Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm as usual. Ill have all the days news and of course Paul will have the weekend forecast.
On tonight's programme, I'll be looking at how your money has been spent funding a survey on East Riding Council's performance that is now being kept secret. Ill have the full story on that tonight. Plus I'll be getting reaction in Lincoln to the news that up to two hundred workers at an engineering firm are now facing an uncertain Christmas. I'll be meeting the record breaking golfer, who bizarrely plays with a club in each hand. And I'll be chatting to the phenomenal rock band, Status Quo. Theyve been hugely popular for decades and are still going strong touring around the world. But is time catching up with these ageing rockers? Do you think theyll mind me asking that!? Ill be chatting to Status Quo tonight on the programme. I hope you can join me then. Christmas Late night shopping last night I did a little bit in Hull last night and picked up a few bits and bobs and of course, itll be extremely busy in the shops now that were into December. Next Thursday, just while I think about it, is the celebrity carol concert at the Street Life museum in Hull. The tickets are £15.00. Its in aid of the Lord Mayors charity. Blair Jacobs will be the Master of Ceremonies and therell be readings by Alan Plater, the well-known playwright of course and Hull City supporter and Liam Mower as well. Ill be there to do a reading as well. If you can make it along, then its Thursday night at 7.30pm at the Street Life museum for our celebrity carol concert. Vain Men Well, vanity is driving British men to splash out almost one hundred million pounds a year going under the plastic surgeons knife. New figures show that men, following the example of a huge number of women, increasingly want to improve their looks and bodies. They now account for a fifth of the £1.8 million pounds being spent on cosmetic surgery every day in the UK. Can you believe that? £1.8 million pounds being spent on cosmetic surgery every day! Thats an absolute staggering total isnt it? One of the most popular treatments is Botox. This started off being popular with just women using it on the lips and forehead, but now there is huge pressure on men, competing in a market place for younger girlfriends. Especially for men in their middle years, who get divorced and have to start again. According to the experts, men are going for Botox! That figures are just extraordinary arent they? The papers are lampooning David Guest, who appears on Im A Celebrity at the moment. ! His face just doesnt look real. It looks like hes wearing a mask. Well, thats what cosmetic surgery has done for him! Bacon Sandwich We all love them, or most people do, maybe not the vegetarians amongst us, but the humble bacon buttie is the latest victim of a health warning. Those, who eat rashes more than five times a week, increase their risk of bladder cancer by 60%, according to new research. Processed meat has been linked to the disease in previous studies, but this is the first time that a specific meat has been identified. The bacon sarnie has long been a favourite in Britains Greasy Spoon transport cafes! So will this put us off eating them? I very much doubt it! Trains I did a train journey myself the other day. Just a short journey and yet I couldnt believe how much the ticket cost. Apparently, 40% of people are using the trains more today than they were ten years ago. And in another ten years 30% more will be using the trains again. One report this week though is actually talking about the train fares. The rail fares are going up again, making our trains the most expensive in the EU. An average trip between London and Manchester is £202! A similar journey between Madrid and Cordoba in Spain is £56.10! Or between Paris and Dijon - £54.38! Rail users are going to be hit by another round of inflation busting fares, cementing our status as the dearest place in Europe in which to travel by train. Weekend If youve got something planned at the weekend or organised, then I hope it goes very well indeed. Dont forget, if youre involved in something for charity or for a good cause, or if youre an amateur dramatic group and youd like a plug in the Levy Letter, then drop me a line. Alan Collins did just that. He phoned up the Look North hotline last night and left a message for me. He wanted to tell me about Hulls Male Voice Choir, who are performing tonight at the Guildhall. Theyll be starting their performance at 7.30pm in the Lord Mayors Parlour. So if you fancy going along, then pop down to the Guildhall tonight for Hulls Male Voice Choir. All the best to Alan and to the choir and I hope their performance goes well. Thanks for getting in touch Alan. Also if youve got a story that you think I should know about, or if you want to simply drop me a line about anything at all, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] If over the weekend, youre chatting with anyone, whos not subscribed to the Levy Letter and you think they would like one, then tell them to go to one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page, click on Levy Letter, follow the instructions through. Theyll then get their first daily free Levy Letter from me every day from Monday. Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good weekend and join me tonight at half past six. Look out for your Levy Letter again on Monday. 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