Hello and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope youve had a good week. The weather seems to have got brighter throughout the week, but still rather cold, isnt it?
Coming up on Look North tonight at half past six on BBC One, we look back in time on the 40th anniversary of the triple trawler tragedy. We'll speak to some of the people who lost loved ones in one of the country's worst maritime disasters. Well have a special report on a couple literally living on the edge, facing homelessness due to coastal erosion. Well be in court as two East Riding housing officers are sentenced for a £100,000 fraud. We'll have the pigeon winging its way to success as a supreme champion due to it's looks. Im interested to see that. And we'll speak to the local girl who made it big in Hollywood by producing some of the most acclaimed films in recent years including The Queen, and The Constant Gardener. Thats all coming up tonight at the usual time of half past six. I hope you can join me then. Of course well also have the weekend weather forecast. RNLI Well you know Ive featured a few plugs for RNLI fundraising events in the letter, its an organisation very dear to peoples hearts in this region and I like to support it when I can. Im glad to say Ive been informed that earlier this week it was the Hull Business Branch of the RNLI annual fundraising dinner. Im told it was a sell out with 350 people from the Business Community, all keen to raise funds for their favourite cause. With sponsorship and generous donations on the evening, a record £17,000 was raised, all of which will be donated to the local stations of the RNLI. Well done to everybody who took part in that, its a fantastic amount of money, and good luck for future events. Thanks to Dianne for sending that in. Dont forget if youve got an event for a good cause you want included in the letter you can get in touch with me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED], and if youve got an interesting story for Look North, a picture for the programme, or something for the letter then drop me a line as well. Alzheimers Helmet I read in the news today that scientists have come up with what seems a rather bizarre treatment for Alzheimers disease. I think a lot of us live in fear of developing the condition later in life, but now perhaps a futuristic infra-red helmet might be able to treat the disease. The helmet bathes the brain in low levels of infra-red light from lasers, and would only have to be worn for ten minutes a day to potentially reverse some of the effects of dementia. The article Im reading says its been tested successfully in mice, showing increased learning abilities. I cant help imagining little mice running around with tiny helmets on at this point. It sounds very futuristic. Trials on humans are beginning soon, and itll be interesting to see how they work out. Daffodils I thought Id give a brief mention to the huge response we had after I mentioned daffodils on the programme yesterday. I read out a message on the television from somebody asking if they had the first daffodils of the year, and lots of people got in touch to let me know about their daffodils. Well thank you for those, I have to say I didnt intend it to become such a talking point! Haggis Smuggling Well Burns night is here, and Scots and non-Scots all around the world will be celebrating the 249th anniversary of the birth of famous poet Robert Burns with a haggis supper and a wee dram, but in America theyve got a slight problem in that the traditional haggis is banned by law! Its because of the ingredients, which contain things like look away if you havent got a strong stomach - sheeps lungs, heart, brain, liver and stomach lining. The import of haggis is apparently against a US ban on British offal based products which has been in force since the first BSE crisis in 1989. Any haggis found trying to cross the border by sniffer dogs or inspectors is currently destroyed, and you could face a fine of $1000! My haggis fact of the day is that the leading Edinburgh haggis maker produces about 300 tonnes of the meaty treat in the three weeks before Burns Night on January 25. If youre planning to celebrate burns night, have a very good one, and I hope wherever you enjoy it that your haggis is legal! Well thats it from me for today. Have a great weekend, and I hope you can join me for Fridays Look North tonight 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
