Hello and welcome to todays Levy Letter. I hope youre having a good day. Tonight is the very last performance of our very own BBC Pantomime. Its on at the Middleton Hall in Hull. Tickets are available from the Hull City Council booking office and their number is 01482 226655. Tickets cost £8 and £7, and thats on at 7.30 pm. If you havent seen it, this is your last chance, and I hear theres been a lot of very positive feedback from those who have seen it, and lots of messages in to Look North and Radio Humberside saying how much its been enjoyed, so try to get to the Middleton Hall tonight and if you havent had time to call and book tickets you can also get them on the door.
Coming up on Look North tonight - six months on, we'll catch up with some of the victims of the summer floods in the run up to Christmas. We'll be speaking live to one Burstwick family who were affected. Signed but not sealed - We report on the campaign to save Lincolnshire's post offices. We'll hear from the Bishop of Lincoln, and the leader of the County Council. Are you looking for a present with a difference? One man from Hornsea might have just the thing, he's offering pebbles for sale via Ebay! And by Royal Appointment - we'll meet the local butcher making pork pies for the Queen this Christmas. And well have the weather forecast as always. Im going to stick my neck out and predict chilly weather. This forecasting business is easy isnt it? Well have the official forecast later on in the programme at half past six on BBC One. I hope you can join me then. Giant Plane We had a big response yesterday on our story about the future of the NHS in East Yorkshire, but almost as big a response on our piece about a Russian Antonov plane which we claimed was the worlds biggest. We had messages and emails in almost as soon as we said it on the programme. I dont know there were so many aviation fans out there. Well Im not going to say much more on this in the letter, I dont want to get in any more trouble, but Ive had a look through the messages we received and apparently theres a bigger plane, the Antonov 225, which is a larger version of the one we featured. A few people let me know about that, so thank you very much. Elves Its not top of many peoples dream jobs, but a new academy has opened in Finland to train Santas elves. This is a genuine story. Finland claims ownership of the home of the real Father Christmas, and now you can apply to work sorting letters, working with tourists, and packing gifts. However, its no walk in the park. To graduate as an elf with an official certificate, you need to learn survival skills, be hot on customer service and story telling, be competent in languages, and have a good knowledge of wildlife. Jobs in the elf industry are strongly contested, with Lapland having a higher than average rate of unemployment, and a local economy that relies heavily on Santa related tourism. Around 500,000 tourists visit the area every year which has average winter temperatures of minus 10 to minus 15 degrees Celsius. The elves are also trained in how to deflect difficult questions about Santa and inconsistencies in his legend. One piece of information you might not know which comes straight from the elfs mouth is that the reason the elves working in Lapland are actually quite tall rather than little people is that they have to be able to see above the plentiful snow. I admit I didnt know that, although now I do, it makes perfect sense. If that sounds like your dream job, send your application in to Lapland and good luck. Pass on my regards to the big man himself. Dont forget if you miss the programme or you cant watch it live then youre able to see it online at our Look North website. The address is www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. You can also sign up to the letter there if you know somebody whos not subscribed and you think they might like a free daily Levy Letter. Thats it from me for today, have a good afternoon and I hope you can join me for tonights programme. 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
