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VIDEO: 'Drug' deaths police press conference

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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 locally as M-CAT.

DCI Oliver said it appeared Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nick Smith, 19, died after taking a cocktail of drink...

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Drug death teenagers officially named

Breaking news: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 14:57

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

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Tributes paid to teen 'drug' death victims

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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...

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Police probe after teen 'drug' deaths

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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

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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.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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....

Explorer's epic challenge in memory of dad

Alan Chambers MBE and Gerard Morgan at the summit of Kilimanjaro

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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

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Armed robbers target Owston Ferry Post Office

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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

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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.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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

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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.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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

Petrol prices: The worst is yet to come

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

PETROL prices are rising in North Lincolnshire and motorists have been warned of further increases to come. Pump prices have gone up by about 4p per...

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