Good afternoon, its Peter here with your Letter as usual. I hope youre well. I think weve turned a corner havent we? Snows on the way apparently and December is nearly with us. I dont know about you, but I feel like were in the build up to Christmas. What do you reckon? Maybe its too early yet, but judging by the amount of people in our local high streets and shopping centres, I reckon people are already knuckling down to their Christmas present shopping! And talking of Christmas, Ive heard this morning that the music show, Top of the Pops is to make a return. It started back in 1964 with Sir Jimmy Saville at the helm and then it was controversially axed in 2006. Despite declining audience figures whilst it was on our TV sets, there was quite a lot of uproar when it was eventually cancelled after forty-two years on our screens. Last month, I read that Simon Cowell wanted to buy the rights of the show for ITV, but nothing came of that. And now this morning, Ive re! ad that the show is to make a return over the Christmas period with a special programme on Christmas Day and one on New Years Eve. So there you go. The all-important Christmas Number One will be announced on the show on Christmas Day. What do you reckon to that? Have you been missing Top of the Pops since its been cancelled? Happy that its coming back, at least for a couple of shows over Christmas? Let me know what you think.
The Final Frontier I always like to hear about stories about space. I find it quite a strange thing to think about that people are up there at the moment in the space stations working away. Did you see those incredible pictures recently where that poor astronaut dropped her tool kit and had to watch it float away into space! Thats a bad day at work isnt it? I hope they had a spare set. Well, just a little note here to say that Ive read that space stations are marking ten years today since the first stage of the International Space Station was put into orbit. Back in 1998, it was seen to be the first orbiting scientific city in the sky. So a special anniversary today for the ISS. I wonder if the crew up there at the moment are celebrating with a birthday cake! Drinking Have you been asked recently by a doctor about how much you drink on average per week? Its actually quite hard to work out isnt it. I, for one, dont always know how many units are in say a glass of wine or a pint. Well, Ive read today that almost two in five people, who drink to excess, are lying to their doctors about how much alcohol they really consume. Thats according to a recent survey. Men and women drinking double the daily limit also admitted concealing it from partners, friends and colleagues. And a government poll found men were more likely to lie than women. This seemed quite surprising to me, but experts apparently recommend the equivalent of two pints of beer for men or one large glass of wine for women per day. I have heard that a glass of wine a day could be classed as quite good for you. But two pints of beer a day for men seems quite a lot. What do you reckon? According to this survey, the majority of people who stick to this limit generally didnt admi! tted to how much they drank a week, but 39% of the high risk drinkers gave a lower figure. And even more worryingly, 19% of heavy drinkers were actually lying to themselves about how much they drank. So there you go. Do you know how much alcohol you drink per week? Are you in the safe zone and would you admit it? Ive also heard an anecdote about a man being asked how much he drinks by his doctor. Misunderstanding what the GP means and thinking he means water or cups of tea, he tells the GP that he probably drinks about five or six mugs a day!! I bet the doctor was worried! Well, that's it from me for now. I hope you can join me for Look North tonight. Take care, 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. 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.
