Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual. Im back today after my day off and I hope you can join me for all the day's news on tonights Look North.
On the programme, one week on from a narrow escape from an arson attack on their home, we'll meet one homeless Bridlington family. They say that their local council have let them down. Well be getting their story tonight on the programme. Last night we brought you the news that there are concerns that valuable racing pigeons are being stolen and sold as food. Well be following this story today and will be speaking to Trading Standards on the programme. And has she waited too long? We'll meet the Boston woman, who has waited more than two years for an operation for her arthritic knees. Well be getting answers tonight for her. Plus we'll be live with Lincolnshire Police tonight. Theyre out and about in the county today as they crackdown on nuisance bikers. Weve spoken to this incredibly talented rugby player before. Sid Domics hobby has attracted praise from the highest artistic circles. Tune in tonight to find out how you can get your hands on one of the Hull rugby players unique aboriginal paintings. And we'll be going back in time to 1972. Can you remember where you were then? Well be reliving the days of TRex mania at Boston's Gliderdrome. Were you there? Can you remember TRex playing in Boston? If so get in touch. Let me know what it was like watching TRex perform live at the Gliderdrome. Get in touch in the usual ways to [EMAIL PROTECTED] And after all the stick that I give Paul about the amount of holiday he gets, Im sure Ill be in for a few comments from him tonight after my day off yesterday! Paul will be on the programme tonight for the forecast as usual. I hope you can join me then. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects. Keep them coming in. Dont forget if youve got a story or maybe a problem that you think we could tackle on your behalf on the programme for Leave It To Levy, then drop me a line and give me the details. And Ill also need a contact telephone number as well. You can email me direct, no one else will see it, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Its the same address, of course, for photographs as well to show halfway through the programme. If youve got a picture that youre particularly proud of, then send it to me. And just a reminder that our website address, where you can always watch the programme again, if you get home late one night, is www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. Thats our new website. Theres the latest news and weather on there as well. Joseph I dont know if youve been following Joseph on Saturday nights on the television. I cant help feeling that somehow Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is not overly impressed with any of them. I think were down to seven possible Josephs now. I cant say that I think any of them are that wonderful. One of the judges is a chap called Bill Kenwright. Bill, years ago, was in Coronation Street. He played Gordon Clegg. He was in The Liver Birds as well. But Bill, these days, is a theatrical producer and puts on loads of first class productions. He first started putting Joseph on back in the 1980s and now here we are all these years later and he is still touring the show. Hes got a production of Joseph coming to the New Theatre in Hull shortly. Its opening on Monday 21st May to Saturday 26th. Thats Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the New Theatre. And given that its on the telly as well at the moment, Im sure that week will be absolutely packed out. So its a good idea t! o get tickets early. Jilly Shes one of our top authors. I first interviewed her years ago. She wrote a book about Class and I remember she had a right go at me. She is a famous Yorkshire writer. Jilly Cooper was born and brought up in the West Yorkshire spa town of Ilkley. These days she is still going strong and her new novel is called Wicked. Its just published. We had her on the programme about a year or so back. She is a great lady and great fun as well. Thats the wonderful writer Jilly Cooper and her new book is just out. Lets hope she comes up here and does a book signing in the not too distant future. Prices One of the national newspapers last Sunday celebrated its twenty-fifth birthday. Its been twenty five years since it started back in 1982. And one of the things that they looked at was the prices between 1982 and today in 2007. The average salary in 1982 was £7,117. Today the average salary in the UK is £23, 307. The average house price in 82 was £23,000 and today its £194,000. Its interesting how some things havent really changed in price and some things have really shot up. For example the weekly food bill has gone up from £32 to £84. But some things like a colour television is now loads cheaper than it was. It was £297 in 1982 and today you can get one for £148. Thats the average price. Although those big plasma ones cost a lot more than that! A video recorder in 1982 was £469.95! Today you can get one for £44! Again, another thing, washer machines were £300 and now they are £230. Again they have come down in price. Even little things like a paperback book in 1982 w! as £3.95 and now its £1.99. So a lot of things have actually dropped considerably in price since those days. But of course, everything like food and houses have gone up. Another thing is that flights abroad are a lot cheaper now than they used to be twenty-five years ago, but how long will that last with all these fuel taxes? Well, that's it from me for now. Ill be back after having the day off yesterday. I hope you can join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. See you then. 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