Hello its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy letter. I hope your days going well and youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual. On the programme tonight we take a look at ASBOS and ask are they working? Anti-Social Behaviour Orders seem to be splitting opinion, and well hear both sides of the debate. Well speak to a man who says they do work, and well visit one region where ASBOs seem to have failed to solve anything. Dont miss that report tonight, and as always well be waiting for your response by email, text, and phone.
Therell be anarchy on Look North as we talk to the man who took a chance on the Sex Pistols 30 years ago. And is Grimsby's Christmas tree really as bad as people are saying? Well well be taking a look ourselves. Well investigate the new crime stopping initiative in prisons. Its a Yorkshire wide scheme, and it aims to stop drugs being smuggled into prisons amongst other things. We'll have the latest on an immigration row involving a Hull family. Im sure therell be a strong response to this. And also well have the forecast tonight from Lisa Gallagher. Paul is having a day off. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects, I read one out yesterday about the price of Christmas dinners in pubs and restaurants. This one from Thomas McNamara who says Well Peter, I think that chap who wont pay out £35 per person for Christmas dinner is quite right, the pubs shot themselves in the foot at the millennium new year by trying to charge their regulars an entrance fee to their local public house, what a cheek. The public voted with their feet and their wallet and stayed away, preferring street parties. I personally prefer my Christmas at home. Its a personal choice, but if everybody stayed away from the pub at Christmas lunch, I wager a small fee that next years prices would tumble. I bet hes right. If you want to comment on that, or indeed anything else, then drop me a line. Youll have to be quick because the final Levy letter from me before Christmas is tomorrow. Emmerdale I see that the former topless model Linda Lusardi is set to join the TV soap. Shell enter the ITV series, set in the dales, as a money grabbing femme fatale after the millionaire Tom King makes a dramatic exit. He will be murdered in the Christmas day episode. Linda Lusardi will play his former lover Carrie Nicholls. She says Im really excited about the character, it looks like its going to be brilliant fun to play. Anyone who thinks a former topless model is not a good actress will get a surprise. Ive seen her on stage in a few things, and shes very good. Linda Lusardi is now 48, shes in currently in pantomime, Snow White, in Plymouth. And of course talking of pantomime, good luck and break a leg to all the cast of the Hull pantomime that stars the Chuckle Brothers. That starts tonight. And of course the BBCs pantomime opened last night. Political Correctness I have a couple of stories you might like. Children have been told that they must use glow sticks instead of candles during a centuries old Christingle ceremony because of health and safety fears. Youngsters who are taking part in the Christmas eve celebration at Chelmsford in Essex at the cathedral will have to put fluorescent sticks, normally used by ravers, in their oranges rather than traditional candles because candles are a health risk because they can start a fire. And another one here a leading Liberal democrat has called for an end to school sports days, declaring that they humiliate children who finish last. Sandra Gidley said that schools should abandon competitive games because they hurt the feelings of those with little sporting ability. So there we are, ban school sports days because some people come last. And as somebody whos not particularly sporting, but had to do sports days at school, and invariably came last, I dont think its done me that much harm. I dont have much time for those sorts of stories, so dont get me on that one. Five Pounds Well five pounds to spend a penny might seem a lot, but with fresh flowers, scented candles, and lounge music, its the public toilet that women dream about. But although this ladys powder room promises to change the way you spend a penny, it will also cost you more than a penny actually five pounds. Its sited on Oxford Street. Theyre called luxury Loos, they have cubicles twice the normal size, giving women enough room to change their clothes and dump their shopping bags. Beauty products, hair driers, and hair straighteners are available, theres a member of staff on hand to help customers, and hand and foot massages and makeovers are also on offer. Its five pounds if you want to go, and its on Oxford Street in London, your views on that one Vicky Pollard Yeah, no, and but, are amongst the words most commonly used by teenagers according to a study. The analysis of youngsters speech patterns confirms that Vicky Pollard of Little Britain is not alone in having dismal language skills. The teenage delinquent, played by comedian Matt Lucas, repeatedly starts sentences with Yeah but, no but. These are three words that feature in the top ten used by teenagers in real life. So there we are, we might laugh at Vicky Pollard, but the chances are that the words that she uses are the words that youngsters use at the moment. Pictures Dont forget, if youve got a picture, or if you take a picture over the Christmas period that you think we should see that would work well on the tv, then send it to me one evening when youve got a moment, and if youve got anything else that you think we should know about, drop me a line. The email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ill always receive them, even over Christmas. Well thats it from me, enjoy your afternoon, and join me tonight on BBC One at six thirty. Bye for now. 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