough to try that, but then I wouldnt have thought anyone would do it in the first place, but there you are Well thats it from me today, enjoy your afternoon and I hope you can join me for the programme tonight at half past six as usual. Take care, 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
