Hello and welcome to todays Levy Letter. Its a busy programme tonight. We'll have a special report on the growing concerns that female smokers are putting themselves at risk of date rape. Fears are that their drinks may be spiked if they leave them inside the bar or club as they leave to smoke outside.
And its supermarket swipe! We'll be investigating the claims that the cash point scam at local supermarkets has now spread to new sites and new victims. As always, tune in tonight to find out how you can protect your identity and your money when it comes to credit card fraud. It's the ticket to success - after years of campaigning, Lincoln is set to have a direct rail link to London after National Express wins the franchise for the East coast mainline. Well find out what this will mean for businesses and commuters in our region. Plus we'll be meeting the Pakistani cricketer, who fled India during the Partition to start a new life in our region. And if you have any memories of Indias Independence or Partition and you want to share them with us, then drop me an email direct to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or take a look at our website on bbc.co.uk/humber We'll have his dramatic story tonight on the programme at half past six. Yesterday in the Letter, I mentioned that Monty Pythons Flying Circus had just been voted the most influential British comedy series of all time. Quite an accolade! Well, that prompted some reminiscing from Pete in Scunthorpe. You are absolutely right, of course, about the age gap where comedy is concerned. Im 63 (brought up on radio comedy) and have always been a Two Ronnies fan. For good clean versatile comic entertainment, they took some beating their fork andles sketch is hailed as a classic. I also liked Blackadder the interplay of Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson was hilarious. I would put Morecambe and Wise about fourth in my list. The Office, however, would probably end up at 104th. I find Ricky Gervais one of the unfunniest people Ive ever seen. When they used to keep showing that clip of him dancing, I couldnt get my hands on the remote fast enough it was so utterly embarrassing. Im sure everyone is still fond of that fork andles sketch, but ! perhaps some people wont agree with Pete about The Office. Keep your emails coming in with your comments as I love to read them! As always, I like to share my knowledge of technological advances and new gismos! Well, I try to anyway! I still havent got to grips with these social networking sites, like MySpace, Bebo or Facebook. But I read this in the paper and thought I should share it with you. Researchers are saying that millions of members of Facebook are allowing strangers to see personal information like their birth date, place of work and sometimes even their telephone number, amid fears of identity theft on the Internet. The younger generations appear to be most willing to divulge such personal information, which gives cyber-criminals all the information they need to create spoof identities, gain access to online accounts or infiltrate employers computer networks apparently. So be warned! Now, Im sure I wont need to describe this photograph too much as its one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century. It was an impromptu moment captured on camera as a jubilant US sailor heard that the Second World War had ended. After he grabbed a passing nurse for a celebratory kiss in Times Square in New York on VJ Day, their portrait graced the front cover of Life magazine and has been shown repeatedly ever since. For more than six decades though, the identity of the sailor has been hotly contested by at least ten men. A forensic artist, who has been studying this photograph, now claims to be able to settle the dispute and has named the previously anonymous sailor as Glenn McDuffie, an 80 year old US Navy veteran. He claims that he had just come up from a Subway station and bumped into the nurse, who said to him Sailor, Im so happy for you and I said, For what? he recalled. She said, The wars over and you can go home. Well, I ran out in the street! jumping and hollering. The lady turned around and held out her arms to me and I took her and kissed her. So, apparently, a forensic scientist has just solved the mystery of the name of this anonymous sailor embracing a nurse on VJ Day in Times Square. And just finally, is Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? getting easier? The TV quiz show is cutting the number of questions it takes to reach the £1 million jackpot! The prize money will start at £500, rather than £100 and there will be only twelve questions to replace fifteen. The normal safe haven of reaching £32,000 will now be increased to £50,000. So will that make it easier, or will contestants cave under the pressure? Theyre testing this new format out on celebrities starting this Saturday night, so take a look and let me know what you think about it! 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