Hello and welcome to todays Levy Letter for Thursday. I hope your days going well and you can join me for tonights Look North. Well have the latest on the residents with sandbags at the ready as they battle to prevent more flood misery in our region during the latest heavy rains. I hope if you live in a flood hit area that youve been well prepared and that everythings going as well as it can for you.
Also tonight, are the Red Arrows flying out of the county? We'll have a special report on the future of the famous aerial display team after a top MOD official confirms they may be moved from their base in Lincolnshire. Diabetes sufferers worry as a new report claims a shortage of specialist nurses in Hull. Well have pictures of Prince William as he takes to the skies in his first flight at RAF Cranwell. And we'll take a look behind the scenes of a new production at the Hull Truck Theatre about the lives of local RNLI crew members. And of course well have the weather forecast as always. Will there be more rain on the way? Well find out the latest predictions on the programme tonight, thats all at the usual time of half past six on BBC One. I hope you can join me then. Thank you for all the emails and messages we receive as always, we had a lot of messages from people whove fallen foul of laws regarding licence plates on cars. We had a story on the programme yesterday about police fines given to people with logos on their number plates. It seems theyre illegal, and the only pictures were allowed are the flags of British countries. Its one of those little things you never realise or even think about until you hear a story like this. Thank you for all your experiences and Im sure its not the last well hear about this subject. Remember, if youve got a story or information or a comment youd like us to know about, you can email Look North on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well give out our contact details again during the programme as usual. I look forward to hearing more of what you have to say. PINs and Passwords Its part of modern life these days it seems, and I mentioned password fatigue last week in the letter of course. Im talking about the ever increasing amount of PIN numbers and passwords were expected to memorise and regurgitate these days to access anything from our email to our bank accounts. Apparently one in eleven people has 50 accounts set up which require a security code of some kind. The typical Briton has to memorise a new password or Personal Identification Number every three months. It seems like more than that some times. A lot of people get around the plethora of passwords by using the same number or word for as many as possible, which is putting our security at risk, as of course if you expose one password you could be giving away the password for a number of accounts. Other tactics to memorise codes include sticky notes attached to computer monitors, keeping notes in wallets. It seems incredible that somebody could have 50 password protected accounts until you start adding it up and realise that almost everything you want to do electronically, financially, or online has a security code of some sort attached to it. Its a far cry from the days when a simple signature seemed to do the trick. Some of the touted solutions to this are eye ball scanning and finger print identification. Its all very high tech. One of the most annoying things is when passwords expire and you have to think of a new, unique one that youll only have to change in a few weeks anyway. Maybe having my eyeball scanned before I can check my emails might be the answer after all, as long as you dont have to change that every few weeks Legs I read some good news today for the leggier members of society, and maybe not quite so good for those of us of average or diminutive stature. Research done on 200 subjects has found that people with legs 5% longer than average are considered more attractive, regardless of gender. By digitally manipulating photos, scientists tested what difference leg length made to the attractiveness of a model, and concluded that evolution had made us more attracted to leggy mates as long legs are a sign of health. This is another fascinating but ultimately pointless piece of research I would have thought, this time it comes from a university in Poland. If being viewed as less attractive wasnt bad enough, short people have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and obesity-related type 2 diabetes in both sexes. Shorter-legged men are also more likely to have higher levels of triglycerides, which are linked to arterial disease and strokes. So bad news all round for the short legged members of society, but good news if youre long of limb. Well thats it from me for today. I hope you can join me for the programme later today at half past six on BBC One as always. Enjoy the rest of your day and dont forget if you have something you want to let me know about for the letter or the programme, or an event for a good cause you want me to plug in the letter you can email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care and 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
