A car and a bicycle were involved in a collision in Grimsby last night.

The incident happened close to the mini-roundabout at the junction of Abbey Road and Garden Street.

Humberside Police are appealing for any witnesses to contact them by calling 101, quoting log 440 of November 14.

A MAN "plagued by drug misuse problems" was given another chance by a judge who said it would be a "real pity" to deny him an opportunity to address his demons.

James Cameron, 30, of Taller Way, Grimsby, admitted burglary at Grimsby Crown Court.

The court heard Cameron and a co-defendant – against whom charges were dropped – were confronted by a neighbour who heard the "sound of feet on gravel" after they raided a home in Grosvenor Crescent, Grimsby, on April 30.

Craig Lowe, prosecuting, said: "He saw a male with a big black television running along the alley. It didn't appear right so he had a further look and he saw two males."

Mr Lowe said the television was balanced on a push bike, also stolen from the property. There was also a Kindle Fire tablet, Citizen Eco watch, male grooming kit, gold wedding band, ring and St Christopher chain, as well as 19 packets of cigarettes. The jewellery taken was worth more than £1,000 the court heard.

Mitigating, Simon Hirst said the burglary had no planning, was not in revenge, and the premises were not targeted specifically.

Recorder Julian Smith said: "This is a serious offence. You've managed over the last few years to stay away from offences and have sought to work.

He added: "It would be a real pity after a pretty poor beginning to your life to deny you an opportunity to address your problems."

He was jailed for six months, suspended for 18 months, with an 18 month supervision requirement and a nine month drug rehabilitation programme.

He also ordered Cameron to pay a £100 victims' surcharge.

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Louth singing sensation Thomas Leak and his Collabro bandmates will join tenor Alfie Boe for a special concert to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2.

The group, who shot to fame by winning this year's ITV show Britain's Got Talent, will perform songs from Chess, Les Miserables and Frozen alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra.

The show, which is hosted by Radio 2 DJ ken Bruce, was recorded on October 24 at the Mermaid Theatre in London, and will be broadcast at 8pm on Friday.

Matilda Lloyd, winner of the Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist 2014, will also be performing.

Five-piece boyband Collabra specialise is singing musical theatre rather than pop songs, and their first CD debuted at number one in the album charts.

Thomas – who sings under the stage name Thomas J Redgrave – used to live with his family in Saltfleetby and studied at Monks' Dyke and King Edward VI Grammar schools in Louth.

After leaving school, he went to Lincoln College and then Thames Valley University in London to study music and performing arts.

He and his fellow bandmates formed Collabra earlier this year.

GUY Martin's race action for the season may be over – but the Kirmington daredevil's quest for speed continues this weekend.

The motorbike racer, truck mechanic and TV personality is on our screens again on Sunday, with episode four of the second series of 'Speed with Guy Martin'.

As reported, the 33-year-old has been in action at the North West 200, Isle of Man TT, Southern 100 and Ulster Grand Prix road races this year.

But his latest challenge isn't on a bike. This time, he attempts to build and race the world's fastest soapbox racer.

In the programme, he will aim to achieve 84.4 mph in the racer on Mont Ventoux in southern France.

Martin creates a unique design with help from expert designers, and trains with the Team GB women's bobsled pair.

Sheffield Hallam's Centre for Sports Engineering Research (CSER) worked with him to design and build the 'gravity racer'. And that team also took inspiration from looking at the designs of vehicles at the Humber Bridge soapbox derby.

CSER's Christina King, said: "It has been fantastic fun to work with Guy Martin and his team on this.

"Our design for the shell of the racer was based specifically around Guy's height and size. We then used our knowledge of computational fluid dynamics to create a racer design that was capable of reaching very high speeds.

"We investigated and tested other elements such as suspension, the chassis, brakes, steering and different types of wheels, before we settled on a final design.

"The shell was manufactured by an external contractor using our design, and we assembled the racer at the University before heading to France with Guy and the programme's production team.

"In France we were able to make some incremental adjustments and improvements to the steering and brakes as we pushed to try and help Guy achieve 84.4mph to break the world record.

"We're really looking forward to tuning in to see the programme ourselves!"

In the first series of Speed, a group of engineering experts from CSER designed a gravity-powered sled to help him shatter Rolf Allerdissen's Guinness World Record by more than 30kph.

Watch Martin attempt to break another record – Sunday at 8pm on Channel 4.

Police have now reopened Grimsby's Rutland Street, where armed police entered a property this evening.

The road was closed between Oxford Street and Hildyard Street, where people gathered to watch the drama unfold.

Several police cars, van and a paramedic car attended the scene.

Armed police were seen entering the terraced through the front door, and came out around half an hour later.

Officers leaving the scene would not confirm any details about the incident.

Keep checking here tomorrow for updates.

A NEW Co-op supermarket has opened in Louth's Newmarket, creating 16 new jobs for local people.

The "fantastic" looking store places an emphasis on fresh produce and houses a bakery with bread made especially for each day.

Store manager Carol Garside, who has worked for the food chain for 28 years, said: "We are going to strive for the best possible customer service and do as much as we can in the community.

"We want to get to know as many of our customers as possible. We have a community board inside so we can always know what is going on in the local area – as can our shoppers."

Staff had two weeks to ready the shop before its official launch and all have been "working very hard" according to Carol.

She said: "All of our staff have been raring to go, they've been excited to get started.

"There has been a lot to set up with it being a new store, but they have all worked well and the shop looks fantastic."

A small group of school pupil councillors from St Michael's CofE Primary School, in Monks Dyke Road, were invited along to the official opening.

They took their place alongside the ceremonial balloons and ribbons to welcome first-time customers through the door.

Year four teaching assistant Catherine West was leading the group of youngsters who had a tour around the new store.

She said: "They have really enjoyed looking around and finding out what's in the shop.

"We like to involve our students in the community when we get the chance and it's been exciting for them to be a part of the store's launch."

Lillie Toltom, 9, had the honour of holding a giant pair of foam scissors to mock cut the store's green ribbon.

She said: "It's nice inside, we had a look around and I'm sure I would come here to shop. It's exciting to cut the ribbon and have a shop like this in Louth."

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LIVING at home, making a cup of tea for your friends and popping out to the shops are things we all take for granted, but for people with learning disabilities life isn't always that straightforward.

Following the success of Heneage Road's Ropewalk Gardens, a second development designed for adults with learning and physical disabilities has opened on the Willows Estate in Grimsby.

Willows House and Willows Mews is a £2.5 million purpose-built facility consisting of 16 apartments and four bungalows in Crosland Road.

It provides vulnerable adults with a safe environment and allows them to live as independent a life as possible. They are given the freedom to manage their own home, budgets and lifestyle with support available whenever it's needed.

The development was officially opened on Friday by Deputy Mayor of North East Lincolnshire Councillor Cliff Barber but some residents had already settled in well to their new homes.

Richard Hopkinson is just one of the new residents and has so far enjoyed three months living in one of the apartments.

He said: "I've been living here for three months and it's good, I've made a lot of friends since moving here and my carers and me always play games. It's great fun.

"I've got it set up how I like it with my computer, my Playstation and my Wallace and Gromit figures, it's great fun.

"It's a vital service and more places like this should be built in the future."

Mark Webb of North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said: "Developments like this are a positive sign, that people who face learning and physical disabilities can live independently.

"The new buildings are adapted to meet each individuals needs and give them a brand new lease of life.

"We've seen those living in Ropewalk Gardens open to trying new things and able to do much more for themselves and we're already seeing the same thing here.

"It's been widely supported in the surrounding community and it's great to see that even with the challenges they face they can still live a life just like you or I."

Angie Dyson, commissioner at the CCG and the service lead of the project added: "I've been involved in the project since the start, it's great that we can provide another place where those with disabilities can live independently.

"The residents here are now much more independent and the surrounding community, happy to see that, have really thrown their support behind it – it's just uplifted the whole community.

"Grimsby is leading the way for supported housing in the UK. Developments like this can really change a person's life and help them achieve what they never thought they would."

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COULD your diet be putting you at a higher risk of diabetes?

Health experts have been speaking to shoppers at Freeman Street Market about how eating better and improving your lifestyle can reduce your risk.

It comes as it was revealed the number of people with Type 2 Diabetes in North East Lincolnshire is higher than the national average.

Locally, 6.4 per cent of residents have been diagnosed with the condition, compared to 6 per cent nationally.

The event, organised by North East Lincolnshire Council, The Care Plus Group and North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group, saw several interactive stalls being set up.

Among them was a healthy eating stand and a pedal-powered smoothie maker.

Rachel Ogley, Health and Wellbeing collaborative programme assistant, said the event had been put on to raise awareness of both diabetes and pre-diabetes.

She said: "We decided to set this event up when we heard that Diabetes UK – a charity that supports people who are affected by the condition – didn't have the funding to bring their roadshow to Grimsby.

"We've managed to pull this together on a small budget and we are trying to get people to think about the risks associated with diabetes and how likely they are to suffer from it in later life.

"We are letting people know about the stages before someone is diagnosed with diabetes, known as pre-diabetes, and the things they can do to prevent them from suffering with the condition."

At the event, passers-by were encouraged to fill in a points-based questionnaire to determine how likely they are to develop diabetes. Those at either moderate or high risk are referred to their local GP and invited to attend classes to understand how they could lower those risks.

Sarah Harvey, from Food For Fitness, was demonstrating to shoppers how they could cut down on their sugar and salt intake, giving live demonstrations of cooking healthy meals.

She said: "I think people have been quite surprised at how easily they can make their own meals instead of buying ready meals.

"A number of stalls in the market have donated ingredients to us and we have managed to do all this for a low cost.

"Some of the older people we meet are quite set in their ways, so it is good to speak to them and show them how they can eat better.

"Grimsby is above the national average for diabetes, so it is vital that we held an awareness event here."

Managing director at the Cycle Hub, Janine Walker, also attended the event and brought along her custom-made bicycle which produces smoothies using a blender attached to the pedals.

She said: "I was approached by Rachel to come along.

"I think the stalls have helped to visualise the damage people are doing to their bodies by not eating healthily."

Time To Measure Up events, aimed at reducing people's risk of developing diabetes, are being held at Centre4, 17a Wootton Road, Grimsby on December 9, January 13 and February 10.

If you would like to attend, contact Julie Hawkins on 01472 232266.

For more information on the condition, log on to www.diabetes.org.uk

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THE makers of Channel 4's Skint have chosen the wrong town to film their second series.

That's the view of the man in charge of a groundbreaking scheme aimed at helping unemployed young people realise their potential.

Sean Cahill, manager of CatZero on the south bank of the Humber, said programme makers had scored a "bit of an own goal" by filming in a town which is about to "explode" with opportunities thanks to the growth of the renewable energy sector.

He said: "The small clip I have seen of Skint shows abandoned fishing vessels on the docks representing the demise of the fishing industry, but you only have to move that camera 90 degrees to show all the vessels supporting the renewables industry.

"The investment that is happening down there proves that this is not an area that is Skint. This is an area that is really on the up."

Established in Hull in 2009 on the back of the Round The World Clipper Race starting in the Humber, CatZero came to Grimsby two years ago.

The programme sees young people aged 16 to 24 who are not in employment, education or training, embark on a sailing adventure for up to ten days on board a 72ft vessel, setting off from Grimsby.

This follows a ten-week land-based programme, which includes employer visits, training in a variety of disciplines such as manual handling, first aid, food hygiene and health and safety, as well as activities such as boxercise, dingy sailing, and rock climbing.

Sean says the course, which has a 70 per cent success rate in getting young people into employment, education or training, is aimed at removing the barriers to success, one of the biggest being a lack of confidence.

He said: "There's a perception that there is nothing here. You often hear people walking down the street saying there are no opportunities.

"That is because of the negative publicity about the area. It's almost an easy excuse. If you don't think there is anything out there then you don't have to try.

"By working with these young people, we can show them there are thousands of opportunities and there are going to be more and more coming.

"But it is going to take a while for people's attitudes to change, especially if you are local to an area. It is difficult to see the great bits here if you have grown up here and everybody has told you that it's not great."

Although he fears Grimsby will be portrayed in a negative light on Skint, he said the experience of Scunthorpe – whose Westcliff Estate featured in the first series – suggests some good may come from the town being put under the national spotlight.

He said: "The Skint programme in Scunthorpe really focused people's minds on the problems of that area and the JobCentre. The local authority really wanted to tackle the problem and we were asked to run a programme predominantly on the Westcliff Estate.

"The impression I got was that the people in Scunthorpe thought it wasn't a representative programme.

"But there was certainly a positive impact in that it concentrated minds on the problem. When you get this focus of everybody saying 'this is wrong', that brings everybody together and there was a great partnership effort.

"I think the programme in Grimsby will have a similar effect, but I think it is different in that Grimsby was about to explode anyway with opportunities.

"There will probably be a skills shortage so what we have to do is create a belief in the young people so they can get the skills that are needed."

Keep checking your Grimsby Telegraph for an interview with young people who have embarked on the CatZero programme.

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It's Strictly Saturday! Time for sequins, fake tan – and Kevin from Grimsby. Will Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge wow the crowds and judges once more? How will his fiancee Karen Hauer and her partner Mark Wright fare this week? Tune in tonight to find out, but in the meantime, here is Kevin's dad Keith Clifton's weekly take on the competition.

WHERE do I start? Blackpool was unbelievably good, in every respect.

Can you remember anyone going on first, at this stage of the competition and getting two tens?

Talk about setting the bar high.

Frankie overcame her fear of mistakes and put in a textbook performance that would have graced any ballroom competition floor.

The others had to raise their game and they certainly did that.

Pixie and Simon were exceptional and Mark's Charleston was outstanding, his best marks to date and the audience left bemused at Karen's magic trick; lovely jubbly.

Shirley Bassey was her usual brilliant best and left me an emotional wreck and McBusted blew the top off the tower.

The opening number by the professionals, prompted by the mini Kevin and Joanne and others, was nothing short of brilliant and huge credit must be given to Jason Gilkison, Strictly's dance director.

Even Grimsby got another mention and my three seconds of fame has prompted offers from other TV shows … Crimewatch, Embarrassing Bodies …

It's going to be seriously tough now. Mega performances are now compulsory. Nothing less will do.

At what point do the celebs start to believe they can win?

Talking to them in the early weeks in the Green Room afterwards, they just don't want to be out first.

After that hurdle they start making new targets, Musical week, Halloween Special and ultimately Blackpool Tower Ballroom.

Some will still say they are surprised and happy to be where they are and never thought they would get that far.

Others must be now secretly assessing the qualities and support for their fellow competitors to start harbouring thoughts for the final.

Let's take a look at the remaining eight dancers. I think six can still win.

As good as they have been, Sunetra and Steve are, in my opinion, not quite strong enough dancers to continue much longer.

I have to say though that they are two of the nicest people you would ever wish to meet.

That leaves three boys and three girls.

Of these, three have already been in the dance-off, Simon twice, Mark and Caroline but all three have come back fighting with major performances.

Most have had tens. The marks now will be very close, very high and critical.

Maybe you have to look at what dances are left for each couple. Have they still got a "wow" dance in the bag?

We never see the public vote because firstly it would influence the following vote, take away the uncertainty of the results and upset the celeb if their support is shown to be poor.

However, trying to gauge support is interesting.

Do Pixie, Simon and Frankie get their fanbase support?

Does Jake get the EastEnders crowd?

Do Towie fans and those that love the classic "underdog comes good" story support Mark?

Did Scotland keep Judy in the competition?

Will Pixie's natural ability and previous training be a burden, like Natalie last year?

Support from this area for Frankie and Kevin, Mark and Karen is still needed, please.

This year will be epic.

Who do you think will be presented with the glitterball? Can we really bring it home to Grimsby?

Like they ask in the Christmas film, "Do you believe?".

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I FEEL the public are being given just one side to the story regarding the articles appearing regarding the proposed new stadium. Could we please have a page of good reasons why the Peaks Parkway site is unsuitable.

I was under the impression that Peaks Parkway was built to ease the congestion into Grimsby. Weelsby Road is congested at the best of times.

We do not need any more out of town shops, there are at present nine empty units in Freshney Place, we have an abundance of supermarkets and certainly do not need any more.

I am not persuaded that the stadium should be built near a Cemetery, Crematorium, Hospice, Hospital, etc.

At present Park Ward is a reasonably peaceful area, it would be a shame to ruin this area of town with congested traffic, hoodlums, etc.

The percentage of football fans attending matches is very small, about 10 per cent, not including visiting fans. Should the whole population have to suffer to please such a few.

The percentage of unruly fans we are told is very small, I have seen police on horseback patrolling Cleethorpes on a Saturday, are we to have this in Park Ward every time there is a match?

Smoke bombs have been used only recently by the Grimsby fans on away games.

I would like to see comments from people against this plan to me it seems crazy.

Worried ratepayer Park Ward.

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PAUL Hurst was impressed with Hamish Watson's desire to join Grimsby Town from day one.

The New Zealander (left) went the extra mile in order to join the Mariners on trial – travelling down from Scotland just hours after Hurst first got in touch in order to attend his first training session.

Despite having had next to no sleep the night before, 21-year-old still did enough during that first morning to convince Hurst to keep him on, before eventually earning a short-term deal with the club this week.

Explaining how the move came about, Hurst told the Telegraph: "I'd like to say that his arrival is because I've got a vast scouting network in the southern hemisphere but it actually came about because of Chris Greenacre, who is at Wellington Phoenix – Hamish's old club.

"Me and Chris got to know each other on a coaching course and we got on well. He told me that Hamish was on his was over to the UK, looking for a club, and Chris felt he was worth a look.

"In the past, I've spoken about my reluctance to look at loads and loads of trialists but I trusted Chris' judgement.

"When I first contacted Hamish, he was staying with a friend in Scotland. It was a Sunday, but that same afternoon he got himself on a coach to come down.

"I think he got into Sheffield at 3 or 4 in the morning, had a quick snooze and then came across to Rotherham where I picked him up and brought him in for training.

"Straight away, he made a good impression in terms of his willingness to come here – it wasn't a case of him saying 'I can't do it this week, I'll get down when I can'.

"To say he didn't have too much sleep before that first training session, I have to say, he did quite well and since then, he's improved with every session and that's what earned him his deal.

"He's watched a few of the games from the sidelines and has fitted in really well with the rest of the lads, so hopefully it'll work out for all parties."

He added: "In truth, a lot of the work around the transfer was down to other people at the club. Hamish has had to be patient, as have we, but we've got that overall conclusion now and he's available for selection should I choose.

"Although he's been with us for a while, he still needs to up his fitness levels a bit. He'd be the first to admit that when he first came to us, he wasn't fully up-to-speed but he's gradually getting there.

"It's a deal that suits both parties and hopefully Hamish will take full advantage of the opportunity."