Hi there, and welcome to the start of another weeks worth of Levy Letters. Lots of stuff going on over the weekend, including the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley and the Freedom Festival in Hull. And if you werent involved or attending any of those, then it was also the final of Last Choir Standing on BBC One! An unusual success that programme, I thought. And the same can be said for its presenter as well, Myleene Klass. Shes come a long way from Popstars: The Rivals and her band Hearsay. Do you remember them? And whats happened to the rest of her pop group? She now seems to be getting lots of work as a TV and radio presenter as well as her classical music career. Anyway, whatever you got up to this weekend, despite the loss for Hull FC, then I hope you enjoyed yourself. Whatever you got up to, then let me know and even send me some snaps if you were out having a good time. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] for anything you want to chat to me about.
Flies The flies were out in force at the weekend as usual. Thats one good thing to be said for the Winter not so many flies! And I was right, there doesnt seem to be anybody, who reads the Letter, who loves flies and objected to my swatting tips. Quite the opposite in fact. Sheila emailed in though with an alternative to the swatter Peter, you need some citronella candles or tea lights. They work and the flies disappear. They hate the smell. You will not have to exhaust yourself with the fly swatter. Thanks Sheila! Clive from Nottingham emailed in too, I remember that back in the fifties American scientists spent a small fortune on how flies take off and why it is so difficult to swat them. Their conclusion was that house flies jump backwards to take off! Instead of spending all that money, if they had asked me, I would have told them because Ive watched them for hours. Thanks Clive, but did you want to admit to watching flies! Although, I suppose when theres a particu! larly persistent fly, you cant help but follow it around the room. And I hadnt heard this before about flies taking off backwards, but Mike in Willerby confirmed what Clive said, Peter, Swatting flies is quite straightforward if you remember that they take off by leaping backwards. Aim for just behind and above the fly, and you will score more hits than misses. Well, I think Ive exhausted the top tips for fly swatters. Thanks to everyone, who emailed me! Sea Levels I know some people, who are a bit sceptical over global warming, especially over the causes and the cures. Heres the latest though. The Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the second smallest extent since satellite records began. Thats according to US scientists who have been closely monitoring the effects of global warming in the Artic. On the 26th August this year, the area covered by ice in the Artic was 2.03 million square miles. Last September, the ice covered just 1.59 million square miles, so with a month to go, US scientists are worried that this year may see the record broken for the amount of sea ice in the Artic. Just to compare these figures for you, as I suppose its quite hard to comprehend just how much 2.03 million square miles actually is, in 1980 the figure was 3 million square miles. So, whether or not the 2007 record is broken in the next few weeks, there is still a very definite trend in the declining amount of ice and scientists are now predicting an ice-fre! e Artic sea in the summer months much earlier than expected. Previously computer models had predicted no ice by 2080. That predicted year has changed to around 2030 or 2050. So there you go. Concerns yet again for the melting sea ice in the Artic. So on that note, and I suppose it wasnt a particularly cheery one either, thats it from me! I hope you can join me tonight for Look North at the usual time of half past six. I look forward to hearing your comments about any of the stories on the programme. And of course, if theres a story or issue thats affecting you or your family, then do let me know. We may be able to help and feature you on the TV. So get in touch about anything at all to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to hearing from you. Take care, 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
