Hello there. Its Peter here. Welcome to the midweek edition of the Levy Letter. I hope you didnt get caught out by the icy roads and paths. I did see people walking very carefully into town this morning trying not to slip up!
James Bond Motor Have you ever fancied owning a piece of James Bond memorabilia? Well how about the Lotus from the The Spy who Loved Me. Well one lucky buyer has managed to bag himself the white 1976 Lotus Esprit for a cool £111,500. The private collector from the US was bidding over the telephone at the Bonhams sale. The buyer described himself as a James Bond and Lotus fan and said the car would be going to Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of two Lotus cars, which was driven by Roger Moore, which ended up in the sea during a chase. Well there you go. I suppose the credit crunch isnt hitting everyone as hard! Rock-a-bye Baby Ive been reading today that mothers are ditching traditional lullabies for popular rock and pop songs. A poll of 2,000 mothers found that nearly two-thirds thought pop ballads could be better for getting babies to sleep rather that lullabies. The Baby Website, which carried out the research, said it was surprised with the findings. Spokeswoman Kathryn Crawford said, we were really surprised to find that mums would rather sing modern pop tunes than traditional lullabies. I expect most mums put the radio on when at home with the baby and the catchy lyrics make it impossible to sing anything else at bedtime. Take That were top of the bedtime pops with Patience and Robbie Williams came second with Angels. Oasis also appeared in the top ten with Wonderwall and even Guns N Roses made an appearance with Sweet Child O Mine. The survey also revealed that 13% of mothers thought lullabies were old fashioned and one in 10 said they could not remember the words to any of the! m. However half of mothers said they sang to their babies when they were upset, and a third always lulled their baby to sleep with a song. Well what do you think to this one? Do you, or did you, sing lullabies to your little one? Or do you prefer something a little more contemporary. Id love to hear your thoughts on this one or anything else which may be on your mind. Contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Adder and OGrady Ive been reading today that chat show host Paul OGrady has suffered a bite on his arm after being bitten by an adder. The 53 year old fended off the two foot reptile with a broom after it slithered out of firewood. Paul told the Daily Mirror that he saw two puncture marks on his arm which had blood gushing out of it. He told the paper, I didnt realise I was bitten at first but I looked at my right arm and there was blood gushing down from it. It really started to hurt and then I saw a snake on the logs. He called his local hospital when he realised he had been bitten by the venomous snake but was told the injury would not be fatal. Luckily it did not prevent him from presenting his TV show. Thats it from the letter today. I hope you will join me for Look North tonight at 6.30pm on BBC One. 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.
