Food group grows in Scunthorpe with help from Tata Steel...
A SCUNTHORPE-based food business has secured an additional £150,000 investment to allow it to increase production capacity.Abbeydale Food Group secured the additional finance from UK Steel Enterprise...
View ArticleNew town centre licensed restaurant opens
A new town centre restaurant has opened and is welcoming its first customers this week. It is housed above existing premises where there used to be a flat. The restaurant has been created by converting...
View ArticleAssault by beating: Suspended jail sentence imposed in Scunthorpe
The following offender was dealt with at the Court Centre in Laneham Street, Scunthorpe, with North Lincolnshire magistrates hearing the matter and passing sentence: MATTHEW PAUL MANSFIELD, 29, of St...
View ArticleWolf-whistling pub parrot imitates Woody Woodpecker and...
A PARROT who is named after a sparrow, but likes to impersonate Woody Woodpecker, has become the star attraction at an historic town centre pub. He was bought as a Christmas present and is now...
View ArticleSanta train in Scunthorpe town centre
The first Christmas Train to run in Scunthorpe town centre played a part in attracting thousands more shoppers. The train - decked out for the festive season and with a snowman in the driver's seat -...
View ArticleSix driving offenders sentenced in Scunthorpe
THE following were dealt with at the Court Centre in Laneham Street, Scunthorpe, with North Lincolnshire magistrates deciding and announcing sentences in each case: SCOTT CARTER, 33, of Glebe Road,...
View ArticleScunthorpe pub site: Decision made on 14 starter homes
Plans for re-development of a well-known pub site in Scunthorpe have now been considered by North Lincolnshire Council. The authority had to decide an application requesting the go-ahead to put 14...
View ArticleDrink driver caught on Howden's Hill after a Scunthorpe night out
A MAN who drove home after a night out in Scunthorpe was found to be more than two-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit.Antony Vaux was spotted by officers driving in the Church Lane area of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Five arrested as suspected Class A drugs found in...
FIVE people have been arrested in a drugs raid in the Westcliff area of Scunthorpe. Police swooped on the property on Salisbury Close at 12.30pm on Wednesday after being tipped off by nearby residents....
View ArticleFiremen rescue two Scunthorpe women from bedroom of flat
Firefighters used a 10.5m ladder during the rescue of two women trapped in a flat near Scunthorpe town centre today (Wednesday, December 4). The women were locked in the bedroom of a third floor flat...
View ArticleNew restaurant opening in Scunthorpe tonight
A new restaurant in Scunthorpe will be officially opened tonight (Wednesday, December 4). It is housed in a previously empty building that has been converted for its new role. A special grand opening...
View ArticleMan cut free from car after A1077 crash between Scunthorpe and...
A MAN had to be cut free from his car after a crash with a lorry on the A1077 between Scunthorpe and Winterton. The man was driving a Skoda Octavia when he was involved in a collision with a white box...
View ArticleParish poll on future of De Lacy House in Winterton
A PARISH poll will be held tonight in Winterton to decide the fate of the De Lacy House site. A decision was made by North Lincolnshire Council to use the site for a new £3 million intermediate care...
View ArticleControversial Silica Lodge children's home in Scunthorpe set to...
A new children's home will open in Scunthorpe tomorrow (Thursday, December 5). Kingfisher Lodge, on Silica Lodge, off Scotter Road South, proved controversial at the planning stage with suggestions...
View ArticlePolice sending Christmas cards to criminals in the Scunthorpe...
CRIMINALS will be hand-delivered Christmas cards reminding them the police are watching them. With 80 per cent of all crime in Humberside being committed by just 20 per cent of offenders, this...
View ArticleJAILED: Scunthorpe man who drove while disqualified
The following offender was dealt with at the Court Centre in Laneham Street, Scunthorpe, with North Lincolnshire magistrates hearing the matter and passing sentence: HAROLDAS JUDEIKIS, 44, of Webster...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: North Lincolnshire village to be evacuated
RESIDENTS in the Trentside village of Burringham are to be evacuated this afternoon as floods are expected. North Lincolnshire Council officials have confirmed the move after a severe flood warning was...
View ArticleWard member for Burringham responds to evacuation
THE WARD member for Burringham has responded to the evacuation of the village. Residents in the Trentside village of Burringham are to be evacuated this afternoon as floods are expected. North...
View ArticleVillage landlord: 'We are all praying the worst will not happen'
The landlord of Take A Gander,the village local at Burringham, said earlier today he would turn the pub into a relief emergency centre for his fellow residents – if the floods came. Villagers have been...
View ArticleScunthorpe pub reopens tomorrow bringing 25 jobs
A well-known Scunthorpe pub will reopen to drinkers tomorrow (Friday, December 6). The hostelry will be welcoming back its first customers four months after it closed due to financial reasons. The...
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