Video: Frank Bruno praises area's mental health services
WORLD champion boxing legend Frank Bruno rolled with the punches when he was given a tour of Grimsby's mental health services yesterday.He visited the town as part of the Navigo Health and Social Care...
View ArticleBatteries stolen from golf club
FORTY eight batteries were stolen from golf buggies at Kenwick Park Golf Club overnight. The offender gained access between Monday, July 8 to Tuesday, July 9 by forcing entry to a gate at Little...
View ArticleCentre-half Chris Doig gets another chance for Grimsby Town
TRIALIST Chris Doig will get another chance to impress Grimsby Town's bosses at Winterton tomorrow evening.The former Nottingham Forest centre-half has been training with the Mariners this week, and...
View Article'Ashes showdown begins with a bang'
ASHES fever gripped the nation at 11am yesterday - and by the close of play on day one at Trent Bridge, the epidemic had gone into overdrive. Much of the talk ahead of the series suggested that seam...
View Article'In or out of the EU?' - a question to dominate the election
Europe – it's a subject that has divided the nation – and Parliament. Parliamentary correspondent DAVE TORRANCE takes a closer look.FEW issues excite Conservative MPs any more than Europe.The question...
View ArticlePretty Becki will be Carnival Princess
OUR Carnival Princess has been crowned – and she can't wait to greet her public.Pretty Becki Douglass, 8, has won the Cleethorpes Carnival Princess Competition, run by the Grimsby Telegraph.The William...
View ArticlePraise for public's help to capture robbers
THE conviction of two Grimsby men for robbery at a Louth jeweller's is thanks to members of the public, a police inspector said.Inspector Terry Ball praised passersby who helped apprehend Damion David...
View Article'My Owls can take so much from match with Grimsby Town'
MARCUS Newell wants his Cleethorpes Town side to use their display against the Mariners as a springboard for more success.The Owls boss took charge of his Northern Counties East League (NCEL) side for...
View ArticleDad 'ashamed' of extreme and indecent images
POLICE found degrading and humiliating sexual images of children – and others showing women with animals – after searching a man's computer, a court heard.Ryan Duell, 31, of Fortuna Way, Grimsby,...
View ArticleStone attack forces academy to lock gates
A GANG of ten youths threw stones at staff at Oasis Academy Wintringham, Grimsby.Senior managers were forced to lock the school gates at the Scartho Road entrance and open an alternative emergency exit...
View ArticleTravellers leave because 'everyone is rude and it stinks'
TRAVELLERS have hooked up and moved out of town.A group living in more than 15 caravans left Grimsby's Pyewipe industrial estate yesterday.As reported on www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk, the convoy headed...
View ArticleSeason ticket sales can drive Grimsby Town promotion bid
"GET your season tickets and you'll see the quality of players that you want coming into the club and performing to the best of their abilities."That's the promise from Grimsby Town's joint bosses as...
View ArticleParents who badly neglected four children 'are ashamed'
TWO struggling parents who badly neglected their four young children after sinking under serious problems have urged others to ask for help before it is too late.They have managed to rebuild the...
View ArticleMissing Brigsley man is found (update)
A BRIGSLEY man who went missing has been found safe and well. Roger Bentley 47, had been last seen at his home in St Helen's Crescent, Brigsley at 7am on Tuesday. A Humberside Police spokeswoman said...
View ArticleHeating oil stolen from school
More than 500 litres of heating oil were stolen from North Somercotes Primary School. Swimming lessons have been halted after the theft overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday because the oil tank...
View ArticleStrikes against Royal Mail privatisation plans 'inevitable'
BUSINESSES in North East Lincolnshire could face major delays to their post services if postal workers strike against the Government's plans to privatise Royal Mail. Unions have warned that strike...
View ArticleConsent granted for Lincolnshire offshore windfarm
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has granted consent for up to 288 offshore wind turbines to be situated off the Lincolnshire coast. The Triton Knoll project has an installed...
View ArticleGrimsby and Louth in top 100 'crap towns' list
Grimsby and Louth have been placed on a longlist of 100 for a new book chronicling 'crap towns' in the UK. Boston and Lincoln also feature on a list of towns and cities deemed the country's worst...
View ArticleUPDATED WITH VIDEO: Fire at scrap metal dealership in Grimsby
A PILE of cars and vans is on fire at Metropes (Metals) Ltd on Grimsby's Estate Road No 3. A number of explosions have been heard, and our reporter and photographer have been told that the smoke is...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Travellers moved on from Taylor's Avenue this evening
A group of travellers have been moved off a council-owned patch of land this evening. PCSOs and council officers evicted the group because they contravened a previously-made court order. Their...
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