Hi there, its Tim here with your Letter today. I don't know about you, but I can't believe we've been marking one hundred days since the worst of the June floods. Here we are in October and it just doesn't feel like we had a summer. Being a typical Yorkshireman, I like to hold-off using the fire or central heating until it falls well below freezing, but Mrs Iredale has promised to leave me unless I switch on the heating now. I keep telling her I am not on Peter Levy's wages, but she doesn't listen!
Many people may feel we are going over old ground by reflecting the events of June 25th, but I am still staggered by how many people have been affected by the floods either directly or indirectly. The next big anniversary will fall on Christmas Day - exactly six months since the deluge. Hundreds of families look set to be having their turkey and tinsel in a caravan. And of course, were going to follow their story on Look North. We had lots of great response from you last night about the problems associated with this summers flooding. Im going to include a couple of them here in the Letter today. Philip from Hull said in regard to getting advice on flood defences from the Dutch, We should copy the Dutch and if it costs a lot of money, then so what. It will cost a lot less than constantly repairing damage caused by flooding. And Pat emailed in to say, The council could reinstate the drainage maintenance and cleaning programme, which was cut to save money. They could fund it many times over by a comparatively small reduction in the massive allowances which councillors pay themselves. Barbara phoned up the answer phone and left this message for us I was taught in school in 1945 that Doncaster would be a port in a hundred years time. So were nearly there. There are not many years to go. So why didnt someone do something years ago, when I knew that Hull would be flooded back then And Gordon e! mailed in because he wanted to vent his frustration at the interview given by Hilary Benn Don't you just hate it when ministers and officials speak about "learning lessons". The tax payers pay these people large sums of money to lead, advise and govern - we shouldn't be paying them to learn lessons! So thanks for all those messages about the floods in our area. Keep any sort of message or comment coming in. We always like to hear your opinion about any story that we cover on the programme. So keep in touch to the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coming up tonight on the programme, there's a warning from police that since cannabis was declassified they've seen a huge increase in so called cannabis factories. We've been out with officers this morning and will have a special report from a family in Lincolnshire, who say their lives have been destroyed by the drug. Plus we'll have exclusive pictures from the Helmand province in Afghanistan meeting the troops from RAF Waddington who've just started a tour of duty there. It's one of the main attractions in Hull's calendar, but the annual Fair is making life a misery for some local residents. We'll be finding out why and asking is it now time for the Fair to be moved from its traditional site. Plus we'll be with former Hull rugby star, Steve Prescott, as he starts a charity walk to raise money for a cancer charity. Steve was diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer and is still undergoing treatment. And this ones got the newsroom fighting over who will cover this story! We're celebrating a century of sweets with the family firm that's a piece of Lincolnshire history. Thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. And who wouldnt be happy to hear this news! The wonderful Wallace and Gromit is to return to TV! We recently interviewed fifteen year old Lewi from Bridlington, whose animated film had earned him, not only a chance for it to be screened at the Young Film Makers Festival in Bradford, but also a job working with Aardman Animations, the people behind Wallace and Gromit. So I expect Lewi will be thrilled to know that after its little foray into the world of celluloid, theyre to return to a half-hour television adventure. This will be the first since A Close Shave back in 1995. Obviously, because of the immensely time consuming nature of creating this show, well have to wait to see Trouble At Mill, the latest episode on BBC One, late on in 2008. But that might be a long time in our sense of the word, but the creator, Nick Park, has said that "this one we're making for the BBC. It's going to be a seven or eight-month shoot. That's faster than we've ever done it before. So! seven or eight months fast? Well, Im sure well be looking forward to the fantastic return of Wallace and Gromit to our TVs late next year! And just finally, theres time for a plug for a local event. Tetford Playgroup have been in touch, because theyre hosting a fundraising evening. Its a Christmas Shopping Evening on Friday 2nd November from 7pm 9pm and its just 50p entry. So you might not be thinking about Christmas presents just yet, but come November time youll be able to get some great Christmas gifts at Tetford Playgroups Christmas Shopping Evening. So put a note in your diary! Thanks for that plug go to Clare Towers for emailing in on that one. So thanks for reading today. Hope your day goes well. I hope we dont need our umbrellas this afternoon! 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