Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me for Thursdays programme tonight. Its late night shopping of course across the region. It is a big evening as well. Ill tell you more about that in just a moment.
On tonight's programme, we'll have a report from a crucial planning meeting. East Riding Council will decide whether or not to give the go ahead for the construction of the controversial incinerator at Saltend. Weve discussed this at great length on Look North and this has always generated a great deal of anger on both sides of the debate, for and against this incinerator. Ill have the latest on this on the programme. We'll be looking at why the Ministry of Defence have been given an award for equestrian safety. This has angered local campaigners, who say that the MOD regularly fly at low levels, which scare livestock and children. We'll be talking to the husband of Heather Bell, killed when her horse was spooked by a low flying helicopter in Lincolnshire. I'll be hearing from the workers in Lincoln made redundant just before Christmas as their knitwear factory closes. Ill have their story tonight. Plus Bafta award winning playwright, Alan Plater, will be back in Hull and will be popping into the studio to see me. And we'll be live at Lincoln Christmas market getting into the festive spirit. Well be talking with the German stallholders finding out why they keep coming back to this popular event in Lincoln and Hannah Moffat will be live amongst the crowds. So if youre going along to the market tonight, look out for Hannah and of course, I hope you enjoy yourself. Maybe you could pick up a few Christmas presents! Carol Service Yes, theres a big carol service tonight. Its in aid of the Lord Mayors Appeal and its being held at the Street Life museum. Blair Jacobs from BBC Radio Humberside is hosting it and there are various people reading the lessons. It starts at 7.30pm at the museum. If you can make it along, then the tickets are £15.00, which includes a mince pie and a drink as well. All the proceeds go to the Lord Mayors Appeal. Amongst the readers will be Liam Mower from Billy Elliot and also the playwright, Alan Plater. Ill be there as well to do a reading tonight. Join me if you can at the Street Life museum. Rolf Harris I see that Rolf Harris has apologised for using racist language in Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, the comedy song that launched his career. The original words, which he wrote for the 1960 hit, sung to the famous accompaniment of his wobble board, included a verse referring to aboriginal workers as if they were slaves. The opening lines tell of a dying stockman giving his friends instructions as to how they should treat his pet animals, such as keep me cockatoo cool, kurl and take me koala back, Jack. However in the fifth verse comes the slur on Australias population let me Abos go loose, Lou. In an interview, to be broadcast on Sunday, Rolf Harris admits that the lines were racist and he wishes that hed never written them. Retirement I see that a record number of Britons are working past the official retirement age. One in ten men are still in work after sixty-five, whilst one in nine women are in employment beyond sixty, in a new report from the National Statistics office. I have to say that Ive lost track with what the plans are now for retirement age. But I do know that by the time I get to sixty-five it will be higher. Your views on that and indeed on anything else, then get in touch. Also if youve got a problem that we could help with on the programme, then drop me an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lottery I suppose many of us have dreamt of winning the lottery and going into work, saying to your boss, Im leaving!! Well, Steve Moseley, a car salesman, thought hed won a million pounds on a scratch card and he didnt hold back on the celebrations. Overjoyed, he danced on his desk, threw money around the showroom, sent a colleague out to buy champagne and phoned his girlfriend to break the good news. He even told his boss that he could stick his job, because hed won the lottery! That was at 10.00am. At 10.45am, his luck took a turn for the worse. So just forty-five minutes later, he phoned the National Lottery operator, Camelot, to confirm his prize. He was told that he didnt have a winning ticket after all. What he had thought were two matching fifteens were in fact a fifteen and a sixteen. Mr Moseley said he dropped the phone, felt sick and then had to beg his boss to have his job back! So there you are. Everyones worst nightmare I would have thought and a lesson for us al! l! Poor old Steve Moseley. Heating Its unusual this year in that many people havent yet got their central heating on or if they have, then theyve got it on very low even though its now the middle of December. Millions of Britons turned off their central heating and kicked off their slippers the other morning after the country experienced a record breaking warmth. Mild African air wafted across Britain, when it was trapped by a blanket of cloud, creating perfect conditions for an unseasonably toasty evening. Minimum temperatures recorded remained as high as thirteen and a half Celsius all night. Thats an improvement on the average December temperature of just three Celsius! For some regions it was a new record. Forecasters said the night marked the beginning of a mild week, which could herald one of the warmest Decembers ever. So there you are. Those are figures just out. Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good afternoon and enjoy your Christmas shopping if youre going to Lincoln Christmas market, or if youre just taking advantage of the late night shopping across the region. Join me if you can on BBC One at 6.30pm and look out for your Levy Letter again tomorrow. 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