Hello and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter, and happy Yorkshire Day. I hope youve had a good week, and if youre looking forward to doing something on the weekend, I hope it goes very well. If youre going anywhere interesting, and you think it might make a nice photograph, take your camera along and send us any unusual pictures to show on the programme. And if youre doing anything to celebrate Yorkshire Day, let me know about that too. Lets hope the weathers nice as well, well have the full detailed weather forecast for the weekend on the programme tonight, and as always the days news and stories from our part of the world. Thats all coming up on Fridays Look North at half past six on BBC One.
Scrabble Well I mentioned in the letter recently that an internet word game very similar to Scrabble had been taken down due to legal action from the makers of the original board game. Well apparently the game is back up, with a change of name, different shaped tiles, and slightly changed rules. Instead of the familiar square tiles, theyre now round, and the programmers hope the changes will be enough to avoid the heavy legal action they were threatened with. Its funny how seemingly superficial changes can make such a difference, but its all part of the murky world of copyright law. So with a slightly different look, and a new name, you can now enjoy your online word related fun again. Just dont mention Scrabble! Harry Potter It seems the Harry Potter phenomenon just keeps rolling on. Even after the official last Harry Potter book has been published, fans can now head back to the bookshops for another fix. I think I mentioned in the letter a while ago that the author of the incredible successful series, J. K. Rowling, had produced seven hand made copies of a book of fairy tales. They were related to the Harry Potter series, and given to friends and auctioned for charity. Now its been announced that The Tales of Beedle The Bard, which played a big part in the final Harry Potter instalment, will now be mass published. One of the original hand written and illustrated copies sold for an astonishing £1.95 million in December last year. Its incredible how popular the series has become. Im sure this latest publication is going to make fans very happy, and with the vast amounts of money it generates, Im sure J.K. wont be too down in the dumps either. Eclipse Large parts of the northern hemisphere are experiencing a solar eclipse today. Russia is getting the longest period of total eclipse, with a duration of just under two and a half minutes. In one Siberian town, over 5,000 tourists and visitors were expected to watch the event, which travelled from Canada through Russia to China. Here in the UK we only experienced a partial eclipse, visible in London, where the moon only blotted out a 12% chunk out of the sun. Further north on the Shetland Isles, as much as 36% was blocked out. I think its one of those things we all hope to see at some point, and its an event as exciting for its rarity as for its spectacular appearance. So if youre managed to get a glimpse of the event somewhere, and you took any pictures, send them in to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], and tell me how it was. Well thats about it from me for this week. I hope youll be able to join me for Fridays Look North tonight at half past six on BBC One. If you have anything interesting that you think we should know about, or any unusual pictures for us to show on the programme, get in touch and send them to me as well. Just before I finish, yesterday I mentioned a panel of top taste testers had ranked the countrys tap water in order of taste, and that prompted Michael to get in touch with me, he says: If you put a bottles of any area's tap water in the 'fridge for about half an hour you will not be able to taste the difference. Im not going to argue with you on that, but then as I said yesterday, I dont have the educated taste buds of a top chef, for whom it seems only the best tap water will suffice. For the rest of us living here, well just have to put up with only the 8th best tap water in the country. Have a very good weekend, and join me for Look North tonight at the usual time. Bye for now Peter Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information 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
