Super students at college summer school

August 22, 2016, 10:39 pm

≫ Next: Vehicle entry at cemetery to be reviewed following confusion over...

≪ Previous: Concerns over speeding through town streets

$

0

0

JOHN Leggott College ran its annual Year 6 A*spire summer school this month. Around 84 able, gifted and talented students from across our region and further afield benefited from the experience based at the college's West Common Lane campus. Students who attended the five- day summer school, which took place twice over the summer holidays, are recommended to the Scunthorpe college by their head teachers from around 40 North Lincolnshire and four South Yorkshire primary schools. The first...

---

Vehicle entry at cemetery to be reviewed following confusion over...

August 22, 2016, 10:40 pm

≫ Next: Woman due in court charged with racial harassment

≪ Previous: Super students at college summer school

$

0

0

VEHICLE access into an Isle cemetery is to be reviewed, after it was found that it could stop disabled people wanting to visit the graves of their loved ones. A complaint about unclear rules at Crowle cemetery brought the issue to light, after an elderly woman with walking difficulties thought that she was not allowed to visit the grave of her husband and had to ask her friend to lay flowers at her husband's grave for her. The confusion arose due to the presence of a sign stating "no...

Woman due in court charged with racial harassment

August 23, 2016, 2:05 am

≫ Next: 'Not all superheroes wear capes'

≪ Previous: Vehicle entry at cemetery to be reviewed following confusion over...

$

0

0

A BRIGG woman is due to appear before North Lincolnshire Magistrates Court charged with racially harassing another woman. Elaine Kirk, 52, was charged following an incident last month and is due to appear in court next week.Vehicle entry at cemetery to be reviewed following confusion over disabled accessA Humberside Police statement said: "Elaine Kirk, 52, of Bridge Street, was charged with using threatening or abusive words or behaviour, and racially aggravated intentional harassment,...

'Not all superheroes wear capes'

August 23, 2016, 5:28 am

≫ Next: Woman (73) dies after crash near Caistor

≪ Previous: Woman due in court charged with racial harassment

$

0

0

A PATIENT has nominated two staff at Scunthorpe General Hospital for a special award after they cared for both her and her premature baby. Sue Eagles and Claire South, who are part of the Neonatal intensive care unit community team, have been nominated for the 'Patients' Choice Award'. Katie-Anne Taylor, who nominated Sue and Claire, said: "Sue and Claire both made bringing my daughter home a less frightening experience. "I had spent 12 weeks in NICU with my daughter Erin as she...

Woman (73) dies after crash near Caistor

August 23, 2016, 6:11 am

≫ Next: Leader of Labour group urges council to reconsider elected mayor...

≪ Previous: 'Not all superheroes wear capes'

$

0

0

A 73-year-old North Lincolnshire woman has died following a crash near Caistor.Lincolnshire Police said the woman sustained serious injuries and was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary. She sadly passed away today (Tuesday, August 23).A spokesman for the force said the incident involved a collision between a white Ford Focus and an orange Kia Sportage at the A1173 Fonaby Top at about 5pm on Sunday, August 21.Four other people attended hospital - three received serious injuries and one received minor...

Leader of Labour group urges council to reconsider elected mayor...

August 23, 2016, 7:00 am

≫ Next: Council urges people to look out for elderly neighbours during...

≪ Previous: Woman (73) dies after crash near Caistor

$

0

0

The leader of the Labour group on North Lincolnshire council has urged the authority to reconsider pushing through plans for a directly elected mayor. The comments come as a consultation found only 47% of residents in Greater Lincolnshire agreed with the prospect of an elected mayor compared with 49% who disagreed. Councillor Len Foster, leader of the Labour group on North Lincolnshire council, said: "The decision taken by the people of North Lincolnshire proves they do not wish to see...

Council urges people to look out for elderly neighbours during...

August 23, 2016, 7:10 am

≫ Next: Gliding event to raise awareness of domestic abuse has been...

≪ Previous: Leader of Labour group urges council to reconsider elected mayor...

$

0

0

North Lincolnshire council is urging people to look out for elderly neighbours or people who are less able to look after themselves during the hot weather. People over 75 with serious long term conditions, heart or breathing problems, poor mobility, and mental health problems including dementia are particularly vulnerable. Cllr Carl Sherwood, cabinet member for health and well-being, said: "As much as we all enjoy the hot, sunny weather we can often forget about those less able and...

Gliding event to raise awareness of domestic abuse has been...

August 23, 2016, 7:36 am

≫ Next: EUROMILLIONS RESULTS: Winning lottery numbers for tonight Tuesday...

≪ Previous: Council urges people to look out for elderly neighbours during...

$

0

0

An event aimed at raising awareness of domestic abuse that was cancelled due to bad weather has been rearranged. North Lincolnshire Safer Neighbourhoods and the Blue Door are holding the event at Trent Valley Gliding Club, in Kirton Lindsey, to raise awareness of the White Ribbon Campaign. Cllr Richard Hannigan, cabinet member for Governance and Transformation, said: "This is the first time we have held an event like this to raise awareness of the White Ribbon campaign."Quite...

---

EUROMILLIONS RESULTS: Winning lottery numbers for tonight Tuesday...

August 23, 2016, 7:44 am

≫ Next: Land Rover owners urged to be vigilant after spate of thefts

≪ Previous: Gliding event to raise awareness of domestic abuse has been...

$

0

0

COULD your EuroMillions numbers come up tonight (Tuesday, August 23)? The jackpot was won on Friday which means tonight's top prize is £12 million. The winning numbers are 2, 23, 31, 37, 45 and the lucky stars are 4 and 8.To scoop a share of the money, players must match all five of the main numbers drawn, plus the two lucky stars. But for those whose numbers do not come up, there is another chance to become a millionaire, as one UK ticket-holder is guaranteed to win £1 million in...

Land Rover owners urged to be vigilant after spate of thefts

August 23, 2016, 8:37 am

≫ Next: Man injured after approached by group wearing balaclavas

≪ Previous: EUROMILLIONS RESULTS: Winning lottery numbers for tonight Tuesday...

$

0

0

OWNERS of Land Rover Denfender's and Discovery's are being urged to be vigilant after a spate of thefts across the country. Eight of the vehicles have been stolen across the country over the last three months. Two of these were found having been stripped of parts and another had been burnt out. The remaining five have not yet been found. MORE: Woman (73) dies after crash near Caistor Read During this time there has also been 14 cases where thieves have stolen parts from a Defender or...

Man injured after approached by group wearing balaclavas

August 23, 2016, 8:53 am

≫ Next: Cattery is 'purr-fect' for animal-lover Jeanette

≪ Previous: Land Rover owners urged to be vigilant after spate of thefts

$

0

0

A MAN was injured after a group said to be wearing balaclavas approached his car. The 22-year-old sustained injuries to his hand after his car was approached by a group of men on Teale Street, Scunthorpe at around 7pm on Friday, August 19. The group approached the car which the victim was travelling in with another man. As he was forced to bring the car to a halt, the victim got out and stated that one of the group lashed out at him with what he described as a knife. Another from the...

Cattery is 'purr-fect' for animal-lover Jeanette

August 23, 2016, 10:34 pm

≫ Next: Your peach of a wedding speech could bag you an award

≪ Previous: Man injured after approached by group wearing balaclavas

$

0

0

AN ISLE cattery is under new ownership. Jeanette and Gary Abraham have bought the Axholme Cattery in Crowle. After working for the NHS for most of her life, Jeanette took semi-retirement this year to fulfil her dream of living in the countryside and working with animals. She said: "I have always wanted to work with animals. MORE: Long-standing Scunthorpe town car dealership closes"I am lucky because I have reached that point in my life where I can choose to do pretty much...

Your peach of a wedding speech could bag you an award

August 23, 2016, 10:35 pm

≫ Next: Area's only tunnel opened in grand style

≪ Previous: Cattery is 'purr-fect' for animal-lover Jeanette

$

0

0

THE SEARCH is on to find the nation's best wedding speech, as Forest Pines Hotel & Golf Resort, in Yorkshire & Humberside, launches the 2016 Wedding Speech Awards. Forest Pines and QHotels' Wedding Speech Awards, now in its second year, will recognise the best speeches given at weddings, whether emotional, sentimental or just plain hilarious. Forest Pines is calling for speech-givers and wedding guests in Scunthorpe and Lincolnshire to enter the awards by posting a video of the...

Area's only tunnel opened in grand style

August 23, 2016, 10:37 pm

≫ Next: Roll back the years at School Daze event

≪ Previous: Your peach of a wedding speech could bag you an award

$

0

0

KIRTON tunnel was a major feature on the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway mainline and is still in use today. However, the importance of this line as a passenger route has long since been overtaken by the alternative route through Scunthorpe, Doncaster and Barnetby. Today there is only a passenger service calling at Kirton and Brigg stations on Saturdays – just three trains in each direction between Sheffield and Cleethorpes via Barnetby. However, freight trains still...

Roll back the years at School Daze event

August 23, 2016, 10:38 pm

≫ Next: New vet centre opens in Scunthorpe

≪ Previous: Area's only tunnel opened in grand style

$

0

0

REVELLERS have been urged to dust off their old school uniforms and join in a "back to the good old days" party at the Abacus Bar in Scunthorpe High Street this bank holiday Sunday (August 28). General manager Paul Lacken says the School Daze event is an attempt to regenerate the local night scene and if it is a success there will be repeat themed parties. Bar prices have been cut for the night and, amid the music and dancing, there will be a balloon drop for prizes and...

---

New vet centre opens in Scunthorpe

August 23, 2016, 10:39 pm

≫ Next: Woman used dumbbell weight to save herself from boyfriend...

≪ Previous: Roll back the years at School Daze event

$

0

0

A new veterinary centre opened this week in the Scunthorpe town centre. The £50,000 conversion of a former bric-a-brac shop in Doncaster Road is an investment by the Market Rasen-based firm of Rase VS Limited. Scunthorpe is the tenth centre to be opened in Lincolnshire by the firm which was created after the Second World War and is now run by vet Noreen Chapman. Rase general manager Alex Graham said initially the new branch would operate with a four-strong staff. MORE: Cattery is...

Woman used dumbbell weight to save herself from boyfriend...

August 23, 2016, 10:40 pm

≫ Next: Driver absconds after car crash

≪ Previous: New vet centre opens in Scunthorpe

$

0

0

A VIOLENT boyfriend could have killed the woman who loved him after viciously stabbing her with a knife during a "dreadful attack". He angrily threatened to kill and stab her during an argument about his drinking but she bravely fought back and saved herself by grabbing a dumbbell weight and hitting him on the head with it, a court heard. Michael Bradley, 41, formerly of Queensway, Scunthorpe, admitted assaulting Sara Smith, causing actual bodily harm, on July 21. Claire Holmes,...

Driver absconds after car crash

August 24, 2016, 12:44 am

≫ Next: Police appeal after driver absconds from car crash & fire

≪ Previous: Woman used dumbbell weight to save herself from boyfriend...

$

0

0

A DRIVER absconded after a crash in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, August 24). The one-car crash, resulting in a car fire, happened at around midnight on Henderson Avenue, Scunthorpe. The incident was attended by the fire service and left with Humberside Police. More to follow. Read today's top stories Follow us on Facebook and Twitter

Police appeal after driver absconds from car crash & fire

August 24, 2016, 1:42 am

≫ Next: Police enquiries ongoing after arson attack by youths on...

≪ Previous: Driver absconds after car crash

$

0

0

POLICE are appealing for information after a driver absconded from a car crash in Scunthorpe.Humberside Police said they received a call shortly after midnight this morning (Wednesday, August 24) reporting a single vehicle road traffic collision on Henderson Avenue in Scunthorpe.A spokeswoman for the force said: "A silver coloured Citroen Saxo was reported to have collided with an item of street furniture. The fire service were also called to attend after a fire broke out in the...

Police enquiries ongoing after arson attack by youths on...

August 24, 2016, 4:19 am

≫ Next: Enquiries continue after man injured after approached by group...

≪ Previous: Police appeal after driver absconds from car crash & fire

$

0

0

POLICE are still appealing for information after an arson attack on a Scunthorpe community centre.Humberside Police launched an investigation after a group of youths attempted to set fire to the Frodingham Community Centre whilst a keep fit class was being held inside.The incident happened at the venue on Rowland Road between 7.30pm and 8.15pm last night (Thursday, August 18).A spokesman for the force said: "It is believed a group of around five youths, aged between 16 and 18, climbed onto...