Hello and welcome to todays Levy Letter for Tuesday. I hope youre having a good start to the week, and I hope youll join me tonight at half past six on BBC One for todays Look North. Well have all the days news and stories from around our patch, and of course well have the detailed weather forecast as well.
We had a huge response on our story yesterday about some dangerous vandalism and anti-social behaviour. Thank you for all your comments and stories. Remember we look at every message that gets sent to us, and keep them coming in. If you have a comment to make, an opinion to share, or a story you think we should know about, get in touch with us straight away at [EMAIL PROTECTED], and tell us the details. And thank you for all the pictures weve received lately for the programme, some very good ones as well. Well have another one on Look North tonight, and if youve taken a good one, send it in and you could see it on the television. DIY Lots of us dabble in a bit of DIY from time to time, sometimes out of necessity rather than desire, but I dont think its often you can say its been life saving. Well theres a fantastic story in the news today about a mother who has a piece of medical DIY to thank for the health of her two year old daughter. Millie was born with a rare condition requiring major surgery, and when her kidneys began to fail under the strain, existing dialysis machines were just to large to be used on the 6lb baby, and it looked like she wouldnt survive. Thats until a doctor, and a senior childrens nurse built a miniature dialysis machine themselves, away from the hospital, which successfully saved Millies life. Shes now a healthy two year old girl, and the DIY piece of kit is being used to help other children in the same position. Now its hoped official versions of the machine will be built to help more babies. According to the childs mother, It was a green metal box with a few paint marks on it with quite a few wires coming out of it into my daughter - it didn't look like a normal NHS one. A great bit of ingenuity there, and a very useful piece of DIY work which actually saved a childs life. Clone Its long been the subject of science fiction, and now its becoming science fact, as the first commercial clones of a pet dog were created in South Korea recently. Five puppy clones were created from refrigerated ear tissue from a beloved pet. The client is a Hollywood script writer, and theres quite a dramatic story behind the cloning, worthy of a film. The client wanted to clone the pit bull terrier after it rescued her from a vicious attack by another pet. The writer and former beauty queen was being mauled severely, until the much smaller dog came to her rescue, defending her until she could get to safety. While she was in recovery, the dog named Booger acted as a guide dog and learned to fetch clothes from the dryer and turn door knobs. Before he succumbed to cancer, Booger also worked with his owner as a therapy team with the elderly and handicapped. Well you have to say thats quite a dog. Perhaps its understandable why theyd want to make five clones of the pit bull, and it could be the start of a major new industry. I wonder what you think of this. You would never have to say goodbye to a favourite pet again, however the company is planning to charge $150,000, and feeding five hungry clones cant be cheap either. Last Choir Standing Ive plugged this a few times in the letter now, and I hope youre looking forward to the Last Choir Standing event in Hulls Queen Victoria Square this Saturday. Its a free event with music and participation, Ill be there as the host, and the event will involve a mass singing workshop for the audience along with performances from local choirs. The singing workshop will take place at The Big Screen, Queen Victoria Square, Hull on Saturday, August 9 at 3pm. The whole event is expected to last about 90 minutes, and all the seated tickets are sold out, but you can still go along to the square to enjoy the atmosphere and of course the music. I hope to see you there. Well thats it from me for today. Have a very good afternoon, and dont forget to watch Look North tonight at half past six on BBC One. Bye for now Peter Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information 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
