Hello its Peter here, welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope you can join me tonight at half past Six on BBC One for tonights Look North. Well have all the days news and stories including the amazing story of an 85 year old woman forced to climb out of a window to escape masked raiders in her own home. Well have more from her on the programme.
Tonight well speak to the people whose job it is to walk the Lincolnshire countryside finding official footpaths and rights of way. That sounds like a nice job doesnt it? We know obesity is a growing problem amongst teenagers, well one school in Hull is fighting back against flab with a special day dedicated to getting fit and eating healthily. Well be meeting some of those children. Research into out early ancestors is coming to Hull with a fragment of bone brought from the Natural History Museum to Hull University for testing. Well be looking into that. It was supposed to be crunch time for East Yorkshires answer to the Angel of the North, but after hours of deliberation, guess what judges failed to reach an agreement for a welcoming sculpture to the region. Well find out what happens next. Of course Paul will have the forecast as ever, and youll hear all the rest of the days news and stories from around your region tonight at six thirty on BBC One with Look North. Alan Freeman I was not writing the letter yesterday as you know, but the news came through the day before about the death of legendary DJ Alan Freeman, an absolute star for many people who enjoyed listening to pop radio in my kind of age group. And I think I mentioned before, there was a time when I was working as a teenager, as an actor. Well when I wasnt actually working on an acting job, I would help out at Moss Bros at Covent Garden fitting people out in their outfits for posh functions. Well Alan Freeman came in and wanted a morning suit, because he was going off to Royal Ascot, so I fitted him out with his morning suit and I said to him that I wanted to be a radio DJ, and he invited me to go to BBC Radio One and watch him do his Saturday afternoon show. I sat there in the studio and watched him talking to the nation. I was only about 17 at the time, and of course that fired me up for wanting to do radio, and he was always something of a hero. So it was a great honour that I actual! ly got to meet him of two occasions, once spending the whole afternoon with him. I remember sitting in the Radio One studio sitting on a silver record box as my chair to watch his programme go out. Alan Freeman will be sadly missed in the broadcasting world. Leave It Dont forget if you think we have some problems that you think we might be able to tackle in Leave it to Levy then drop me a line, give me the details, and well try to sort them out. Dont forget to give me a telephone number as well. The usual address of course is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to hearing from you. Shoes Now for the ladies, imagine owning one pair of shoes for every day of the month, or maybe you dont have to, because research shows that 2.6 million women in this country do actually have thirty pairs of shoes. Another 5 million, or 20% of the total own between 16 and 30 pairs, from simple training shoes to high heels. A study claims the female fascination with the shoe is growing more and more rapidly in Britain than anywhere else in Europe. Women in this country buy more shoes than anywhere else in Europe, and we have the highest percentage of women aged over 16 with a collection of 30 pairs of shoes. Office Party I think were having an office party shortly. Well the office party is becoming the latest casualty of political correctness, so says a new article. Bosses have been warned that they could face legal action if drunken staff do not get home safely. If party music and entertainment caters only for younger staff, the organisers might breach the age discrimination laws, and holding a raffle of giving out alcoholic prizes could offend Muslims, warned ACAS the government quango charged with settling industrial disputes. And theyve published a pamphlet with some of the dos and donts for Christmas parties. Dont give meat or alcohol as prizes if you have a raffle, because that could offend. Another here, can you believe this? Do carry out a proper risk assessment before putting up decorations. Ensure staff have taxi numbers or put on a bus to take all drunken staff home, and finish the party while public transport is still running. And do make sure there is a mix of music to avoid! discrimination claims, so if you play all young music the old people could actually have a discrimination claim. Its hard to believe it, isnt it, but the office party is becoming too risky for bosses because theyre fraught with problems. Charlotte Charlotte Church is parting company with the record label that launched her career. A spokesman for the 20 year old singer said it was a mutual decision, but just recently her record sales havent been that good. The interesting thing is that her TV show that lots of Levy Letter readers complained about, has turned out to be a great hit, and its done so well on Channel Four late nights that two more series are planned. So that was a hit even though we probably thought it was a flop. TV We were talking the other night to Sheridan Smith about on the programme. She starred in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, which was on BBC Two last night. Just looking ahead to tonight, theres a series that Ive enjoyed a lot and Im looking forward to it coming out on DVD to buy a copy, and that is Coast. Apparently on the programme tonight theyre featuring Bempton Cliffs at eight o clock on BBC Two. Well thats it from me today, have a very good day and enjoy your afternoon, and join me tonight on BBC One at six thirty. And dont forget to spread the word, if you know anyone whos not signed up to the Levy Letter, and theyd like one, then point them in the direction of one of the links at the bottom of this page and get them signed up. Take care, bye. 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