Good afternoon, its Caroline here. Thanks for all the emails, answer phone messages and texts last night. Weve had a lot to read through this morning! By far, most of the comments were about the story set on St Giles estate in Lincoln where people claim theyre having to turn to crime to help support their families. A lot of very strong views came in about that story. Thank you very much indeed for taking the time to get in touch with us on that one.
And last night, our reporter, Jo Makel, went to meet Carol Thatcher in Lincoln. If youre interested in finding out a bit more about Carol Thatcher, then Melvyn Prior from the Afternoon Show on BBC Radio Lincolnshire went to interview her as well and you can see that full interview on bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire. Digital Age Perhaps this is something that caught my eye, because I work in journalism. But Im sure this will have lots of uses for historians and people researching their family history as well. Ive read that theres a new initiative to bring old newspapers on to the web. Whole pages of old papers will be scanned in, just as they were printed, and youll be able to look at them on your computer. Although, its in its early stages at the moment, producers behind this project hope that billions of pages of newsprint from around the world will be available to everyone online. Hospital Dramas Im not sure I agree with this one! What do you think? Psychologists reckon that if you have an appetite for TV hospital dramas, then itll make you more fearful for your own health! Im not sure about this one. Its just good trashy TV right? Belgian researchers think that the gory horrors on medical dramas could have a subliminal influence on us. These researchers have been measuring the level of health fear in audiences and in teenagers the fear grew as much as 10% after a diet of hospital programmes. Girls were affected more than boys too. And its not just programmes like Casualty, ER and Holby City, hospital documentary programmes and news reports about health issues were just as bad for this. Well, whether thats true or not, Im sure a bit of escapism of an evening outweighs those bad points when it comes to relaxing you! Teeth And talking of health heres something that supposedly might make you worry! Ive read that people, who forget to clean their teeth regularly, are more likely to suffer a heart attack. Surely its quite hard to forget to clean your teeth! Yuck scientists have found that about seven hundred types of bacteria attack bleeding gums and thats all a sign of bad dental hygiene. These nasty bacteria go straight into your bloodstream and scientists believe they can cause heart disease. Yuck wheres my tooth brush? So, after putting you off your TV watching and worrying you about your teeth, Ill leave it there for today. Thanks for reading the Letter all week. Peter will be back on Monday with your Letter. I hope you can join me tonight for Look North and I look forward to reading your comments about any of the stories well be covering tonight. Take care, Caroline Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information 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. Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information.
