As children across North East Lincolnshire headed back to school after the summer break, older residents were also leaping into action. Protests took place against plans to convert an historic building into a new Tesco store and information from members of the public helped to bring criminals to justice. Reporter Simon Faulkner looked back.
SEPTEMBER 1: Residents mobilised in a bid to stop a historic building in Grimsby being turned into a Tesco Express.
Around 200 people signed a petition objecting to the plan to convert the vacant Great Grimsby Conservative Association building on Bargate.
SEPTEMBER 2: An inferno ripped through a recycling plant in Louth.
A warehouse at GBM UK, in Bolingbroke Road, Fairfield Industrial Estate, was destroyed by the blaze, which broke out in the early hours of the morning.
SEPTEMBER 5: Onlookers said it was lucky nobody was seriously hurt when a car ploughed into a hairdressers in Holton-le-Clay.
A black Vauxhall Omega crashed into Oasis, in Louth Road, dislodging a supporting beam and damaging the front window and front door of the premises.
SEPTEMBER 8: The wife of a well-known charity fundraiser, who collapsed – and later died – while hiking in the Lake District, thanked all those who had tried to save her husband's life.
Passers-by, mountain rescuers, air ambulances and the Royal Navy were involved in the dramatic attempt to save Keith Ramsden, 62, of Waltham, after he collapsed at the summit of Helvellyn.
SEPTEMBER 10: Plans were unveiled for a major redevelopment of Grimsby's famous Ramsdens superstore.
The Cleethorpe Road Retail Park would provide 64,000 square feet of retail space and create around 200 new jobs.
SEPTEMBER 11: Heartless thieves stole two collection tins from the Pink Rose Suite at Grimsby's Diana, Princess Of Wales Hospital.
The theft, which saw around £200 taken, was slammed as "despicable" by breast cancer patients.
September 13: North East Lincolnshire Council announced it would be putting Humberston Fitties on the market.
Council leader Chris Shaw said Fitties leaseholders had nothing to fear from a change in ownership.
SEPTEMBER 20: Councillors voted to increase the speed limit to 40mph on Grimsby's Peaks Parkway.
It followed public outrage at the glut of fines being issued to motorists for exceeding the 30mph limit following the introduction of average speed cameras the previous October.
SEPTEMBER 22: Grimsby Telegraph readers were thanked for helping to reunite treasured stolen motorcycles with their owner and identifying a fly-tipper dumping toxic waste.
Both crimes had been reported in the Grimsby Telegraph, prompting members of the public to come forward with important information.
SEPTEMBER 25: There was shock at the news that Grimsby Central Hall would close in April – unless someone stepped forward to take it over.
The Central Hall Trust, which had run the venue for 22 years, said it could no longer continue to run the facility.
September 30: Motorists and businesses were bracing themselves for up to six months of misery on one of Grimsby's busiest routes.
North East Lincolnshire Council began works on the A180 aimed at cutting congestion and reducing emissions.
