Hello its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter, I hope your days going well and youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six for tonights Look North.
Coming up on the programme tonight well be speaking to the England football manager Steve McClaren as he visits our region. Find out why GNER have given 1000 watches to its staff members. Well meet the paramedic planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. That certainly sounds like a challenge. Well also talk to the cancer patient who came out of a vital medical appointment to find a parking ticket on their car. Also tonight, a man who says he had to wait 40 minutes for an ambulance in a medical emergency. Im sure well have a strong response on some of these stories as always and well be waiting for your comments. Well also talk to comedy giant Lenny Henry ahead of his new tour. Thats all coming up on Look North tonight, and of course Paul will have the weather. Letter Sorry for a few delays with the letter. Wednesdays didnt arrive at all I gather, and Thursdays arrived at half past nine this morning! Were working on the problem, but Im sure it will be sorted in the very near future. If you know anyone whos not signed up to the Levy Letter then point them in the direction of one of the two links at the bottom of this page and get them to click on there, then on Levy Letter and get signed up. Theyll get their first daily letter from Monday. Emails Thanks for all the emails on a variety of subjects. Keep them coming in and dont forget if youve got a problem or an issue that you think we can deal with then give me the details to the usual address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well see if we can tackle it for you. Television Thanks for the emails about TV, mostly about Celebrity Big Brother. It seems that people are saying that theyve enjoyed the start of it. Theres one here from Liz who says Give the programme a chance, youve condemned it before youve even seen it. I was reading earlier today that the programme had the second highest audience ever as almost 8 million people tuned in to watch the foul language and bad behaviour on the opening night. The veteran film director Ken Russell is in it of course, I dont know why. He swore so much on the red carpet going in to the house that they had to turn off the sound on the show. Thanks for the emails saying give Des O Connor a chance on Countdown. Im sure hell be a big success. And keep the emails coming in. 4x4 As someone who drives a four by four, I see a new survey has shown that we are not the safest drivers on the road, even though in the past weve been lead to believe that four by fours are safer. Apparently they think that being in a bigger, higher car means they can take chances and go faster. They have been condemned in a new survey out today, so thatll be good news for all those who moan about the four by four drivers. Live Longer Its always good to have a survey where Hull or Lincoln doesnt appear at the top or the bottom, because its usually bad news these days, but theres a new survey out, the best and worst places for a healthy life. Brighton and Bristol and London come out top of the list. You wouldnt think that about London would you? Leeds is number nine, and Hull doesnt get a mention. The worst places for living are Sheffield, Glasgow, and Liverpool. Musicals Musicals are doing so well at the moment. The Sound Of Music is booking up for months in advance with Connie Fisher playing the lead role. According to a story out today, British musicals face extinction because of plans to sell off wireless microphone technology to the highest bidder. The discreet headset worn by performers which improves sound quality for audiences watching stage productions operate on a lucrative radio band which potentially is worth billions of pounds. Now the theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber says that the regulation body risks crippling the UKs thriving £15 billion entertainment industry if it sells off the frequency. Its a complicated story, but it seems to be creating quite a buzz as it were in the world of the theatre. Forsyte Saga Well it starred Susan Hampshire and Kenneth Moore. Its hard to believe it was 40 years ago. I can remember watching it. I was only 10 at the time. For 26 consecutive Saturdays in 1967, Britain came to a standstill, riveted by the love scandals, and bitter rivalries of the Forsyte family. Here it is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Little Chef Thanks for the emails on this subject. Talking about being around for years, they seem to have been around since I was a kid. People are moaning that theyre closing down. Well its all to do with the takeover deal. Little Chef was a way of life for so many people for so long. They could be disappearing, along with those Olympian style breakfasts. Well thats it for me today, have a very good weekend, and dont forget to pass the word about the Levy Letter. Join me tonight on BBC One at six thirty as usual, and look out for your Levy Letter again on Monday. Bye for now. 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
