Hello, its Peter here and welcome to the first Levy Letter of 2006! I hope your Christmas and New Year were good and of course I wish you all the very best for this New Year. I hope it brings everything you hope it will.
Thanks for all the communications over the Christmas and New Year period emails, quite a few letters and also for those people who sent in Christmas cards, thank you very much indeed. They really are much appreciated. And here we go again. I hope youll look out for your Levy Letter every day round about this time. And if you know somebody who hasnt got a Levy Letter, then get them to sign up. During the course of the year, there will be some exclusive competitions, which are only in the Levy Letter. I see, from reading the paper, that loads of us have got Christmas presents that we will never use, some will end up in a charity shop, some will be put in the bin, some will go in the drawer or will be recycled or given away next Christmas as presents! So there you are! Anyway, dont forget, you can drop me a line anytime you like. You can get me direct on [EMAIL PROTECTED] On the programme tonight, well have the first in a series of historical tales from around our region. Theres also something you can help me with me. Were looking for all your memories of Butlins at Filey. So please get in touch with any stories or memories of past holidays! You can get me as always on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also tonight, Cannon and Ball will be joining me in the studio! So I hope you can join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm! No Cash Well, the days of the no charge cash machines are numbered. Consumers are being warned today that they will be replaced with fee-charging machines, which did not even exist five years ago, but would already account for more than 40% of the countrys network. This means that all bank customers could be forced to pay at least £5 for withdrawing their own money. The warning has come from the Chief Executive of Britains biggest building society, which has led the campaign to keep the machines for free. He fears that unless the current trends are reversed, no-charge ATMs, (Automatic Teller Machines), will be extinct by 2016. And the number of free cash machines fell for the first time last year, down 108 to 32 355. So there you are. The days of getting free cash out of cash machines are numbered. Your views on that and of course on anything else, then let me know. University It might surprise you to know that quite a few students have signed up to the Levy Letter. If you are a student, then hello to you today! Of course, pass the word around university and get more people to sign up. And I see, from reading the paper this morning that the number of teenagers, applying for university this year, has fallen by up to 13%. This slump comes ahead of the introduction of higher top-up fees and is the first sign that they are putting off potential students. From the start of the next academic year this autumn, undergraduates of the English Universities face paying £3000 per course in tuition fees thats up from the current £1175. Students your views on that one please. All gratefully received! Long Haul For those of you, who like to fly to somewhere exotic, then theres good news, because they reckon theres going to be a real fight for air fares and that they could be going down and down. Budget flights to Australia from under £300 return could be on offer in one of the biggest shake ups in the long haul travel industry for nearly thirty years. The move, by one airline, could also see British passengers offered a No Frills service to the US. So, if you like to go somewhere exotic, then it could be good news for you. Australia return for less than £300! So say some of the papers today. Guests Dont forget, if youve got an idea of someone youd like to see on the sofa on the programme one day, then just drop me a line and let me know. Also, if youve got a story that you think we should know about that we might be able to cover on Look North, or indeed any exclusive pictures of something thats happened that you think we should see, then just get in touch with me direct on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reality TV I see that Reality TV is going from strength to strength and we will see even more programmes in 2006, including a couple of hours of Soap stars singing, and of course the return on Thursday (its already had quite a lot of publicity) of Celebrity Big Brother. But if you think that Reality TV is waning, then think again, because theyve got plenty in store for us. Presumably, although I havent actually read this, there will be another series in the not too distant future of Strictly Come Dancing, which has been one of the biggest hits of the last two years. I enjoyed watching the other night on the television, the film Chicago of course a classic film, and last night, they showed the film Porridge as well a great film with the late Ronnie Barker and of course Richard Beckinsale as well. What a talented pair they were! Well, thats it from me for today. I hope your day goes well, and that youll join me on Look North tonight, all back to normal on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Take care 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.
