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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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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 few...



Nigel Adkins says Scunthorpe United will achieve survival

NIGEL Adkins has promised Scunthorpe United will produce a reaction to dropping into the Championship's bottom three for the first time...


Byrne loss will be a 'massive blow'

SCUNTHORPE United could be without captain Cliff Byrne for almost half of their remaining games this season. The defender is likely to...


Greens' title aim suffers set back

SCUNTHORPE RUFC remain top of the league, but their title chase suffered a small set back when they were comprehensively beaten by...


No slacking off for Rangers

WINTERTON were forced to hang on in the closing stages against a good Thackley side, but came away with an odd goal in three victory at...







 

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Hunt for Spar store armed robber

Shop assistant Claire Curtis  outside the Spar Shop in Barton-Upon-Humber, which was robbed on Saturday

DETECTIVES are hunting an armed robber who stole "a substantial amount of cash" from a North Lincolnshire shop early on Saturday morning.

The raid took place just after 7am at the Spar store in Waterside Road, Barton-Upon-Humber.

The offender, a male, said to be about 6ft tall, is believed to have been loitering around the area...

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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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VIDEO: Students' support for cancer teen

Oliver Quickenden (right) with friends who had their heads shaved at John Leggott College to raise money for Cancer Research UK

A JOHN Leggott College student has spoken of his fight to beat a rare form of bone cancer. Sixteen-year-old Oliver Quickenden, of Scunt...

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Thief sold his mother's dog

Man sold his mother's dog

A THIEF who stole and sold a three-week-old puppy belonging to his own mother, has been ordered to compensate her for the £200...

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Drug crimes higher than Government targets

Drug-related crimes higher than Government targets

DRUG-related crimes in North Lincolnshire are higher than government targets according to a Home Office report. A report on drug-misusi...

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