Hello there, its Peter here. I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Wasnt it dark and gloomy on Saturday? I remember thinking it felt rather rotten but it appears to have brightened up today. I hope Paul has some good news for us tonight.
The X Factor Well did you watch it? I think the whole nation must have tuned in for the final. If you dont already know, Alexandra Burke was crowned the eventual winner with JLS coming in second place. 16 year old Eoghan Quigg came third. As I mentioned in last weeks Letter, the final three sang Christmas songs and performed a duet. Alexandras performance with Beyonce left her in tears and as she was declared winner, a few more tears were shed, but she eventually managed to say I am the happiest girl alive. Her cover of the Leonard Cohen song Hallelujah was available to download after the programme and will be available physically early this week. Strictly News If you werent flicking over between The X Factor to Strictly Come Dancing to find out who made it to the final, you may be surprised to find that all three couples will make it to the final next week. Lisa Snowdon and Rachel Stevens and their partners all received top points from the judges. This meant that Tom Chambers could not be saved from a dance-off to decide who left the series, all three have qualified and voting has been carried forward to next weekends final. Sports Personality Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy was named 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year at the ceremony in Liverpool last night. Chris won three gold medals in Beijing and beat Lewis Hamilton and Rebecca Adlington to the honour. Chris became the first cyclist to win the award since Tommy Simpson in 1965. Chris said To win this award this year is so special as British sport has enjoyed such a hugely successful year. It's been incredible. Top Films Batman film The Dark Knight has been named as one of the Top 10 movies of 2008 by the American Film Institute. Others include political biopic Milk, the animated fantasy Wall-E and Brad Pitts The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Clint Eastwoods Gran Torino and the comic book blockbuster Iron Man also feature alongside independent films Frozen River and Wendy and Lucy. Frost/Nixon and The Wrestler complete the list which is compiled by a panel of film makers, reviewers and acedemics. The filmmakers behind the AFI's Top 10 choices will be honoured at a luncheon on 9 January. Pizza Defence Ive read that a pizza delivery man from Florida was challenged by armed robbers but got in first with his very own weapon, a large pepperoni pizza. Eric Lopez Devictoria, flung the piping hot pizza at the gunmen, then turned and ran. The Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that he made a safe getaway, despite one shot being fired as he fled. Police later arrested three teenage suspects, who have been charged with armed robbery. Thats all from the rather entertainment filled Levy Letter today. Please 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.
