News about Peter Levy

A local news bulletin was pulled off air on Wednesday morning after a fire alarm wreaked havoc in the BBC News studio. Viewers in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire were left scratching their heads after regular presenter Peter Levy was missing from BBC Look North in the morning. As they waited for the broadcaster, 68, to read out the regional headlines, he was unexpectedly absent, with national host Anna Foster stepping in instead.

In a social media post, Abbie Dewhurst, who joined BBC Yorkshire as a staff weather presenter in May 2016, highlighted the huge pay gap between her and a male colleague when she started. In a post on social media site TikTok to mark International Women's Day on March 8, Abbie took aim at her employer's gender pay gap and male-dominated managers. A BBC spokesperson said: 'Abbie has a great relationship with the BBC and we take equal pay very seriously as our progress in this area demonstrates. The BBC's gender pay gap is less than 5%.'

Abbie, who joined BBC Yorkshire as a staff weather presenter in May 2016, announced the news in an emotional post on social media. She told her over 33,000 Instagram followers she was leaving her 'dream job' in a couple of weeks after eight 'glorious years waking up before the sun' before thanking viewers for 'welcoming me' into their lives. The 30-year-old said working at the corporation had 'been a privilege that's not lost on me' and during her time had 'met some wonderful people, a handful of which will become life-long friends'. She shared a number of photos reminiscing about some highlights during her role, which included a tandem bike ride with Peter Levy for Children in Need in 2017,  reporting from Wimbledon and hosting a show on national radio.

Peter Levy, who presents regional news programme Look North, admitted that he had fallen for the scam despite conducting interviews on how to avoid being swindled in the past. He told BBC Radio Humberside's Richard Stead that he felt 'stupid' and 'thick' after learning that he had been duped by a criminal who phoned him one evening in February claiming there was unusual activity on his account. Mr Levy then gave his online banking login details to the fraudster - who proceeded to help themselves to cash before his real bank stepped in to cut them off.

After a segment on potholes took a gruesome turn, BBC Look North host Peter Levy had trouble controlling his glee. The broadcaster battled back to regain his composure after accidentally launching the accidental innuence when requesting viewers to send photographs of the worst potholes in their area. The blunder sparked a rash of fan letters left in hysterics by the gaffe.

Last night, viewers of the BBC's Look North programme were left in stitches after weatherman Paul Hudson gave a very surprising answer to the anchor's question in a 'Accidental Partridge' moment as he announced the forecast. As the program came to an end, the weatherman was waiting for host Peter Levy to hand over to him. Mr Levy referred to earlier problems with scientific equipment, but the weatherman's response left both the host and viewers alike in fits of giggles. Handing over to Mr Hudson, the journalist said: 'At lunchtime, his equipment wasn't working, is it repaired?'

In a story about repairing a footpath with a questionable name, a BBC presenter tried to contain his laughter. 'Glory Hole,' a presenter for BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, was giving a live news bulletin about rebuilding Lincoln's 'Glory Hole.' When he read the crude name, he couldn't avoid giggling.