13/09/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.

Concerns have been raised about the plight of isolated elderly

people in East Yorkshire, after a charity which provides

Friends of the Elderly in Bridlington say loneliness

amongst older people is on the increase and can havd a

Jewellery's Monday morning call to her lunch club members I will pick

you up sort of 11ish. Bridlhngton's Friends of the Elderly charhty

enjoyed five years of lottery money but not any more. We are now get a

small grant from the East Rhding of Yorkshire. The council, there is no

provision in it for staffing, they don't believe in paying for

staffing, they want voluntedrs to do everything. It has been hard getting

across I am not just a little lunch circle, I do a huge range of

activities with people. At 002 Edith is the oldest to benefit. Today she

joins seven others for a me`l and catch up This lunch club has become

a lifeline for many of thesd ladies. They tell me if they weren't here,

with their friends, they wotld probably be at home alone.

I get absolutely sick of television, sorry. Otherwise you would be on

your own. It makes a big difference to our lives. It is a lifelhne, you

know. You really look forward to o coming out, with them all.

Loneliness among old people is on the increase, a recent survdy found

there were more old people feeling lonely in this region than the

national average. One in nine people above the age of 60 were lonely In

Lincolnshire one in ten felt lonely, and in North Lincolnshire, one in 11

old people were feeling londly. I think it is fairly big issue,

where ever you are, whether you are in a city, or whether in sort of out

in the countryside in the rtral areas. In a statement East Riding of

Yorkshire council said: it added that applications to the

fund are welcome from voluntary and community group, which actively help

with this issue. Despite thhs, Friends of the Elderly says it has

no option but to keep fundr`ising itself, to make sure ladies like

these never feel isolated and lonely again.

The manager of a Lincolnshire immigration centre where a lan died

just over a week ago has bedn asked to meet the local Parish Cotncil to

Police were called to disturbances following the death at Morton Hall

in Swinderby last weekend, and a Home Office investigation is

Councillors now want assurances about the site.

There have been further med`ls for our local competitors

Former RAF officer Carl Harding from Bourne has helped win gold

for Great Britain in his mixed team archery event

Meanwhile, cyclist Claire Edwards from Hull finished third

in her time trial this mornhng, picking up a bronze medal.

In football, Scunthorpe United couldn't hold onto

The Iron were 1`0 up, thanks to a goal from Paddy Madden, btt

The Iron stay in the relegation zone.

In the Conference, Lincoln City came from two goals down against

Bristol Rovers, but conceded in the last minute to lose 3`2.

Grimsby Town lost 2`0 at home to Torquay.

Both sides have dropped into the bottom half of the table.

Let us get the weather now. Hello. Good evening, well,

throughout this evening there will be variable amounts of cloud before

the next band of cloud pushhng in as we head overnight. It could be thick

enough to produce a bit of patchy light rain and drizzle. For most of

us it will stay dry. Temper`ture, while reflecting the cloud probably

round 12 or 13 degrees so it stays mild, the breeze fairly light. It

means tomorrow it will be a fairly cloudy day. From time to tile, there

will be outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. The breeze will frdshen.

Top temperatures 18 degrees. That is all from us tonight, enjoy the

weekend. Bye. Hello. Some subtle changes in our

weather at the start of next week, even some rain around for some of

us, but for the rest of the weekend, it will be as you were. Try this

evening, with temperatures gradually slipping away. More of a breeze and

southern parts of the UK. The breeze. Temperatures going down to

fire. It will be chilly in Northern Ireland, western Scotland and the

North of England in