Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. Friday, the 18th November is of course Children In Need night 2005! Lots of fundraising events are going on right across the region and of course the big television spectacular is starting at 7.00pm on BBC1 tonight.
BBC Look North for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will be broadcasting from two places tonight for Children In Need from the BBC Open Centre in Hull from 7.00pm, Caroline Davies will be there, and if youre in the Lincoln area, then come on down to the new ice skating rink at Lincolns City Square at Waterside south in Lincoln. Join me tonight, broadcasting live, from 6.30pm right through to fairly late on. Lots of events are going on in Lincoln. I shall be joined by several guests including television chef Rachel Green, also Sue Hodge, who plays Mimi LaBonque in Allo Allo and also Anita Harris will be there, who is set to perform in the musical Annie. Lisa Gallagher will have the weather forecast for you as well. If you can make it down, then its Lincoln City Square tonight. I look forward to seeing you a little bit later on! And if youre involved in fundraising today then the very best of luck! Enjoy Children In Need 2005! Christmas Well, once Children In Need is over, its always a sign that Christmas will very quickly be upon us. I was reading this morning that if you were dreaming of a white Christmas then you might be disappointed. Black Christmas trees are flying out of the shops. I have to say that I havent actually seen a black Christmas tree yet, but apparently they are very high fashion at the moment, if you want to be trendy. Maybe Hull hasnt got that far yet, I dont know, but I havent seen any. But the shoppers, who are keen to follow the festive fashion, could be too late. One store has already sold out of its six foot artificial black trees. It sells at just £90! Just £90? No wonder I havent seen that many of them. The department store chain said that staff were selling more black trees than the traditional white, gold and green varieties. So there you are, if you want to be trendy and in then get yourself a black Christmas tree!! Under Stress In times of stress, many of us reach for a bar of chocolate or a packet of biscuits. Although many of us believe these snacks are bad for us, its an instinctive way of trying to cope when the going gets tough. Now research shows that such comfort eating is good for us and could be the best medicine for us in stressful situations. Do you mean to say that weve had researchers working on the fact that if were a little bit stressed or down then a bar of chocolate is the ideal pick-me-up?!? Well, apparently theyve done that and its official it does help! I could have done that research for them I think! Holidays This is quite a hard one to believe. If you get four weeks holiday a year from your job, you will probably take four weeks holiday a year, unless youre me of course! But I read this morning, that more than half of all Britains workers are losing out on their holidays. 60% of workers dont take all of their holiday allowance and its not that theyre being cheated by their bosses, they just dont claim their full entitlement. Some even admit to forgetting to take what is due to them despite the UKs reputation for long working hours and few bank holidays. By the end of next month, 60% will have holiday time owing according to a survey out yesterday. So there you, something fairly dear to my heart! But 60% of workers dont take all of their holiday entitlement. Write To Me If youd like to comment on any of the items Ive written about in the Levy Letter, or anything else that youd like us to talk about, or guests youd like to see on the programme, then do get in touch. Drop me a line, about anything at all, its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Calendars Just a reminder, as its Children In Need day, that the BBC Look North Children In Need calendar is still on sale. You can call in and pick one up for £5 from any of our receptions, either in Lincoln, Grimsby or at our Hull Open Centre. Theyre also available on our two buses BBC Radio Humberside or BBC Radio Lincolnshire buses as they travel across the region. They include some wonderful pictures sent in by our viewers of various scenes across the region some really beautiful photographs are in there! Or if you cant get out, then you can send us a cheque for £6 to cover postage and packing to BBC Look North Calendar, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. Just make the cheque payable to the BBC for £6 and then well send you a calendar by return of post! Weve sold a lot so far and as its for such a great cause, thank you so much to everyone whos bought one so far. And just a reminder, as I always do on a Friday before we go, that if youre meeting anyone over the weekend, who is not signed up for the Levy Letter and would like a daily email from me, then get them to go to one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page. Follow the instructions through and then they should receive a Levy Letter on Monday! Thats it from me. Enjoy Children In Need day. Hope you can join me tonight either in Lincoln in City Square or by watching on BBC1 at 6.30pm through to late on in the evening for all of the Children In Need coverage. Have a very good weekend and look out for your Levy Letter on Monday. 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.
