Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Mondays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope your weekend was good, despite the disappointment of Saturday. I dont think Ive ever seen a game of football that went on quite so long and was so tense all the way through. It was just unbearable to watch wasnt it? We havent won the World Cup since 1966 and everybody was so hoping that this would be the year. Im sure they think that every year, but it was so to the wire and so tense on Saturday teatime. I cant believe as well that they had been playing football for two and a quarter hours in temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius! It was just amazing. But there seems to be fairly strong views on the whole affair from reading the stories in the papers. But, it didnt happen this year.
Despite the football, I hope your weekend was good and welcome to the start of another week of Levy Letters. I hope you can join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as ever for tonights Look North. Ill have all the news, of course, from around the region and Lisa will have the forecast. On tonight's programme, Look North will be reporting live as the trial begins of the former Hull County Council leader, Colin Inglis. He's charged with child abuse allegations and I'll have the latest on that. I'll be speaking to the Lincolnshire MP, who claims people will die in the wake of massive hospital cuts in the county. Last week, the Hospital Trust announced hundreds of job losses. And bosses are also considering reducing services at the A&E Unit at Grantham Hospital. They need to save money after overspending by more than fifteen million pounds last year. Ill have the full story later on the programme. Plus, has your bank become a trendy wine bar? We'll be in a local village where all the banks are pulling out. Local residents are mounting a campaign to stop the move as they say they will then have to travel miles to do any banking business and say this will prevent many elderly residents from getting to their local branch at all. Ill have the full story on that later. And despite the disappointment of the football, I expect we can all say how much we enjoyed the lovely weather over the weekend. Well, we'll be beside the seaside to see how you're keeping cool as temperatures soar in our region. I hope you can join me then. Mobile Phones Talking on a mobile phone whilst driving is as dangerous as drink driving, according to new research. And even using a hands-free kit does not stop a motorists ability to be impaired, according to a new study. This is quite riveting stuff. They asked volunteers to get behind a wheel of a driving simulator four times. They drove once whilst not distracted, once while using a hand held mobile phone, once using a hands-free kit and once after drinking a vodka and orange. The study found that people are as impaired when they drive and talk on a cell phone as they are when they drive passed the legal blood/alcohol limit, which is just incredible. Those are the details just out from a recent research study. So if you do use a mobile phone, then be warned. And you do still see so many people just using their mobile phone in their hands, without a hands-free kit. Living In The Sun A record number of pensioners are retiring abroad to start a new life by cashing in the value of their homes here. For the first time, more than one million people have decided to leave the country. Thats up by 50% over the last decade, according to new figures. Spain and its warm climate is a popular destination with the number of Britons retiring there trebling over ten years to almost seventy-five thousand. Most of those are nearing retirement and have paid off their mortgage and so they can enjoy 100% of the profits when they sell. Many people will sell their home in the UK and they will still have £100,000 to spend whilst over there. Your views on that one, gratefully received! And indeed on anything else that youd like to comment on, then get in touch. Plus, if youve got a problem that you think I could tackle on your behalf on Leave it to Levy, then drop me a line. Give me the details and well see what we can do. Its the same address for anything to do with the p! rogramme of course - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Humber Bridge Just a note for your diary that the Humber Bridge bash weekend is coming up. Its not this weekend, but the weekend after. And just a reminder that its the twenty-fifth anniversary of the bridge. And theres another little date for your diary here. If you can make it down, and it should be a lovely evening, to the Hessle foreshore on Friday week (so thats not this Friday, but the Friday after), then well be doing the programme live from down there. The whole of Look North will be coming live from the Hessle foreshore to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the bridge. Well have our guests there and some music and well also be having a special camera as well from the top of the Humber Bridge. So if you can make it down to Hessle foreshore at about a quarter past six, then join me for the programme live. So its not this Friday, but the Friday after. And pass that message around as well to everyone you know. The more we can get there, then the better the atmosphere w! ill be. Thats the Humber Bridge on the Hessle foreshore for a special programme. Fireman Sam Now, if youre quick, then weve got a special competition for you. If youve got young children or if you know someone, whos got young children, then you might like to enter this competition. Ive got a family ticket for Friday of this week to go and see Fireman Sam To The Rescue at the Hull New Theatre. So if you fancy a trip out with the kids on Friday of this week, then go and see Fireman Sam. All youve got to do is to email me back with the answer to this question. Obviously though, only enter if you are able to get to Hull on Friday. The question for the tickets has nothing to do with Fireman Sam, but to do with Thomas The Tank Engine which well-known musician is the voice of Thomas The Tank Engine? Do you think you know? Well, email me in with the answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thats it from me for today. Have a very good Monday afternoon and join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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