Hello there and welcome to Thursdays edition of the Levy Letter. I think I must have jinxed the weather yesterday as this morning the ice came back with a vengeance! The amount of people I saw tip toeing this morning .I may have to invest in some ice skates!
Woolworths Well it really does seem to be the end of an era for this High Street favourite. Store closure sales stared today at all 815 outlets across the country with bargain hunters out to get some good deals. There are talks over the sale of the leaseholds of individual stores. It is thought that Asda, Sainsburys, Co-op and Poundland are still interested in picking up some of the sites. The administrators Deloitte had talks to sell the business as a going concern to potential buyers including former Woolworths chief executive Sir Geoff Mulcahy and Dragons Den star Theo Paphitas, but no deals could be reached. If you do manage to get some good bargains, get in touch. Free-Kick Spray Ive been reading today that the Argentine Football Association is to introduce an aerosol spray to stop defenders creeping closer to the ball during a free-kick. Referees will start to use the spray next year in first division matches. Referees will mark a temporary white line, 9.15 metres away from the ball, which defenders cannot cross. It will then disappear 30 seconds later. It was invented by Pablo Silva who got the idea when he failed to score with a free-kick in an amateur match. "In the 88th minute, we were losing 1-0 and won a free-kick on the edge of the area. When I took the kick, the wall was three metres away," he told Reuters earlier this year. "The referee didn't book anyone and didn't do anything, we lost the game, and driving home later, with a mixture of anger and bitterness, I thought that we must invent something to stop this." The spray has been trialled in second division matches and a similar spray has been used in some Brazilian competitions. I wonde! r if it will make its way over here? Hamlet Dr Who star David Tennant will not be returning to play Hamlet before Christmas because of a back injury, the Royal Shakespeare Company has said. He missed performances on Monday and Tuesday and is scheduled to have an operation for a slipped disc. He said his enforced absence was hugely disappointing. Tennants run as Hamlet at the Novello Theatre is due to finish on the 10th January. Before the transfer to London, David Tennant played Hamlet 60 times in Stratford upon Avon in the summer. "My back problem has progressed to the point where it is currently impossible for me to carry on without surgery," Tennant said in a statement. "I want to get back onstage as quickly as possible and I am very grateful to Ed who has courageously got to grips with the role but in a much shorter time. It's a fantastic achievement." Get well soon David! Thats all from the Levy Letter today. I spoke to Lionel Blair on my radio show today. I also had a lengthy discussion with the Scunthorpe MP Elliot Morley about the state of jobs at Catch. If you missed it you can listen again at bbc.co.uk/humberside Enjoy the rest of your day, 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.
