News :North Lincolnshire & Surrounding area
IN THE SADDLE: Andrew Dyce, of The Real Ice Cream Company, with his vintage 1940s ice cream trike, with the ice cream supplied by national events manager for Brackenbury’s of Brigsley, Victoria Brackenbury. Picture: Jon Corken. Street vendor given …
July 18, 2014 | News Editor
It was far from a conventional send-off. The day after Kirstie Allsopp’s beloved mother lost her battle with breast cancer, she was placed in a wicker coffin, lifted on to the back of a tractor and driven up the garden where she was buried next to
The inventor John Harrison, who built clocks accurate enough to solve the problems of navigation at sea, has been celebrated where he once lived. Schoolchildren in Barrow-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, paraded through the village and acted out …
PLANS to install more than 50 defibrillators in towns and villages across the region have been announced by North Lincolnshire Council. The council has worked with East Midlands Ambulance Service to identify sites where ambulance response times are
July 4, 2014 | News Editor
Waltham Parish Council is once again holding the annual Waltham In Bloom competition and is hoping to encourage more people in the community to take part. You do not have to be the world’s best gardener or have to commit hours of your time. Simply a …
Along with tractor enthusiasts from the Isle itself, the organisers hope to be joined by others from across North Lincolnshire and other neighbouring counties. Mr Fillingham added: “It’s a great family day out and lots of fun for all who are involved
The result of the accident saw Emily, from Beelsby, spending five months in Pinderfields Hospital in Yorkshire with a T4 spinal injury. The accident dramatically affected her life and she now cannot stand or walk. But while she was at Pinderfields …
PLANS to erect a 77m-high wind turbine in Aylesby have been approved by the council’s planning committee. Despite receiving substantial objections, councillors narrowly passed the proposals by six votes to five. The turbine is expected to have the …
May 8, 2014 | News Editor
… out we were a town, not a county, he replied: ‘Scunthorpe County is what the parliamentary constituency I represent is called and (includes) its surrounding villages, i.e Messingham, Kirton in Lindsey, Hibaldstow, Redbourne, East Howsham and Cadney’.”.
May 4, 2014 | News Editor
Your guide to shows, fairs & festivals in North LincolnshireSaturday 17 May: 10am to 4pm – Barton Rotary Club Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale – Lecture Hall, Holydyke, Barton. Sunday 18 May: 10.30am to 4.30pm – Normanby Regional Food Festival – Normanby Hall Country Park. A celebration of the region’s …
