Hi there, its Peter here. What a miserable day! And I wouldnt mind, but its so hard to keep your umbrella upright and not blown inside out! I bust my umbrella last week, so I hope I dont ruin another one this week! Get wrapped up warm if you go out today and stay safe on the roads. I think theres quite a lot of standing water on our roads at the moment, so be careful if youre driving today.
On tonight's programme, Look North will have the story of the soldier, who claims that he has been forced to pay for his own medical treatment after being badly injured during a tour of duty in Iraq. We'll have more on his campaign for better medical treatment for our ex-servicemen and women. Also tonight, can you imagine being told that you've got cancer, having to endure several operations only to be told that you haven't got cancer at all. That's the claim of one Lincolnshire man and we'll follow his story as he tries to get an explanation from his doctors. Plus Hull born poet, Sean OBrien, has scooped a £15,000 prize for his work, but we'll be asking how much do we really care about poetry. Also, at this time of year, we all know how important it is to keep your car regularly serviced. Well on the programme tonight, we'll have a special behind the scenes glimpse of how to keep our historical planes, like Lancasters and Spitfires, in tip top shape. Thats on BBC One at half past six as usual. Plus Paul will be here to give us the bad news about the weather no doubt! I hope you can join us. We always get a great response from you about items that youve seen on the programme. Last night we had the story about the seventeen year old, who had no insurance, no driving licence and no right to drive and then crashed head-on into a Cleethorpes couple while racing a friend and then didnt face any criminal charges. After that the inbox and answer phone were buzzing with messages from you. And you certainly were cross about it! Here are a couple of messages for you just to give you a taster! This one is from A. Campbell, It makes me so angry when yet again a seventeen year old is protected from being punished for his actions by the CPS saying that he is too young and not enough evidence! If at seventeen the law allows them to get behind a lethal fast machine, if not driven responsibly with the correct documents, then they should be punished for their actions! Our son was killed in 2001. The person driving was also seventeen and walked away without a point or his lice! nce taken away! The reason for this was there was not enough evidence! Our son lost his life. The driver was free to walk away and do it again! That couple was lucky to get away with their lives! Ours has been devastated! Surely these laws cannot be right. That message comes from A. Campbell. Thank you for that message and our thoughts are with you and your family. And this message from Craig Broomfield. I'm just so sick and tired of the liberal attitude towards young offenders in this country. If I was to be talking on my mobile whilst stationary, I would have had a fine and points on my license within weeks. If I went five miles per hour over a speed limit, it would result in the same. Yet that young prat had no license and no insurance, yet was let off, even when he almost killed someone. Why dont we have the 'Borstals' anymore? Young offenders were sent there when I was his age. So just two emails as a taster of what you were all saying in response to that story last night. Thanks for those and I hope you keep emailing me about stories that you care about. Plonk Im not happy about this one! Were being conned by marketing! Thats the headline. Researchers in the vine filled region of California have shown that you can increase a drinkers enjoyment of a bottle of wine just by sticking a higher price on it! Do you think thats right? These volunteer tasters in this study all gave higher ratings to the wines they believed were more expensive. Although, little did they know that some of the wines had fake price tags on them. So do we all have to buy expensive plonk now, because we subconsciously tend to like wine more if we know its more expensive! Oh dear. Well, that's it from me for now. There are some lovely photographs coming in. Thanks go to Amanda Nicholson from Hessle for hers at Brompton by Sawdon in North Yorkshire. Peter Price from North Ferriby sent in a lovely one of the Wassail at Pickering Road Orchard. He also thanked Paul for the good weather on that evening He doesnt make the weather Peter, he just tells us about it!! Dont inflate his ego! And thanks also go to Paul Lockwood of Skipsea, with a lovely photograph of the sunrise on Beverley Westwood and to Bob Marsden of Bridlington with his shot of the resorts North Pier. Some lovely photographs, so thanks for those and look out for the pic tonight on the programme. If you want to send in your photograph for the Big Screen, then email me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care and dont get wet if you can help it! 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
