Hello and welcome to Mondays Levy letter. I hope you had a very good weekend, and I hope youre ready for the start of another week. The countrys been experiencing some very strong wind and storms today, so take care and make sure you stay safe. If youve seen any damage to trees or buildings caused by the wind then get in touch and let us know about by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and help us stay on top of whats happening in our part of the world.
As usual, we had lots and lots of fascinating responses to our programme last week. Many people called in, emailed, or sent text messages to let us know what they thought about service people wearing uniforms in public for example, we had a lot of strong opinions on that. Dont forget we read and listen to every one and if you have a story for the programme or something you want to have a say on or let us know about, drop us a line. On Look North today, is it the end of the plastic bag as we know it? We'll look at a scheme to introduce bags we can compost, and ask is it the shape of things to come, or just another well intentioned green idea? We'll meet a man from Brattleby in Lincolnshire with his story of prostate cancer at the start of a special awareness week. Hull City are in the play off places at last. Damian Johnson will be reporting on the club's success so far and what they need to do to secure the ultimate prize of promotion to the Premiership. Well also have all the rest of the sport. And Ill be meeting the local St Bernard fresh from success at the world's most famous dog show. Hes called Johnny, he weighs 13 stone, and hell be in the studio with me tonight. Am I allowed to say that thought worries me just a little? Youll be able to see what happens tonight at half past six along with all the rest of the days news and stories. Thats Look North on BBC One tonight. Well also have the latest weather forecast as well, which well all be watching to see how the wind will be affecting our area. As I said, well stay right on top of the latest events for you as always. £4,000 House As house prices remain out of the reach of many people, and the market continues to fluctuate, maybe this could be the answer if youre thinking of getting into the property market. A house built in Scotland over the last four years has been built by a software engineer for round about £4,000. The walls are made of straw, it has a roof made from turf, it gathers water from rainfall and is powered by a car battery. There are also plans to install a waterwheel later this year to add additional power. A lot of the other components of the house were gathered from things people had thrown away. Despite the low cost of building the home, it looks surprisingly cosy inside from the pictures. The ceiling is wood panelled, there are solid pine doors salvaged from an old public baths, and it has a stove chimney that cost just £50. It all sounds rather nice. The house took a bit of time to put up, with an estimated 10 months of actual building time, but if you own a patch of land and you want to live in an economical and ecologically friendly dwelling then this could be the answer. The only problem is finding the time and the bits and pieces I suppose, but think of all the money youd save. Beatle memories Im sure if you lived through the sixties you must have some memory of the time, especially if youre old enough to remember The Beatles. Now psychologists at the University of Leeds are using the Fab Four to do research into the human memory. The researchers want to collect peoples memories connected to the music of The Beatles to discover how musical memories affect personal identity, and they believe that by using a hugely popular band they can collect the widest range of responses. The psychologists say that thoughts might be linked to a certain song, or album, or maybe to events like the assassination of John Lennon. I think we all have particular associations with certain songs, sometimes they can be very vivid and meaningful. Apparently, thoughts and sensations can be prompted by certain signals, and music in particular has a very strong ability to recall long term memories. If you want to sign up to contribute your autobiographical memories, you can go to the Magical Memory Tour website, a very clever name. It will be very interesting to see what they come up with. Well thats about it for another day on the Levy Letter. I hope you have a very good afternoon, and that you can join me tonight for Look North at half past six on BBC One. Dont forget if youve seen any damage caused by the high winds then drop us a line and send us an email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also if youve got any pictures of damage or the effects of the weather, send them into us as well. 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
