Louth duo are one step from Gleneagles finale
LOUTH pair Nick Taylor and Victor Cooke have earned a shot of playing at Gleneagles in the final of Europe's biggest pro-am competition – The Lombard Trophy.Taylor, 45, and Cooke, 67, teed up a chance...
View ArticleYoung Reporter: Skint and doing very little for their future
"GOT now't else to do up here but breed and feed have we?"The inspirational rhetorical question spoken by Dean, the main man filmed in Channel 4's latest escapade Skint. Following the lives of people...
View ArticleCancer survivor thanks hospital with donation
A BOWEL cancer survivor has marked her 80th birthday with a special thank you to the medical team that saved her life.Joy Ibbotson, of Ellesmere Rise, Grimsby, underwent an operation to remove the...
View ArticleBlog: Andy Sangster's solo cycle world tour - May 9-20
Here is the latest instalment of Andy Sangster's around the world cycle tour blog in aid of the NSPCC. Andy is preparing to enter Iran but is struggling with visas. However, he has just reached a...
View ArticleA 100-mile mission to say thanks
A GRIMSBY man is embarking on a punishing 100-mile charity bike ride to say thank you to the local fundraiser who supported his epileptic daughter.Ian Chapman, 44, is doing the ride to raise money for...
View ArticleCharity golf day will suit you to a tee
IT'S swingtime!YMCA Humber and Get Hooked on Positive Activities (GHoPA) are inviting local people and organisations to take part in a charity golf day to help raise much-needed funds for work with...
View ArticlePlumber guilty of Nettleton gas blast
PLUMBER Daniel Hickling has been given a suspended jail term for carrying out illegal gas work that led to a massive explosion at a couple's home.Martyn and Teresa Moody both suffered severe burns in...
View ArticleMan got into 'nasty' scuffle sticking up for his ex-girlfriend
A FITNESS instructor landed himself in hot water when he tried to stick up for his ex-girlfriend when she was assaulted by another man, Grimsby magistrates heard.Daniel Wainwright, 24, of Hildyard...
View ArticleMariners Trust defends Grimsby Town ticket price rise
"AS a Trust, our message has always been that, individually, fans can't do much, but collectively we can achieve an awful lot and this is a chance to do that."That is the message from the Mariners...
View ArticlePupils told to stay away from school on last day
STUDENTS felt cheated when their last day at school was cancelled – because some students didn't meet the academy's "exacting standards of behaviour".Parents and pupils were outraged after being handed...
View ArticleLabour group accused of 'demolishing democracy'
OPPOSITION councillors have accused the ruling Labour group of "demolishing democracy" in a row over changes to the council's constitution.The number of ordinary full council meetings will be limited...
View ArticleLabour councillor defects to 'fairer' UKIP
A LABOUR councillor in North East Lincolnshire has defected to UKIP, saying she wants to be free to represent the people.Councillor Jane Bramley, who represents the South ward, handed in her...
View ArticleMarch planned in memory of Woolwich soldier
SHOW our heroes you are here for them.That is the call from a former soldier who, with 300 others, will march from Grimsby to Cleethorpes in memory of tragic Woolwich Drummer Lee Rigby on Monday.The...
View ArticleGrimsby Town unveil new ticket prices
GRIMSBY Town will increase ticket prices for the forthcoming season – the first rise of its kind for nearly a decade.The club have announced that there will be a basic increase of £1 in the Pontoon and...
View ArticleAttack on Grimsby mosque condemned by community leaders
COMMUNITY leaders have condemned an attack on a Grimsby mosque in the wake of the murder of a soldier in London.In a united front against apparently racially-motivated vandals, church leaders, police...
View ArticleVan driver, 30, dies after crashing into a tree
A 30-year-old man died after his van collided with a tree last night.The man, from Osgodby, was driving an Astra van on the B1434 at OwersbyMoor, Holton-le-Moor, near Market Rasen, at about 11.05pm...
View ArticleVideo: EDL march through Grimsby town centre
ABOUT 60 members of the English Defence League (EDL) marched in protest through the centre of Grimsby town today.Chanting as they walked along, shoppers came to a standstill both on the streets and in...
View ArticleProtest in Grimsby against the bedroom tax
CHANTS were heard loud and clear by those protesting the bedroom tax today.About 30 people gathered in front of the Barge on the Riverhead, to protest the welfare reform which includes this new...
View ArticleVideo: Protest in Grimsby against the bedroom tax
CHANTS were heard loud and clear by those protesting the bedroom tax today.About 30 people gathered in front of the Barge on the Riverhead, to protest the welfare reform which includes this new...
View ArticleSale of Cleethorpes Pier falls through
THE recent sale of Cleethorpes pier has fallen through, according to auctioneers. Staplecross Properties Partnership bought the iconic building for £450,000 earlier in the year. However Swindells...
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