Hi there, its Peter here. On tonights programme, well be speaking to the have-a-go hero, who was slashed across the face with a knife after confronting three teenagers who smashed the window of his Chinese takeaway. Ill be asking for your views on this tonight about how youd react in that situation if your property was being damaged. Tune in tonight to get the full story.
We'll have the latest on concerns about the potential increase in flying hours for the Typhoon at RAF Coningsby. We're speaking to the Ministry of Defence and the husband of Heather Bell, the Lincolnshire woman who was killed after her horse was spooked by low flying aircraft. Also tonight, after the dramatic evacuation of a sick crew member on board the Hull and Humber clipper, the yacht, which is taking part in the round the world race, could face a time penalty for not restarting its engine at the right time. More on what that means for the crew tonight as we follow their progress around the world. And residents living near the burnt out Environcom recycling plant in Grantham raise concerns over the future of the building. Theyve been in touch with us with their worries about the fire-damaged building. There'll also be a full sports roundup and the weather forecast with Paul as usual. Join us tonight at six thirty if you can. And in the meantime, if you become aware of a story or issue in your local area, then let us know and well see if we can help in some way. Its the usual email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Housing There seems to be a lot of stories in the media at the moment looking at the fears of the stability of the financial world. And heres another one this morning with the news that house prices have finally fallen for the first time in two years this month. Theres been a big drop in the big London bankers using their City bonuses to buy property in Central London and in the second-home holiday areas with huge knock-on effects in those rural areas. The drop will be about 60% this year according to that report. And the effects down South could be felt up here too. Warnings are that we will not be exempt from the effects of Americas property recession. They apparently went through the worst recession in sixteen years. However, experts suggest that this could just be a small blip and the housing market could be back on track by 2010. Well have to wait and see wont we? Long Way Down Theres quite a bit of talk of Ewan McGregors latest programme on BBC Two last night. I think there are a few fans of his last show Long Way Around in the newsroom here. Well his new one was aired last night and sees him and his friend, Charley Boorman, taking the Long Way Down on a fifteen thousand mile trip from John OGroats to Cape Down in South Africa on their motorbikes. After the first episode last night, it doesnt seem really likely that theyll get there they seemed to be having loads and loads of problems with the trip. So I might have to take up peoples advice and tune in this Sunday for the next part of the journey! An email here from Fiona Ramsden. She had a query and I didnt know the answer, so I thought Id share it with you. Dear Peter, I don't know if anyone has contacted you already, but has anybody noticed an excessively large amount of starlings, especially in the Bempton area. Every evening, we are getting thousands of Starlings roosting in the trees at the back of our house. The noise that they make is phenomenal. They are still there first thing in a morning. They have literally filled the trees. Does anybody know what's causing this? Why are there so many? I have never seen this before. Is it because of the mild weather? Have they forgotten to fly south? Well, I dont know about that one. What do you reckon? Have you noticed a lot of Starlings at the moment? And just finally a quick plug for Brian Denison. Hes the secretary of the Scunthorpe Gilbert and Sullivan Amateur Operatic Society. Theyve got their latest show, A Topsy Turvy World, at the Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe on the 2nd and 3rd of November at 7.30pm. The concert will showcase the most well known of Gilbert and Sullivan songs and Ive been told that audience participation is expected. So get your singing voice ready! Good luck to them with that show. Well, that's it from me for today. Join me tonight if you can. Take care, Peter 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
