Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well and I hope you can join me tonight for all the days news on BBC1 at 6.30pm.
Tonight, well see on the programme the third and final instalment of our exclusive undercover report on the illegal gangmasters of Lincolnshire. Through the eyes of our guide, Gennaro, a worker from Portugal, weve previously shown you the illegal gangmasters who abuse and exploit migrant workers. Tonight, well show you how shockingly easy it is to buy a false identity with forged passports and fake driving licences. Our rural affairs correspondent, Guy Lynn, will show us the third and final part of these shocking scams in Lincolnshire. So dont miss the programme tonight. Also on the programme, our guest will be the legendary comedienne Joan Rivers. And talking of celebrities, I see that according to a new survey which has just come out, the celebritys identity, which wed most like to steal for a week is Jamie Oliver. Apparently, hes the person wed most like to be. Its Jamies success in the kitchen that we most admire about his identity rather than his bank balance. And perhaps more surprisingly it was revealed that British women desired Jamies domestic abilities rather than Angelina Jolies envied good looks! Weather You cant escape the headlines, yet again, about the fact that the winter is going to be so awful. Life in the Freezer, Fears of Death, Travel Chaos, Power Cuts as the Met Office forecast the coldest winter for a decade. Ill have to ask his Lordship about this a little later on. But the severe winter has been predicted using a technique called North Atlantic Oscillation or NAO. Now then, the NAO observes fluctuating atmospheric pressure over the ocean, which has a profound impact on our weather over Europe. Well this winter, the Met Office are anticipating a negative NAO, meaning the weakened high pressure over the ocean and weakened low pressure over Iceland is likely to lead to winds coming in from the East. Well, thats what they say, but the man in the know of course is Paul Hudson and Ill be asking him about it a little bit later on. But if these stories are to be believed, its going to be the most atrocious winter weve had for years and years, but well hav! e to wait and see. Shopping I dont know what youve got planned for Saturday, well if youre going to do a bit of shopping, now is the time to do it! High street shoppers are cashing in on rock bottom prices for an early Christmas. Chain stores have embarked on a fresh wave of heavy discounts to get rid of old stock ahead of the crucial festive period. If youre thinking of shopping at the moment, well clothing is around 4.4% cheaper than last summer, although prices have dropped a staggering 41% since 1996 according to the latest figures. The cost of footwear, electrical equipment, ranging from televisions to cameras and homewear has also been driven down and with no let up for struggling retailers, shoppers can expect their money to go even further when it comes to buying Christmas presents. Now is the time to go shopping, the sales are on and the prices have never been so low for years. So good news for all those shoppers out there! Waiters I suppose weve all done it, where you give a little bit of a hard time to a waiter or waitress in a restaurant and then of course afterwards you regret it because you know youre not going to get the service you got before. I see that clicking your fingers in a restaurant wont get you speedier service, but will simply identify you as one of the diners that waiters and other diners love to hate. Snapping your fingers has been voted the worst faux-pas that can be committed in a restaurant. Quibbling over the bill at the end of the meal and arguing with your dining companion make up the top three! Smoking at the table, mis-pronouncing items on the menu (thats me!) and starting to eat before other peoples meals have arrived were also regarded as no-nos in the survey for Olive, a BBC food and drink magazine. So there you are, think about your etiquette next time youre dining out. I dont think Ive ever clicked my fingers at a waiter or waitress and I dont think Ive quibb! led over a bill, but certainly arguing with a dining companion, Ive done that and of course Ive certainly mis-pronounced items on the menu. Photographs Just the usual little reminder about keeping the photographs coming in for the Big Screen. There have been some interesting ones arriving this morning, so keep them coming in. If you think youve got a picture which is unusual and it doesnt matter what the picture is of as long as its from the region then send your photos in. And of course well be having another picture on the Big Screen tonight. The usual address to send the photos to is direct to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Miami As you know we get quite a few emails from abroad; from people who watch the programme both on satellite and sometimes a little bit later on the internet. Theres a note here from Roberto, it says, To Look North, As an overseas viewer of Look North, I like the way the news is presented. In fact I am listening to you in order to maintain a sense of calm due to Hurricane Wilma. My daughter Veronica will become ten years old this Sunday the 23rd October. Maybe you might like to give her a mention. So lets give a mention to Veronica and wish her a happy tenth birthday for Sunday! And thanks to Roberto for the email, who watches the programme over there in Miami, who at the moment is looking for a sense of calm due to Hurricane Wilma! Cats If your cat starts wheezing and coughing well there could be every chance that your cat could have developed an allergy to you! Can you believe that?? The animal, so often blamed for triggering allergies in their owners, can suffer similar problems. Vets believe that human dandruff, dusty houses and cigarette smoke can all contribute to the family cat developing breathing problems. About one in two hundred cats suffer from asthma compared with one in twelve adults. The cat form has the same symptoms of coughing, wheezing and breathlessness as the human condition. So there you go, its not just the cats that make us sneeze and wheeze, but we can affect the cats as well! Write If you want to drop me a line at any time, of course you can get me direct on email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And also just a reminder, if you know of anyone who is not signed up to receive their daily Levy Letter and they would like one, then get them to go to one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page and click on Levy Letter, follow the instructions through and then from tomorrow they should receive their daily email from me. Well thats it from me. Have a very good Thursday. Look after yourself. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm and look out for tomorrows Levy Letter. Take care 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.
