Hello and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well and if youre enjoying some sunshine as we are in parts of Hull this morning then make the most of it, you never know how much youll get at this time of year! We had a huge response on some of the issues covered in yesterdays programme, probably because they were things that affect lots of us. Police protests, fuel prices, and the Karoo internet service were all big topics. Thank you for all of those, as always there was a big mix of opinions. Dont forget, if you want to have your say on anything, or if youve a story to let us know about you can always reach us directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well give our full contact details out later in the programme as usual, and if I have time I might read some of those comments out on the television tonight.
Coming up on Look North today at half past six well meet the East Yorkshire residents who are so desperate to protect their homes that they've built their own flood defences. We'll find out what inflation busting council tax rises will mean to you. Im sure well all be paying close attention to that. Well hear some tales of woe from motorists whove been clamped by a local company. And if you're looking at booking your summer holiday have you thought about going green? More and more people are worried about their carbon footprint so what are the options? Open Art A quick plug here for the Open Art Exhibition in Hulls Ferens Art Gallery. Its in the city centre of course, and the exhibition is one of the highlights of the year with a preview on Friday 8th, tomorrow, starting at 7pm. It opens to the public this Saturday and has, Im told, a wide range of subjects and a great range of ideas from not only well established artists but newcomers as well. If you like art and youre looking for an interesting new exhibition, drop into the Ferens gallery and take a look around this weekend. Salt Pots Now if like me youre interested in good health and keep an eye out for stories in the news about the subject, youll probably be aware that too much salt is not good for you. In fact, next Monday marks the beginning of Salt Awareness Week, would you believe. Its not something I had on my calendar, but chip shops in Rochdale are taking it very seriously, coming up with a novel way of cutting down on the salt its customers consume. Theyre using salt pots with fewer holes, which allow less salt to pass onto our food. The town has one of the highest death rates from heart disease and strokes nationally, and this is apparently a council designed scheme to force people to consume less salt. I suppose it might work, but surely if you want the same amount of salt youll just shake the pot a little longer and harder to get more out. The new trial design has just five holes as opposed to the usual 17 or 18, and how big an impact itll have remains to be seen. Itll be interesting to see the outcome of that, and who knows, maybe its the future and well see 5 hole salt pots making their way into chip shops in our area. Let me know if you see any. Snorkelling Ive received an email from a viewer and I thought Id help him out with a plug in the letter, take a look at this from Rick Stevens in Thorne, I am a member of a new snorkelling club who train in Thorne on a Friday night. As we are a new club, we are looking to attract new members. We will be shortly be completing our first 10 week training course. If you fancy taking up snorkelling then you can get more information at www.east4adventure.org.uk/snorkel. Youve got to have a hobby, and why not snorkelling? Let me know if anybody goes along. Life On Mars Just before I go for today, I saw this in the news recently, and intriguing it is too. Space fans and planet watchers are apparently setting the internet ablaze with discussion and speculation over an image released by NASA taken on the surface of Mars. The image of the orange, rocky surface appears to feature what might resemble a humanoid figure striding across the landscape. Im not making this up, I assure you. Opinion seems split between those who think its a trick of the light, and others who are certain its not just a rock, and believe its photographic evidence of life on the red planet. If you want to have a look you can find it at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7205004.stm on the BBC News website. Make up your own minds Have a good day and I hope youll join me for Look North tonight at half past six on BBC One as always. 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
