Good morning, its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Lisa Gallagher will have the weather forecast. The rumours are that its getting better for the Easter weekend and it certainly looks like that might be true looking at the glorious weather this morning. Of course thats good news this week. And this week is a nice short week too. I hope youve got some lovely plans for Easter.
Well, its no longer parent and toddler groups anymore. Theres a new scheme in Hull to develop grandparent and toddler groups! Ill have more on that later on Look North. I also want to hear your views tonight on the proposed police mergers. Ill be launching a text vote tonight on the programme, so make sure you tune in so that you can register your vote. On the day that council leaders sign a letter addressed to the government asking for a full consultation on this matter, Ill be asking whether you feel that this merger will improve policing in your area. I want your views on this one. Council leaders feel that the decision on this has been taken out of theirs and the publics hands, so get in touch with your views. My guest tonight is the charming Hayley Westenra. Shes got an incredible voice and is coming to Sheffield for a concert. Staying with music, Ill be launching a great competition for a huge concert in Lincoln in May. Headlining will be Westlife, with Liberty X, Lee Ryan and X Factor finalists, Journey South also performing. Itll be a great concert in the summer, so tune in tonight to find out how you can win two pairs of tickets for this. A very busy show, so I hope you can join me. DIY I see that the under-thirties are unable to do DIY. Theyre ok with flat pack and they can set their videos, but they cant tackle simple DIY jobs like wallpapering. One in four struggle to sew a hem on a skirt or wire a plug. The other job that they cant do is bleed a radiator. Thats the problems for younger ones, but of course they have no problem operating their computer or setting their VCR. The older generation struggle with those tasks. The results, out today, show that we spend nearly £2000 a year getting someone in to do the simplest of tasks around the house and garden! Emails Dont forget if you want to drop me a line on any subject, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ive received emails on a variety of subjects so far this week. I was talking about the size of hand luggage yesterday. This one has come in from Tony. He says, Regarding the airlines cutting down on the size of hand luggage, then Im all for it. What annoys me is the weight limit on luggage. Most airlines allow twenty kilograms of weighed in luggage, whilst others allow fifty kilograms. Im six foot two inches tall and weigh nineteen and a half stone. Obviously my clothes weigh a lot heavier than a twelve stone person. You never really think about that do you? But if we were both to take the same items on holiday, then I would have to pay excess baggage weight. Thats interesting isnt it? Something Ive never thought about. Thank you Tony for bringing that one up. Theres one here from John Musgrave. Im writing to see if you could give me a quick mention about a fundraising night weve got for a little girl called Nadine Conroy. Shes two years old and is suffering from several disabilities, which includes fluid on part of her brain. Shes had to have an operation to fit a tube into her tummy, so that she can be fed. She weights just over eighteen pounds and cannot walk or talk and is in stark contrast if you see her twin sister, whos a typical two year old. Even though Nadine has these disabilities, she always has a smile on her face. The doctors do not know what shes suffering from and have said that it could be a number of years before they can diagnose what exactly Nadine has got. Well, weve organised a fundraising event at the Southcoates Club on the Newbridge Road in Hull on Thursday 13th April where some of Hulls finest acts, including Becky Brown, Mike King, Brian Hill, Paul Alan and myself, Jonny M, will be performing. ! Weve got a signed football by Manchester United and George Best and also Hull FC and Hull KR shirts and also a guest appearance by Hull FCs Kirk Yeaman and also Hull KRs Paul Barker. So there you are. A very good cause. If you can get along, then its the Southcoates Club on Newbridge Road in Hull on Thursday 13th April. So if you can support that one, then its for a very good cause. And dont forget, if youre involved in a charity and youve got an event coming up that youd like a mention for in the Levy Letter, then drop me a line. Pens Dont forget if you havent got your Peter Levy, Levy Letter pen and youd like one, then get in touch. Just send me a stamped addressed envelope, post it off to BBC Look North, Queen's Court, Queen's Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. Just send me a stamped addressed envelope and Ill send you a pen back by return of post. Womens Bodies If you want to know whats on a womans mind, then take a look at her body. Shes worrying about its shape and size every fifteen minutes, according to a new survey. Podgy thighs, muffin top waists and chunky arms are just a few of her concerns. In fact only one in fifty women are truly happy with her body, according to the survey that has just been published. Those questioned said they wanted to lose an average of nineteen pounds, with most suggesting that nine stone two was their ideal weight. The women, who worried about their bodies every fifteen minutes or so, were the lucky ones. 29% said they worried every waking minute. Can you believe that? Thats so frightening isnt it? The top ten British female bodies? Well, Kelly Brooke, Kate Moss, Catherine Zeta-Jones are at the top of the list. I think thats a little bit far fetched if you dont mind me saying so. Anyway, thats in a survey thats published today. Sleep As you know, this is something thats close to my heart sleep, or the lack of it in my case. Ive been trying just about everything to help me sleep. Thanks to everyone, who have written in to suggest a banana before bed. Im pursuing that at the moment. However, theres an interesting article out today thats called, How Much Sleep Do You Need? It says that how little sleep we get is becoming a national obsession. Britains leading expert on the subject said that like our Victorian ancestors, we could get by on half as much as we actually get at the moment. It seems that Britons spend an average of seven hours twenty-nine minutes asleep each night apparently, but we could get by, quite adequately, on four hours sleep a night. This is according to figures just out. Again, your views on sleep are gratefully received. Leave It To Levy Dont forget, if youve got a problem or theres something that you think we could tackle on your behalf on the programme, then send me the details. Also send me a contact telephone number as well so that I can give you a ring about it and let me know. Either post it to me to the address I gave you for the Levy Letter pens or just email me! Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good day and thanks for reading. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. 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. 1.94.4
