Hello and welcome to todays Levy Letter for Tuesday. I hope you enjoyed a good start to the week, and I hope youll be able to join me tonight at half past six on BBC One for todays Look North.
Thank you as always for the responses we had to the programme, and one of our stories is proving a big hit on the BBC News website. If you saw the programme yesterday youll know about the new water based craze in Skegness. It involves sealing yourself inside a giant inflatable ball and moving around on the surface of a swimming pool. Each to their own. If you want to watch it again, you can currently see it on the BBC News website as one of the most popular videos. Its worth a look, but I dont think youll catch me in one. Makeup Talking of new crazes, how about makeup for men! Well as youll know, we in television have to wear makeup - for purely technical reasons of course. Now a high street shop is to introduce a range of make-up products for men, it includes Guyliner, and Manscara. Who thinks of these names? Both are eye make-up products designed and marketed for men. Apparently its considered fashionable for men to step out with some cosmetic products on, and perfectly possible to remain masculine while wearing them. According to the products creator, theyre essentials any guy would borrow from his other half. And, it's about subtle make-up rather than wanting to create the drag queen look. Well there you go. So now you can go the high street to get your essentials without embarrassment. Well perhaps a little embarrassment. I wonder what you think about this, is it now acceptable for men to buy eye liner for themselves? Itll be interesting to see how well these products sell on the high street, and how many men you see strolling into the shop to stock up. Will you be one of them? Let me know. Jet The business tycoon Richard Branson has unveiled the jet plane that he hopes will carry tourists into space in his next commercial venture. A high altitude plane will carry a smaller craft up to the edge of the earths atmosphere, where the rocket powered space ship will blast away from the mothership up to even greater heights, providing passengers with a weightless experience. If youre interested in what sounds like an incredible trip, it will set you back a massive £100,000 for what is a relatively short experience. I think that puts it out of most peoples reach for now. The aircraft are currently being tested, and should be finished in about a years time. I think many people would love to experience weightlessness, although the price is huge, and the technology hasnt been really tested yet. Richard Branson obviously thinks theres a market for this sort of thing, so there must be plenty of people willing, and rich enough to put up the cash. If you want to book your trip on a flight into space, you should start saving your pennies now. Open Day A quick plug here for the Shores Centre in Withernsea. Its the Southern Holderness Resource Centre, serving the people of the local community including the elderly in their homes, and also carers who need a break, among others. Theyre having an open day on the 1st of August, 10am until 4pm. If you want to drop in, Im sure theyd appreciate it. Thank you to Jennie from the centre for letting me know about that. Well thats about it from me for today. If youve got anything interesting to let us know about, drop us a line and email in to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Were always on the look out for any interesting stories that matter to you, or any unusual pictures to show before the programme. And if you cant be near a television tonight at half past six to watch Look North on BBC One, youll be able to catch up with the latest bulletin and our top stories at our website, www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. So now theres no excuse for missing out Have a very good day, and I hope youll join me for the programme tonight. Well have all the latest news and stories from around our patch, and also the all important weather forecast as always. Take care, by 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
