Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well! I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Amongst my guests tonight, will be the playwright Alan Plater. Alan is making the journey from London for a special event, which is being held tonight at the Street Life Museum starting at 8.00pm. Its the Lord Mayors annual celebrity Christmas carol service. As I say, it starts at 8.00pm at the Street Life museum, if you can get along. And amongst those doing the readings will be the singer Amy Black, also John Godber and his wife Jane Thornton. Ill be there to do a reading as well and the evening will be hosted by BBC Radio Humbersides Blair Jacobs. So thats the Street Life museum tonight for the Christmas carol service starting at 8.00pm.
New Parky I see that Davina McCall has been proclaimed as the BBCs new Michael Parkinson. The Big Brother host (shes 38 by the way) was the first woman to host a peak-time chat show for the Corporation in a deal worth reputedly one million pounds a year. The series, which is going to be called Davina and is likely to go out at 8.00pm on Wednesdays, is the channels first venture after Parkinson defected to ITV last year in protest at plans to put his show on at 10.00pm. Itll also be the first peak-time chat show on a weekday since Terry Wogan finished fourteen years ago. So thats a new show, Wednesday nights at 8.00pm with Davina. The first time ever there has been a woman chat show host on BBC1 in a deal worth a million pounds. Cheap Christmas I see that according to the papers today that a bargain Christmas is on the cards for all of us as the shops are cutting prices to a four year low! Stores are competing for shoppers attention with three for two deals, one day sales and also with sales, which are knocking up to 50% off prices with special sales events. Competition between the major stores has never been sharper. Some items are on sale today cheaper than they were four years ago. Promotions have fuelled a 0.8% rise in sales volumes on the high street in November compared to a year ago. And just some examples here, one store is selling a 5.2 million pixel digital camera this has been reduced from £199 to £99!! One store is selling an MP3 player that retails at £159, selling it at £79!! And so it goes on, so although it doesnt feel like it, it may be a cheap Christmas! Spiked Drinks I see that one young woman in four have had their drink spiked and only one in twenty says she feels safe on the streets. Fears over rape and alcohol fuelled violence are a fact of life for the modern female according to a new survey. It says that more than two thousand young women with an average age of 21 were interviewed. Perhaps the most startling finding was that 23% believed that ecstasy, amphetamine, date rape drugs or spirits had been secretly introduced into their drinks. It was also found most likely to happen in a night club, although this was also known to happen in pubs and at parties at friends houses. 56% of those believed to have been victims, said they could not remember what happened afterwards, whilst 2% said they had been raped and a further 2% said they had been sexually assaulted. Two thirds of them said they had no idea who had spiked their drinks. 80% of young women said they now keep hold of their drink on a night out, even when they go to the lavat! ory. Thats extraordinary isnt it? One girl in four says that their drink has been spiked. Write To Me Dont forget if you want to drop me a line, you can get me direct at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And theres a letter here. This one comes a little bit late, it should have been for the 7th December, yesterday. It comes from Maureen, Would you please wish my daughter Jo a very happy birthday. Shell be forty on the 7th December and shes the very best daughter a Mum could wish for. It would make her so happy to have a mention in the letter. Maureen, thank you for that and to Jo, belated greetings for yesterday! A very happy fortieth birthday to you! Theres a note here that comes in from Nicola in Hedon, she says, Do you think you could remember my birthday and give it a mention in the Levy Letter please. Its on Sunday 11 December. Im going to do this one early, so I dont forget this one! I will be forty-three years young and this would cheer me up no end. And Nicola, a very happy birthday for Sunday 11th December. Have a very good day! And just a quick one here. This one comes from Pauline Holt, she says, While Im writing, I wonder if you could mention my sister and brother-in-law, who are over from America on holiday. They are staying with us until Thursday. They are Pamela and Peter Clarke and it would surprise them if they could have a hello and a mention in the next letter! So Pauline, thank you very much indeed and hello to Pamela and Peter Clarke and a safe trip back to the States! Well thats it from me for today. Join me tonight for all the days news and Paul will have the forecast, all on BBC1 at 6.30pm. And look out for Fridays Levy Letter round about the same time tomorrow. 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.
