Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight for all the days news on BBC1 at 6.30pm and of course Paul will have the forecast too.
Tonight, well be following Humberside Police on a series of raids of houses in Great Grimsby. Operation Galaxy is acting on tip offs of known drug dealers in the area and well be following the police on these dawn raids to see how successful theyve been. Weve also got access to behind the scenes of a new play at Hull Truck Theatre. Well be at rehearsals for a play about the prison riots at Hull prison in the seventies. Ill be talking to the writer tonight on the programme. And my special guest tonight is known as the Bard of Barnsley, was the official poet of Humberside Police and is coming for a gig in Howden. The poet, Ian McMillan will be joining me tonight on the programme at 6.30pm. I hope you can join me then. Miles I mentioned yesterday in the Levy Letter, the possibility that kilometres could take over from miles on our road signs and my word its prompted a flurry of emails. Ive certainly touched a nerve on this one. The first one comes from Pat Wells from Scunthorpe, The miles have to stay. Were going faster down the Federal Europe route far too fast. The Minister of Transport, Alistair Darling MP, said when questioned on Dimblebys Question Time a couple of weeks ago that he himself is against any move to getting rid of the mile, because of the seven hundred million pounds that would be needed to be spent if this was attempted. Another one here. This one comes from Paul and he says, The idea of changing from miles to kilometres was raised to prevent our European colleagues from being confused whilst over here for the Olympics. I dont remember any such discussions being raised when the games were held in Atlanta, where all the distances are in miles and petrol is still sold in gallons. Thats from Paul in Great Grimsby. Just a final one here from David, On the subject of going metric, hundred weights are still used to measure the weight of bells in church towers and long may it be so! Quite a random one there, but thank you very much indeed. Ive had a big response on the subject of the road signs being replaced by kilometre signs and I cant say that Im surprised about that. Leave it to Levy We had a Leave it to Levy last night on the programme with a successful outcome. If youve got a problem that you think we might be able to tackle on the programme, then drop me an email and send me the details of the problem and also a contact telephone number as well. You can email me as usual to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skating I was saying yesterday how much Ive been enjoying the Skating On Ice or the Dancing On Ice, they call it dont they? Its the television programme on a Saturday night and last Saturday was really nail-biting, chiefly because of Bonnie Langford and David Seaman. Both are great showmen and the final of course is this weekend, where well see Torville and Dean reunited to dance Bolero. But again, this subject has prompted a huge response from people saying why cant we have regular skating on TV. Ill try and pass some of those emails on to the Powers That Be in London! But also, the whole thing brings back the Saturday entertainment issue. In the old days, there was the Good Old Days that was always on a Saturday night of course from the citys Variety Theatre in Leeds. Youd have the Generation Game as well and Saturday night was the home of light entertainment. Then we moved away from all of that and audiences fell. Now, theyve gone back to the good old variety again and t! he audience figures are back up there with the popularity of Strictly Come Dancing and now the Dancing on Ice show. I just wonder whether weve gone full circle, but its good to know that the audiences are back, wanting more light entertainment and we look forward to seeing Torville and Dean reunited on the ice again dancing Bolero. Website Whatever you seem to type in these days into the computer on Google, theres always usually an answer or a website that you can go to. Whatever your wish theres always somebody out there, who is prepared to sell it or has got an article about it or a feature about it. But the latest thing on there is prompting the question, would you buy an alibi. A new website is helping love cheats cover up their affairs by providing proof for their lies. But is turning infidelity into a business taking things too far? Well, theres a new website doing just that. Well, what do you think about that? Your views and thoughts as ever gratefully received. Liam As you know, the last two or three days the programme has been dominated by the huge success of Liam Mower from Hull winning the Laurence Olivier Award on Sunday night. Last night we spoke to Liam and already there are even more emails coming in to my inbox, saying what a wonderful achievement hes made and also what a lovely guy he is. Hes thirteen and so well behaved and so polite and for all those people, who live on the Greatfield estate, what a huge compliment and tribute to the area he is. Hes a very talented lad and of course, we say congratulations and wish him well for his career. And of course, Ill say hello to his Mum and Dad as well, who must be so proud of him. And Mum was looking so smart the other night as well at the big event. So congratulations to Liam and his family. Titanic There looks to be a very interesting programme coming up on Wednesday night on BBC2. Its called the Iceberg That Sank The Titanic. I dont know about you, but Ive always had this great fascination with the whole Titanic story. Im sure a lot of you do too. The latest theory thats being put forward by an expert, one of the worlds leading iceberg experts, is that the Titanic would never have sunk if the crew had headed straight for the iceberg instead of trying to steer around it. Well, the fifteen hundred passengers, who perished, are likely to have been saved if the liner had hit the iceberg head on thats what the experts think now. The bow would have been severely damaged, but the ship would have been able to continue on its way. They also say that it was perfectly natural that the crew tried to steer to avoid the iceberg, but it was absolutely the wrong thing to do, said Claude Daley, one of the worlds leading iceberg experts. He says, Had the Titanic held its cou! rse and hit it head on, then the ship would have come to a shuddering stop. The bow would have been crushed and crumpled, but it would have acted as a buffer. No one would have drowned. Yes, the china would have been knocked over and the glass would have smashed and there would have been quite a mess, but they would have cleaned up, sealed off the forpeak, thats the bow area, and continued on their way. So there you are. A fascinating story. If you want to see that programme, then its on BBC2 on Wednesday night. Well, thats all from me for today. If you want to get in touch with me about any of the things weve talked about, then do drop me a line at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. 1.94.4
