:00:00. > :00:12.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.
:00:13. > :00:14.Concerns have been raised about the plight of isolated elderly
:00:15. > :00:16.people in East Yorkshire, after a charity which provides
:00:17. > :00:20.Friends of the Elderly in Bridlington say loneliness
:00:21. > :00:22.amongst older people is on the increase and can havd a
:00:23. > :00:37.Jewellery's Monday morning call to her lunch club members I will pick
:00:38. > :00:41.you up sort of 11ish. Bridlhngton's Friends of the Elderly charhty
:00:42. > :00:46.enjoyed five years of lottery money but not any more. We are now get a
:00:47. > :00:50.small grant from the East Rhding of Yorkshire. The council, there is no
:00:51. > :00:54.provision in it for staffing, they don't believe in paying for
:00:55. > :00:59.staffing, they want voluntedrs to do everything. It has been hard getting
:01:00. > :01:04.across I am not just a little lunch circle, I do a huge range of
:01:05. > :01:08.activities with people. At 002 Edith is the oldest to benefit. Today she
:01:09. > :01:13.joins seven others for a me`l and catch up This lunch club has become
:01:14. > :01:16.a lifeline for many of thesd ladies. They tell me if they weren't here,
:01:17. > :01:23.with their friends, they wotld probably be at home alone.
:01:24. > :01:28.I get absolutely sick of television, sorry. Otherwise you would be on
:01:29. > :01:35.your own. It makes a big difference to our lives. It is a lifelhne, you
:01:36. > :01:39.know. You really look forward to o coming out, with them all.
:01:40. > :01:44.Loneliness among old people is on the increase, a recent survdy found
:01:45. > :01:48.there were more old people feeling lonely in this region than the
:01:49. > :01:54.national average. One in nine people above the age of 60 were lonely In
:01:55. > :01:58.Lincolnshire one in ten felt lonely, and in North Lincolnshire, one in 11
:01:59. > :02:03.old people were feeling londly. I think it is fairly big issue,
:02:04. > :02:06.where ever you are, whether you are in a city, or whether in sort of out
:02:07. > :02:12.in the countryside in the rtral areas. In a statement East Riding of
:02:13. > :02:25.Yorkshire council said: it added that applications to the
:02:26. > :02:28.fund are welcome from voluntary and community group, which actively help
:02:29. > :02:33.with this issue. Despite thhs, Friends of the Elderly says it has
:02:34. > :02:38.no option but to keep fundr`ising itself, to make sure ladies like
:02:39. > :02:40.these never feel isolated and lonely again.
:02:41. > :02:43.The manager of a Lincolnshire immigration centre where a lan died
:02:44. > :02:46.just over a week ago has bedn asked to meet the local Parish Cotncil to
:02:47. > :02:50.Police were called to disturbances following the death at Morton Hall
:02:51. > :02:52.in Swinderby last weekend, and a Home Office investigation is
:02:53. > :03:01.Councillors now want assurances about the site.
:03:02. > :03:04.There have been further med`ls for our local competitors
:03:05. > :03:07.Former RAF officer Carl Harding from Bourne has helped win gold
:03:08. > :03:09.for Great Britain in his mixed team archery event
:03:10. > :03:11.Meanwhile, cyclist Claire Edwards from Hull finished third
:03:12. > :03:21.in her time trial this mornhng, picking up a bronze medal.
:03:22. > :03:23.In football, Scunthorpe United couldn't hold onto
:03:24. > :03:27.The Iron were 1`0 up, thanks to a goal from Paddy Madden, btt
:03:28. > :03:32.The Iron stay in the relegation zone.
:03:33. > :03:36.In the Conference, Lincoln City came from two goals down against
:03:37. > :03:38.Bristol Rovers, but conceded in the last minute to lose 3`2.
:03:39. > :03:40.Grimsby Town lost 2`0 at home to Torquay.
:03:41. > :03:47.Both sides have dropped into the bottom half of the table.
:03:48. > :03:54.Let us get the weather now. Hello. Good evening, well,
:03:55. > :03:57.throughout this evening there will be variable amounts of cloud before
:03:58. > :04:01.the next band of cloud pushhng in as we head overnight. It could be thick
:04:02. > :04:06.enough to produce a bit of patchy light rain and drizzle. For most of
:04:07. > :04:11.us it will stay dry. Temper`ture, while reflecting the cloud probably
:04:12. > :04:14.round 12 or 13 degrees so it stays mild, the breeze fairly light. It
:04:15. > :04:18.means tomorrow it will be a fairly cloudy day. From time to tile, there
:04:19. > :04:24.will be outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. The breeze will frdshen.
:04:25. > :04:26.Top temperatures 18 degrees. That is all from us tonight, enjoy the
:04:27. > :05:19.weekend. Bye. Hello. Some subtle changes in our
:05:20. > :05:23.weather at the start of next week, even some rain around for some of
:05:24. > :05:28.us, but for the rest of the weekend, it will be as you were. Try this
:05:29. > :05:36.evening, with temperatures gradually slipping away. More of a breeze and
:05:37. > :05:42.southern parts of the UK. The breeze. Temperatures going down to
:05:43. > :05:44.fire. It will be chilly in Northern Ireland, western Scotland and the
:05:45. > :05:45.North of England in