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 Look North at half past six. Well have all the days news and stories from our region. Tonight we have news that hundreds of jobs are going to be lost at Dixon car dealerships across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. We'll have the latest.
Little Zoe Chambers, the toddler who had a heart transplant has spent her first night back at home in Hull and we'll have a full interview with her Mum. Dont miss that, its been such an incredible story of survival. We'll have the story of the convicted criminal who's being let out of prison to play for Boston United. In the build up to their crunch relegation match against Salford we'll be hearing from Hull Kingston Rovers as they battle to stay in Super League. And the Antiques Roadshows in town... we'll see what treasures people have been hoarding in their attics. Of course well have the weather forecast as well, its been fabulous weather around here, and well find out whats on the way. Thats Look North today, 6.30 on BBC One. We had a story yesterday on the programme about young actors from Hull finding their accent a barrier to success on the stage, well that got a big response, Ive had a few messages like this one from Simon in Driffield, Im Yorkshire born-and-bred, and, wherever I go, my Yorkshire accent goes with me. If other people dont like it, that s their problem! I saw another message mentioning that Hull has managed to produce actors like Maureen Lipman, Barrie Rutter, Ian Carmichael, and or course Tom Courtenay too. Quite right. And there was this one from Steve in Hull, My son just auditioned for a film from the makers of Harry Potter, and they wanted a Hull accent! So there you are, a Hull accent can give you a career boost as well! We also had one or two messages saying can you believe it that people from Hull should learn to talk properly and stop moaning! If youve got anything to say about that you can email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], also if youve got any pictures you want us to see at Look North, or if youve got a story you want to tell us about or something you want to say about the Levy Letter, thats the address to reach me. Brits Abroad Well it might or might not be a surprise to learn that Britons holidaying abroad need a disproportionate degree of assistance from British consulates while theyre spending time on Stag and Hen nights, or just enjoying a foreign break. A report from the governments Foreign and Commonwealth Office picked out Prague in the Czech Republic as a particular trouble hotspot. Its a very fashionable place to go for Stag and Hen nights these days, and apparently its one of the top spots for Britons to lose their passports, get arrested, or get taken to hospital. More British tourists are taken to hospital in the Czech Republic than in Germany, which receives more than three times the number of Britons. Thats an incredible statistic, isnt it? More people also lose their passports in the Czech Republic than Greece, which again has three times the number of British tourists. It does make you wonder what people are getting up to there. Apparently the top country for Britons encountering problems was Spain, which is also the most popular holiday destination. France, the second most popular destination, had one of the lowest rates of passport problems reported. Its fascinating how we behave in different countries isnt it? Or maybe its just that different people go to different places on holiday, hence the different rates of problems. On that basis Id say France is probably a safer bet for a Stag trip than Prague. Dont forget if you know somebody whos not subscribed to the Levy Letter, send them to our Look North website address at www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. They can click on Levy Letter and sign up for their free email which they should receive from the very next weekday afternoon. Thats about it from todays letter. Dont forget to watch Look North tonight at 6.30 on BBC One, and of course weve got news bulletins at 1.30 in the afternoon, and 10.25 in the evening, so theres no excuse for missing your regional news from the BBC. I hope you can join me later. 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
