Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Mondays Levy Letter and the start of another week with Look North. I hope your weekend was good. Whatever you were up to, then I hope it went well and I hope youre ready for another week. Thank you for reading the Levy Letter and dont forget, of course, that if theres anyone you know, whos not signed up for a daily email from me, then point them in the direction of either one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page and get them to sign up. They will get their first Levy Letter the following day. Thank you for being there and for reading the Levy Letter on a daily basis.
By the way, we will be having a competition soon. Another exclusive competition for Levy Letter readers only, so stay tuned for that. And theres an email here from Janet, whos asking about the car stickers, which we mentioned a long time ago. There are some Look North car stickers still available at the moment. If you would like one for your car, then all youve got to do is send me a stamped addressed envelope and Ill send you the car stickers. Just a stamped addressed envelope to the usual address of Peter Levy, BBC Look North, Queen's Court, Queen's Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. Tonight on the programme, as well as all the days news, Ill be looking at the dispute over the £1000 payment facing residential homes in our area. I was contacted by a concerned viewer, who told us her mother wasnt allowed to watch DVDs in her nursing home as the home were unable to pay the required fee of £1000! Ill be looking at that in more detail. Also, Lincoln MP, Gillian Merron, gets a government promotion in this wave of Tony Blairs shake up at the Commons. Gillian now becomes a Junior Transport Minister. Ill be asking her what this means for the drivers in our area. And many former Butlins Redcoats are returning to the area to remember the heyday of the summer camp in Filey. Ill be talking to them about their memories. All that tonight on BBC One. Stories Dont forget, if youve got a story that you think we should know about, that youd like us to cover on Look North, or if youve got a problem that youd like us to tackle on Leave it to Levy, then give me the details. And of course, also give me a contact telephone number as well, so that we can follow up your story. The email address, if you want to email me is, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Danny LaRue I mentioned Danny LaRue a few weeks back in the Levy Letter, but Ill mention him again and will make no apology for it. Well, hes been on Look North a few times since the new show started in Hull three and a half years ago. Hes been on twice and he really is a star. Well, sometimes that word is used too loosely, but Danny LaRue really is a star. Hes been in the business for years as a female impersonator. Hes played months on end in the West End. He got an OBE in 2002. The Queen admitted at the time that she was a great admirer of his. Ive met him on numerous occasions over the last thirty years of doing radio and TV and hes always been courteous and charming. And on one particular occasion, I remember that he was absolutely delightful with some friends and family of mine, who were with me as well. Well, these days his famous star is not sparkling quite as much. Hes been forced to abandon his home and has moved in with a friend as a rare eye condition has left him al! most blind. The seventy-eight year old, who had a stroke last month, has been taken into the home of his theatrical dresser and costume designer, Ann Galbraith. At the height of his career, Danny owned a West End nightclub, he was visited by royalty, had two hotels, luxurious homes in Hampstead and Henley on Thames and also a twelve bedroom chateau in the south of France. These days he is living on handouts apparently. Its all a very sad story. However, hes still hoping to return to the stage. His agent says that he is feeling twitchy and is dying to get his old frocks out and dust them off and get back in the limelight. Somehow I feel that that is not going to happen, as hes not so well at the moment. We wish him well. And I know from reading and writing about him a few weeks back that he has got a lot of fans in our part of the world. Our thoughts go out to him. Politics Well, I know that these last two weeks have been fairly lively on the political front, what with these scandals and sackings in the local elections last week. Ive had five emails here from people saying that theres been much too much coverage of all of it in the papers. And Neil writes an email here to say that, on one particular subject last weekend, there were nine pages devoted to it. That of course is about the John Prescott story. So quite a lot of people are saying that theres far too much coverage, and we certainly needed strong arms to pick up more than one copy of the Sunday newspapers this weekend. I dont think they can get any bigger! Spelling As one of the worst spellers in the newsroom at work, or perhaps I should clarify that I am probably the worst speller, it was interesting to read that our declining standards are reaching all areas. A booklet has been produced by the Department of Education to instruct school inspectors how to write. The guide is handed to Ofsted inspectors this month and tackles tricky spellings. Bear in the mind that is aimed at the Department of Education Ofsted inspectors! This is aimed at helping them spell difficult words like benefited, fulfil, civil servant, database and internet. It also informs the reader that the apostrophe should not be used to indicate plurals. Commas should be kept to a minimum and that Great Britain does not include Northern Ireland. The guide has been emailed to every one of Oftseds two hundred and forty-three school inspectors. So can you believe that? Well, that's it from me for today. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy your afternoon. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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