Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and Im sure youre looking forward to the weekend!
Thanks for all the emails this morning. Ive just been reading several saying what a nice guy Des Lynam comes across as. Of course, hes got the unenviable job of taking over Richard Whiteleys programme Countdown, but Im sure hell do a great job. Des Lynam was on the programme last night and he was a really nice man. On the programme tonight, if youre a fan of Strictly Come Dancing, then one of the judges, Bruno Tonyoli, will be joining us. So join us at the usual time at 6.30pm! Birthdays The birthday mentions have taken off in quite a big way. This one comes from Pat Taylor. She says, Would you please wish my husband, Stephen Taylor, a very happy birthday for October 20th. He is 50! The big 50. Well, I know how you feel, Stephen. Happy birthday and have a very good day and lots of love comes from Pat. Guests Thanks for all your suggestions for guests to come on the programme. Keep them coming in. If theres someone youd like me to chat to, if we can set it up, well certainly give it a bash. Ive had more than a couple of requests for Status Quo. So far, we havent managed to set it up, but I hear this morning that the Status Quo concert in Hull is a sell out. But heres another email, this one comes from Linda Empson I know youve asked for guests to appear on your show. Any chance of you getting the lads from Status Quo to visit you when they come to Hull? Ive been a fan for a good few years, (not saying how many!) and I once went to see them in Bridlington Spa. I was eight months pregnant with my daughter. Needless to say, she likes listening to Status Quo too, but at thirteen she wouldnt admit it to her friends! Well, well keep working on that one and well see if we can get Status Quo on the programme. Weather Snow Whites Little Helper will have the forecast tonight at 6.30pm as usual. Again in the paper, Ive mentioned this story a couple of times and Ive still not asked him about it. But the headlines this morning read The coldest winter since 1963, Gas could run out, Three day week looms. Britains crazy weather yesterday saw the warmest October the 27th on record as temperatures hit 70! But in a few months time we could have no gas and its going to be very cold. And have you noticed how green the leaves on the trees are still? Surely they should have fallen by now, leaving the trees bare. Anyway, I read that tourists who paid for trips to New England in America to see the spectacular autumn colours in the trees are demanding their money back from tour operators as even in America, the trees are still green. This late autumn is caused by us having such a mild and long summer. Anyway, all the papers are making a big thing about the fact that its going to be a very seve! re winter and well ask Paul about that a bit later on. Living Alone Living alone, of course at one time, was considered a rather sad situation for a female to find herself in, but for many women, its now seen as an empowering right of passage that helps them enjoy life to the full. Instead its the men, who are more likely to find that being home alone leaves them feeling lonely or cut off from friends and family, according to a study. It found that 96% of those who live alone believe it is an important experience to go through before settling down. Single person households now account for 29% of all UK homes compared to 18% in 1971! Drinking I see from a survey in the paper that one in four Britons is a regular binge drinker according to research. Almost one in three men and one in five women drink at least double the healthy amount of alcohol on a night out. This means that around eleven million Britons risk their health by binge drinking according to this study. The figures come a month before the law liberalising licensing hours comes into force. Get In Touch Dont forget if youve got a story or a photograph that you think we might like to see or if youve got a problem that youd like me to take on in the programme in Leave it to Levy, then drop me a line. You can get me direct on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont forget that the large Look North calendars are here for Children In Need. Pictures of myself and Paul are on the cover and then some of your beautiful pictures inside for every month of the year. Theyre on sale at £5 if you want to call into any one of our receptions or if you want to send in a cheque made payable to the BBC those are £6 to cover postage and packaging. And thanks in advance for your support for Children In Need. Unlucky This is the sort of story that you dread. Motorists nearly caused a pile up by leaping from their cars on the M62 to pick up a load of £20 notes that fell from a police officers pocket! Colin Miller could only look on in horror as he test-drove a motorbike and noticed that the thousand pound deposit, which hed saved, had fallen out of his jacket. Onlookers said that motorists swerved to a halt in the middle of the M62 near Liverpool. Some were spotted running down the busy motorway grabbing handfuls of notes and by the time PC Miller returned to the scene the money, his wallet and the abandoned cars had all gone. He has since appealed for the return of the money offering to donate it to charity, but to no avail. Colin said hed saved up for twelve months to get the money together for the deposit for his dream motorbike and it all ended in tears. Well, isnt that just your worst nightmare? Poor old Colin. Well, thats it from me for today. I hope you have a very good weekend. Whatever youre up to, then I hope it goes well. Join me tonight BBC1 at 6.30pm and look out for your Levy Letter on Monday. 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