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VIDEO: 'Drug' deaths police press conference

DETECTIVE Chief Inspector Mark Oliver led a press conference this afternoon where he linked the deaths of two teenage boys with a legal drug known...

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Drug death teenagers officially named

Drug death teenagers officially named

TWO teenagers whose deaths have been linked to drugs have been named by Humberside Police. Louis Wainwright, 18, was pronounced dead at...

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Tributes paid to teen 'drug' death victims

TRIBUTES are beginning to pour in for two teenage boys, thought to have died after taking legal drug mephedrone. Police are yet to officially identify the tragic youngsters, but they have...

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Police probe after teen 'drug' deaths

Police probe after teen 'drug' deaths

HUMBERSIDE Police are investigating the deaths of two teenagers. The two men, who are both 19, are thought to have died after taking...

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Man jailed for abusing two boys

Child abuser Matthew Gomm moved to Scunthorpe and abused two boys just months after being convicted for similar child sex offences.

A DISTRAUGHT dad, whose two sons were sexually abused by a convicted sex offender, believes his family should have been warned of the...


Explorer's epic challenge in memory of dad

Alan Chambers MBE and Gerard Morgan at the summit of Kilimanjaro

SCUNTHORPE explorer Alan Chambers MBE is embarking on an epic challenge to climb the seven summits in memory of his father. Having...

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Brigg man freed after winning Bermuda appeal

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A BRIGG man is celebrating freedom after he had his conviction overturned this afternoon for causing a car crash that left one man dead...

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Armed robbers target Owston Ferry Post Office

Armed robbers target Owston Ferry Post Office

ARMED robbers threatened staff and stole cash during an early morning raid at Owston Ferry Post Office. The incident is reported to...

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Steel staff poised to walk out

Union members at Corus steelworks in Scunthorpe are waiting to learn if they will go on strike over a decision to mothball a plant in Redcar.

THE 3,500 trade union members on the Scunthorpe Corus steelworks remain on tenterhooks about a ballot for industrial action over the...

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Steel staff poised to walk out

Union members at Corus steelworks in Scunthorpe are waiting to learn if they will go on strike over a decision to mothball a plant in Redcar.

THE 3,500 trade union members on the Scunthorpe Corus steelworks remain on tenterhooks about a ballot for industrial action over the company's decision to mothball its plant in Redcar and the loss of 1,600 jobs.

The ballot failed to get the go-ahead last night following a meeting in London between the leaders of four unions Community,...

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Unions' strike vote over Corus closure

Corus Steelworks, seen from Mortal Ash Hill

THE return of the Scunthorpe steelworks to a three blast furnace operation remains overshadowed by the threat of strike action. Leaders...

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Restored Spider T sloop impresses visitors

Spider T sloop owner and skipper Mal Nicholson with the boat, moored in Keadby

IT WAS "all aboard" the historic Humber Sloop Spider T at the weekend, when more than 100 people descended on Keadby to discover its...

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Queen Bess blast-furnace to be relit

The Queen Bess blast-furnace

THE Scunthorpe Corus steelworks is to revert to a three blast-furnace operation for the first time since November 2008. Site director...

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Big thank you after Corus blaze

Big thank you after Corus blaze

A BIG thank you has been paid to employees who worked around the clock to repair fire damage which brought steel-making on the Scunthor...

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