Hello its Peter here, welcome to Mondays Levy Letter. Hope your weekend was good. If you went to a bonfire or fireworks then I hope it went well and was enjoyable. We were lucky with the weather being dry on Saturday, as it was so awful yesterday. I went to York on Saturday and saw the fireworks there over the river at half past five in the evening. Of course its the 400th celebration of Guy Fawkes.
Anyway, its the start of another week, just before we talk about tonights programme, cast your mind back to Friday nights programme, we had a lively chat with David Davis, the MP for Howden and Holtonprice. One of the two Davids in the Conservative leadership challenge, David Davis was on the programme on Friday night. Of course well be following that story over the coming weeks. To tonight then, all the days news as usual and Paul will have the forecast. Do you remember its three years ago since Pippa Fulton from Hull was riding high with fame academy. Well whats happened in that three years? Well be finding out tonight. Pippa will be joining me on the sofa, thatll be at the usual time six thirty, BBC 1. Great emails in over the weekend, send them anytime to me direct, the address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] House Martins Note here from Dick Carbutt from Louth, he says might be interesting to enquire in the Levy Letter about what is the latest date anyone remembers seeing a house martin this far north in previous years. I saw swifts, which are normally gone from this region by the end of August, in October this year. I also saw a solitary house Martin this morning, 4th of November, I hope the poor little soul finds its sense of direction before the frost begins and its food supply dries up. So if Anyone has seen a house martin any later than the 4th of November do get in touch. Calendar I notice while out shopping at the weekend that theres calendars and diaries everywhere. If you would like your BBC Look North Peter and Paul calendar for Children in Need then theyre on sale at the moment, in receptions in Hull, Grimsby and Lincoln and also on the two BBC buses, for £5. All the proceeds go to Children in Need. If you would like one posting out, then send a cheque in for £6 made payable to the BBC to Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull HU1 3RH. If youve already bought one then thank you very much indeed. Levy Letter If theres anyone you know thats not signed up to receiving their daily email from me at the BBC then point them in the direction of the two addresses at the bottom of the page. Get them to go there, click on the Levy Letter, follow the instructions through and get their daily letter every lunch time form me. Brussels I see that European bureaucrats are trying to force Britain to ditch its 999 emergency number and replace it with the German version of 112. Brussels apparently is determined to impose 112 as the standard number across the entire continent and has threatened to take Britain to court unless it speeds up its changeover in this country. I had no idea that there was a 112 on the continent and I certainly had no idea there were plans to get it changed here. One quote here, we are utterly sick of meddling bureaucrats. There we are, I dont know about you, but in the old days you used to know what number to dial for what, but now its like direct enquires Ive got no idea I thought direct enquiries was 112, the next thing is that itll be for the fire brigade or ambulance! Anyway, no doubt we shall hear more about that story in the coming months. Leaves The seasonal menace returns and rail bosses role out their latest weapon, satellite tracking special trains and two man hit squad with brooms. What am I talking about leaves on the line! Your train is late and the announcement will be because its leaves on the line. Now the rail companies are using all sorts to try and get around it, leaf busters will be on around the clock alert this autumn as Network Rail invests tens of millions of pounds extra tying to beat the long running headache of delays caused by leaves falling on the tracks. For the first time satellite technology is being used to direct the leaf clearing teams to the worst affected areas. Its amazing isnt it, you put man on the moon and you can travel at the speeds which we travel at these days, but leaves on the line still cause problems. And the worst offenders, well according to the Network Rail leaf busting department (if there is one!) the worst offenders Ill tell you In order Ash, Sycamore, Poplar! , Lime, Sweet Chestnut and Horse Chestnut. So Ash is the most guilty one apparently theres team of a fleet of 54 leaf busting trains employed across the country, they blast water at high pressure, up to a thousand time faster than water coming out of a tap, to scower leaves from the lines. So there you are, a few interesting anecdotes in there to amaze your friends with. Can you believe it a team of 54 trains across the country sorting out leaves on the line? Shakespeare Tonight on BBC 1 at half past eight theres one of these modern day tales of Shakespeare, the play Much ado about Nothing. I only mention it because I see from the paper that it is set in a regional TV newsroom and there is a male presenter and a weather person portrayed. So, I think I have it on good authority that its very funny to watch. Of course any resemblance between the male newsreader and me is purely coincidental; I must stress that, just in case you havent seen it. Well thats all for today, join me tonight BBC 1 six thirty for Look North. 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