Hello, it’s Peter here and welcome to Friday’s Levy Letter. I hope your day is 
going well and I hope you’ll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 
I’ll have all the day’s news and also the weather forecast for the weekend will 
come from Paul. 

On tonight's programme, I'll have the latest as Hull KR gear up for their 
biggest game of the season. They're through to the Challenge cup semi-final 
where they'll face the might of St Helens. We'll be wishing them well on the 
programme tonight. And I’ll have more on Humberside Airport's plans for huge 
expansion in our region. More on that later. 

Plus, we'll have the final part of our series looking at the emergency services 
on our East Coast. Tonight, Phil Norton will be with the lifeboat crew at Spurn 
Point. All of the emergency services in our region work so hard and I know from 
all of your emails and messages that you’ve all been enjoying watching their 
day to day lives. We wish them well and you’ll be able to see the final part on 
the programme tonight. However, if you’ve missed any of this series and you’d 
like to watch any of the episodes again, then just take a look at our website – 
www.bbc.co.uk/humber. There’s a link there to watch all of the episodes again.  

Also tonight, we'll have a jazz performance in the studio ahead of Hull's jazz 
festival this weekend. I always like having musicians in the studio with me, so 
I hope you can join me for them. They’re a very talented group, who’ll be 
performing at the festival as well. It’s a busy weekend coming up. As well as 
the Hull Jazz festival, there’s also the switching on of the lights in Skegness 
on Saturday night. And it’s Sutton-on-Sea’s carnival on Sunday as well. So lots 
of events to choose from. Whatever you decide to do, then I hope you enjoy it. 

Also, if you know someone, who’s not getting a Levy Letter and you think they 
would like one, then point them in the direction of either one of the two 
addresses at the bottom of the letter. Get them to click on there, find Levy 
Letter link on the first page and sign up. They’ll then get their first email 
from me on Monday. 


Names

I was talking about funny names for places around the country. And a couple of 
people have written in about this. Mike here says, “I’m afraid that Ugley is 
Hertfordshire and not Essex as you said yesterday. I know it well as in my 
younger days, I started twenty-five and fifty mile time trails from there.” So 
Ugley is in Hertfordshire and not Essex – apologies for that! 

And there’s one here from Mary in Kings Lynn. “Here in Norfolk, Peter, we have 
Great Snoring and Little Snoring!” Any more names you can think of, then please 
get in touch! 


Heat

Paul briefly mentioned this last night, but I often talk about the summer of 
’76. It just seemed to go on and on and it was so warm throughout the whole 
summer. But apparently, this summer season is hotter than then, although you’ve 
probably guessed that already. This is the hottest month ever. The heat wave is 
on course to claim another place in the history books by making July the 
hottest month since records began and that was in 1659! This month’s average 
temperature stands at 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Although it is expected to slip to 
67.8 by the end of the month as the weather cools. It’s likely to beat the 
previous record of 67.6 Fahrenheit. So there you are. It’s the hottest July on 
record. 


Dora Bryan

One of my favourite comedy actresses, and I’ve interviewed her several times on 
Look North, is Dora Bryan. She’s a wonderful lady and very funny and a great 
character. And I’ve just been reading that the actress was trapped in a lift in 
a clothes store in Brighton for over an hour this week. Can you imagine that in 
this heat? “It was the most frightening experience of my life,” she said. She’s 
eighty-two now and to cheer fellow trapped shoppers, she burst into several 
choruses of All Things Bright And Beautiful, saying that this had a calming 
affect on everybody. So Dora Bryan is eighty-two and was stuck in a lift in a 
clothes shop in Brighton this week. 


Cosmic

Thanks to everyone, who’s sent emails in saying that they too are going to buy 
Noel Edmond’s new book called Cosmic Ordering. I understand the book goes on 
sale today. If I get a chance to go out, then I shall buy one today to read at 
the weekend. Cosmic Ordering is where you can order anything you want, but only 
things that are realistic. For example, a dream job, a dream house – they’re 
all realistic apparently. But winning the lottery is not realistic. It makes 
you wonder why we bother paying money to play the lottery every week, doesn’t 
it? Cosmic Ordering – the book is out today. Let me know what you think if you 
buy it. 


Help

Earlier in the week, we were talking about people in Hull, who think that 
they’ve been unfairly targeted by over-zealous parking attendants handing out 
parking tickets in the city. So many of you have got in touch over this one. 
Obviously, we’ve touched a nerve and this is something that you’re really cross 
about. So we’re going to return to the story shortly and we want your help. I 
really want to talk to a parking attendant and get their side of the story. So 
are you one, or do you know one, or are you married to one? We want to hear 
from you as soon as possible. If you’re a parking attendant, then do you feel 
angry at all the bad publicity you get? If so, then now’s your chance to get 
your side of the story out and don’t worry your chat with us can be anonymous 
if you want it to be. So get in touch with my producer, Paul Lead about this on 
01482 314504 or email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to hearing from 
you. 


Pictures

Since we went on the air, this is the busiest week, we’ve ever had with people 
taking pictures and sending them in. Don’t forget if there’s a picture you see 
when you’re out and about, whether it’s a news story, or it’s a funny picture 
or a view of the region, then send it to me. We love to show them on the 
programme, and of course, I always love fuel to tease Paul, so any pictures you 
have, then let me see them. It’s the usual email address of course to get me 
direct at any time – [EMAIL PROTECTED] And also if you’ve got a problem, that 
you think we could help you with in Leave it to Levy, then let me know and I’ll 
see if I can help.

Last night on the programme, I mentioned many of you got involved recently when 
we asked you for your pictures and memories of the Humber Bridge. That was all 
to do with the birthday celebrations for the bridge. Well, it was such a 
success and so many of you got in touch with us that we want to do it all 
again. Today, we want you to bring us your photographs of what you do for a 
living and tell us the stories behind them. From eleven o’clock you can visit 
our Open Centre in Hull in the city centre or pop on board our BBC buses, which 
are at the Riverhead Square in Grimsby and the church Farm Museum in Skegness 
and chat to the guides. Tell us your story and bring in your snaps, but most of 
all tell us what you do for a living. And of course, the more the unusual the 
better! If you can’t get in to either the Open Centre or the buses though, send 
me an email and tell me, because I’d love to hear from you too.


Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good weekend. Look out for Look 
North tonight at half past six and I’ll speak to you again on Monday.

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

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