Hello and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. The day has come finally for many homeowners in Hull when the final report into the devastating Hull floods is published. We'll be looking at its recommendations and getting reaction from the families and businesses affected by the deluge.
Also as families in Bridlington struggle on after a massive power surge, we'll be finding out if their electricity provider, CE Electric, will help fund the cost of repairs. At this time of year, I'm sure we're all thinking about where we put our Christmas decorations from last year and dusting off the tinsel. Tonight on the programme, we'll be talking to the fire brigade about the dangers Christmas decorations can cause to families during the holiday period. Last night we looked at the experiment to ban plastic carrier bags in Sleaford. Tonight, well be taking a look at the experiment in Boston where motorists were asked to give up their cars. Did it work and were the motorists happy to jump on a bus or a bike instead? And do you have the patience to stick together two million matchsticks? I know the answer to that one! We'll meet one Grimsby man, who certainly did have the patience and hell be showing us what he has created as his own tribute to our East Coast trawler men. The lovely Lisa will be with us as always with the forecast. And thats on BBC One at half past six. Children In Need BBC employers down in London have been frantically counting up the coppers that were donated in this years Children In Need appeal. And they believe theyre on track for a record total after this years TV show, which finished late in the evening with about £19million. Last year the show raised £18.3, but the final total amassed £33 million after donations and pledges were totted up. Its incredible, isnt it, how much the money increases after the weekend. So if theyre hoping to beat £33 million, then that would be brilliant. On the night, almost 212,000 calls from viewers were handled, more than 36,000 online donations were made, more than 15,000 donations were made via the BBCs digital TV service and there were 2,500 volunteers in fifty call centres across the country on the phones to cope with the demand for people ringing up with pledges. Lots of hard workers supporting that charity. And of course, regionally, weve all been very hard at work too. A big thank you to ! everyone, who raised money for Children in Need here in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. We've been doing the sums too and the total amount raised in our area is £824,502. So well done to everyone, who worked so hard to raise money for Pudsey. Tipple I cant imagine that this is the case, but I read that beer sales in pubs are at their lowest level since the 1930s. Seven million fewer pints per day are now being sold in Britain than in 1979, which was the beer markets peak. Is it because our health conscious nature is being put off by the beer-belly image of a pint? If thats the case, then researchers wanted to put our minds at rest by saying that a pint of beer contains mainly 96% water and the rest are natural ingredients, unlike many alcopops. Beer is apparently less fattening than wine also, according to the British Beer and Pub Association. Well, they would say that! A glass of beer with a typical 4.6% alcoholic volume has fewer calories not only than a similar measure of wine, but also milk or fruit juice. And spirits, meanwhile, contain more than six times the calories of beer and when mixed with a soft drink, the calorie-count soars even higher. So I dont think we can go so far as to say that beer is good fo! r you, like those old Guinness advertisements, but perhaps its not really bad for you! Everything in moderation I suppose! Munchkins This is a wonderful film and I always think that when Dorothy steps into Oz for the first time and the film turns into Technicolor that the first audiences must have been amazed by the new colour technology! Well, even techno-savvy audiences nowadays still adore The Wizard of Oz. Its got quite a cult following I suppose. Well, the actors, who played the Munchkins in the film, have been honoured with their very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. There are only seven of the remaining stars left from the film and of course, instead of the red carpet, there was a yellow one! The piece I read was that there were originally nine Munchkins and the rest were made up of adults and children to play the other one hundred and twenty-four characters in Munckinland. So the Munchkins have their place now on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Actually, if you ever get a chance to read about the making of The Wizard of Oz, then I really recommend it. Lots of problems apparently! , including the original tin man needing hospitalisation after being poisoned by his silver makeup. And the Wicked Witch of the West was severely burned in the Munckinland scene when she disappeared in a fiery puff of smoke. And I believe the Munchkins themselves got up to quite a lot of mischief behind the scenes too. So I recommend anyone reading up about the production of that film if youre interested. Well, on that note, Ill say goodbye for now. I hope youre all well and arent too glum at the horrible weather were having. Take care and join me tonight if you can for the programme, 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
