Hello there. Peter here and welcome to Thursdays newsletter. I hope your day is going well so far.
Well on the programme tonight, Im looking forward to meeting Melanie Stace. Melanie, for a long time, was co-host of the Generation Game. Shes now appearing in our region and I shall be talking to her on the programme tonight. As well as all the days news from around our region, weve also got a "Leave it to Levy", so join me if you can at 6.30pm. Last night, I dont know if you saw the programme, we had Gervase Phinn on the sofa - what a lovely man he is! He used to be a teacher and then a school inspector, now he writes stories about the Dales. Very funny stories as well. His books are going into the bestsellers lists. What I didnt realise until he arrived at the studio last night is that he watches Look North every night. He lives near Doncaster. Lovely man, so look out for Gervase Phinn. Mobile Phones Its like me, the trilling of mobile phones gets on your nerves! Also people talking on them, especially on the train when theyre saying yes Im on the train - and all that carry on! Well the one place where you can go where mobile phone users have no choice to switch off is in an aeroplane. So I read this morning that airline passengers could soon be able to use their phone during flights. Mobile phone use is currently banned in case the phone signal interferes with the planes navigation. This new system is being tested by a British airline and should avoid the problem by diverting the signals to a base station installed in the cabin of the aircraft. It will then transmit the calls to a satellite before the signal has a chance to interfere with the planes computers. The technology is just around the corner. Then you will be able to get on the plane and use your mobile phone. Letters Thanks for all the letters and emails youve sent this week. Dont forget if you want to write to me directly you can [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I look forward to hearing from you. I had an email the other day from Helen Green and its got the subject headline "the furthest Levy Letter" and shes probably right. She says Dear Peter, Im not sure if its further than the crow flies, but your Levy Letter definitely goes further east all the way to Young Deok on the east coast of South Korea. Im living out here for a year teaching English to school children and your letter helps me keep in touch with Hull, which until now is always where Ive lived. Thank you for keeping me informed. Helen thank you very much for your email and I look forward to hearing from you again. Leave it to Levy Dont forget if youve got a problem or an issue that you think we could tackle on the programme then give me the details (as much detail as you can) and also a contact telephone number and drop me a line with those details. And if we can sort the problem out on the programme then we will do. The more unusual the problem, the better! We particularly want some problems as well from the south of the region. We currently get quite a few from Hull and less problems (well maybe there are less problems!) down in the Lincolnshire area. So drop me a line at the usual address. Cornish Pasties For some reason, which escapes my memory, on Friday in the newsletter, we were talking about Cornish Pasties. Im not quite sure why we got onto the subject. An email came in this morning from Wendy Johns from Helpringham. She says a quote from your Friday newsletter. There are things that are sold in this area as pasties, which I can tell you bear no resemblance to a proper Cornish Pasty. She goes on to say that her husband is a Cornishman, born in Lelant and although hes lived in Lincolnshire a good few years, he always comments when he sees a so-called Cornish Pasty. He says its nothing like his mum used to make. I bet!! Anyone else who gets a Levy Letter whos Cornish, I would be very interested to hear from you. As you know, because I think Ive mentioned this before, my mum and my sister have both lived down in Cornwall. My sister actually talks like a Cornish person since shes lived there since she was eight. Calendar Several emails asking about the Look North calendar for Children in Need. Its nearly ready, but not quite, so I will let you know on the air, and of course in the Levy Letter as soon as the calendar is ready. All the proceeds from the calendar will be going to Children in Need. Sir Cliff Richard Well I opened a real can of worms mentioning that Sir Cliff Richard has said that he will make no more records because radio stations dont play them. And this has prompted loads of emails. Let me just read some of them to you. Lindsay Yeatman writes in as far as Cliff is concerned, I agree that there is a real issue with some of the radio stations. There are many Cliff fans out there who are ignored by the majority of stations. Whats more his records are very good compared with what is currently in the charts. How about trying to get him on Look North to discuss the problem and yes I have heard Cliff Richards records on BBC Radio Lincolnshire. We are trying to get Cliff on the programme Lindsay, but of course thats easier said that done. Just another one here. This one comes from Chris Johnson the unofficial ban on Sir Cliffs music - Well, we the public pay our licence. Surely music is played for us listeners. What right has the radio stations to ban him. And ju! st finally, Brian has written in with a poem with a play on words its beautifully written. This is from Brian. A Voice In The Wilderness, cried out on this day Im going to Move It for my discs they wont play. This Bachelor Boy, The Next Time you see Please Dont Tease for thats it, youve heard The Best Of Me. Some People said Nine Times Out of Ten whos to blame. Itll Be Me for Its All In The Game. They boycott my records though Im Wired For Sound. We Dont Talk Anymore so Im Summer Holiday bound. My agent said, Somethings Going On, things are grim. A year in Nashville and they Dont Talk To Him. But Sir Cliff, The Minute Youre Gone Theyll know Constantly that they were wrong. But All I Ask Of You is to stay right there. To get you back those jocks will be saying a Millenium Prayer. So there you are, that was a poem from Brian. Thank you for that. And on the subject of Sir Cliff were on to it to try and get him set up as a guest. And hopefully tonight, well find out if Radio Lincolnshire and Radio Humberside are playing Sir Cliffs records. Well thats all for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm as usual. Dont forget, if you know of somebody whod like a Levy Letter, then get them to sign up. Just click on one of the two addresses below and then follow the instructions through. 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