Hello its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter, hope your day is going well. Hope youll be able to join me tonight BBC 1 six thirty for all the days news. Last night I was talking to the singer Katherine Jenkins, and weve got another top musical star on tonight Jamie Cullum. Jamies in Hull today for a concert and hopefully Ill be talking to him on the programme tonight at six thirty.
Competition As promised weve got an exclusive competition in the Levy Letter to win a couple of tickets to a very big night out to see the hit musical Blood Brothers in York on Tuesday the 29th November. If you would like to go then answer this question and send it back to me via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, answer this question and the tickets could be yours: which city is the story of the Blood Brothers set? Look forward to getting your answers and well have the winner in a couple of days time. Emails Thanks for all the emails, especially those telling me (and there were quite a few of them) how wrong I got it on Tuesday with all those copies of the Levy Letter. My apologies for that, it was my mistake. A note here from Carole Jones, Carole is one of the people furthest away who gets a Levy Letter, she lives in Jeddah. Im in Saudi Arabia Peter and look forward to getting my Levy Letter each day. Shortly I will be returning to the UK, at the end of the month so Ill be able to watch you and Paul again for real. Not looking forward to your cold whether, here is Saudi Arabia its still 34 degrees. Safe trip back Carole, we look forward to having you back watching the programme. Little Porkies I see from a survey out that many parents tell their children lies or white lies just to have an easy life. Some of the most common ones; watching to much television will give you square eyes, I think I was actually told that one when I was a kid; Santa only visits good children, thats an old favourite; If you pull a funny face and the wind changes it will stay looking that way; Eating crusts puts hairs on your chest; good for the boys and not for the girls I suppose; If you dont wash your ears out cauliflowers will start to grow; and this is my favourite ice-cream vans only play music if theyve run out of ice-cream, thats not just a white lie thats cruel! Birthdays This has really taken off, thanks to all the emails for birthdays. Let me just read a couple here. Firstly Jackie Furness, lives in Lincoln, her birthday is not until the 30th of November but she sent me a very nice note and wants a little mention, so an early birthday mention to Jackie. The next one comes from Mally, Dear Peter, its my wife Christines birthday on the 3rd of November and also our silver wedding anniversary is on the 8th of November. Would it be possible to give a mention for both events, thank you very much indeed. Well thank you for that one, Happy birthday to Christine today and Happy Anniversary as well. The next ones from Cathie, I wonder if you can wish my son Sam King a happy twelfth birthday, he usually reads my Levy Letter over my shoulder. This would make his day when he sees his name! His birthday is on the 3rd and he likes the Levy Letter as much as I do. Thats good enough for me, Cathie, thank you for writing and Sam, a very happy twelfth birthday for today. If youve got a birthday coming up and you want a mention in the Levy Letter then just drop me a line on that and indeed anything else. If youve got any photographs that you think would be good for the big screen, or any footage that youve taken that you think Id ! be interested in, then just email me [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you get some footage of something you think is urgent then just ring me at the BBC any day. Must have gadget for Christmas Theres always something isnt there, this year it looks like its going to be satellite navigation. Men who feel completely lost when it comes to finding the perfect gift for their partner could be forced to take directions from a women. In car satellite navigation systems which use a womans voice to guide motorists are set to top womens Christmas lists throughout North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire this year according to retail outlets. Shop staff believe the systems will be used to guide couples away from arguments as well as towards their destinations. They eliminate any disagreements over whether to stop and ask for directions. This is all very well, I quite fancied the satellite navigation system myself, but theyre quite expensive. It says that theyre great boys toys, but theyre also a big hit with the women who are sick of their partner getting lost and arguments over which direction to go! Thats the gift for Christmas, sat nav is what they call it, satellit! e navigation if youve got a spare couple of hundred pounds! Shopping Talking of money, a slump on the high street shows no sign of stopping with the biggest fall in shopping numbers for six years. Shopping trips in October were 3% down on last year and the lowest since 1999. Now this is all bad news of course for the shops but for us, with Christmas coming up, it could be good news, because although they cut prices already they could be cut even more as it gets time for us to buy our Christmas presents. Breast Cancer As you probably know breast cancer is something that is very near to my heart and something I try and do quite a bit of work on. I was interested to read that evening primrose oil can prove a powerful weapon against the most aggressive forms of breast cancer according to scientists today. The substance in the oil can help dampen down a gene thats responsible for thirty percent of breast cancers. Tests also showed that it boosted the effectiveness of the wonder drug Herceptin. The response of cancer cells to the drug increased forty fold. There you are, if youre as interested as me in this subject, Evening primrose oil could prove a powerful weapon against breast cancer. Thats from research that Ive just been reading today. Just about it for the Levy Letter for the moment, join me tonight BBC 1 at six thirty for all the days news. Paul will have the forecast and as I said earlier I will be talking to Jamie Cullum. Have a good day, bye for now. 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.
