Hello and welcome to today's Levy Letter for Wednesday. I hope you're having a very good day, and I hope you'll be able to join me tonight at the usual time of half past six on BBC One for Look North.
Coming up on the programme tonight, we'll meet the mother of three serving soldiers from Horncastle whose sons are all going to Iraq. We'll hear about her fears for her family, and how she plans to cope. Almost eleven months since the floods - yet another report says changes need to be made to the way flooding is managed in future, if a repeat of last summer is to be avoided. We'll be hearing from people who were flooded - and those in power, to find out what's going to change. We'll be meeting the Lincolnshire woman who isn't paying part of her council tax bill until the government decides whether the 80 per cent rise in the police contribution is acceptable. We'll have an exclusive look at the latest windfarm being built - this one off the Lincolnshire coast near Skegness. And we'll be hearing concerns about what impact the turbines will have on local environment and tourism in the area. And as Hull remembers the Blitz at a special ceremony, we hear the story of survivors of the World War 2 onslaught by German bombers. We'll have the detailed weather forecast from Lisa on the programme along with all the day's other news and stories. That's all on Look North, half past six on BBC One. Thank you for the huge response we had on our programme yesterday, especially on our story about ex-offenders being given housing. We had over a hundred messages before the end of the programme, and a lot more afterwards. Thank you for all of those, and keep them coming in. If we get time we might have some of those on the programme tonight. Our email address as always is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we'll have our text and hotline numbers on Look North as well. Breastfeeding Ive heard before that babies who are breastfed are healthier than those who are fed from the bottle, and a new study is backing up the claims with evidence that breastfeeding babies can eventually make them more intelligent. By the age of six, children breastfed in their first 3 months were demonstrating better results in IQ tests. Teachers also rated these children higher in reading and writing than children in control groups. It certainly sounds impressive, doesnt it? One problem with previous research is that its been difficult to distinguish how much of the intelligence advantage is down to breast milk, and how much is down to the family background of children. Apparently affluent mothers are more likely to breast feed. I wonder why that is. But the research seems to be saying that breastfeeding your child if you can could make them brainier. Hungover Heres an interesting story, and who knows, it might concern you! A new study has revealed that one in three workers have been hungover at their desk, and one in ten have been drunk at work. Staff said theyd made mistakes, found it difficult to concentrate, and had to go home as a result of their drinking. Thats quite extraordinary. Employers also claim that alcohol is the biggest threat to the welfare of their staff, which is understandable looking at these results. Of those who had had a hangover or been drunk at work, 85% confirmed it affected their performance or mood. More than a third (36%) found it hard to concentrate, 35% were less productive, 42% felt tired to the point of being sleepy and 25% did the minimum amount of work and went home as soon as possible. Heres the really worrying thing for me, the highest rate of drunkenness at work was in media and creative jobs, while construction workers, professional and business services, and IT workers were also affected more than the average. The study also says that its the jobs with the most stress and factors such as long hours, short contracts, and bad management, where there are the biggest problems with alcohol. Thats interesting, but worrying research, isnt it? Ibuprofen This is the latest story in the news about Alzheimers disease, and this time its Ibuprofen thats being hailed as a preventative measure. In a new study, those who used the drug for more than five years were more than 40% less likely to develop Alzheimers, although doctors arent recommending that you should start taking the drug just to reduce the risk. Long term use of Ibuprofen can also have damaging side effects. As with all of these things, the results arent conclusive, and theres more research to be done. I wonder when Ill be able to report a piece of research in the Levy Letter that is conclusive and final. But then I think a lot of researchers would be out of work! Thats it from me for today. I hope youll be able to join me tonight at the usual time of half past six on BBC One for Look North. Have a very good day. 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
