Hi there, its Caroline here. Feeling festive, are we? Mince pies are being munched in the newsroom and now that the BBC pantomime has finished for 2006, Ive now got a little bit of time to buy and wrap some presents! If youve been along to see us in the panto, then I hope you enjoyed yourself! Thanks for coming and supporting us and for laughing at all the jokes! There are still two performances left in January and tickets are still available if you want to come and see us. Its Dick Whittington this year. Im playing the hero, Dick and BBC Radio Humbersides breakfast presenter, Andy Comfort is playing the evil King Rat. Theres lots of thigh slapping and cheesy grins, so if you fancy coming along to the last two performances of the panto in Hull on the 7th January, then book your tickets on 01482 226655. And thanks for your wonderful support so far. Youve raised so much money for BBC Radio Humbersides appeal Making Waves. So thank you!
Theres lots going on in the programme tonight. Crispin will be joining me on the sofa and we'll be having a listen to the top ten of the most inappropriate calls made to the ambulance service's emergency number. 999 calls are for emergency calls only and yet it is still plagued by nuisance callers. Well be listening to some of those tonight. Also tonight, well be talking to a dog sanctuary in Lincoln. Theyre overwhelmed this Christmas with abandoned dogs. I know this will touch the heart strings of so many animal lovers in the region, but they desperately need help this Christmas in re-homing an incredible thirty dogs or they say they may have to put them down. Ill have the full story tonight. Plus we'll be speaking to the Hull climber, who was the bodyguard to the American actor, Johnny Depp. Sounds very glamorous doesnt it? And we'll be taking a look at the car facing one of the toughest rallies in the world, but which only cost £100! You may have noticed the fog! Its hard to miss really. Paul will be with us tonight to give us more details about when this fog will be leaving us. Apparently, its here to stay until Christmas. Well, it might be a white Christmas of sorts then! But I saw this text message this morning from Lynda in Hull. She says, Could you please warn people to put on their headlights in this foggy weather. The amount of cars that dont is appalling!! This is the third day of bad weather and some drivers have no sense at all. Thanks for the warning Lynda. And its true, isnt it! And I always think that people on bicycles need to be extremely brave to go out in this weather on the roads. Even with those little lights on the back, its very difficult to see them. Well, the warnings are out today as the great festive getaway begins. They say that more than eighteen million vehicles will be on the move today, creating the longest evening rush hour of the year. The roads will be full of families travelling across the country to see loved ones and full of lorries making those last minute deliveries in time for Christmas Day. And the fog isnt helping. British Airways has cancelled one hundred and eighty flights already from Heathrow, which ruined Christmas holidays for thousands of travellers. So if youre travelling anywhere, stay safe and remember to leave enough time! Yesterday on the programme, we had the story about how low burglars will stoop over the festive period. We had CCTV footage of two criminals making off with a Christmas tree, which belonged to a group of elderly people living in sheltered accommodation. Well, we had a number of emails and calls from people feeling quite incensed by this as you can imagine. And many of them have offered to help. So I just wanted to say thank you to those people, who offered replacement Christmas trees. There are lots of very generous people out there! I noticed this lovely email in our inbox yesterday and thought Id share it with you. Hello to everyone at Look North. Thank you for all the e-mails over the year from the Levy Letters. I enjoy reading them and the lots of interesting facts. May I take this chance to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy 2007. May you all have great and safe festivities. And thats with lots of love from Lesley Harrison and her family in Boston. So I dont think theres any more to say is there? Thats all from me for today. I hope you can join me tonight for Look North. And as Lesley says, stay safe today, especially on the roads in this bad weather. See you tonight, 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
