Beauty business boom

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THE beauty business is continuing to make Scunthorpe town centre more attractive to female shoppers.A salon called The Revolution has opened in Doncaster Road and another business called Romanah and Sahara's will start trading soon in nearby Oswald Road.Also opening soon on a more high-profile site in Scunthorpe High Street is the existing Halo salon following a near £100,000 investment by co-owners Louise Adlington and Claire Scott.Research by London-based Local Data Company revealed the...

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TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular former teacher who died following a two-year battle with cancer.Jerry Lawrence, 61, of West End Road, Epworth, was a science teacher at South Axholme School (now South Axholme Academy) for more than 30 years.It is understood he retired with wife Anne in 2007 to launch their gardening business. He died at home on April 7.Guy Hewitt, assistant head at South Axholme Academy, said: "He was an inspirational teacher."Pupils really enjoyed his lessons and...

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A SERIES of seminars will form part of an event to give local firms tips on winning contracts with public sector organisations.The Selling to the Public Sector event will help companies understand how to win some of the £650 million authorities in Lincolnshire spend each year on contracts.It has been organised by the Training in Public Procurement Partnership, which includes Procurement Lincolnshire.The event will take place at the Grandstand Community Centre in Lincoln on Monday (May...

Living on the edge in Toronto

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The wind is whistling around me, snatching away the words I'm muttering again and again under my breath: "Don't look down. Just don't look down."I look down. A small plane is coming in to land across the still body of blue water below me.I am higher than the plane. I am standing, clutching at the harness I'm secured by, on a metal grille atop the restaurant of the CN Tower, formerly the world's highest building. To be precise, I am currently 356m (1,168ft) above the city of...

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OF ALL the towns in the whole of Britain, why did they have to come to ours?This week's launch of the three-part Channel 4 series Skint has literally been the talk of the town since the first episode was shown on Monday night.These observational documentaries are designed to be thought-provoking and get people discussing the issues raised.But it's not been worklessness that people have been discussing in Scunthorpe since Monday, it's the way the estate – and town – has been portrayed...

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MOTORISTS are being urged to take extra care after a rise in thefts from unattended vehicles in the Humberside area.Satellite navigation systems have been the most reported stolen item.Detective Inspector Simon Gawthorpe, from Humberside Police, said: "Double check vehicles are actually locked by trying the car door handles and never leave items on display."HUMBERSIDE Fire Authority chairman John Briggs claimed more than £16,000 in allowances for the position last year, figures...

Working hard to make estate better place to live

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OFFICIALS say a number of measures are in place which are making Westcliff a better place to live.North Lincolnshire Homes, alongside Humberside Police, say they have worked hard to rid the estate of troublemakers to make it safer.The Nobble a Nuisance scheme sees police officers work with North Lincolnshire Homes staff to tackle anti-social behaviour.Officers are now able to identify all the properties currently managed by the social landlord and any with a recorded crime against them are...

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OFFICIALS involved in crime-fighting say they are unhappy with what they have seen of the show Skint.Humberside Police, North Lincolnshire Homes, Humberside Probation Trust and North Lincolnshire Council issued a joint statement after the programme came out.It said: "It was very disappointing to see how the first episode of Channel 4's Skint documentary depicted life on the Westcliff estate."The programme showed only a fraction of residents and does not portray an accurate picture...

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A MAN found with 8kg of drugs in his car has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.Zak Kennedy, pictured inset, of Burgon Crescent, Winterton admitted possession with intent to supply class A drugs at Bradford Crown Court.Kennedy, 21, was arrested by West Yorkshire Police on March 3 in Bradford by West Yorkshire Police as part of an ongoing operation.Kennedy was found with 8kg of heroin in his possession when his yellow Fiat Punto was pulled over by police.He was followed by officers and found...

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HUNDREDS of jobless under 24-year-olds are to be given a helping hand to get into the employment market with a ground-breaking £300,000-plus investment in Scunthorpe High Street.The cash – from the National Lottery and North Lincolnshire Council – will be spent on converting an empty store into a youth-run cafe and arts centre.Over the first five years, the developers at Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire (VANL) plan to work with 600 jobless young men and women to give them...

Chelsea mascot role tribute to dead brother

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THE family of a devoted Chelsea football supporter who died in a quarry accident have paid what they describe as the "ultimate tribute" to him.Eight-year-old Toby Zinner died after falling into a chalk pit in Somerby, near Brigg, in 2008.Toby had a Frank Lampard shirt on his coffin, sent by the club to his family, having idolised the midfielder.Now, five years on, Toby's brothers Finlay Rhodes and Benjamin Zinner have met Lampard and his teammates at the club's Stamford Bridge...

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AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by licensing watchdogs into why two Scunthorpe taxi drivers refused a fare from a blind man and his guide dog after claiming they were allergic to the animal.Under the law, cabbies who are allergic to dogs have to apply to North Lincolnshire Council for a medical exemption certificate and put it on display in their taxi.Currently, none of the 600 licensed drivers in the region have such a certificate.The complaint has been made by teacher David Sheridan, who...

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A MEMORIAL to some of the region's war heroes was unveiled as part of a military veterans' final formal reunion event.The memorial, at the former RAF Hibaldstow, remembers those who served when the airfield was a functioning RAF base during the Second World War.It was unveiled as part of a service in remembrance of members of the RAF 53 Operational Training Unit, based at Hibaldstow during the conflict.The RAF Kirton in Lindsey and Hibaldstow Association was formed in 1996 but a decision was...

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THE following cases have been dealt with in Scunthorpe at North Lincolnshire Magistrates' Court:Jamie Lee Burke , 21, of Jackson Road, Scunthorpe, pleaded guilty to theft. He was required to attend an attendance centre for 27 hours, attend appointments with the probation service for 12 months, carry out unpaid work for 80 hours within the next 12 months and was ordered to pay compensation of £250 and a victim surcharge of £60.Michael Nurse , 32, of Dale Street, Scunthorpe, pleaded...

Quick process to fill 110 jobs with town's health trust

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A NEW recruitment process has been developed at the trust which controls Scunthorpe General Hospital in order to fill 110 vacancies.The move will see steps taken to ensure hospitals can call on information from other sites when trying to find new staff.Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust chief nurse Karen Dunderdale said officials were centralising the recruitment process to plug the gaps.She said: "We are currently working on a new programme to fill job vacancies...

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Iron's view on pitch fan's sentence

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SCUNTHORPE United stadium manager and safety officer Alan Welsh said he was disappointed with the outcome of the case against Simon Rusling.Mr Welsh said: "Having been a police officer for 30 years and dealt with banning orders for eight years, I am disappointed with the magistrates in the way they dealt with this."The law is there to ban these people."There is only one reason people come on the pitch and that is for problems."That was what happened at that game."Mr...

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A DRUNKEN teenager defied a police order to stay out of parts of Scunthorpe to avoid getting involved in drink-related problems, a court heard.Harry Morwood, 18, of Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, admitted failing to comply with a police direction to stay out of parts of the town centre area on April 14.Rebecca Dolby, prosecuting, told North Lincolnshire magistrates Morwood was abusive to police in the early hours.He was asked to move on but became abusive during a later incident in Frodingham Road,...

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A TEN-year-old cancer sufferer was the star guest at an Old Trafford fundraiser held 24 hours before Sir Alex Ferguson's final home game in charge.Brad Robinson was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in January last year and has endured a gruelling treatment programme since then.The schoolboy, who grew up in Brigg, was the main attraction at a surprise celebrity charity evening at Old Trafford on Saturday, May 11.And he was back at the stadium the following day to watch United beat Swansea in Sir Alex...

Traders fight parking plan

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TRADERS have launched a campaign against planned changes to the system of payment at Scunthorpe town centre's biggest car park.North Lincolnshire Council is set to change the system at the 651-space The Parishes multi-storey car park from pay on foot to pay and display.It means shoppers will have to pay for a specific period of parking time on entering the car park, instead of paying on their way out.Council officials say the move has helped fund two hours of free parking at the Scunthorpe...

Man died months before wedding

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A WOMAN has paid tribute to her fiance who died months before they were due to marry.John Altoft, 29, suffered fatal head injuries at the Cemex cement factory in Rugby, Warwickshire, in January last year.His inquest, which finished last week, recorded a verdict of accidental death.Mr Altoft's fiancee, Carly Sargent, 28, said the pair had planned to marry at San Pietro in Scunthorpe in May 2012.She described him as "one of those people who was always smiling and could make other people...