Hello its Monday and welcome to the start of a new week of Levy Letters and the start of a new week of Look North programmes as well. Its getting a little chillier outside, and as I mentioned last week its certainly looking very autumnal with the leaves turning brown.
Tonight on Mondays Look North, there's just one week left to oppose your post office closure. On tonight's Look North we'll be taking a fly on the wall look at our regions post offices and meeting the people that use them. Its been such a huge story of course and well be following the latest developments as always. 4 months on from the deluge that hit our region - we'll be returning to flood victims homes as building work finally gets underway. In sport, Lincoln City's new manager failed to inspire a win over the weekend. Theyre now bottom of the table. And Hull FC could be on the brink of signing Australian international Willie Mason according to newspaper reports down under. We'll have that and the rest of the days sport with Damian Johnson. And the BBC's Autumn Watch gets underway today. We'll be live at a local hedgehog sanctuary, looking at how to protect our prickly friends this bonfire night. Of course well also have the weather as always with the detailed forecast for our region. Dont miss that, its all coming up at half past six on BBC One. Texts Heres a story for people who remember what it was like when you had to find a phone box and a few coins to get a message to somebody if you were out and about. According to new figures, Britons are sending an incredible one billion text messages a week. Thats unbelievable. The numbers have risen a quarter in the last year, and 2007 looks set to break all records. Its quite stunning to think that this September, the number of texts sent was 4.825 billion, or 4,000 every second. Its mind blowing to think that the technology can cope with such numbers, and also that as a nation we can find so many little things to send messages about! It does seem that people use text messages where they would previously have made a phone call, and of course you can have text conversations, which might account for the huge number sent. Sometimes you have to wonder if it would be quicker and easier just to make a voice call and get it over with. So text messages are at amazing levels, and I suppose we can expect a generation of young people with impressively muscular thumbs. If you have anything to say on that then let me know what you think. Maybe you never text, or maybe youre started and now you cant stop! If you have anything to let me know about or anything you want to have a say on you can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any interesting pictures or stories for the programme your email will go directly to me. Tutankhamun I saw this in the news today, and rather gruesome it is too. More than 3,000 years after his death, the face of King Tutankhamun is on display in Egypt. Tutankhamuns perhaps the most famous ancient Egyptian, isnt he? Hes the one that springs to mind. The mummy is displayed in a specially climate controlled glass case, with the head carefully unwrapped from its bandages for visitors to see. Theres a picture of the mummy I saw today, and to be honest, Im not sure why anybody would want to look at the preserved head of a 3,000 year old person, its not very pretty. The story of the mummy is of course quite a famous one. It was discovered in 1922 by the British Archaeologist Howard Carter, and according to legend, the disturbing of the tomb awoke an ancient curse that claimed the lives of many involved in the expedition, if you believe that sort of thing So now youll be able to look directly at the face of a person who lived 3,000 years ago if youre traveling to Egypt, as I said its not for the faint hearted, but if youre not disturbed by corpses you might be interested to look at a figure from ancient history. Chitterlings If this heading grabs your attention, then you might be able to help another reader. I received this email from Reg in Barmston, As a lad my mother used to treat us to certain delicacies. One of them being Chitterlings. (The small intestine of pigs). I have tried to find them in Bridlington without success. The butchers tell me they are unobtainable, "Wessie" neighbours tell me they can be bought in Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford. Can anyone tell me why I can't get them here? The same applies to udder and tripe. Ive never tried them myself, but if youre a fan of pigs small intestines, and you know where to get them then email in to me and Ill put it in the letter. Its a rather unusual delicacy from what I can tell, but if you can help then drop me a line Well thats it from me for today. I hope you can join me tonight at half past six on BBC One as usual for tonights Look North. Have a good day. 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
