Good afternoon, its Peter here. On tonight's programme, we'll investigate as Bridlington Hospital advertises twelve jobs in their finance department when they say they have no money for front line staff. Well get the full story on this.
Look North will be investigating in Lincoln after a number of sex attacks in the city. As part of our election coverage, we'll meet the Hull candidates ahead of the May elections. Plus we'll find out whether or not there's to be a thousand new civilian jobs at RAF Coningsby. And we'll be in Alford where the villagers are welcoming some very special guests - the judges for the Village of the Year! Thats all on BBC One at half past six. Frosts Perhaps this is one for Paul or perhaps you might know the answer! Heres an email from Robin Harrison Does anyone know roughly in the UK the approximate date that we can usually expect to receive our last frost of the winter months? The reason that I am asking is that I have been growing water melons for a few weeks now and the seedlings are now beginning to grow quite rapidly and within three or four weeks I would anticipate that they will have out-grown their pots and will desperately need to be planted outside. Unfortunately, a frost will kill off the water melons so it is recommended not to put them outside until a month after the last frost of the winter! So last frost of the season? Anybody know the answer? Emails on this as always to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And congratulations to Robin as well for growing something so unusual! I had no idea you could grow water melons in this country not that I know much about green fingered issues anyway! Nithering I mentioned last week about some of our local words after Paul mentioned nithering wind on his forecast. Well Margaret Rider has leapt at the chance to show off her English skills! She gave us the dictionary definition of nithering as feeling very cold, shivering in coldness. And her dictionary has told her that it dates back to 1691! Her comment made me laugh though. She writes, Seems to be a Yorkshire term. Not surprising, lots of words for cold up there! Thanks for that Margaret. And Denise also messaged in to say that she believes mardy is a Lincolnshire word too. She says, if you say it anywhere else in the country, they don't know what you mean! (in a bad mood, in case you don't know!) Thanks Denise for that. Is it a Lincolnshire word? Im not so sure about that one. Rent-A-Pet Were a nation of pet lovers, but I thought this was a rather unusual remedy if youre not able to own a dog at home, and I think most people, who work full time, cant. If you fancy a furry friend to take for a walk at the end of a long day, but dont think its fair to actually own a dog as you have to leave it cooped up inside the house all day whilst youre out at work, then heres the answer. You can hire a dog! This rent-a-dog company has been going for a while in the US, but has just opened its first office in London. You can borrow a dog for four days a month for £279! They also say that if youve never owned a dog before and just want to have a bit of a trial, then this is for you as well. But as you can imagine there are worries for the dogs as they are shunted from part-time owner to part-time owner. So there you go. Rent-a-dog! Thats it from me. Join me tonight if you can. 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
