Hello, its Peter here and welcome to todays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Ill have all the days news including the latest on how our region's airports have been affected by today's terror alerts. Tightened security measures have been stepped up at all UK airports, including Humberside and Robin Hood airport. And all passengers hoping to travel today are facing long delays and are restricted with the hand luggage they are allowed to take. Well have the very latest on these terror alerts and how it will affect travellers in our region.
Plus as campaigns continue against the proposal for an incinerator at Saltend, we'll have a head to head discussion on the sofa tonight, between the campaigners and a Professor from the University of Hull. Professor Lynne Frostrick was on the programme recently and angered campaigners with her views on how waste should be dealt with. Were offering campaigners the opportunity to put their concerns and questions to her direct tonight and you can see that debate on the programme tonight at half past six. I'll have the full story on the suspension of the Interim Chief Executive of the Lincolnshire Health Trust and more on the woman, who is accused of jumping from the Humber Bridge holding a child. Plus also on the programme, I'll be chatting to Basil Brush before he comes to the region with his new tour. A very busy programme tonight. I hope you can join me on BBC One at half past six. Emails Thanks very much indeed for all the emails on a variety of subjects. Keep them coming in. If youve got a problem that you think we could deal with on the programme, then drop me a line. A group of singers last night asked for my help to find more members. So, if you need help then get in touch [EMAIL PROTECTED] First up from the emails here. Theres a note from Clare from the Hull School of Health and Social Care. Clare Sullivan, thank you very much indeed for getting in touch. She says, Im glad that something is being said about probiotic foods, because I had a very nasty experience with the yoghurt drinks. In November 2004, I started drinking the yoghurt drinks every morning and soon noticed that my asthma was getting quite severe. I didnt know why and blamed it on winter weather. I ran out of drinks and didnt get around to buying any more for a few weeks. During that time, my asthma returned to normal, but I didnt make the connection to those products until I bought some more. The day after I started drinking them, my asthma started to worsen again. I had a massive asthma attack, which the doctor blamed on the bacteria in the probiotic drinks. So I think they should carry a warning for asthmatics! So of course, thats Clares view, but perhaps that is of interest to asthma! tics. Theres a note here from Margaret on speed limits. I was talking about them being lowered to as low as twenty miles an hour on country roads. She says, Speed limits are all very well and good, but however, most people self-regulate anyway. No matter what the speed limit is, youll always get the wannabe Jenson Buttons, who seem to take on the winding country lanes and see them as a challenge. Speed limits should be realistic on the other roads to keep the traffic moving. So, thank you very much indeed for that one. And keep the emails coming in. Weight There is a new simple test, apparently, which shows if you need to diet. You need to measure your waist circumference at your naval and your hip circumference from the tip of your hip bone. Women should measure their waist circumference halfway between the bottom of their ribs and the top of their hip bone and also hip circumference from the widest point of their hips to their buttocks. This is the new advice. It says that simply being overweight does not in itself greatly increase the chances of a heart attack, but scientists have made a direct link between the waist hip ratio and the risk of cardio vascular disease. The waist hip ratio is measured by dividing the persons waist measurement by their hip statistics. For men that should be no higher than 0.90 and for women the maximum should be 0.83. Did you follow that? No, I didnt think you did. But all the information is there and try it if you want. The best thing to do is to ignore it all though and feel happy with the ! way you are. Countdown Youve probably heard by now that Countdown is moving after over twenty years being made in Yorkshire and its now being moved to London. Why? Because Des Lynam doesnt want to travel the two hundred odd miles to Yorkshire to film it. So the programme is moving to London. Carol says that in the course of a day when theyre making Countdown, they record five episodes of Countdown in a day. She has to find five different outfits. She says though that all Des has to do is to change his jacket and he keeps the same trousers on for weeks. And, a blue shirt is a blue shirt, says Des. Why change it? So there you are. Carol has also admitted that she is a huge fan of Deal Or No Deal on Channel 4. I love it, she says. Whilst watching the programme during filming, she says, people are always knocking on my door telling me to get back on the set, but I wont leave until the crucial moment. Thats telling us isnt it? There you are. The show has been moved to London just because! of Des Lynam. Countdown continues, but I wonder how the ladies of Yorkshire feel about that one. Your views on that of course are gratefully received. Water Its not a problem for us, of course, because were not suffering under a hose pipe ban, but other parts of the country are not allowed to water private gardens with a sprinkler or a hose, or wash cars or leave a porous hose running under a hedge. Theres lots of things that theyre not allowed to do, but it seems that three quarters of a million people are creeping out in the middle of the night, some at two oclock in the morning, to water their gardens so that they dont get caught. Can you believe that? The person that has been highlighted in the paper the most is poor old Rod Stewart, who has a football pitch outside of his house. It is absolutely immaculately green and theyre saying that he must have been watering it during the summer. The hot weather has caused a big problem too for this toxic blue-green algae. I think its something to do with lilies and weed, but its turning great swathes of rivers in this country green. And I noticed that in Queens Gardens yesterday in Hull, the pond there is roped off now and even the top of that is green as well. Michelle As you know Michelle Dewberry, the winner of the Apprentice, who comes from Hull, has been in the news. You never know what to believe either. According to the paper, Sir Alan has put his pregnant apprentice star on leave at the moment. It seems he could be regretting his decision to choose her. The business tycoon is believed to be furious at stories about the twenty-six year old and Miss Dewberrys private life, including claims that shes pregnant by rival contestant Sayed Ahmed. She is said to have been put on gardening leave from her £100,000 a year job while she waits for Sir Alan to return from holiday to decide her future again. I dont know whether theres anything in this story or if this is just tittle tattle. But its in the papers at the moment. Of course, the former checkout girl beat off top competition from fifty thousand other people to win the BBC Two show and one thing we would like to do is to have Michelle back on the programme again. So, if any of her f! amily and friends in Hull are reading the Levy Letter, then pass on the message to Michelle for us. Give her my email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, that's it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm as usual. 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
