Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Mondays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and that your weekend was good and that youre looking forward to another week.
On Friday on the programme, we saw Hulls own Liam Mower, whos done so well starring in the musical, Billy Elliot in London. What a talented lad he is. You probably saw him on the television on Children In Need night. I see as well, that the original cast recording from Billy Elliot, the musical, is out tomorrow on CD. Its a limited edition CD boxset with music of course by Elton John. Thats the soundtrack to Billy Elliot, the musical, out on CD tomorrow. Just a reminder, that tonight on the programme, well have all the days news, Paul will have the weather forecast and amongst my guests tonight - well a star of Emmerdale and also Ill be talking to William Hague on the eve of the announcement of the new leader of the Conservative party. Ill be talking to William Hague tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Join me then. Breakfast I dont know what you have for breakfast in the morning. I normally have either cereal, bran flakes or toast or if Im really hungry, usually in the winter, Ill have both! But a banana for breakfast has become the choice for millions of health conscious Britons, a survey has shown, before they make a dash for work. Clock-watching families find it impossible to sit down for a traditional meal to start their day, so growing numbers are turning to fruit as a healthy alternative. According to the trade magazine, The Grocer, two and a half billion bananas were eaten in the home last year. Thats an increase of 2% on the previous years and a third of these are consumed for breakfast. So there you are, if youre eating bananas for breakfast, then youre one of the in-crowd! Write Dont forget if you want to drop me a line on any subject, but in particular if youve got an issue or a problem that you think we might be able to deal with on the programme, then you should know the address by now, its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep those pictures coming in as well, all those digital pictures, if you could send them via email for the Big Screen or if you havent got a digital camera, then send me a hard copy in the post to BBC Look North Photographs, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. I see from the paper this morning, as I was saying last week, that satellite navigation systems are going to be one of the most bought presents for Christmas. Sales of digital cameras are probably going to exceed even that! Its looking like digital cameras are going to be the number one Christmas present this year! Cyclists Cyclists have killed more than nine pedestrians and injured more than a thousand in the last five years, according to figures by the Department of Transport. They are referring to it as the Rising Toll of the Lycra Louts. The shocking figures come as complaints soar about the behaviour of so-called Lycra Louts, who ride on pavements and ignore traffic signals, whilst speeding around busy urban streets. If you are a cyclist, you may have a view on this. Alarmingly, the death and injury toll does not include 2005, which saw a 400% increase in cycling after the terror attacks on the public transport system in London in July of this year. So a 400% increase in cycling in this country! Its amazing isnt it? Where You Live Well, I live on a Court. Sounds very posh, doesnt it? Well, its Victoria Dock, so we are very posh! But if you live on a Lane, your house could be worth £50 000 more than the same property set on a Drive, according to some research out today. The average price of a three bedroom semi with the word Lane in its address is £215 000, 17% more than the national average of £184 000. Properties in Gardens also commanded higher than average prices, £211 000, whilst those in Roads sell for about £196 000. But the cheapest houses are found in Drives, selling for an average £166 000 or 9% less than average. And homes on Groves and Streets dont fare much better. So, if youre in the process of house buying at the moment, then Lane is the best place to live and Gardens is also a good place to live too! Try and avoid Roads and Drives! I dont know who writes these surveys, or where they comes from, most of them I think are a load of rubbish. Again, any views on that one, especially if ! you are buying or selling your home at the moment, then all emails gratefully received. As ever, you can get me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, thats all from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm and look out for your Levy Letter tomorrow. Have a good day. Bye for now. 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.
