Hi there, its Peter here. Thanks for watching the programme last night and for sending us your thoughts on the stories we covered. Were going to continue looking at the problems surrounding the caravan industry in our region and especially what itll mean for its workers. Keep your comments coming in if youre one of the caravan industry workers facing unemployment. Were going to continue to follow that story for you.
Yesterday, I also mentioned that tonight Look North will be coming live from the Humber Bridge as a special study looking at the impact of the bridge tolls is released at Westminster. We had emails come in straight away on this subject. So many thanks for those. If you want to send your thoughts about the Humber Bridge tolls and what you think the future of the tolls should be, then email me on the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Heres a thought from R Cole of Selby. They write, With reference to the above subject, it is necessary to go back many years and examine the proposed motorway plans. In particular those relating to the M11, which was originally proposed to create a third northbound motorway intended to reach Newcastle. The route would take the eastern route to Cambridge and thence onward with a crossing over the Humber. Hence the need for the bridge. Obviously someone was responsible for its construction and as it stands at the moment the road south from the bridge goes nowhere! If the M11 were to have been completed it would have connected to the bridge. It would appear that the decision was changed and the A1 was upgraded to motorway standard instead. It is certainly wrong for the local area to be penalised with this excessive burden. As it stands the debt is unpayable with the interest charges and will continue to be a millstone round the neck of the local authority for many years. However, not everyone thinks the bridge tolls should be reduced. Paul from Brigg writes, I'm confused how people think they are able to use a £150m bridge for free. Businesses that use the bridge may not even be there if it were not for the bridge. We're lucky to have such a local resource. Paying back the loan to build it is only right. This repayment is going back into the community, as it's paying for the bridge and maintenance. And on a similar vein, Chris from Swanland thinks, Anyone who thinks that the Government is going to come up with money to reduce the bridge tolls in the current financial turmoil is living in a dream world. But heres one last email just to show that it is a dilemma facing businesses in our area. This one from Clive I am in the haulage industry and the cost of fuel for driving round is still more expensive than the bridge tolls so the size of the vehicle doesnt make any difference as the fuel used is proportionate to the tolls. I dont know any driver or company that instructs its drivers to drive round by Goole on trips from Immingham docks to the North Bank. So thanks to everyone for those emails. We will be looking at the issue of the Humber Bridge tolls tonight on the programme in more detail and as I said, we would love to hear your comments on this subject and how the tolls affect you. Ill be heading down the bridge this afternoon, so get your emails to me on the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Noses Im not sure we really appreciate what a strong sense smell is for humans. We certainly miss it though when we lose all sense of smell when were bunged up with a cold or hayfever. Ive read now that scientists say they are a step closer to developing a sensor which mimics the workings of a human nose. Researchers across the globe are working on E-noses, which detect the same molecules that make up the scents we recognise, which potentially has far reaching uses in industry and medicine. Bizarrely I read in this article that one day this technology could be used to sniff out certain cancers in the body, which give off distinctive chemical scents. So there you go. A fake nose is being worked on by scientists that could one day recognise different smells! Well, that's it from me for now. Thanks for reading the Letter and I hope you can join me tonight live from the Humber Bridge for Look North. 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. 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.
