Hello there, its Tim Iredale here with your Levy Letter this week. Peter is away on holiday, so Ill be taking over the helm of Look North for this week. As ever, if you want to get in touch with me about anything at all, especially if theres a story you want Look North to investigate, then email me straight away. If theres something you want to talk to us about and even if you want to get in touch confidentially, then email me personally to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to hearing from you.
We'll have the news tonight on the programme about Post Office closures. Look North has got hold of the official list of which branches are to close in our region ahead of the public consultation. Tune in tonight to see if your local branch is affected. Plus there are dire warnings today from Lincolnshire Police about its funding. The force says it's facing a cash crisis and has difficult decisions to make about the future of services. We'll have the latest on this. And tomorrow it'll be one hundred days since the summer floods which hit our region. We'll have a special programme tomorrow night dedicated to what lessons need to be learnt. However tonight, we'll be hearing from families still trying to rebuild their lives. And it was a busy weekend for sport. Damien will be here with a full round up and he'll be speaking to footballer, Nicky Barmby, as we start the search for our Sporting Unsung Hero. Also today is officially the first ever Lincolnshire Day. We'll have more on the celebrations tonight on the programme. Ive been reading today about the new law thats coming out to make it illegal for under eighteen year olds to buy tobacco. It used to be down at sixteen and now itll be in line with buying alcohol. So therell be lots of debate about this on the news today, but I thought Id give you the opportunity in the Letter to voice your comments about this one. If youve got a view, then email me in and Ill put a few comments about this in the Letter. If youve been down for a visit to the Big Smoke you may have noticed an absence! Big Ben has been undergoing a bit of TLC and its regular bongs have been silenced for seven weeks. An electric back-up system has kept the Great Clock ticking, but the quarter bells have been silenced to allow engineers to carry out necessary repairs. This touch up is all in aid of getting the famous clock ready for its 150th anniversary in 2009! And sad news here, but I thought I should share it with you. Keith Sanders from the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre at Great Steeping has been in touch with us. He wanted to let us know about the loss of Cracker, his chief horse at the centre for over fifteen years. He was born in 1989 and was eighteen years old on the 31st of May, which Im told is an incredibly vulnerable age for such a large animal. Cracker was even named the tallest Shire horse in the world! In 2005 he tried for the tallest horse in the world in the Guinness Book of Records. But he was just pipped to the post by another horse in America, who was just one finger taller, but Cracker was a Shire horse, so he can be named the tallest Shire horse in the world, which is an amazing achievement. So our thoughts are with Keith and all the workers at Northcotes Heavy Horse Centre at Great Steeping, who Im sure are feeling very sad at the loss of their beloved horse. And if you want to take a look at some wonderful! pictures of Cracker, then take a look at their website - www.northcote-horses.co.uk. Well, that's it from me for Mondays Letter. Keep in touch this week if theres anything you want to comment on. Take care, Tim 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
