Hi there, its Peter here with the start of another weeks worth of Levy Letters. I hope you enjoyed your weekend whatever you got up to!
Space Tourist Im not sure anybody in my generation would have believed this story would be possible! Am I right? Well, Ive read that the US space tourist, Richard Garriott, has successfully blasted off into space. Hes paid £15m for the pleasure! So its not really an option for most of us as a cheap getaway this Autumn! His £15m will take him on a ten day trip to the International Space Station. And Richard is following in his fathers footsteps. In 1973, Owen Garriott, spent sixty days on the space station taking photographs of the Earths surface and Owen will send messages of support to his son from mission control in Moscow. Im not sure if Id fancy that. I know you all know that I like flying, but going into space is something else! And spending so much time in the space station might I think get a bit claustrophobic. You certainly cant open a window for some fresh air! What do you reckon? Would you want to go and visit the ISS? Its not just a fun road trip though for the astro! nauts. The professionals will be starting up a new life support machine for the ISS, which should enable full-time occupancy of the orbiting outpost to be increased from three to six in the new year. Isnt it strange to think that space tourism is now a reality! Horse Of The Year Show Shes had a tumultuous career hasnt she? And Im sure you either love her or dislike her, but Katie Price, also known as the model Jordan, has gone for a rather different career path. She starred in the dressage demonstration at the Horse of the Year show this weekend. And her performance was so popular, she was asked to perform in the finale. In July of this year, Katie was turned away from the Cartier International polo event in Windsor, because she claimed, she wasnt the type of person they wanted at the event. Shes since set her sights on competing in the London Olympics in 2012. Well, thats certainly a surprising turn of events isnt it! Im sure the media will continue to follow the story! Earthquake Remember the earthquake we all experienced in our region this year? Well, I had a note here from Lesley in Boston. She writes, Hi, I was wondering if you ever heard any more about those gadgets that were placed into the ground after our earth tremor quite some months back? What annoys me most about certain news all over the world is you hear of a volcano erupting and its on the TV all that day, then nothing. I would like to know if you heard any more about the earth tremor, and whether or not they found any after-shocks? You never know these things if you dont ask eh! Thanks Lesley for getting in touch with us. Just to let you know though that we havent forgotten about this story. We are following the progress of the scientists, but were waiting for research results to come back. Once we know of anything, then we will put it on the programme. Thanks Lesley for asking the question though. And that reminds me, if you ever want to know about a follow-up to a story weve c! overed on the programme, then do let me know. And if theres a story you think we should be covering, then get in touch. Its the usual address for this or anything else on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care, 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. 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.
