Hello its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy letter. I hope your days good, despite the weather, and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Well have all the days news including a special report on a review of the murder of the 13 year old Lincoln girl Sandy Hadfield.
Well meet the Thealby pub landlord who is the proud owner of a delivery van with a difference. Be sure to find out more about that on the programme tonight. Well also be speaking to the 6 year old Grimsby boy who saved his Uncles life. Its an amazing story, and well hear all about that later. And weve had a lot of road related stories recently, and heres another People living near the A180 say the road is making their lives a misery. If you live in the area, then be sure to get some comments in to the programme tonight. And last, but not least, well be speaking to the ghost hunter extraordinaire Derek Acorah, wholl bring his world of spooky spiritualism to the programme. Hes an unusual fellow and hell certainly make in interesting guest. And Paul will back tonight with the forecast. Thats all at half past Six on BBC One as usual. Children In Need Its only a few days away now. The big day is of course on Friday week, the 17th of November. There are events going on throughout the day in our part of the world, youve probably read about some and heard about some. And of course we have our big Children in Need night, which is coming from the Deep in Hull this year. If you want to make it down, then go down to the Deep on the evening of Friday the 17th and join in the celebrations. Before that of course, the Evening with Peter Levy, where were raising money for Children in Need with our special chat show, thats at the Hull Truck Theatre this Sunday. Not sure if theres any ticket returns, but you can always give them a call and find out on 01482 323638. Countdown Its a story that always gets a big response. Des Lynam of course decided to go, and nobody seemed to be upset about that. Of course the void that he has left had to be filled, and its just been announced that Des OConnor is to be the new host of Countdown. I did sort of think that it would be Des, and did hint that in the letter a few weeks back, but Des OConnor is the new host of Countdown, and he seems quite happy to come up to Leeds on a regular basis. So Countdown continues with Des OConnor as the new host. Burn it off Well one of the papers is going to depress us up to Christmas with a different food item each day or each week about how long it takes to burn it off after youve eaten it. We start with the humble beef burger. An average sized burger contains about 490 calories. 23 grams of fat. How long does it take to work it off? Well one hour and fifteen minutes of packing boxes for a house move. Or one hour thirty minutes of drilling with a power drill. Sixty one minutes of pushing a heavy wheelbarrow. One hour twenty minutes of handling uncooperative children, chasing them or dressing them. One hour thirty minutes of taking clothes out of a washing machine, and hanging them up, or seventy minutes of non-stop hopscotch. These are just some of the things you can do to burn off one beef burger! Christmas Well Britains most popular Christmas tree is likely to cost you more this year, if you can find it that is. The Nordmann Fir which has captured half the UK market could see prices rising by 15%. Denmark, who is a leading producer of the tree has seen a collapse in production following a change in the common agricultural policy on subsidies. So Christmas trees, if you like them, are going to cost more. Last year a six to seven foot Nordmann cost around £30-£34. This year it could average £35-£40. So there we are, the price of Christmas trees is going up. The story of course would be if the price of something actually came down. Sound of Music Only a few days away, I think its next Wednesday, from the opening of The Sound of Music in London. Now this is the big musical that Andrew Lloyd Webber masterminded on the TV show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria. He found the wonderfully talented Connie Fisher to be Maria, and she is going to be, without doubt, a huge hit. Six months ago she was a telesales worker, and six months later shes on the West End stage. Well the leading man in the production was Simon Shepherd, who you probably remember from Peak Practice, who was going to play Captain Von Trapp. Well apparently its not working according to show insiders and theyve decided to dispense with Mr Shepherd and bring in somebody new. His replacement in the role until they find a permanent replacement, is going to be Alexander Hanson, who is a very experienced West End theatre man. The official first night is next Wednesday the 14th of November. You would think that with all the audition process, and a professi! onal player in the part of Captain Von Trapp that theyd get it right, but they got that bit wrong. It seems finding a telesales worker off the street to play Maria was the easy part! You couldnt really make it up, could you? Anyway, the opening of The Sound of Music, which no doubt well hear more about, is Wednesday of next week. Problems Dont forget, if you have a problem or something you think we might be able to deal with on the programme on Leave it to Levy, drop me a line and give me the details. Give me the problem, and also a contact number as well. The usual address, if you want to get hold of me is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well thats it from me today. Enjoy your Wednesday afternoon, and join me tonight at half past six on BBC One. 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
