News :North Lincolnshire & Surrounding area
A cyclist has suffered serious head injuries after falling form his electric bike in Scunthorpe. The incident happened shortly after 2.30pm on May 21 as the man was cycling along Enderby Road towards Burringham Road. He fell from his bike and hit his …
May 22, 2017 | News Editor
An air ambulance landed in a children’s park in Scunthorpe on Saturday (May 20) in response to a 999 call. Children playing on the Rowland Road recreation ground were amazed and surprised when the crew from the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air …
May 22, 2017 | News Editor
Swann those targets are all over the pitch and includes one as a replacement for outgoing captain Stephen Dawson. He hinted he would also like to bring back loan players Ivan Toney and Matt Crooks in an interview with BBC Radio Humberside. “We have …
May 22, 2017 | News Editor
A FORMER director in the NHS was found to have died from toxic levels of paracetamol mixed with alcohol, an inquest heard. Mary Swan, 56, of Scunthorpe, was found dead on the bathroom floor of her flat when her neighbours noticed she had not gone to …
May 22, 2017 | News Editor
Scunthorpe boxer Jody Meikle is training up first-time boxers and amateurs to take each other on in the ring to raise money for the partner and children of Josh Catterall. The young father died suddenly last year after being in hospital for two weeks …
May 22, 2017 | News Editor
SCUNTHORPE businessman Carl Chapman grew cannabis with an estimated street value of £22,000, a court heard. At Grimsby Crown Court, Chapman, 31, of Foxhills Road, Scunthorpe admitted producing the cannabis at Unit One, Sandtoft industrial estate …
May 21, 2017 | News Editor
Now with his future secure, Dawson can concentrate on the summer and looking forward to the summer. But he does have a wish come the end of next season. “Hopefully my new team can do it as well so both Bury and Scunthorpe can go up next season.
May 21, 2017 | News Editor
Builder Richard Sturman, 42, and plumber, Gareth Dobb, 32, have gone into partnership to take over one of Scunthorpe’s oldest hotels The Grosvenor. They have signed a five-year rolling lease to run the hotel on Old Crosby which celebrated its centenary …
May 21, 2017 | News Editor
A SCUNTHORPE school has shown its support for Mental Health Awareness Week by writing and releasing a song. Pupils at St Lawrence Academy, on Doncaster Road, performed the piece to help raise awareness of mental health issues. Helen Parker …
May 21, 2017 | News Editor
Well the summer of 1967 was not quite as passionate in the Scunthorpe area – but it did have its moments. Scunthorpe’s population had reached 71,010 – the highest level since the town was created in 1936 – and a staggering 25,700 people were employed
May 20, 2017 | News Editor