Hello there, its Peter here. Welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well. Im looking forward to the weekend. I understand from Snow Whites little helper that the forecast on Saturday is going to be good, so whatever youre doing at the weekend then do enjoy!
Last night on the programme, I was talking to Melanie Stace. Melanie was the co-host of The Generation Game for five years with Jim Davidson and what a lovely lady she is. She was in the studio to sit on the sofa with me to talk about her show, which is on tonight at the Palace Theatre in Newark where shes singing big band songs along with the BBC Big Band. So if youre going, then enjoy! Tonight at 6.30pm Paul will have the forecast and of course therell be all the days news at half past six as ever. Last night had another successful Leave it to Levy. Dont forget if youve got a problem or an issue that I might be able to help with or deal with on the programme, then drop me a line to the usual email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] And if youve got a telephone number as well, you might like to include that in the email. And well have another Leave it to Levy next week. Handbags Never thought Id actually be writing about handbags, but I see a new invention has just been put forward by a student from Brunel University in Bristol, which I think most ladies will enjoy. Its a running joke that most women cant find anything in their handbags, particularly at night, but now a new idea will have the answer to all that. A solar powered handbag!! Meaning that fumbling around in the dark, trying to find those house keys could become a thing of the past. The bag is called the sun trap: its got solar panels on the outside and when you open the bag at night on the inside it lights up. Also theres a plug in there so you can charge your mobile phone on it as well. As soon as you unzip the bag, the light comes on and when you zip the bag up, the light goes off. So you can always find your keys! Apparently this is set to become the next big thing. The illuminated handbag, so you can always find your keys. Guests Thanks for all your emails suggesting guests for the programme. Remember we had Gervase Phinn on the sofa a couple of nights ago? Well Gervase was a popular choice several people had asked for him and still the requests come in. If youve got an idea of who youd like to see on the sofa, then drop me a line and get in touch and yes we still havent managed to pull off Bryan Ferry. Dont hold your breath, but sooner or later well manage it. Situation Comedies Just a week ago, I was saying how I wished Id collected all the vouchers in one of the national daily papers to collect a comedy DVD that they were offering. Well Im indebted to one gentleman, (I wont give his name in case he doesnt want me to mention it), but he very kindly had collected all of the situation comedies on DVD and also very kindly sent them to me to have, as he cant get them to play on his computer. So to that gentleman thank you very much indeed. So amongst the classics that I now have in my possession is Yes Minister, Some Mothers Do Ave Em, Hi-de-Hi and also Porridge and The Good Life. So thank you very much indeed. Quiz Three emails this week asking if we could put a daily quiz in the Levy Letter. Not Suduko! But just a daily quiz and yeah Im on for that! But could you make some more suggestions of what form the quiz should take. If youve got an idea then put that down and write to me and well start the quiz in the next week or so. Coffee Some good news for me this morning. For years weve been told not to drink too much caffeine laden coffee. Now scientists claim that drinking just one cup a day is actually good for your health. A series of 25 studies have shown that coffee is bursting with health benefits. It contains tanine and antioxidants, which are good for the heart and the arteries. And the caffeine in the coffee could reduce the number of asthma attacks and help improve circulation within the heart. Well as someone who drinks far too much coffee that was music to my ears. So if youre a coffee drinker then enjoy those last couple of sentences! Sir Cliff Remember yesterday I was reading some of those emails that have come in about Sir Cliff Richard and radio stations not playing his music not BBC Radio Humberside or Lincolnshire, as they still are, but other radio stations and Sir Cliff saying that he was no longer going to make any more records. Well after the Levy Letter had gone out, about 1 oclock on the wires yesterday came through that Sir Cliff is after all going to make some more records. So whether that was publicity for Sir Cliff, as if he needs it, or whether it was a genuine misunderstanding, but Sir Cliff is going to make records again. So good news for Cliff fans. And if there is anyone out there from the Cliff fan club in our area, who gets a Levy Letter or if you know someone, then do get them to get in touch with me as Id like to have a word with you. Stories If youve got a story that you think might make something for Look North. A tale of unjustness or something that you think is funny, or a character that you think we should feature, then drop me a line as soon as you can. Give me the details and well see if we can set it up on the programme. Or if theres someone with local talent that you think we should know about, then get in touch. Daddy Long Legs I was beginning to think it was just me, but every night when I come home these last couple of weeks, theres always a couple of Daddy Long Legs hanging on the curtains or one on the floor and usually a couple of dead ones in the bathroom. Well it seems that Im not alone. There is a Daddy of All Invasions according to the headlines in the papers today. Homes hit by armies of them! And its all to do with the temperature and the weather I think. Daddy Long Legs are pouring through the windows and doors and buzzing around our TV screens and scuttling across our bedroom walls. Experts say this is a bumper year for the insects which emerge from the soil in their millions in the summer. So there you go, now we know. What I didnt know is that Daddy Long Legs on their own, unless we bash him with a rolled up newspaper, only actually live for between 12 and 24 hours, long enough for them to mate and lay eggs. So there you go, they dont last for longer than 24 hours. Not in this! flat for sure, I can tell you. Thats all from me for today. Enjoy your weekend. Join me tonight at 6.30pm on BBC One and look out for your Levy Letter on Monday! 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.
