Scunthorpe restaurant dropped in favour of convenience store
Plans to open a new Scunthorpe restaurant and takeaway at the corner of Cemetery Road and Cottage Beck Road have been dropped. Instead, the developers are seeking approval to start trading as a...
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A MAN was arrested by police after reports of a stolen motorcycle being driven on a Scunthorpe street. Humberside police officers were called to Hallgarth Avenue shortly after 9am today (Tuesday, April...
View ArticleNew weekend rail service will not stop at any North Lincolnshire...
FIRST TransPennine Express (FTPE) has announced a weekend rail service will run between Sheffield and Cleethorpes but it will not stop in any North Lincolnshire stations.From Saturday, May 25 a...
View ArticlePart of £1m prime site in Scunthorpe 'under offer'
A prime development site in Scunthorpe is on the market for more than £1 million. North Lincolnshire Council is keen to sell off properties and land on the corner of Oswald Road and Cliff Gardens....
View ArticleWork ongoing to reopen Scotton road after 250-tonnes of sand blew...
Work to remove 250-tonnes of sand and topsoil that blew onto a road in Scotton is underway.Lincolnshire County Council has said they hope to have Laughton Road, which closed due to the obstruction on...
View ArticleAttacker 'so drunk she cannot remember Scunthorpe club assault'
A SCUNTHORPE woman was so drunk she cannot remember why she assaulted a woman in a nightclub, a court heard. Charlene Aslam, 27, from Stockshill Road in Scunthorpe, pleaded guilty to assaulting...
View ArticleFour new jobs planned for car wash as 1,000 jobs up for grabs in...
A new hand car wash in Scunthorpe could create four full-time jobs.Planning permission has been submitted to North Lincolnshire Council to create a hand car wash at Kirks Korner on Scotter Road.A...
View ArticleNSPCC figures show increase in missing children from care...
New NSPCC figures show Humberside Police reported 1,397 incidents of them being asked to look for missing children, involving 209 children in care last year.The organisation is calling for urgent...
View ArticleRoad casualties at lowest level across North Lincolnshire
THERE were 70 fewer people injured on the region's roads in 2012 than the previous year, new figures have shown. Figures published by the North Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership show there were 699...
View ArticleVillage primary school told it needs to improve
WORLABY Academy has been told it "requires improvement" by Ofsted inspectors.The school, on Low Road in Worlaby, was visited by inspectors at the beginning of March.Achievement of pupils, quality of...
View ArticleFan plans 2,000ft parachute jump to celebrate Iron avoiding the...
One diehard Scunthorpe United supporter is facing the drop if the Iron avoid the drop. If Brian Laws' team avoid relegation from League 1 in Saturday's crucial finale against Swindon at Glanford Park,...
View ArticleBe aware so you do not lose your sight says Scunthorpe sufferer
A PENSIONER who has an untreatable eye condition which causes a gradual deterioration of sight is urging people to find out more about the condition.Enid Pottage, 67, of Emmanuel Court, Scunthorpe was...
View ArticleTata Steel staff support Workers' Memorial Day in Scunthorpe...
TRADE unions on the Tata Steel works have taken over running the town's annual Workers' Memorial Day to bring more grieving families together.This year's ceremony will be held tomorrow - Thursday,...
View ArticleHundreds seek work at Go Outdoors but there are 1,000 jobs in...
A new Scunthorpe store received a wave of applications for jobs – highlighting the need for work in the area. Go Outdoors on Dudley Road will open on Saturday, May 4 following a £1.5 million...
View ArticlePolice checks carried out on lorries on M180 - as part of...
Police checks are being carried out on lorries on the M180 today (Wednesday, April 24).A source confirmed that police cars were seen pulling over lorries on the motorway this morning.A spokeswoman for...
View ArticleGraffiti vandals target historic Horkstow Bridge
Vandals have struck at one of North Lincolnshire's architectural treasures - historic Horkstow Bridge. These pictures by Scunthorpe Telegraph photographer Carl Gac show graffiti daubed all over the...
View ArticleTrapped: four people rescued from Scunthorpe lift
Humberside Fire and Rescue responded to an incident where four people were trapped in a lift.A fire crew attended Kings Court in Scunthorpe at around 8.30pm last night (Tuesday, April 23).The four...
View ArticleProud of highly-trained staff
FIRST class customer service is something RNS Chartered Accountants pride themselves on.Robert Smith, partner at the Scunthorpe firm, said: "But we can't deliver that without excellent,...
View Article'Inadequate' grading for Scunthorpe school from Ofsted
OAKFIELD Primary School in Scunthorpe has been labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted.The school, on Morecambe Avenue, received the lowest of four possible grades after the latest inspection.Oakfield, which...
View ArticleOwners' joy as Scunthorpe hotel expansion plans get go ahead
OWNERS of Scunthorpe's San Pietro restaurant are celebrating after planning chiefs approved plans for them to build a 14-bedroom hotel.Restaurant bosses applied for listed building consent to demolish...
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