Quality summit called to discuss improvement plan for Scunthorpe...
RERPRESENTATIVES of an independent health watchdog have welcomed the chance to attend a summit called to discuss an improvement plan for Scunthorpe General Hospital. It came as the hospital was rated...
View ArticleDoctor warns: 'We'll be the fattest nation in Europe by 2025'
SOMETIMES I wonder whether I have been existing on a different planet whilst the rest of the world catches up.I suspect that I am not alone on that other planet, because I cannot be the only one who...
View ArticleNorth Lincolnshire Half Marathon: Countdown starts to big race
THE countdown is on for the North Lincolnshire Half Marathon.After becoming a massive success since starting four years ago, more than 2,000 runners are expected to set off around the streets of North...
View ArticleTATA STEEL: Sale of UK assets including Port Talbot works 'likely...
TATA Steel has hired a team of bankers to sound out Asian steelmakers about a sale of its UK business, according to reports. The news comes after a deal to sell the Scunthorpe works and the rest of...
View ArticleNew route from Humberside Airport to Denmark is officially...
A NEW route from Humberside Airport to Aalborg and Billund airports in Denmark has been officially launched. As reported, the route aims to further support the growing renewable energy industry in the...
View ArticleNATIONAL LOTTERY RESULTS: Winning Lotto numbers for tonight...
COULD your National Lottery numbers have come up tonight (Saturday, April 16)? The latest Lotto draw has been made, with players across the country dreaming of hitting the jackpot. Tonight's top prize...
View ArticleFood & fuel for thought! Massarella's ice cream factory and...
THE well-known Massarella family hit the headlines on April 12, 1958.The main front page picture in that day's Scunthorpe Telegraph showed Massarella's garage selling premium and commercial grade...
View ArticleDid you have the right to buy? See Scunthorpe council houses down...
MANAGING the housing stock was a primary function of local councils in northern Lincolnshire for many decades.Following the First World War when returning soldiers were expecting to return to a land...
View ArticleFood hygiene: Café told it needs to improve
Routine food hygiene inspections continue to be carried out by council officers across northern Lincolnshire. The rating system used is: FIVE STARS: Very good. FOUR STARS: Good THREE STARS: Generally...
View ArticleFood hygiene: North Lindsey College canteen rated by inspectors
North Lincolnshire Council hygiene inspectors continue to undertake routine visits to shops, restaurants, takeaways and other premises where food is a feature. The rating system used is: FIVE STARS:...
View ArticleMobile speed camera locations in northern Lincolnshire and East...
Mobile speed camera locations in northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire for week commencing April 17, from Safer Roads Humber, are: SUNDAY, APRIL 17: Safety Camera Enforcement Officers will be...
View ArticleSee inside stunning £412,000 family home – pictures
A STUNNING family home has come onto the market in a quaint northern Lincolnshire village. The four-bedroom detached home, ideal for family living, is now for sale in the village of Scotterthorpe.The...
View ArticleCrosby Angel: Search starts to find new home for historic...
A SEARCH has been launched to find a new site for one of Scunthorpe's best-known landmarks, the Crosby Angel – a memorial to the dead of the First World War.The Angel has stood in the playground of...
View ArticleCentrica plans to build new multi-million-pound power plant in...
A NEW back-up power plant has been proposed at the site of the existing Brigg Power Station.Centrica has brought forward the multi-million pound plans for the site, as it seeks to bring in a rapid...
View ArticlePlan to turn village pub into housing is rejected
A North Lincolnshire pub has been given a stay of execution after council planning chiefs voted against turning it into a house.Campaigners feared if the plans were approved for The Dolphin at Althorpe...
View ArticleBidding starts to build new £9m Scunthorpe shopping...
The region's biggest social landlords Ongo Homes will this month invite contract firms to bid for work on the £9 million rebuild of the shopping precinct on Scunthorpe's Westcliff Estate. An Ongo...
View ArticleBRITISH STEEL: 'Scunthorpe steelworks will soon be making a...
A LEADING steel industry analyst has backed Greybull Capital's claim that the Scunthorpe Tata Steel works will be back in profit after the first year of trading under its new ownership.Alistair Ramsay,...
View ArticleScunthorpe care village branded inadequate by inspectors fails to...
A SCUNTHORPE care village which was branded "inadequate" by health inspectors last September has failed to make improvements, a new report claims.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out three...
View ArticleTATA STEEL: Potential buyers of UK business including Port Talbot...
WOULD-be buyers of Tata Steel's UK business have been given until the end of this month to submit their bids, according to reports. The Indian-owned firm is looking to sell assets including the giant...
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