Hi there! Its Caroline Davis here with the Letter today. Peter cant be with us tonight, but Ill be here on BBC One at half past six, straight after the national news, to keep you updated as to whats happening where you live. Ill have the rundown of all the days news, including a special report on the record number of homeless children living in temporary accommodation in Lincolnshire. New statistics out today have revealed that children in our area are trapped in hostels and B&Bs for months, even years on end, and that this is ruining their health, education and future prospects. Ill have their story tonight on the programme.
We'll have a Leave it to Levy special as one group of residents come to us to ask for help. We get so many emails from you all asking for help with problems or issues that you face. These residents got in touch with us to say that their lives are being made a misery with yobs. Find out if Look North were able to help. And if you want to ask us to help you with a problem, then get in touch! Email Look North on [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put us to the test! Also tonight, find out what Hull City manager, Phil Parkinson, had to say after last night's trouncing over Colchester. Plus what three things might you need to become a miller at Skidby windmill? Ill be answering that one tonight. Ill have the full story on the explosive row taking place in Newtoft and we'll be meeting the farmer, who says his cows are a happier herd for listening to Elgar! I presume Ill be interviewing the farmer and not the cows, but well see! So all that tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. I hope youll be there. Last night, our reporter, Vicky Johnson, was looking at the growing problem of shoplifting and crime in our newsagents and small shops in the area. A group of shopkeepers had got in touch with us and told us that they felt that they were struggling against a rising tide of violence and theft and that they felt abandoned by the Police. Some of the shop staff that we spoke to were having to put up with physical attacks on almost a weekly basis and many small businesses were threatened with closure as they struggled to cope with the cost of replacing stolen stock and goods. We spoke to one of Humberside Polices senior officers about this one and put their concerns to him and we asked for your comments on this. Well, we had such a busy programme that we couldnt fit in your messages, but Ill read a couple out here. You certainly had some strong views! A concerned father phoned our Look North hotline last night and left a message. His daughter works in a newsagents and often works night shifts. He tells us, The other day, she rang me and said that a case of beer had been thrown at her and that shed rung the police and they couldnt come along for three days. Then, I was driving through Keyingham and there was a forty thousand pound police Volvo parked on the side of the road with a camera in the back of it, as usual. A text message from John agrees with that messages and reads, Humberside Police will send the cavalry to the football, or man every street for speeding motorists, but when it comes to the things that really matter to the man on the street, then they go missing every time. Another phone message here about Look North blurring out the perpetrators faces on the CCTV footage Why, when you show the crimes being committed, do you cover up their faces? Because they are stealing, why shouldnt we see who they are? Why shouldnt the parents and their relations see what theyre doing? Its very much about protecting the guilty and not helping the innocent shopkeeper. And a message about our interview with Chief Superintendent Sean White from Humberside Police Its pathetic that a senior policeman can come on television and be a politician, because basically thats all he is. So some heated comments there from you. We had so many emails, texts and phone messages from you all. So keep them coming in and email in today if youve got anything you want to tell us. We love to hear your comments about the programme or if anything funny has happened to you recently. Also, so many of our stories, like our Leave it to Levy report tonight, has been generated by you getting in touch with us. So if youve got a story and you think Look North should know about it and should put it on the television, then get in touch with us. You can always ring the BBC and ask to be put through to the newsroom. The number is 01482 323232. Or if its not an urgent news story, then email us on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy your day, and I hope you can join me tonight for Look North on BBC One at half past six! Caroline 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. 1.94.4
