Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well so far and that youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm for todays Look North. Ill have all the days news and Paul will have the forecast.
Well, of course, you wont have missed all the snow we had overnight. There were traffic problems all across the region this morning and several schools in East Yorkshire have been forced to close. Paul will update us about whether well get more snow tonight and how its looking for the rest of the week. But in the meantime, do let me know if you experienced any problems this morning. Were the gritters out in your area? Were you snowed in this morning? Or do you think were making a fuss about nothing? As always, Id love to hear from you. So email me during the day to the usual address - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also tonight, Ill be looking at the proposed boycott of a circus in our region. Protesters are angry at the use of animals in circuses and are urging people to boycott a show tonight. Ill have more on that story later. Plus, Ill be investigating a pension crisis for one factory in Grimsby. Two hundred workers are affected when their factory went into administration last year and they are still waiting to receive their pensions. Ill update you on this story tonight. And my special guest is the antiques expert, Eric Knowles. Hes travelled the width and breadth of the country with the BBC1 programme, The Antiques Roadshow, for so many years now and hes now on his way to Hull. Ill be talking to him tonight on Look North. I hope you can join me then. Emails Thanks very much indeed for all the emails on a variety of subjects and also the Leave it to Levys as well that have come in. Ive passed on all your problems to the Producers so that they can work on those. If you think youve got a problem that will make a story for Look North and that you think well be able to help you with by investigating, then do drop me a line to the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Students Students, of course, view our lunchtime programme as their breakfast television when they get up for the day at half past one! Did I say that? Students at some leading universities are so illiterate that they cant even write basic sentences, a shocking report is revealing. Despite a rise in A level passes in recent years, undergraduates appear to have very little experience of writing and produce whole essays that are often incoherent, research says. The findings of the report say it is a public catastrophe. So there you are. Students, who have all that education behind them, but cant even write a sentence! Im sure youll have a view on that one! Carrying on with the subject of education - thanks very much for emailing me in about this one. There was a story last week, and it had nothing to do with our area, but there was a school, who had banned the singing of Baa Baa Black Sheep. I had so many emails on that subject, I could hardly believe it! But luckily, it wasnt in our part of the world, so I thought it was one of those stories that I didnt really want to get involved in! But thank you very much indeed for all those emails. The story is now resolved apparently! Parking Now, Im not going to make any controversial remarks here, but do you have problems parking? Im sorry to say that includes me. Ill hold my hands up and be honest on that one, that I find parking difficult. Its a manoeuvre that can sometimes test even the most experienced drivers of course. But now a device promises to take the challenge out of parking and spell the end of annoying bumps and prangs. Using a new network of sensors, the driver is able to send the car gliding into the space all by itself. All you have to do is stop in front of the car parking space, press the screen on the dashboard and then the car will do the rest! The car will be able to put itself safely into the space just at the touch of button! Good idea, do we think? Joan Collins There was a picture in the paper, but I didnt actually see it first time round, but its appeared again yesterday. Several people have written to me to say how wonderful Joan Collins looks at the staggering age of seventy-two. She just looks incredible and several people have pointed out that Joan Collins is actually on tour at the moment and is coming to Kings Lynn and they have asked me if we can have her on the programme. Of course, Ill see what I can do and I hope that we can get her in for a chat. But Joan Collins is seventy-two and is still looking fabulous! Pictures Dont forget, I still want your pictures and photographs for the Big Screen. If youve got one that you think would look good for the programme, then either send me a hard copy in the post or electronically via email to the usual address - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dictionary A new book is out, which is called the Dictionary of Idioms. Its a fascinating read, if you get a chance to have a look at it. It includes answers of everything youve ever wondered about like where sayings comes from, like in the limelight and mumbo jumbo and by the skin of ones teeth and a leap in the dark, things like that! Ill just give you one here off the cuff! The idiom dates from thirties America and refers to the trick that after dinner speakers have of making last minute notes on their starched shirt cuffs! Hence - off the cuff, which means under rehearsed! Dog days the hottest days of the year. In the northern hemisphere, dog days or dies caniculares as the Romans called them, last from the beginning of July until the middle of August. During this period, the dog star, Sirius, rises and sets with the sun. The star shines so brightly that the Romans believe it gave off a heat, which together with the suns heat, made this the hottest time of the year. Thats! where the expression, dog days, comes from! So there you are. The Dictionary of Idioms a fascinating read. Well, thats it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Have a good day. Take care and keep warm! Bye for now 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
