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Plans for children's Sure Start centre

The team from North Lincolnshire children's services department who will be working at the proposed Sure Start  centre

A NEW £500,000 children's centre could be opened in Brigg next year.

The project would see the Brigg Youth Centre in Grammar School Road revamped to become a Sure Start centre under plans launched by North Lincolnshire Council.

Two outbuildings are due to be demolished as part of the £500,000 scheme, which will also bring...

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Police probe after 'assault' on ref

INVESTIGATION:  Referee Martin Harrison, who was allegedly butted during an Under-16s football match.

A JOINT investigation by Humberside Police and the Football Association is continuing into an alleged assault on a referee after an...


Sir John Nelthorpe is in top six specialist schools

Sir John Nelthorpe is in top six specialist schools

A BRIGG secondary school has been named among the top six specialist schools and academies in the country for achieving high GCSE exam...

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Residents' parking permit scheme launch

CAMPAIGNER:  Queen Street Action Group chairman Ian Chambers, on Brigg's Queen Street, one of the areas covered by the residents' parking trial, which begins on Monday.

RESIDENTS will have priority parking outside their homes from Monday, when new restrictions come into force in a North Lincolnshire...

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Legion branch founders on recruitment drive

Founder members of the  Brigg and District Branch of the Royal British Legion, from left, chairman Andy Moses, Llwellyn Gudgeon and Karen Gudgeon with membership forms.

A NEW Brigg and District branch of the Royal British Legion has been established. The branch is the sixth in North Lincolnshire and is...

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Trial halted in car park case

Mr Hippsley has been bailed.

JURORS in the case of William Hippsley, the elderly motorist accused of causing the death of his wife by careless driving, were yesterd...


Site visit delays biomass decision a month

An artist's impression of a 40MW biomass plant planned on the old British Sugar factory site in Scawby Brook.

A DECISION on the £83-million Eco2 biomass plant proposal for North Lincolnshire will not be determined the planning committee for...

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MPs hope to chart a success to help heroes

getting on track:  MP4 – MPs Kev Brennan, Ian Cawsey,  Pete Wishart and  Greg Knight – at the Brit Awards.

BRIGG and Goole MP Ian Cawsey is hoping to take the pop charts by storm as part of parliamentary rock band MP4. The group are set to...

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Tesco car park death case - jury discharged

THE jury in the trial of an elderly motorist who knocked down and killed his wife was discharged today. William Hippsley, 74, was charged with causing death by careless driving after his...


Husband accused of causing car park death

William Hippsley is on trial at Grimsby Crown Court.

AN ELDERLY motorist driving a Toyota Prius who knocked down and killed his wife in a supermarket car park maintains it was his car that...


Jail for burglar who intimidated victim

Grimsby Crown Court

A BURGLAR who intimidated his victim within two hours of being questioned by police, was jailed for 16 months. Andrew Wilson, 28, of...

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Taking on leaders is a big tonic

PROSPERITY is a great teacher; adversity is a greater, a philosopher once mused.

Never is that more appropriate to Scunthorpe United than...



No evidence to back Byrne's appeal

SCUNTHORPE United have been unable to appeal against the red card for skipper Cliff Byrne issued during Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Ipswic...


Assassins face up to unlikely target

A NUMBER of teams will be involved in last-ditch attempts to avoid relegation tonight as the season in the Scunthorpe Rileys Tuesday...


Season ends just when fish are feeding

RIVER ANCHOLME: Now closed for the statuary close season, just when the weather had stabilised enough to encourage the fish to feed...


No cause to panic – Mirfin

SCUNTHORPE United last found themselves in the Championship relegation zone after the first game of the season. That was a time when...







 

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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 danger he posed.

Matthew Gomm, 19, formerly of Wordsworth Road, Scunthorpe, was yesterday caged for 44 months after admitting a total of 11 charges involving sex offences involving the two boys.

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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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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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Top cop left meeting to tackle knifeman

North Lincolnshire's policing commander, Chief Superintendent Pete Simmonds, left a meeting to apprehend a knifeman.

TWO top cops proved they are a force to be reckoned with after arresting a knife-wielding suspect in the centre of Scunthorpe. North...


Petrol prices: The worst is yet to come

The Murco garage in Normanby Road

PETROL prices are rising in North Lincolnshire and motorists have been warned of further increases to come. Pump prices have gone up by...

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