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Aylesby wind turbine plan approved

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PLANS to erect a 77m-high wind turbine in Aylesby have been approved by the council’s planning committee. Despite receiving substantial objections, councillors narrowly passed the proposals by six votes to five. The turbine is expected to have the …
May 8, 2014 |

Scunthorpe is a County: Really? Find out why

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… out we were a town, not a county, he replied: ‘Scunthorpe County is what the parliamentary constituency I represent is called and (includes) its surrounding villages, i.e Messingham, Kirton in Lindsey, Hibaldstow, Redbourne, East Howsham and Cadney’.”.
May 4, 2014 |

Your guide to shows, fairs & festivals in North Lincolnshire

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Your guide to shows, fairs & festivals in North LincolnshireSaturday 17 May: 10am to 4pm – Barton Rotary Club Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale – Lecture Hall, Holydyke, Barton. Sunday 18 May: 10.30am to 4.30pm – Normanby Regional Food Festival – Normanby Hall Country Park. A celebration of the region’s …
May 4, 2014 |

Drilling for oil to start in North Lincolnshire

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… farmland in North Lincolnshire. The investment by the prospectors from the Hampshire firm of Egdon Resources, could reach £3 million. Managing director Mark Abbott admits that the odds of striking it rich at Wressle – between Brigg and Broughton
April 24, 2014 |

Council welcomes cash windfall for superfast broadband

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Around 4,000 more homes and businesses will receive superfast broadband, thanks to a further cash injection of £1.2m that together with match funding, will bring a total of £2.4m extra cash to Northern Lincolnshire.
April 16, 2014 |

Wheel turns full cycle as Cleethorpes business sells ice cream to holidaymakers in the old fashioned way

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Resort-goers can wave Andrew and his fellow cyclists down as they cycle the roads of the resort and then enjoy a taste of The Real Ice Cream Company. Andrew loads up with Brackenbury’s ices from the traditional ice-cream factory in Brigsley, near Waltham.
April 12, 2014 |

Resort runners head to city for 5km Park Run challenge

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More from Sport. Firefighter’s uniform stolen in Louth. Undo. Louth shoplifter told: ‘The court is at the end of its tether’. Undo. Russian piano star to play in Louth. Undo. Volunteers invited to take part in practical chalk streams day in Brigsley …
April 4, 2014 |

Family of late Grimsby businessman John Roe continue fundraising in his memory for Humberston Park School …

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Lorinda, who lives in Brigsley, said: “The hydrotherapy pool was a cause close to Paul’s heart and he had supported it right from the very beginning. “We wanted to continue fundraising in his memory and have started hosting an annual ball each winter …
March 22, 2014 |