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 on BBC1 at 6.30pm. I was talking last night to Paddy McGuinness on the programme ahead of his gig last night in Skegness. If you went, then I hope you enjoyed it.
Tonight on the programme, Ill be looking at the controversial plans to install cameras in a Hull crematorium so that relatives or friends of the deceased can watch the service on the Internet. Im sure youll have a view on that one. Tune in later to find out more on that. Ill also have an update on the problems facing Karoo customers in Hull. Many of you have been emailing in, letting us know of all the problems youre having with your Internet provider, so Ill be getting the latest on that for you. My special guest tonight is Ann Widdecombe. Shes coming to the area to talk to a WI group in Cleethorpes and of course, youll be aware that weve just had the Oscars. Well, school children in East Yorkshire have just won a similar accolade. They won an award from the UK Film Council for their animated film. Seeing the amazing success of the Wallace and Grommit films at this years Oscars, do we, perhaps, have some future Nick Parks in our region? So join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Thanks for all the emails on a variety of subjects. Keep them coming in. If you want to write to me, then dont forget they come direct in to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ive had loads of emails on the subject of water saving solutions for the toilet put a brick in the cistern of course and so it goes on. Quite a lot of people are going on about the benefits of an earth closet. In other words, using non-water based methods for waste disposal! This one from Katherine says, A hippo bag simply doesnt go far enough. I would use an earth closet without any hesitations tomorrow and enjoy a bumper harvest of fruit and veg for the months and years that follow! Quite a lot of people were agreeing with Katherine on that one. And a couple of people were suggesting that we hear more from Adam Hart-Davis, who describes earth closets in more detail. By the way, hopefully, in the not too distant future, well be talking to Adam Hart-Davis on the programme, because he is coming to Hull! next week. Competition Thanks for the entries so far. Keep them coming in. If you would like to enter our exclusive Levy Letter competition for tickets to go and see Curtis Stigers, then name one of the two hosts of the television programme, Just The Two Of Us, which has been on BBC1 over the past few weeks. Name one of the two hosts from Just The Two Of Us, if youd like to get your hands on some tickets to go and see Curtis Stigers in Skegness. Only, of course, enter if youre able to get to Skegness. Looking Good I see that Posh Spice has issued her top tips for looking the absolute best fashion-wise. Visualise your overall look I always do that, whatever that means! Shop the world the best thing about picking up clothes from different countries is that it helps put an individual stamp on your style. Well, thats fine, but if youve only got Leeds and Hull to choose from to shop, then it does make it a little bit more difficult. She says that accessories are the bare necessities. The right bag, shoes or sunglasses can transform the look of an outfit and she tells us also to be brave and customise. She says, I like buying jumpers and cutting them up, because theyre so fitted. For me thats a look that just cant go wrong. Well, thats it. Spend plenty of money on a jumper or a cardigan and then cut it up! Anyway, some tips there from Victoria Beckham, which Im sure youll treat with great reverence. Pictures Dont forget keep the pictures coming in and keep sending me the photographs for the Big Screen on Look North. If youve got something that you think Id like to see, then just drop me a line and send them in. Then, look out for your photograph on the Big Screen. Of course, look out for a picture tonight on the programme, just before Pauls weather forecast. Keira Now, she did very well at the Oscars of course and is the talk of Hollywood at the moment. She is of course Keira Knightley. Shes the star of Pride and Prejudice and as I mentioned on the programme last night, rumours are that Keira might be coming to Grimsby to make a new film. If so, then its going to be happening in June, so look out for Keira Knightley in Grimsby. It sounds a little bit far fetched when you say it like that, but apparently, there is some truth in the rumours. Of course, Ill have more on that story on Look North. Countdown I dont know if you read this, but it seems that since the death of Richard Whiteley last year, Carol Vordeman has been saying more and more and been doing more and more on Countdown, rather than just saying her usual vowel or consonant. It seems the viewers dont like it though. They think she should just be there to pull out the letters and numbers and not say too much. She is treading, apparently, on poor old Des toes! I dont get to see it too much these days as Im always working on the programme, so Id like to hear your views on that one. Is she getting above herself and saying too much or do you want to see more of Carol on Countdown. Your views on that, as usual, gratefully received to the usual address. Thanks to quite a few people, who got in touch to ask if they could have one of the stars of the skating programme, ITVs Dancing On Ice, on Look North. One of the difficulties of doing that is, as nice as it would be, and Im not knocking it, but there is no local connection from our part of the world. The nearest contestant of course, was the winner, Gaynor Faye. Gaynor is the daughter of the playwright, Fay Mellor, as I mentioned yesterday. She lives in Leeds and is the mother of two and is the star of the drama, Fat Friends. However, maybe in the future, there will be a reason why we can get Gaynor or one of the other skaters on the programme. And, I have read that Bonnie Langford is doing a tour with a couple of other female comediennes and perhaps she will be playing in our part of the world, so we might be able to get Bonnie on the programme. Well, thats all from me for the moment. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm for tonights programme and in the meantime, do get in touch if you want to say anything. Look out for your Levy Letter tomorrow round about the same time. If you know of anyone, whos not getting a Levy Letter and they would like one, then get them to go to either one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page, click on Levy Letter and follow the instructions through. 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