Hello, its Peter here, welcome to Thursdays levy letter. Hope your day is going well and that you can join me tonight BBC1 six thirty. If youre getting the Levy Letter from Lincolnshire youll be pleased to know were live tonight from the Lincoln Christmas Market, Hannah Moffat will be there. Paul will have the forecast and you can join me for the rest of the days news. Thanks for all your emails and letters on a variety of subjects, theres been probably more this week than ever before. If you want to drop me a line, or if theres a story that you think we should know about or if theres something you need some help with for Leave it to Levy, then just drop me an email. If you do write to me, itll come direct to me, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just a couple of quick letters in for the Levy Letter. One here comes form Geoff Lambourne, he says Peter re: the Skegness singers. On Sunday were holding an annual carol service in St Matthews Church Scarborough Avenue, Skegness. ! It starts at 3pm. There we are, theres a little plug, I cant actually make it along, sadly. A little note here that comes form Peter Brady, Will it be possible for you to mention the Hull male voice choir, they were formed in 1911, and theyre singing their popular annual prelude to Christmas concert within the banqueting chamber at Guildhall on Friday evening, thats tomorrow at 7:30pm, tickets £5 for adults and £2.50 for children. There we are, a couple of whats ons for you . If youve got something coming up that youre involved in and you want a plug, then do drop me a line.
Pictures Just a reminder that were still looking for pictures for the big screen in the studio. If youve got a particular view that youve taken that you like, then send it to me, either electronically by email or send me a hard copy in the post. Just a reminder that the calendars are still on sale for Children in Need, even though Children in Need day has passed. If you want one, call into a BBC reception in Hull, Lincoln or Grimsby. Or go to one of the two BBC buses, Radio Humberside bus or the Radio Lincolnshire bus. Or if you want one sent to you, send a cheque for £6, made payable to the BBC to the usual address, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull HU13RH. Supergran Well, while more and more parents are working hard millions of Supergrans are arriving to the rescue of their stressed and exhausted sons and daughters. Childcare, shopping, cooking or even money, the 21st century grandmother is shunning an easy retirement to offer her valuable support service. Instead of knitting at home or baking cakes, more than a third of grandparents baby-sit their grandchildren while their parents are at work. And for grandmothers under 65, over half will do some kind of regular childcare. I dont suppose theres a parent reading this who is the least bit surprised, where would we be without our grandparents. The rise of the supergran - busy parents relying on an older generation, its the headline in one of the papers this week, as I say Im, not in the least bit surprised. Theres an interesting facts and figures book out at the moment, with some interesting facts that you might like to ponder on. Two and a half hours the average women spends doing h! ousework a day, men do an average of one hour. Can you really believe that, two and a half hours? I find it very hard to believe that men do an hour! Another one, the average number of miles walked by each of us in Great Britain every year is 189, youd think it would be higher than that wouldnt you? 1% of women aged 16-44, say they have had 40 or more sexual partners. Another fact, how much do we spend in the average household on the national lottery each week, the answer £2.30 apparently. One final one, the number of dentists per 10,000 people in the UK, 4 dentists! Thats 4 dentists per 10,000 people in the UK. If youve sat through the number of dentist stories Ive sat through on the news lately, you would think it would be even less than that. Flu Epidemic Now you may have thought that they went out with Queen Victoria, but the chimney sweep business is booming with some sweeps (now then this is the job to be in), with some sweeps earning up to £90 000 a year. Rising energy costs and fears that Britains fuel supplies wont see us through the artic winter have seen a surge in the use of traditional coal fires. That means a huge demand for the UKs only six hundred chimney sweeps. Thats all there are. But families face weeks long wait in some parts of the country to get a chimney sweep. Martin Glynn is the president for the National Association of Chimney Sweeps and he says, Traditionally chimney sweeps are busy at this time of the year, but the threat of the worst winter for fifty years has led to a frenzy of people wanting to get their chimneys swept. So there you are, chimney sweeps there are only six hundred of them in the UK and some of them are earning £90 000 a year, so we now know what job to be in! Billy Elliot As you know our own Liam Mower from Hull is still staring in the musical, and my word what a year its been, its now been crowned the best musical. The tale of the little boy who dances his way into the royal ballet, capped a successful first year in the west end by winning favour with the evening standard theatre award judges. Sir Elton John was at the ceremony in London to watch his show beat The Big Life and also Mary Poppins for the best musical, so well done to Sir Elton and of course our own Liam Mower. Well thats all from me today, in Thursdays Levy Letter. Join met tonight on BBC1, at half past six for tonight Look North. Just a reminder, if theres someone you know who isnt signed up to a Levy Letter but you think would like one, then remind them to go to one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page, click on Levy Letter and follow the instructions through. They will get their first Levy Letter the day after. Have a very good day, speak to you soon. 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.
