Hi there, welcome to another week with Look North. Our reporters are donning their wellies and waterproofs and heading out today as the weather continues to cause worries for local homeowners. As the situation changes minute by minute across the region, we'll be reporting live tonight on just what has unfolded in the areas most at risk of flooding. We'll find out what's in store with the weather in our area and how this is impacting on homeowners and on our transport links. As the extreme weather warning continues, well get the latest on what this means for you, so tune in tonight to get the full rundown. And if you want to keep up to date throughout the day, then your local BBC radio stations will be on the air BBC Radio Humberside on 95.9FM and BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 94.9 or 104.7FM. And keep your cameras with you! We want to see your photos of the weather where you are and evidence of flooding. So take a few snaps for us and send them into us. Its the usual email a! ddress of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to seeing your snaps.
Also tonight on the programme, as an East Yorkshire MP raises concerns over high cost phone numbers for GP surgeries, we'll be investigating just how much you could end up paying just to book a doctor's appointment. Plus we'll have a full round up of all the weekend's sport including looking at Scunthorpe United's increasingly perilous position in the table. And dont I know it! It's officially the most depressing day of the year. Did you look out of the window this morning and feel glum? We'll find out how you're coping on this blue Monday and what your top tips are for staying happy. Thats all on BBC One at half past six as usual. I hope you can join me. Heirlooms Do you remember that brilliant Only Fools And Horses episode when Del Boy and Rodney finally realise that some old painting theyve had on their walls for years is really a priceless heirloom? I certainly wish I had a Ming vase or two lying about at home. Heres a story though to make you jealous. A cracked 19th century French claret jug went for just a little more than expected at an auction recently. It was estimated to fetch a couple of hundred pounds, but actually went for a thousand times its guide price. And perhaps the draw for bidders was not actually the jug, but the box it came in! The jug came in a special box, which the bidders thought came from a very famous French goldsmith. And they believed the box was so valuable that instead of paying the estimated £200, one persistent bidder paid £220,000. Isnt that incredible! Tractors Heres a bizarre crime story for you. Tractors are the latest target in Britain by crooks! Police believe an international criminal gang could be making millions by nicking top-of-the-range tractors, smuggling them abroad and selling them on. To be honest, I had no idea how much a tractor cost nowadays, so I was amazed to read this. Tractors can cost between £63,000 to £75,000 or a top-spec tractor about £100,000. And how on earth do they smuggle them out of the country? You cant really drive a tractor onto a cross-Channel ferry without being noticed can you? Property Prices Here we are worrying about house prices falling across the country, but someone forgot to tell this house buyer! This luxury mansion is in London and it sold last week for £50 million pounds! Wow! The new homeowner for this luxury pad is a billionaire from Kazakhstan. And hell have some high-rolling neighbours as well, including the Sultan of Brunei and the Saudi Arabian royal family. I think I would have liked to have pretended to be a billionaire, so I could be shown around this house as a prospective buyer. It sits in two acres of garden, which in London must come at a price! Its main salon is eighty foot long with a thirty foot dining table! Id feel a bit lonely at that table with my microwaveable meal for one! The house also includes a Turkish bath that can accommodate twenty people. And there are four separate kitchens. Now, Im all for a bit of luxury at home, but why on earth would you need four kitchens? The new owner fancies some home improvements though to in! clude a beauty salon, spa, heliport, cinema and a squash court. Well you would wouldnt you? The owner, according to the estate agents, apparently thinks its quite a reasonable amount to pay for a house like that. Thats it from me. Take care today and keep in touch with me about any problems youre facing with the bad weather. 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
