Hello, its Peter here, welcome to the start of another week on the Levy Letter, hope your day has started off well and that your weekend was good. Whatever you got up to yesterday, it was St. Georges day. As you know on March the 17th pints of Guinness are drank in Ireland. On March the 31st, St. Davids day is celebrated in Wales but what happens on April the 23rd? Well its a bit of a different story, only 19% of people were planning to mark St. Georges day, compared with 60% who celebrate shrove Tuesday and guy forks attempts to blow up the houses of parliament on Bonfire night. The lack of activity is not caused by national apathy according to a survey, its discovered that more than 8 in 10 are unaware of St. Georges day and the main reason that they do not mark it is simply that they do not know what kind of activity would be appropriate. If you did something special for St. Georges day then let me know.
Hope youll be able to join me tonight BBC 1, its six thirty for all the days news and Paul will have the forecast. Well tell the story of the horrific attack in which a pony was deliberately set on fire, well meet the teenagers battling against the loss of their skate park and we will be revealing which famous Hull singers appearing on a world cup song. Pumpkins So, we will be talking about pumpkins tonight and how you can get your free seeds to grow your own pumpkins. Two types of pumpkins, a smaller one which will be ready for Halloween and also a big one, a giant pumpkin well be having a competition if your pumpkin grows we may be coming and getting some pictures of it. If youd like Peters pumpkin seeds then all youve got to do is get in touch with me and give me your postal address, so we can post them out to you. If you want to drop me a line the address is Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull HU13RH or email the look north email, which is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and leave your address. Watch out for your free pumpkin seeds in the post. Alzheimers Its been reported that a Mediterranean menu can cut the risk by 40%, according to experts. A Mediterranean diet can dramatically cut the risk of getting Alzheimers so researchers say. Those who stuck closely to the diet were 40% less likely to contract the devastating condition than those who did not. The findings add to the growing evidence that the Mediterranean diet, made up of lots of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, fish and a little red wine, is actually good for your health. Other studies have found that the diet can extend life by keeping the heart in good shape and staving off cancers. As you know Alzheimers has been very much in the news , particularly with one storyline in the soaps just recently. So, the Mediterranean diet is good. For someone who eats a Mediterranean diet a typical breakfast would be yogurt, muesli and honey; lunch would be Greek salad, plenty of feta cheese, olives tomatoes ; a snack, pitta bread and hummus and dinner would be seared tuna s! teak followed by fresh fruit with one or two glasses of red wine. Sounds good. Petrol Stations I was thinking about this when I was driving between Hornsea and Hull. Looking at the number of rural petrol stations, they seem to be few and far between, well it seems that savage competition from supermarkets is driving small garages out of business, forcing people who like in rural areas to drive for miles and miles to get petrol. There was also a story in the paper yesterday about the first and last petrol station in the UK, which is down in a place called Sennen, near Lands End. Its been there for 70 years, and that petrol station has even had to close. Eleven forecourts are closing every week, can you believe that? The number of petrol stations has fallen from a peak of approximately 40,000 in the 70s to fewer than 10,000 today the lowest number since 1912. If you have thought on the subject of petrol then do let me know, email me at the usual address. And if you want to get in touch with me on anything its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont forget to keep those pictures ! coming in for our big screen every evening, either by post or email. Lulu Cant get away from her at the moment, she seems to be on everything. She was judging on Strictly Dance Fever a few weeks back. Shes 55, she looks absolutely amazing for her age. Shes also a dog lover, shes just spent two and a half thousand pounds on a pace maker for her pet terrier Bonnie. Its seems that the treasured 14 year old West Highland Terrier had been repeatedly fainting because she had an irregular heart beat so Lulu took her to the Royal vetenary college where she was fitted with the device. The hospital, which is at the cutting edge of vetenary heart treatment told Lulu the operation would extend Bonnies life. That really is a dog lover, somebody whos got two and a half thousand pounds to spend on an operation for their dog. Apparently the operation was apparently screened on the television last Wednesday I didnt see it, but even if I had Im not sure I wouldve been able to sit through it. Hopefully it wont be too long before Lulu is back on the pro! gramme again, always a great guest. Talking of guests, if youve got anyone youd like to see on the sofa then let me know, thanks for all the suggestions so far. Or if youve got a story you think would be good for the programme then drop me a line, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or give me a ring one day at the BBC in Hull, if its urgent. Thats it from me today, thank you for reading the Levy Letter, join me tonight for all the days news, BBC 1 six thirty. Bye for now, Peter. 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