Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Mondays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope you can join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm as usual for the Monday edition of Look North. Paul will have the forecast and as well as all the days news, Ill have the extraordinary story of one local dentist, who defrauded the NHS of £600,000 by claiming work from deceased patients. An incredible story and Ill have more on that tonight.
Well also have the latest on speculation surrounding the future of Hull FCs John Kear. Hull FC are expected to make a statement in the next forty-eight hours after their Challenge Cup exit at the hands of Bradford Bulls at the weekend. Ill have more on that later. Lincolnshire has become the home to Nimrods, Hawks, Typhoons and surveillance aircraft, but now twenty two Jaguars have moved to RAF Coningsby. Well be flying high with the RAF tonight with an exclusive behind the scenes look at this new squadron to arrive in our region. My special live guest tonight is a famous magician and comedian and has starred in numerous pantomimes across the country. Paul Daniels son, Martin Daniels is now settling down in Gainsborough. Today he started his new job as a presenter on BBC Radio Lincolnshire and Ill be talking to him live tonight on the programme. I hope you can join me tonight for Look North on BBC1. Left Handed We got onto the subject of being left handed last week and theres a note come in here from Kathy from East Riding College, she says, Ive just got your letter with the bit about being left handed, which always interests me being gammy handed myself, as some other people infuriatingly refer to it. Im not sure if this is a local term. Anyway, I just wondered why there was no mention of famous women though. Most do seem to be in the entertainment world Judy Garland, Goldie Hawn, Greta Garbo and they were all left handed. I wish I earned 5% more! It does annoy me sometimes that everything seems to be geared up for right handed people, such as kitchen scissors. Also some shops make things difficult for us lefties when it comes to signing for goods where everything is designed for someone to lean over the counter with their right hand and use the Chip and Pin. Although the Chip and Pin has helped to solve that problem. Kathy, thank you very much indeed. Theres just a quick note here from Martin from the Federation of Small Businesses in the East Yorkshire Branch. He would like to give advance notice of a fashion show in aid of their charity, the Macmillan Cancer Relief, to be held at the KC Stadium in May. They hope to raise £3000 for the charity to help pay for the completion of an extension to their facility on Salthouse Road. So the very best of luck there to the Federation of Small Businesses and their Fashion Show in May! Talking of things being opened, on Wednesday lunchtime at two oclock I shall be opening the much awaited extension of the nursery on Victoria Dock. So if youre going to be there then I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday lunchtime at 2pm! Noel Edmonds I was mentioning last week the number of people, who have been in touch saying how much theyre enjoying Deal Or No Deal. Several people have pointed out that Noel would make a good guest on the programme. Well, Im sure at some point he would do. At the moment, there is no real reason why we would interview Noel Edmonds, because theres no local connection, but you never know whats around the corner. You might have seen him interviewed on Saturday night on Parkinson. He was talking about some weird beliefs hes got about the way things happen to him. I dont quite understand it, I have to say, but theres also this deal over the drawings on his hands when hes holding the telephone on the programme. The programme has been a huge hit, but each night there are some drawings on his hand. One night there was a cloud, on another night there was a star, and one night there was a sun. Its all very bizarre. The programme makers insist that they have no idea what these symbols mea! n and that they bear no relation whatsoever to the show itself. They say, We dont know why hes doing it. He wont say. Thats from a spokesman for the show. Well, I wonder if its connected with what he was talking about on Parkinson on Saturday night. If anyone can help me with that, then do get in touch. Sat Nav The devices are supposed to take the stress out of driving by guiding motorists quickly and safely to their destination. But research has showed that satellite navigation systems may do more harm than good by distracting drivers and increasing the risk of accidents. Motorists would be better off pulling over and looking at a map, so have said scientists from the Manchester Metropolitan University. Not to mention the number of cases weve had just recently where people have gone to completely the wrong place follow the Sat Navs directions. But it was bound to happen. That said if you speak to any taxi drivers, then theyll tell you that it makes their jobs a lot easier! Talking of inventions, as concerns grow over the risks of loud music, the maximum volume on Ipods is to be capped, so Apple has announced. Free software downloads give users the ability to set volume caps on newer Ipods. The setting can then be locked with a combination code. This allows parents to set a maximum volume limit on their childrens Ipods. The move comes after a Californian law suit was filed against Apple in January, which claims that Ipods could cause hearing loss. So there you are. Lucy and I, who both work on the Levy Letter everyday, both have Ipods and are glad to hear about that one. Although I dont think mine gets much use nowadays, certainly not the way it should be used anyway, jogging around the countryside! Beauticians Well, do you go to a beauty parlour? Do you chat with the beautician whilst shes doing her little bits and pieces? Well, beauticians are, apparently, the happiest people in Britain. Florists and the clergy also take great pleasure in their work, but white collar workers are far more likely to be fed up with the rat race. Pharmacists, lawyers and civil servants are the unhappiest in their work, relating their job satisfaction at less than 7.5 out of 10. So there you are, pharmacists, lawyers and civil servants are not very happy. Are you one of those? But beauticians enjoy helping people look good and look their best and they vote their job satisfaction at 9.2 out of 10. Thats the happiest job in the country, according to a new survey out. Well, thats it from me for today. Have a very good day. I hope you can join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Take care, bye for now 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. 1.94.4
