Good Afternoon and welcome to Wednesdays edition of the Levy Letter. I hope you are enjoying your week so far. The weather seems a bit better than yesterday with less rain but still feels rather dark. I hope it doesnt stay like this for long!
Well politics does seem to be taking over the news agenda today. Senator Barack Obama was named President of the United States this morning. He is the first black President to take residence in the White House and will begin his term in January. It is a historic day and will no doubt change the global face of international politics forever. To mark the occasion American rapper, Will.i.am, will be releasing a new song and video. The song is entitled Its a New Day. It does seem that music and Obamas campaign have been going hand in hand, with Rapper JayZ and singer Mary J Blige appearing at a rally before the election. In the UK the three leaders of the main political parties have praised Barack Obamas victory. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Mr Obama ran an "inspirational campaign, energising politics with progressive values and his vision for the future". Conservative leader, David Cameron, called the president-elect the "first of a new generation of world leaders" a! nd Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said the US result was "vital to our future". Dots Honour Congratulations to Eastenders actress, June Brown, who plays Dot Cotton. June went to Buckingham Palace where The Queen awarded June the MBE for her services to drama and charity. The 81 year old star described receiving her MBE as a quite remarkable experience. She said that her character would have relished the occasion, Dot would have been absolutely delighted. She's a great royalist and a fairly good Christian. Alongside her Eastenders role, June Brown is also President of the Michael Elliott Trust, which gives children with special needs the chance to look after abandoned donkeys. Golf Now are you a golfer? What do you think makes for a perfect swing? Well Ive been reading today the way to having the best swing is not using full power at the start, but by building it up quickly. And the flick of the wrist doesnt play a critical role in the perfect swing either. Professor Sharpe, from the University of Surrey, researched using a model in which a golfer uses three points of rotation: the shoulders relative to the spine, the arms relative to the shoulders and the wrists relative to the arms. Golfers will tell you that the timing of these rotations relative to one another is the key to a long drive. However this new research is the first to optimise those timings and how the power of a swing is developed as they play out. Professor Sharp suggests In the expert swings studied, control of the arms and not the wrists appears to be the priority. So the next time you are on the golf course and you find yourself losing, try this technique out! Thats all for todays Levy Letter. If you are going to any firework displays tonight, remember to wrap up warm and stay safe. 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.
