Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to todays Levy Letter. Its the start of another week here on Look North and therell be a Levy Letter from me every day this week. I hope youve had a good weekend. I know that a lot of people were doing their Christmas shopping. Whatever you had planned, then I hope you enjoyed it and that your preparations for Christmas are well underway. Its the start of another week. Its my last week on Look North before Christmas. I hope you can join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm.
On tonight's programme, I'll have the latest on the row over new houses being built in a flood-prone area in Goole. Plus we'll be talking with the ex-trawler men, who are still fighting to sort their pensions out. And after a body of a woman was found in Lincolnshire, we'll have the latest on the murder enquiry in the area. Also tonight, I'll have the amazing story of the Hull woman, who coughed up an air gun pellet twenty-one years after she was shot in the face. Plus I'll have the story of the woman, who may die unless she has all her teeth removed. And we'll be taking a look at the sandwich, found in a Grimsby house, that's over one hundred years old! Can you believe that? I dread to think what it smells like now! All that tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Letter If there's someone you know, whos not signed up for the Levy Letter and you think they would like one, then tell them to get in touch. Tell them to go to one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page, click on Levy Letter, follow the instructions through and theyll get their first and daily email from me every day from the following day. Houses As you know, house prices are something Ive talked about in the Levy Letter quite a lot. The latest figures just top it all. House prices have risen by an inflation-busting 10% over the last year, according to one of the biggest mortgage lenders. It means that an average house is going up in value by £50.00 a day! A decade ago, the average cost of a home was just £60,000. Now it is £187,995 and will soon hit the £200,000 mark. The Halifax said that house prices have risen faster in 2006 than had been predicted, jumping by 1.7% last month alone. Thats nearly twice as much as November of last year. So the average price of a house in this country, and of course there are many way above the average, is going up by £50.00 a day! Just extraordinary figures arent they? Lies Top ten porkies that we tell do you know what they are? Well, theres a list just published. How many times have you said Im fine in the past week? Nothings wrong, Im fine well thats the number one porky pie that we tell. At number two nice to see you! Obviously that means its not nice to see you! At number three sorry I missed your call obviously we werent. I havent got any cash on me Im afraid thats the fourth most-told lie in this country. Ill give you a ring at number five. Number six is I dont have any spare change. At seven no Im afraid I dont have five minutes. Well, actually that doesnt sound like a lie. It just sounds like honesty doesnt it? Ill give up tomorrow is another lie. At nine just what I always wanted. just in time for Christmas that one! Well have to meet up soon at ten, meaning I have no intention of meeting up ever! Those are the top ten lies and the most often told lies in this country. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects. Theres one here from Abby. Shes picking up on me saying last week to get in touch if youre reading any good books at the moment. She says, You want people to recommend good books. Well, one of the best that Ive recently read, is Why Do Men Have Nipples? Its great and has lots of questions that you want to ask your doctor, but would only ask after having several martinis! I loved it. It was full of useless information of the best kind! So there you are. Thats Abby recommending Why Do Men Have Nipples? Ive never heard of it to be honest. Tracy writes in Can you recommend the book by Bill Bryson called The Thunderbolt Kid and also Marley and Me. Thats a story about a Labrador dog. Its sad and tissues should be at hand. I cried towards the end of the book. Also Tracy recommends Nobbut A Lad by Alan Titchmarsh, which she says is also a good read. Thats the book that Im reading just at the moment. We had Alan on the programme just a few weeks ago. Its a great book and is all about his childhood in the fifties, being brought up in Ilkley in West Yorkshire. Its beautifully observed and a really good read. Theres a note here from Richard Dodd. He says, Reference to your Levy Letter and books. I, of course, have a book to recommend people to read and that is Benson And The Wishing Machine, written by my wife. Its her first novel! And thank you very much indeed for letting me know about it! Thats from Richard Dodd. His wife has written her first book and its just published! Pictures Dont forget, every night we show a picture on the programme. If youve got a special photograph that youve taken just recently that youre particularly proud of and you think it would look good, then show it to me. Or if its a funny picture or something just a little bit different, then send it to me and let me have it. Well put it on the programme one night, so look out for it. The address, of course, is [EMAIL PROTECTED] And talking of pictures, and talking of books, there is a book out at the moment. I did mention this a few weeks ago. Its a hardback book called A Portrait Of Hull. The words are written by Ian Carstairs. Chiefly its a picture book, with views of Hull. Its a lovely coffee table book, but, although there are so many books about Hull, a lot of them dont have good quality colour pictures of Hull like this one. I can highly recommend it. Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good afternoon. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Take care, 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
