Hi there, its Peter here! I hope youre well. I did say that I thought wed run out of things to say about flies! But not so! Honestly, heres the last email on the matter from Carole in Haxey near Doncaster. She writes, My husbands Dad, Bill from Rossington in South Yorkshire, bought us one of the best presents we've had in ages - a battery fly swatter!! Its shaped like a tennis racket with a little button on the side. All you have to do is place it near a fly and when it tries to fly away, press the button on the side and it kills the insect swiftly, with no mess either! Its great - sometimes me and my hubby Colin have competitions to see who can get the most!! Each to their own I suppose! Thanks Carole for getting in touch with me.
Take The Stairs Its quite a dilemma isnt it when youre faced with the stairs or the lift. But Swiss researchers have said that making the right choice of taking the stairs at work could save your life. Thats quite a claim! This study has looked at banning the use of lifts and escalators, which would eventually lead to better fitness, less body fat, trimmer waistlines and a drop in blood pressure. This all came from Swiss scientists studying the habits of 69 people. And simply by taking the stairs regularly, the Swiss team think this could translate to a 15% cut in the risk of dying prematurely from any cause. I suppose taking the stairs could be a relatively easy thing to change in our lifestyles. I would have thought most people, who work in an office like myself, have a fairly sedentary lifestyle therell be a trip to the coffee machine or a trip to the printer perhaps. But that hardly counts as exercise. Although, I suppose every so often the newsroom will get to see me running ove! r to the studio for the programme if Im a bit late! But Im not sure that counts either. But heres the tip for us all, take the stairs if we can. Degree I know Ive mentioned in the Letter before about the strange degrees you can get nowadays in just about any subject you can think of. What was it before? A diploma in fast food retailing I think it was. Well, heres the latest qualification you can get a degree to be a Redcoat! A sea side resort has teamed up with a university to train aspiring entertainers in a two year course in musical theatre. A final year can be added to the course to gain a BA (Hons) in music. So there you go. Seaside entertainers can now get a qualification for their chosen career! Cake Its amazing what people will buy isnt it? A large slice of cake has just been sold for £1000 at an auction house in Gloucestershire and its 27 years old. Im not sure if it would still taste nice! But I doubt anyone will be eating this particular fruit cake as it was made to celebrate the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles. The nine inch square piece of cake was given to Moyra Smith, a cleaner at Clarence House in London, by a royal chef and it comes with a signed thank you letter to Mrs Smith from the royal couple. Although there have been quite a few slices of the royal couples wedding cake sold, this one has a very beautiful royal coat of arms in icing. For its 27 years, the cake has been preserved in clingfilm, but it would have come from one of the 23 wedding cakes officially made and most probably came from a single-tier cake sent to the staff as a thank you to Clarence House. So one anonymous collector wanted to get his slice of history, but for £100! 0! Well, that's it from me. Children In Need is approaching! Its time for you to get your fundraising hats on. The fundraising packs, to help you do this, will be arriving soon. Youll be able to pick them up from the Open Centre in Hull and the receptions in Grimsby and Lincoln by next week hopefully. From this weekend, Ill be able to tell you who to phone too if you want more information on how to raise money for Children In Need. So watch this space and Ill give you more details about it all soon. Take care and join me tonight if you can for Look North, 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
