Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. The weekend is nearly here. I hope your day is going well and I hope you can join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm.
On the programme tonight, well hear one mother's heartache after her son fell victim to the latest drug craze, Subbies. Its a very sad story and Im sure lots of parents will want to hear what she has to say. Also tonight, Ill have a special preview of the court battle between the Fire Brigade Union and Lincoln fire brigade. This case could have major implications for other forces nationally and could perhaps set a precedent on whether or not fire fighters have to attend critical medical emergencies as part of their job. Ill have the full story on what this means for fire fighters in our region and how this could affect the service provided by our Fire Service. And its a big weekend for rugby league. We're live at Hull FC as the Black and Whites fans count down to the big game against St Helens in the Super League Grand Final. Of course, were sending our best wishes to the club! We'll also meet the Bridlington schoolboy, who has been offered a job by the makers of Wallace and Gromit. What an amazing opportunity that is. And we go behind the scenes of the Spalding Pumpkin Festival, one of South Lincolnshire's biggest events. All that tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm, including the forecast, which will be with Paul as usual. Weekend Whatever youve got planned at the weekend, then I hope it goes well. There are quite a few things organised that Ive heard about. If youve got something going on, then enjoy and I hope it goes well. The forecast is certainly looking good. It looks like it should be mild and sunny. Ive had emails on a variety of subjects from the Letter this week. Let me just do some of them, but first this one from Pat. Could you please answer a question for me? Just what is an average house? I meant to ask you previously, but it came to mind again when reading about stamp duty. All this talk about house prices rising so quickly makes me wonder whats happened in Lincolnshire. Houses are staying on the market for literally years and Im talking about houses costing under £200,000 and not millions. We were talking yesterday in the Letter about stamp duty. I also mentioned the subject of Countdown and again loads of emails have come in on this. Just a couple here. We would love to see former Test Umpire, Dickie Bird, hosting Countdown. He is funny, witty and he is a local lad. And that one comes from Vincent. And this one from Chris Johnson, she says, Im sorry, but I think Countdown should have died when we lost dear Richard. It has never been the same without him. No one will, or ever can, take his place. So there you are. Thats on the subject of Countdown and Im sure many people would agree with that last comment. The programme is so popular and there are many elderly people, who rely on Countdown, so I think to take it off the air altogether would be a shame. But I know there are a lot of people, who miss Richard so much. We were also talking about driving with lights on. This is an email here from an ex-driving instructor, who is now retired. Has Maggie not seen Volvo cars with their daytime driving lights on? Also the trucks? This has been talked about for ten years or so and this is not new. And theres one here from Mark Russell Its a well publicised fact that vehicles travelling with their lights on during the day are more visible to other road users and pedestrians. I understand that this was the reason that Volvo cars first used to have headlights on automatically, but sadly they have stopped doing this. Thats on the subject of car lights being on all day in a new proposed EU directive. Theres loads more emails in on the subject of conkers as well, so thank you very much indeed for all of those. If you want to write to me over the weekend and if youve got a picture that you think I should see for our Big Screen, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michelle We had Michelle Dewberry on the programme last night. What a lovely lady she is? It was a pleasure to meet her. Of course, if theres anyone that you would particularly like to see on the programme one night, then drop me a line and let me know. Children In Need As Children In Need night gets closer, then let me just remind you about our special evening with Peter Levy. Its on Sunday 12th November. I would love you to be there. The tickets cost £12.50 for concessions or £15.00 and well have a load of special guests there to chat with and some live music as well. Thats on Sunday 12th November and if you can make it along to the Hull Truck theatre, then I look forward to seeing you there. Get in touch with the Hull Truck box office to book your tickets on 01482 323638. You need to go to them and not us for your tickets and I look forward to meeting you during and after the show. So book early as they used to say! Living Together Living together before marriage has always been a controversial one and it was a lot more controversial many years ago. Well, a couple of people have written to me to point this out and most of these are from churchgoers as well, which has to be said. They used to be called living-in-sin, but now even the Church of England has given its blessing to couples, who live together. Church leaders are backing controversial new laws, which give co-habiting partners similar legal rights to married couples. They say the state should support relationships outside of marriage to prevent injustice when couples split up. And unmarried couples with children should be covered by the laws. So your views on that one, gratefully received. Manners Almost three quarters of adults think nothing of shovelling food into their mouths with a fork held in their right hand, snubbing the knife altogether. I must admit that I do this. The habit has been picked up from our cousins in the States and is the most common in a list of bad table manners, in a survey just published. 73% of us hold a fork in our right hand, with no knife. Guilty! Elbows on the table 67% of people do that. Failing to remain at the table whilst everyone else is still eating 67%. Eating straight out of the packaging .oh dear! Eating with your mouth full 36%. Using your fingers to eat up the last bits of food 34% and pointing to someone with a knife or fork 27%. Thats all according to a new survey on manners, which has just been published. Well, that's it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm for tonights Look North. Have a very good weekend and look out for your Levy Letter on Monday. 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