Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and that youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm for all the days news. Paul will have the forecast of course and the sixties rocker, who is still going strong, Joe Brown will be joining us tonight on the programme. So join me for Look North as usual.
Emails Thanks for your emails on a variety of subjects. Well return to the subject of smoking a little bit later on in the letter, but first of all let me mention this email here. I got talking about Christmas presents and this one says, On the subject of presents, my daughter wants a toy called Pixel Chix. Its a girl made up of pixels on a screen and living in a toy house. Theyre on TV every night. You try getting one Peter! You cant for love nor money! That one comes from Keith in Beverley, whos obviously got a mission on for his daughters Christmas present. And another one here. This one comes from Paul. He says, Where does a sat. nav. unit fall under legislation past last year? I was saying that satellite navigation systems are going to be one of the most bought presents this year. And he says, Where does it fall under legislation? If its against the law to use a mobile phone whilst driving, is it ok to play with the sat. nav. system? Well, I dont know the answer to that one Paul, but thank you very much indeed for your email. Also, thanks for suggestions for guests for the programme and also thank you to all those who said they enjoyed us having Hayley Westenra on the programme on Monday. Keep your suggestions coming in for artists, who youd like to see on the red sofa. Send me the details and well see what we can do [EMAIL PROTECTED] His and Hers TV This apparently is the latest gadget. Its an enormous plasma TV screen, which splits into two, so that you can have BBC1 on one side and ITV on the other. The perfect TV screen has arrived for couples who squabble over what to watch. Soon, it goes on sale, allowing two people to sit on the sofa and watch the same TV, but watch different programmes. You dont have to wear headsets either for the sound, because apparently this split sound technology called Beam To Me will solve the problem, by focussing a tight beam of sound at each individual. So I can be sat on the sofa and you can be sat in the armchair, and I can be watching a football match, whilst you watch a soap, if you wish just a few feet away. And apparently this actually works! His and Hers TV thats the latest gadget! Its on its way! Be warned! Smoking Thanks very much indeed for a huge reaction to what I was talking about in the Levy Letter at the start of this week about smoking in public places. Smoking is always and emotive issue. Heres just a few of the emails that have come in over the last couple of days. Mike Johnson, who stopped smoking 7 months ago writes I think smoking should be banned in public places. Not only would it benefit people like me who have to put up with passive smoking, but I think it would help people who want to stop. Derek Foster from Hull emailed in to say, I just wonder what will happen if so many smokers get fed up with all the restrictions that they give up smoking. Where will the government look to recoup all that lovely tax that we now pay - non smokers perhaps?! June Fitz Gibbon wanted to say, There are so many health risks that it is about time that non-smokers had their rights respected. I personally am looking forward to a ban so that I can go to pubs and clubs without coughing and smelling like an ashtray. Dave Hills from Market Rasen thinks that during the whole debate on whether or not smoking should be banned in public places, nobody seems to have mentioned that the street is a public place. Presumably all of the office workers etc who nip out for a smoke in doorways and alleys will be unable to do so if a ban comes into effect. And this email from Steve Jones comes all the way from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and Steve tells me he used to smoke up to sixty a day! He writes, please tell your viewers that they should go see their doctor and make use of the help available from the NHS then they dont need to worry about the ban. If I can do it anybody can. So thats just a small sample from all the emails that came in about smoking. So thanks for those. If you want to add your comments to these then please get in touch at the usual address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Children In Need The Children In Need calendar is still selling well, but theres still a chance for you to pick one up before the New Year. If youd like a BBC Look North Children In Need Calendar then they are £5 on sale from the BBC receptions in Grimsby, Lincoln and Hull and on the BBC Radio Humberside and Lincolnshire buses. And of course if you cant get out, then you can send me a cheque made payable to the BBC for £6 to cover postage and packing. Then of course well send you a calendar by return of post. As always the address is BBC Look North Calendars, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. And just a reminder as well, on Friday night, Children In Need night, throughout the evening, then I will be in Lincoln at the City Square at the ice rink there. If you can make it then it would be great to see you there from about 6.00pm in the City Square. Celebrations Three mentions in the Levy Letter today. One is a belated birthday to Maureen from Hull, who was 41 yesterday, Tuesday 15th November. Sorry we missed your birthday yesterday, but I hope you had a great day! And one more here, Barry Richardson emailed in to ask if we could wish his wife Lesley a very happy birthday for today, Wednesday 16th November. Barry says, I wont say how old she is, but she was born in 1940! Hell be in trouble for that!! He also says to make up for that, Please wish her all the best and tell her I love her. So Lesley, happy birthday for today and lots of love from your husband Barry. And another email came in from Jo Linford Please can you wish my colleague Christopher Howell congratulations on his new engagement to Lisa in your Levy Letter? He reads your news letter every day. Hes a huge fan of you and the show, watches it every day, and often starts discussions about what was on the show last night at work, so this would really make his day! So Christopher this mentions for you! Congratulations on your engagement and please let us know the outcomes of your discussion groups! Perhaps well include some of your comments on items in the show in the Levy Letter soon! Carol Service Just an early reminder of something thats happening on the evening of the 8th December at the Street Life Museum in Hull. Theres a celebrity carol service. Blair Jacobs will be hosting the evening. The service starts at 8.30pm and there will be readings by amongst others, John Godber and the playwright Alan Plater. Musical accompaniment will be by Amy Black and I shall be there as well to do a reading as well. So get your tickets! Thats at the Street Life Museums carol service and that starts at 8.30pm on the 8th December. Thats it from me for today. Have a very good day. Join me for Look North tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. And look out for your Levy Letter tomorrow! Take care, bye 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.
