Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Mondays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well so far and I hope your weekend was good too! I hope youll be able to join me tonight for the start of another week here on Look North on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Ill have all the days news and Paul will have the forecast. Also, theres news of a radio drama, which is being made here in Hull. Its been written by John Godber and one of the stars of the hit British film, The Full Monty, will be starring in it. Ill be talking to the actor, Mark Addy, tonight on the programme.
Well also be returning to the streets of Grimsby to get the reaction from local people, after Humberside Police made dozens of arrests of suspected drug dealers in the area. Last week, we had exclusive access to dawn raids of houses in Grimsby, which the police were calling Operation Galaxy. Ill be finding out tonight if the people of Grimsby are happy with the performance of their police force. Also tonight, Ill be responding to many viewers complaints over the Hull based internet service, Karoo. Ive had a lot of complaints about them, but would love to hear from you, if youve had problems with them too. Let me know, get in touch with me this morning as Id like to hear from you. Either email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or get in touch with our producer today on 01482 314501. I hope to hear from you soon. My special guest tonight, back by popular demand as he was really funny last time he was on the programme, is Paddy McGuinness. He promised he would pop in to see me before his sell out gig in Skegness tonight and hell be joining me on the sofa. There are no more tickets left for his Skegness gig, but there are still a few left for other gigs in the region, at Scarborough and Kings Lynn. So go and get some tickets if youre a fan of Paddy McGuinness! Skating After, I mentioned it first just over a week ago, Ive had a large number of emails about the skating on the television. Skating On Ice what a huge success its been. If you watched the final on Saturday night, youll know it was won by the Yorkshire girl, who lives seventy miles away down the M62 at Leeds, Gaynor Faye. Well, Gaynors mum is the playwright, Kay Mellor and theyve both been ambassadors for Yorkshire. So, well done to Gaynor. And I know that many people just assumed that Bonnie Langford would win. The judges gave Bonnie plenty of sixes when she did her flying routine on Saturday and that sort of sealed it that she would win. Or did it? Maybe that angered people at home. That seemed to be the general feeling that Bonnie has done flying before when shes been in productions like Peter Pan and shes obviously been a dancer before. I think maybe people at home got wise to that and decided that she was not to be in the skate-off. Anyway, I dont know. The result ! was a huge hit for ITV, with a huge number of people watching the skating. And also of course, what a success for Gaynor, so well done to her. Mail Dont forget you can drop me a line about anything you like at all. If youve got an idea for the programme, a story that you think we should be doing, or if youve got a problem that you think we could tackle on Leave it to Levy, then send me the details. Its [EMAIL PROTECTED] We were talking about water metering last week. Thats prompted a flurry of emails. Hi Peter. Ian here from Bourne. In response to your letter and in particular about your item on water. If you want to cut back on your water usage regarding the toilet, then you simply need to add a certain device called a water hippo into the tank. It sits on top of their individual toilets. Its marketed by the water companies. It composes of a small plastic bottle filled with gravel or soil to make it sink. So there you are. Theres one tip there. Although cant you just use a brick instead? Im sure Ive heard that from somewhere. And also, this one is from Ann Root and she says, On the subject of water meters, we changed to a metered system early last year and our standing order payments were reduced from £48 a month down to £17. There is just my husband and I in the house and you can see it was an enormous saving. When we realised how big a cost saving a meter could make, I also arranged for my elderly mother, who lives alone, to have a meter installed. And she has already paid the first half year charges for last year and she has not paid anything at all for water since then. She has been informed that she is still in credit! So there you are. Not everyone is going to be out of pocket with a water meter. House Prices Still on the subject of money and I see that house prices are expected to rise up to 9% over the coming year as buyers flood back into the market place. Estate agents claim that people are being lured by a combination of low interest rates, attractive mortgage offers and an increasing number of properties for sale. This renewed enthusiasm is expected to lead to bumper hikes across the country. The director of one estate agents said that the average prices were expected to rise by 6% by March 2007 and in some areas by even more than that! So there you are. House prices still continue to dominate the headlines. Pictures I know many people would have taken, including myself, photographs this weekend with the clear blue skies, albeit cold and windy, but theres been brilliant sunshine, particularly on Sunday. What a gorgeous day. And if you were actually out in the sunshine on Sunday, it was quite weird, because although you could see snow and ice still around that hadnt melted, when you were sat in the sun it was actually warm enough to sit out without a coat on! It was an extraordinarily lovely day yesterday. But if you took some pictures, like me, and you think I should see them for our Big Screen, then do send them to me. Either send me a hard copy in the post, or send them to me electronically at the usual address and look out for your picture if theyre good enough for the Big Screen on Look North between 6.30pm and 7.00pm! Competition A special competition now, which is exclusive for the Levy Letter to win one of two pairs of tickets to see the jazz legend and star of BBC1s Just The Two Of Us, Curtis Stigers. I interviewed him on Friday of last week and what a great guy he is. Im sure youll really enjoy his concert at the Embassy Theatre in Skegness. If you want to go, then all youve got to do is answer this question. Name one of the presenters from the BBC1 show, Just The Two Of Us, which Curtis is starring in at the moment. If you think you know, then email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And you could be going to see Curtis in concert at Skegness. Well, thats it from me for today. I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Have a very good afternoon and look out for your Levy Letter tomorrow round about the same time. If youre entering the competition, then good luck and get your entries in as soon as possible to the usual email address. 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