IT WAS fun, fun, fun all the way at Cleethorpes Memorial Hall.

Local families descended on the Young People's Support Service's Family Fun Day, for a half-term treat yesterday.

Read the story and view a picture gallery at cleethorpespeople.co.uk

RAF jets stationed in Lincolnshire have been scrambled to escort Russian military aircraft away from the Cornish coast.

It has been confirmed that the Typhoon jets from RAF Coningsby were called to intercept two Tupolev TU-9s off the Cornish coast yesterday.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Lincolnshire-based fighters were scrambled after the Russian Bear aircraft were spotted. The Russian bombers did not enter UK sovereign airspace.

An MoD spokesman said: "RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon fighter aircraft were launched yesterday after Russian aircraft were identified flying close to UK airspace.

"The Russian planes were escorted by the RAF until they were out of the UK area of interest.

"At no time did the Russian military aircraft cross into UK sovereign airspace.

"We can confirm that RAF Typhoons from RAF Coningsby operating under NATO command identified and escorted two Russian military aircraft who were flying close to UK airspace.

"The RAF intercepted the Russian aircraft in international airspace and escorted the Russian planes at all times when within the UK area of interest.

"At no time was there deemed to be a threat from the Russian planes." 

Police are looking for a man suspected of causing criminal damage to a shoe shop.

The Lincolnshire force has released this image of a man they want to speak to.

A window in Poyntons shoe shop and a window in Empire amusements on the High Street, Mablethorpe, were damaged on January 31 around 11.30pm and police would like to know the identity of the man in the CCTV.

Those who have information should contact 101 quoting incident number 412 of January 31.

The investigating officer of the case is PC 1046 Springall.

GRIMSBY Town are expected to be without Ollie Palmer for Saturday's trip to leaders Barnet.

The frontman is still struggling with the hamstring complaint that kept him out of last Saturday's defeat to Bristol Rovers.

In better news for Town, both Scott Brown and Jon-Paul Pittman trained this morning, with boss Paul Hurst expected to check on the duo again tomorrow.

GRIMSBY Town have released a Blueprint of the masterplan for their new stadium complex. They have earmarked land off Peaks Parkway as a potential site for the £22-million build. It includes car parking, a superstore and drive-thru restaurants.

The plan also details the area of land that could be later released for housing should the stadium be built.

What do you think of the plan? You can have a closer look and make comments at the first of three consultations to be held at the proposed site on Peaks Parkway on the next three Sundays, 11am to 3pm.

Take a look at the plans and ahve your say below.

Police have confirmed the man who came off his motorbike at the Grimsby Docks earlier today suffered minor injuries. 

Police were called to the scene between Rowlandson Street and Murray Street at 1.45pm. 

It was a single vehicle collision and cars had been directed in the opposite direction while emergency services were called to the scene.

A THIRD bombshell in a fortnight for the South Bank's traditional industries has struck, with the proposed closure of TWO gas-fired power stations. Centrica has started talks with the 60 staff at Killingholme and Brigg sites, but will retain the Stallingborough operation, having had it up for sale for the past year. It follows the announcement of 70 jobs being at risk at Cristal as it undergoes a major reorganisation against a back drop of a weak titanium dioxide market, and 180 at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery, as capacity is halved. Simon Merriweather, managing director of Centrica Energy's power generation business, said: "We have taken the decision not to sell South Humber Bank power station. We're incredibly proud of our team and what they do on site and I don't think that the offers we received reflect the value that we place on these operations. We will therefore continue to operate the power station, which will play an important role in keeping the lights on for thousands of homes. "Unfortunately we've had to make the difficult decision to consult on closing the Killingholme and Brigg power stations. We know this is an unsettling time for the team and the news will create a great deal of uncertainty but we will be doing everything we can to support them in the coming weeks." Staff were being spoken to today at both sites affected. The announcement came as part of the annual financial results for 2014, which showed a 35 per cent drop in profits at the owner of British Gas. It reflected challenging trading conditions, including extreme weather patterns - 2014 was a record warm year - and falling oil and gas prices, leading to annual dual-fuel utility bills emerging £100 cheaper. About eight people are employed at Brigg, with just under 50 at Killingholme's Chase Hill Lane site. A Centrica source told the Telegraph: "It is very, very early days but we are where we are. It is really tough, but fundamentally both of these sites are well over 20 years old and have played their part. If we were going to keep them open and run them efficiently they would need a lot of investment, and in the current market we are not in a position to do that. "It is a really tough call for the team." It is understood a short term contract win with national Grid in the coming weeks could at least see them stay open until 2016. Of South Humber Bank, the source said: "It is a cracking site, there has been a lot of investment there. We did have some bids, together with Langage, but we said we would not sell if there was no value in doing so." Iain Conn, Centrica Energy chief executive, underlined this position in an overview of the disposal programme as part of today's announcement. He said: "We completed the disposal of our Texas gas-fired power stations for £411 million in January 2014, releasing capital from non-core assets. In addition, during the year we announced a £1 billion programme of further non-core asset disposals and we completed the sale of our Ontario home services business for £270 million in October. We also ran a process to dispose of our three larger UK CCGTs - Langage, Humber and Killingholme. However, the bids we received were significantly lower than our internal valuation and we have concluded that it is not in the best interest of shareholders to proceed with the disposal of these stations." The share price took a near 10 per cent battering immediately after the announcement, dropping from 281p to 258p in the first two hours.

A MAN has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of the manslaughter of 38-year-old Shane Bower following a confrontation outside a Grimsby bar. Charles Westwood, 48, who gave his address as a guest house in Princes Road, Cleethorpes, is charged with the unlawful killing of Mr Bower on February 17 following an alleged assault outside the Eden bar in Bethlehem Street. He appeared in custody before Grimsby magistrates and the case was sent to Hull Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on Monday. Prosecutor Martin Howarth told the court that Westwood allegedly punched Mr Bower once after a confrontation in the street. Mr Bower, who was believed to be a stranger to him, fell and hit his head on the ground, claimed Mr Howarth. Mr Bower did not recover from his injuries and was pronounced dead soon after his arrival in hospital. The cause of death was a blunt force trauma. He had suffered injuries including a fractured skull and bleeding, said Mr Howarth. Westwood was represented in court by solicitor Nick Furman, who made an application for bail. Mr Furman told the court that Westwood was a groundworker who did work for the local council. The magistrates refused bail and Westwood was further remanded in custody until the next hearing. Tributes to Mr Bower, of Grimsby, appeared on social media after his death. No members of his family were in court for the hearing but two female supporters of Westwood, one of them believed to be his girlfriend, were in the public gallery. Three police officers, including a senior investigating officer and the officer in the case, were in court.

Police are appealing for help in locating three men from the Grimsby area who are wanted on prison recall.

They are David Wilson, 26, of Cromwell Road Grimsby, Gareth Vinson,34, of Quantock Road, Scartho, and Adam Wilcock, 29, of Eastern Way, Grimsby

Various location and address checks for the men have proved unsuccessful and police would now like to hear from anyone who may know their current whereabouts.

The three men or anyone with information are asked to call police on 101, quoting log number 350 of February 10 for Wilson, log 539 of February 13 for Vinson and log number 387 of February 10 for Wilcock.

Three people have been taken to hospital after a crash in Grimsby.

Two silver Peugeots were involved in the collision, which happened at the junction of Sixhills Street and Hainton Avenue at around 2.30pm today.

One of the casualties, a man, had to be cut out from his vehicle by firefighters, before being placed onto a spine board.

Two people from the other car managed to get out of their vehicle unaided.

The road was sealed off by police while emergency services attended the scene.

It has now reopened.

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Tusc) is to contest all 15 wards in the North East Lincolnshire Council election in May.

The movement, a coalition of the Socialist Party and trade unions not affiliated to Labour, unveiled its candidates ahead of a public meeting at the Shalom Youth Centre in Grimsby tonight.

The party, which fielded nine candidates last year, will once again be standing on an anti-austerity platform.

David Mitchell, chairman of the local branch of the Socialist Party who is standing in Croft Baker, said membership had quadrupled over the past year as more people began to feel the impact of public sector cuts.

He added: "We would love to get one of the candidates elected onto the council but our main aim is to raise the profile of Tusc, bring the issue of austerity to the fore, and lay down a marker for the next General Election, which we don't believe will be five years away."

The Tusc candidates are:

David Mitchell (Croft Baker)

Phil Tuplin (East Marsh)

Ian Radford (Freshney)

Jennie Smith (Haverstoe)

Val O'Flynn (Heneage)

Kieran Yeoman (Humberston & New Waltham)

Andrew Smith (Immingham)

Paul Wood (Park)

Malcolm Morland (Sidney Sussex)

Joe Carter (Scartho)

Angela Greenfield (South)

Val Pow (Waltham)

Dave Hardy (West Marsh)

Chad Archer (Wolds)

Benjamin Leach (Yarborough)

A person has been charged with robbery after he was stopped by police in Grimsby.

The suspect was arrested after officers were called to reports of an armed robbery on Wednesday night.

Tonight, the Humberside Police dog section tweeted: "Last night PD Rosco attended report of an armed robbery in Grimsby. Suspect made off potentially with a firearm.

"Suspect located and detained by Rosco when non-compliant, leading to his arrest. He has now been charged with robbery and kept for court!"

Keep checking here for updates.

A THIRD blow has been struck to the South Bank's traditional industries, with the proposed closure of TWO gas-fired power stations.

Centrica has started talks with the 60 staff at Killingholme and Brigg sites, but will retain the Stallingborough operation, having had it up for sale for the past year.

It follows the announcement of 70 jobs being at risk at Cristal as it undergoes a major reorganisation against a backdrop of a weak titanium dioxide market, and 180 at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery, as capacity is halved.

Simon Merriweather, managing director of Centrica Energy's power generation business, said: "We have taken the decision not to sell South Humber Bank power station. We're incredibly proud of our team and what they do on site and I don't think that the offers we received reflect the value that we place on these operations. We will therefore continue to operate the power station, which will play an important role in keeping the lights on for thousands of homes.

"Unfortunately we've had to make the difficult decision to consult on closing the Killingholme and Brigg power stations. We know this is an unsettling time for the team and the news will create a great deal of uncertainty but we will be doing everything we can to support them."

Staff were being spoken to at both sites affected. The announcement came as part of the annual financial results for 2014, which showed a 35 per cent drop in profits at the owner of British Gas.

It reflected challenging trading conditions, including extreme weather patterns – 2014 was a record warm year – and falling oil and gas prices, leading to annual dual-fuel utility bills emerging £100 cheaper.

About eight people are employed at Brigg, with around 50 at Killingholme's Chase Hill Lane site.

A Centrica source told the Telegraph: "It is very, very early days but we are where we are. It is really tough, but fundamentally both of these sites are well over 20 years old and have played their part. If we were going to keep them open and run them efficiently they would need a lot of investment, and in the current market we are not in a position to do that.

"It is a really tough call for the team."

It is understood a short-term contract win with National Grid in the coming weeks could at least see them stay open until 2016.

Of South Humber Bank, the source said: "It is a cracking site, there has been a lot of investment there.

"We did have some bids, together with Langage, but we said we would not sell if there was no value in doing so."

Iain Conn, Centrica Energy chief executive, underlined this position in an overview of the disposal programme as part of today's announcement. He said: "We completed the disposal of our Texas gas-fired power stations for £411 million in January 2014, releasing capital from non-core assets. In addition, during the year we announced a £1 billion programme of further non-core asset disposals and we completed the sale of our Ontario home services business for £270 million in October. We also ran a process to dispose of our three larger UK CCGTs – Langage, Humber and Killingholme. However, the bids we received were significantly lower than our internal valuation and we have concluded that it is not in the best interest of shareholders to proceed with the disposal of these stations."

Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers is to meet with Centrica this morning regarding the planned closures of two of its power stations on the South Bank.

As reported yesterday, Centrica announced plans to close two of its gas-fired power stations - one in Killingholme and the other in Brigg.

The firm has started talks with the 60 staff at both sites, but will retain the Stallingborough operation having had it up for sale for the past year.

Mr Vickers will meet with the director of public affairs at 11am alongside the Conservative MP for Brigg and Goole Andrew Percy.

The Cleethorpes MP said he was taken by surprise by the announcement, and he will now be seeking more clarification for the reasons for the closures. He added that he will be fighting for those workers affected by any job losses.

The announcement came as part of the annual financial results for 2014, which showed a 35 per cent drop in profits at the owner of British Gas.

It reflected challenging trading conditions, including extreme weather patterns – 2014 was a record warm year – and falling oil and gas prices, leading to annual dual-fuel utility bills emerging £100 cheaper.

About eight people are employed at Brigg, with around 50 at Killingholme's Chase Hill Lane site.

It is the third blow to the South Bank's traditional industries, after Cristal announced it would be undergoing a major reorganisation against a backdrop of a weak titanium dioxide market, and 180 jobs are likely to be lost at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery, as capacity is halved.

COASTAL regions of the UK, including part of the Humber area, have been put on flood alert ahead of super high tides this weekend.

A rare alignment between the moon and sun is expected to result in some of the highest spring tides for 19 years this weekend - but the Environment Agency has reassured that other factors, such as wind, are not expected.

Unlike the damaging high tides of December 5, 2013, no storm surge is predicted to accompany the tides in the Grimsby area. No breach of sea defences is expected but tides will be high enough for waves to splash over.

An Environment Agency spokeswoman said flooding is possible but not expected.

High tides of 7.7m at 6.39pm tonight, 7.3m and 7.7m at 7.18am and 7.23pm on Saturday and 7.2m and 7.6m at 8am and 8.08pm on Sunday are predicted.

Although no flood warnings are currently in place for northern Lincolnshire, an Environment Agency Flood Alert has been issued for part of the Humber Estuary around Spurn Point.

The worst affected areas are predicted to be in the south-west, with a storm heading towards the coast of Cornwall threatening to cause problems over the weekend.

Phil Younge, the Environment Agency's area duty manager for Lincolnshire, said: "High tides, known as spring tides, are normal. They happen twice every month around a full and new moon as a result of the moon's gravitational pull on the earth. The next spring tides are due over the next few days until Sunday. This is part of a 19-year and cycle and we're currently at the highest point of this cycle. However, they need to be combined with specific weather-related conditions for flooding to happen.

"We are monitoring forecasts closely, working alongside the Met Office and local partners, and will issue flood alerts and warnings if necessary. We are carrying out routine patrols and closing tidal gates as a precaution only.

"Current forecasts show there is a low coastal flood risk with some minor overtopping and spray possible.

"People should check www.gov.uk/flood for the latest flood outlook and take care on coastal paths and promenades. Updates will be available on local radio and via our Floodline service on 0345 988 1188/0845 988 1188, where we also encourage those people living or working in flood risk areas to sign up to receive free flood warnings."

Cleethorpes will be the hardest hit by the introduction of charges on pubic conveniences.

For it is tourists who will either be left crossing their legs or having to find two coins to meet the 30p charge.

Will it put people off coming to Cleethorpes? Will it annoy the cafe and pub owners who will no doubt be left having to put up signs saying their toilets are for customers only?

What do you think? Join the debate on cleethorpespeople.co.uk