Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Mondays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me on BBC One tonight as usual at half past six. Ill have all the days news and of course the detailed weather forecast will be coming from Paul.
Coming up on the programme tonight, well be finding out how maggots are being used to cure the sick in Hull. Thats certainly not one for people with a weak stomach! And find out why people in Mablethorpe are in a foul mood over stray dogs on their beach. And its the season of Harvest Festivals find out tonight on the programme why black is the new green for vegetables! Did you know that vegetables could be fashionable too? Plus we'll have the model maker, whos making a mint out of miniatures. More on that later. And Im sure many of us dream about performing on a West End stage, but how does it feel to be a musical star when the curtain closes? Well, Ill be talking to Liam Mower tonight on the programme to find out. Hes just finished a run as Billy Elliot in the hit London show and now hes come back to reality with a bump taking on his GCSEs at school. Ill be asking him hows hes adjusting to the normal life of a teenager again. Thats all tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Children In Need Dont forget that the adverts are starting for Children In Need. The Big Night is getting even closer. Were doing a special show An Evening with Peter Levy. This is really an excuse for Paul and I to get together with you and with lots of guests as well. Weve got some big names coming along and its going to be a great evening with some live music as well. Its on Sunday 12th November. If youd like to be there, then the tickets are £15.00 and £12.00 for concessions and you need to book early and get them from the Hull Truck theatre box office. Thats where its being held and if you want to get in touch with the Hull Truck box office, then the telephone number is 01482 323638. Guests We had a great week last week on the programme for guests. We had a lot of big names on the programme, finishing with Chris Moyles on Friday. Hes a Yorkshire man of course and is the self-titled, Saviour of Radio One! Hes the presenter of the breakfast show and Chris Moyles was joining me on Friday night to talk about his new book. Its now the start of another week. If there are any guests that youd particularly like to see on the programme, then do get in touch and let me know. Tell me who they are and well see if we can get them set up on the programme. And talking of regular guests by pure coincidence I bumped into Gervaise Phinn at the weekend. Gervaise will be one of our guests at the Hull Truck theatre for the Evening With Peter Levy event on the 12th November. He writes very funny books and hes hugely popular. Pictures If theres a picture that youve got that you think would look good on the programme, or if youve got a problem that you think we could tackle on Leave it to Levy, then drop me a line. Give me the details and a contact telephone number as well. The usual address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Political Correctness Our next story in the political correctness saga is about birthday cards. Jokey birthday cards, which poke fun at advancing years, are being banned in case they break the law. An insurance firm has outlawed cards in the office, because of fears that remarks written by staff could unwittingly breach new age discrimination rules. Workers have been warned against sending or signing ageist cards, which make fun of growing older. Teasing remarks, such as its better to be over the hill, than under it, or references to bus passes could cause offence, fear bosses. Under new laws, which came into force this month, staff could now sue their company if they feel they have been harassed or victimised because of their age. Staff at one insurance company regularly sign round-robin birthday cards for colleagues, but the firms managing director has said that this has now been banned. Instead the directors will send an appropriate card on the staffs behalf. Yet another political correct! ness story, but those birthday bards, which make jokes about age, have been banned. Theres quite a few with David Dickinson on the front cover at the moment. He says another birthday? Dont worry youre not old until to start going to antique shows etc and those type of cards are now banned, because they are ageist. So there you are. We have been warned! Fraud Well, this is a scary thing to think about and I'm sure we're all guilty of it. Apparently, nearly half of household rubbish bins contain all the information a fraudster needs to steal a person's identity. Isn't that frightening? Experts, compiling this new survey, had the lovely job of examining bins on a south London street and found that an incredible 97% regularly throw away letters and bills that carry their name and address. Now then, I'm not sure how criminals can commit fraud with just your name and address, but apparently we shouldn't be throwing information like this in the bin. Even more worryingly, the investigation revealed that 48% of households had thrown away all the information that criminals needed to carry out identity fraud, one in three had binned their full credit or debit card number and 46% had thrown away an item containing their full bank account details. Are you guilty of doing that? Perhaps we should all go out and buy shredders then! Countdown Yet more emails have been sent in talking about Countdown and making suggestions for who the new presenter should be. Theres so much interest in this subject. Thanks for all of those. Ill be reading a few more out from those later in the week. Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good Monday and join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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