Snooker: Nats take the title as Dads & Lads lose out
AFTER a remarkable season, Nats have been crowned as Section A champions in the Roy Ling Mutual Grimsby Snooker Doubles League.They snatched the title from under the noses of rivals Dads & Lads by...
View ArticleSnooker: Travel boys claim knock-out crown
MORAN Travel have taken the Faulkners Audio Visual & Domestic Appliances Louth Billiards & Snooker League Team Knockout title after beating Marris Carpets 4-3 after a two-legged final.Leading...
View ArticleBirds Eye swoop in to take second despite Blossom win
BLOSSOM Way must have thought they had a done enough to claim a runners-up spot when they played host to league leaders Clee Bowls in the Grimsby District Billiards League.Mick Hill (R55) opened the...
View ArticleFast Track course designed to inspire a new generation
CLUB professional Paul Davies hopes the Fast Track To Course scheme will help inspire a new wave of young golfers at Cleethorpes Golf Club.The initiative, which teaches basic concepts of the sport to...
View Article84 new homes to be built in Grimsby thanks to £3m Government grant
MORE affordable housing is to be built in Grimsby thanks to a £3-million Government grant.The next phase of development on Freshney Green will include 84 new homes – 80 houses and 4 bungalows.Work on...
View Article'Baby boom' means families will lose out on place at first choice primary school
A BABY boom, new houses and foreign nationals have meant 109 families in North East Lincolnshire will lose out on a place at their first choice primary school.This was the explanation from Ian Lindley,...
View ArticleRunner from Healing missed explosions at Boston Marathon by minutes
A RUNNER from Healing says he was "lucky" to have finished the Boston Marathon and be on the way back to his hotel when two explosions went off at the finish line, killing three people.Robin Ruston's...
View ArticleLondon 2012 heroes Jamie Carter and Luke Campbell to open Grimsby Institute...
TWO sporting heroes who took part in the Olympics and Paralympics are opening the Grimsby Institute's new state-of-the-art Sports Centre.Olympic gold medal winner, boxer Luke Campbell, will join...
View ArticleDrink-driver fled scene after hitting pedestrian who 'came from nowhere'
A MOTORIST who had been drinking heavily at a party panicked and drove off after hitting a pedestrian who stepped out in front of his car without warning.He had no chance of avoiding the man and...
View ArticleMargaret Thatcher funeral - Country pays its respects to Iron Lady
CONSERVATIVE MPs Sir Peter Tapsell and Edward Leigh were among the mourners at Lady Thatcher's funeral in London today.They were joined by more than 2,000 people, including the Queen and the Duke of...
View ArticlePensioner took photographs of half-naked woman as she slept
DRUNKEN pensioner Joseph Gibson took advantage of a half-naked woman who was fast asleep in his home by snapping intimate photographs of her.But he was caught out when the woman's son spotted the...
View ArticleMatch Report: Woking 0 Grimsby Town 1
LENELL John-Lewis finally broke his Grimsby Town duck to give the Mariners a battling away win at the Kingfield Stadium last night.The striker headed home Jamie Devitt's cross 14 minutes from time to...
View ArticleBooze blamed for violence in North East Lincolnshire
HEAVY drinking has seen North East Lincolnshire become one of the region's worst areas for alcohol-related violence, according to recent figures.At a licensing meeting held yesterday it was revealed...
View ArticleFormer Grimsby Town manager Bill Shankly is new face of first class stamp
FORMER Grimsby Town manager - and one of the finest managers to grace English football - is going to have his face on a Royal Mail stamp. Bill Shankly is included in the 10 Great Britons first class...
View ArticleGrimsby Town joint boss Rob Scott praises Lenell John-Lewis' performance at...
ROB Scott heralded Lenell John-Lewis' match-winning display at Woking – but admitted the striker's season could be over.The 23-year-old netted Town's second-half winner last night, to register his...
View ArticleGrimsby Town defender Simon Ford struggling with hamstring injury
ROB Scott has admitted that Grimsby Town's victory at Woking last night came at a cost. As revealed here, striker Lenell John-Lewis pulled a muscle in his thigh shortly after scoring the winner at the...
View ArticleLocal MPs attend the funeral of Margaret Thatcher
North East Lincolnshire MPs were among more than 2,300 mourners at a "grand occasion" to commemorate the life of Baroness Thatcher in London. The UK's first woman Prime Minister was given full military...
View ArticleMan 'covered in blood' emerges from house in Grimsby - update
POLICE have confirmed that injuries to a man found half-naked and bleeding heavily are not believed to be life-threatening. The man, named by his brother as Carl Smith, was found outside his home on...
View ArticleMan pulls himself out of Grimsby's Riverhead... and is arrested
FIRE crews were called to help after a man ended up in the Riverhead, Grimsby, this afternoon. Police called their 999 colleagues to assist after the man ended up in the water just after 4pm. But the...
View ArticleHumberston Academy goes from special measures to 'outstanding' Ofsted review
A SCHOOL that was in special measures only four years ago has dug its way out of trouble to be named as "outstanding".Humberston Academy has received the accolade following a report from Ofsted and...
View Article