Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and that youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Well have all the days news, Paul will have the weather, well have the next part of our series on the Christmas dinner tonight, Hannah Moffat will be looking at potatoes! Also, well be going to southern Spain to the Costas for a special report on expats, those who used to live in our part of the world, but now live down there in the sunshine a report from Jo Makel from the Costas tonight on the programme. And of course, let me know if youre in Southern Spain receiving the Levy Letter, just send me an email back and well try and give you a mention. And also, our special guest tonight is Lorraine Chase on the programme. Lorraine, of course, plays Steph in Emmerdale and has done for over a year now, but she spends all of her spare time, when shes not working in Leeds, here in East Yorkshire. Lorraine will be joining! me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm, if you can join me then.
Time Now talking of time You know the scenario youve got to get a call from the gas man, and the gas man says am or pm and you say oh am would be nice and of course they usually turn up at 11:59! And of course youve been waiting since six oclock, which is the earliest they call. Well, a couple, who had been waiting in all day for an engineer to reconnect their gas supply, finally gave up hope and went to bed, but they were amazed the following morning to get up and find a postcard through the door Sorry weve missed you. A calling card had been left on the doormat in the middle of the night at 3:35am! Our engineer called when you were out to carry out the work indicated below at 3:35 in the morning! So there you are, the gas man cometh, but they can arrive very early in the morning! Status Quo I mentioned a couple of weeks back in the Levy Letter, the sad news that Status Quo star, Rick Parfitt, had been taken poorly. Well, Ive read now that he has been given the all clear following tests for suspected throat cancer. The hard living singer and guitarist, with a fifty a day smoking habit, had two growths removed from his throat last week. Both turned out to be benign. Status Quo cancelled their eleven remaining dates of their British tour when the growths were first discovered two weeks ago. So thats a bit of good news for Status Quo star Rick Parfitt. There is some sad news though for singer Lou Rowls hes been diagnosed with lung cancer. The seventy-two year old jazz and blues star was admitted to hospital the day before yesterday in Los Angeles. Hes reportedly also suffering from brain cancer according to his estranged wife. In a statement from the hospital Rowls said, Dont count me out, brother. There have been many people who have been diagnosed with this kind of thing and theyre still jumping and pumping! Absolutely, too true, so we wish Lou Rowls all the very best. Choir Weve had so much response after last nights performance of the Hot Gospel choir, who sang us out on last nights programme. Well, Hot Gospel will be performing again, if youd like to see them, at St Aidens Church on Southcoates Avenue on the 28th January. More information about their concert can be found on their website at www.hotgospel.co.uk. Thanks for all your response on the music. Im glad you enjoyed it! Dog Peter, I live in Market Weighton. Yesterday, whilst I was at work, somebody has let out my much-loved Yorkshire Terrier from my back garden. My husband and I have searched for her and cant find her. Please help us. Were offering a reward to find her. Weve tried everything. Well, we dont normally do things like this, but it was such a sad note, just before Christmas as well. So, theres a little Yorkshire Terrier around Market Weighton area if anyone has any information on that one, then please get in touch with me straight away. Of course, if you want to email me any time, its [EMAIL PROTECTED] I particularly want to hear from you if youve got a story, or anything you think I should know about, then just get in touch. And of course, if its really urgent, you can always ring me one day at work on 01482 323232. This joke came in the other day from John and Maureen from Hull and I thought I should share it with you! An elderly Russian gentleman accompanied by a young woman went into the BBC centre one morning. The gentleman said something in Russian to the woman who then spoke to the girl at the desk. "Hello" she says, "My friend Rudolph was wondering if he could pass a message on to your local weatherman". "Certainly", said the assistant. The woman translates the reply to Rudolph who then talks again in Russian. Again, the woman turns to the assistant and says, "It will start to rain at precisely 12:15 and 23 seconds and will stop at 16:36 and 15 seconds". The assistant writes this down and promises to pass the message on. The couple leave and sure enough it starts to rain at the precise time they said and stops on the dot as predicted. The following day the couple return and predict the rain accurately, this happens every day for the next two weeks. Meanwhile the weatherman, alth! ough he doesn't really think anything of the predictions at first, realises that he may have the key to accurate weather forecasting and arranges to meet the gentleman in person. His first question is where the gentleman is from and he is told he is from Russia. He then asks the woman how Rudolph manages to predict rain so accurately, she replies "Rudolph the Red Knows Rain Dear! Thank you Maureen and John for that one! Well, thats it from me for today. Have a very good Thursday. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm and look out for the Levy Letter tomorrow at the same time. 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