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Below is an open letter which has been sent by email to members of the planning and regeneration committees this morning regarding the proposed redevelopment of the Crosby Hotel. A more...
Fantastic new feature has just been added to the Library Services web site. Any one with a valid library card can now access the <a href="http://library.eb.co.uk/eb?libr more...
Spent a happy couple of hours this evening trying to de-clutter the home page and structure the news sections a little better. I've also made more of a feature of the photo's se more...
I'm getting increasingly perplexed with our local official news source, the Scunthorpe Telegraph. Over the last few weeks they've been printing articles saying what's been spent wh more...
I never normally stray in to the realms of the Daily Telegraph's web site, but this morning I picked up a message on twitter from <a href="http://twitter.com/ChrisskinnerNL more...
A new book published by the History Press in association with North Lincolnshire Council is to be launched at a special event on the 7th September. The event will take place at more...
The Crosby Hotel which stands at the corner of Normanby Road and Berkeley Street could be demolished if plans submitted to the council are approved. Planning permission has be more...
Pictures from the ongoing construction of the new Baths Hall, taken on 31st August 2010. more...
This is a national issue which affects local people in Scunthorpe, so I feel that alone justifies its inclusion on the VisitScunthorpe.Com web site. As Scunthorpe is a mainly wo more...
As you'll know by now, I'm not a big fan of the local council, but I do believe in giving credit where its due, and I am opposed to biased reporting and political point scoring. more...
I've been testing a new lens (sadly only borrowed!) and have put a few pics up taken this afternoon from around the town in the <a href="Scunthorpe-Photos.asp">Scun more...
John Leggot college has achieved outstanding A-Level results yet again! Congratulations to all staff and students for working so hard. Over 30 students have achieved 4 A Grades more...
Back in February <a href="Articles-By.asp?Write=fans64&UID=18">Fans64</a> told our readers that club 2000 would be demolished. This story was then then more...
Just been reading through the comments and thoughts on the <a href="http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/news/Residents-fear-sleepless-nights-vow-fight-163-100m-biomass-plant- more...
As a Scunthorpe United fan I get increasingly annoyed at BBC radio Humberside favouring Hull City . It's a commonly known fact that the BBC DAB signal and MW signal in our area i more...
Pictures taken at the beging of July 2010 showing the reconstruction of the new Baths Hall - Scunthorpe more...
What is it that I'm missing here, help me out, please... I'm being driven to distraction by the attitudes of many people who live in this area, and to be fair, I totally fail to more...
Abid Khan, from the Scunthorpe Pakistani community has launched an appeal to help friends and family with links to the Scunthorpe area rebuild their lives after the devastating mon more...
The first of the steel framework at the construction site of The New Baths Hall has started to reach for the skyline. The following are a few pictures taken on the morning of more...
Terrible news this week about M&S planning to close down and pull out of the town. This combined with the closure of BHS will remove two more high street names from our loca more...
The recent announcement by Able UK to build a £400 million 1,600-metre quay and 320-hectare Marine Energy Park on the South Humber Bank is without doubt welcome news. So too a more...
Plans have been revealed for the development of the site of the former Maple Leaf public which closed down in 2009. The pub opened in c1970 on land which was previously occupied more...
Just came across this video some one's made of the opening of the opening of the AdiZone at Manor Park http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-6srhv4QHA It was mentioned earlier i more...
Scunthorpe United played there first pre-season friendly against Bottesford Town at Birch Park today (Sat 10th July 2010) winning the match 4-0. Scunthorpe started off edgy for t more...
Just added some photos to the photo gallery courtesy of Hamst, who also sent through some excellent photos of the Scunthorpe United / Bottesford Town pre-season friendly. As we more...
Being a keen cyclist imagine my delight when North Lincolnshire Council submitted a successful bid to Sustrans as part of the Connect2 project for the development of an off-road pe more...
Just updated the Photos section of the web site with some new photos sent in from Hamst showing more building work around the town along with a nice shot of Trent view looking up B more...
Don't forget the race for life next week is on over at Cleethorpes. Any one wishing to sponsor Mrs Thoades, then please follow the links below or on the right. http://www.rac more...
Now a lot of you will know I'm nether a big football fan, or a fan of our local council, but bare with me on this, as I feel its very important. At the start of the World Cup NL more...
Quick update on a new Search Feature which has been added to the site which allows users to search for a particular article or subject using the Google search engine. The search more...
Happy birthday to the Humber Bridge which allowed its first traffic across on the 23rd June 1981. The official opening happened a few days later on the 17th July, where the stru more...
Well we've had the budget, below are a summary of the key changes along with my comments on how I think it will change Scunthorpe. I'd be really interested to see if you agree with more...
We've got updated photos from our reader Hamst showing the work going on in Central Park at the moment showing the improvements to the park and the building of the amphitheatre and more...
Speculation is rife in the media today about what's going to happen next week in the budget. ConDemocrats are still blaming Labour for spending money they did not have, and keep more...
We've written our first special feature all about Dragonby, featuring a little bit of Folk Law, some Geology, History, Architecture and some excellent Urban Art we found along the more...
We've started our first Photo Gallery, and like everything on this site its open to public contribution. Here's what we are trying to do: We'd like to build up a freely avail more...
Just been checking out one of my favourite Facebook Groups called "Scunthorpe Memories" if you know and love Scunthorpe then you'll love this group. Its a fantastic ex more...
For years now there's been a bridge over Bottesford Beck accessible from the foot path which runs down the side of the church yard. The bridge crosses the beck in to woodland wh more...
Yesterday we saw the first attack on the working classes of Scunthorpe as the veneer of the ConDemocrat unholy alliance slipped for the first time. Peeling back the lies and the more...
Some time ago I had a discussion with Mick Grant a local councillor about how accessible the democratic decision making process was to people like me. I suggested that he use h more...
Following the resignation of local Brigg Tory councillor John Berry and his declaration as an independent candidate, another local and very prominent councillor has crossed the flo more...
So lets think about how we can save this in as painless manner possible, without having to cut back on essential services. Here's just a few ideas, I'm sure others will add to them more...
Barristers representing Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield have had arguments rejected by Mr Justice Saunders claiming that the law of Parliamentary Pri more...
It would appear from the latest published figures received here at VisitScunthorpe.Com that there are more questions than answers raised by the publication of the North Lincolnshir more...
Nice to see the tower crane with a big Clugston's sign standing tall over the baths getting ready for the next phase of construction. I know a lot of people have a bit of a down more...
The North Lincolnshire Cabinet will meet this week on the 9th June to discuss the adoption of a proposal made in a report by the Service Director of Asset Management and Culture th more...
An exciting new section has been added to Visit Scunthorpe which will provide members with the ability to search for and locate local councillors. Currently there are 43 elected more...
Had a bit of free time today to do some updates on the web site, here's what's new : Removed: - For Sale - Lost & Found No one had used these areas so I've got rid. more...
Following on from an update in this evening's ST, thought I'd have my pennyworth on the Pods. Now for those of you who are not familiar with Scunthorpe, when I'm talking about t more...
This week we saw David Laws resign his position in cabinet due to him using expenses money inappropriately. His defence was that as his land lord had since become his partner, h more...
Today marks a historic event for newly elected Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin when he asked his 1st question of the Speaker in the House Of Commons. True to his word, Nic seems to be m more...
In a shock move yesterday councillor John Berry of Brigg quit the Conservative Party and declared him self as an independent candidate. What does this mean for the people who el more...
Good old NLC highways dept. keeping up the usual consistency of no consistency, they must just pull both the locations and "traffic calming measures" out of a hat, Oh its more...
Following advice given by Mick Grant on his blogg about how to interact with the local council, I've decided to give it a try, instead of whinging on endlessly on the ST Website. S more...
This article has been on the back burner for a few days now, prompted by some comments made by a local councillor on their blog expressing dismay at people hiding behind anonymous more...
I am organising a Christmas baby and toddler photo competition in Scunthorpe... I really want to cater to the needs of the parents as much as possible to do this I have created more...
Since the death of John Smith in may 1994 the Labour Party has seen radical reform and re-branding in order to appease middle England and attain power. I remember vividly the 1997 more...
Gordon Brown the Prime Minister visits a life long Labour voter, has a chat with her, and then off camera is very insulting about her. For this he is vilified in the press and p more...
A Poll on the election page on Facebook is currently showing a Liberal Democrats landslide with Nick Clegg storming ahead on 44%, David Cameron on 30% and Gordon Brown on 26% ht more...
There's a lot of discussion in the town regarding the None of The Above Lobby. This is a movement which is becoming increasingly popular along disenfranchised voters who feel th more...
The constituency of Scunthorpe was created for the 1997 general election, and consists mainly of the former Glanford and Scunthorpe seat which had been narrowly won by Elliot Morle more...
Good news for the region's jobs as Bioethanol Limited submit a new planning application to North Lincolnshire Council to develop a refining plant on the Humber Bank. Bioethanol more...
Thursday of this week saw Mr Blunket visiting Brigg to show his support for entrenched MP for Brigg and Goole Ian Cawsey. Ian is defending Brigg and Goole against a formidable T more...
According to the fire brigade, the occupier was out in their garden with a blow torch burning weeds when the conifer hedge accidentally "Caught" resulting in the majority more...
A vote for the Liberal Democrats now, more than ever could make a difference. That's the vibe we are picking up here, despite the abhorrent lack of public electioneering being unde more...
Clearly from the comments in the local paper the smaller extremist parties are going to capitalise on the expenses saga of our former MP and gain some votes from people who may ha more...
Politics aside (joke) anyone who votes for the big three needs their bumps feeling and in particular anyone voting Labour needs sectioning after what their last greedy MP did, all more...
In the ever on going Elliot Morley expenses saga, outrage has erupted in the national press that Mr Morley and the other MP facing prosecution over their expenses are eligible to r more...
Demonstrating the determination the Tories have to take Brigg and Goole away from the Labour Party, the Tories have flown in Sam Cammeron - David Cameron's wife to have a stroll ar more...
Today in parliament we saw one of the most explosive PMQ's for a long time. With constant jibes of "Bye-Bye" from the back benches the speaker had to intervene constan more...
Having a couple of days off over the half term has given me a tremendous opportunity to instil the concept of democracy and the free state on my five year old daughter. What with t more...
6th may apparently. Mr Brown is going to see queeny on the morning morning of the 6th (having pushed through the last of his legislation). And will ask the queen to dissolve par more...
The Crosby Angel which is located in the corner of the playground at Crosby Primary School on Froddingham Road is to be restored. The Angel was erected as a war memorial in 1926 more...
holme hall avenue in bottesford is currently closed due to an accident involving a renault Espace and a pedestrrian. Police are currently on the scene and the road remains close more...
This week saw the return to court of Elliot Morley to face charges of theft and false accounting with regard to his ongoing expenses prosecution. Mr Morley is being defended by more...
Ancient woodland at Broughton which borders the boundary of Scunthorpe has been saved from redevelopment by the Forest Pines Hotel and Golf resort. In a joint campaign by both t more...
You might remember a little time ago, we ran a feature on Russell Radford and his campaign to bring back the Clock Town to Scunthorpe town Centre. Well as expected his campaign more...
Last week there was a bit in the local ET about not leaving your car running, plus an inane readers letter published in the viewpoint section of the paper by some one who seems to more...
A light hearted look at local politics: At long last it's finally started, this week has seen the beginning of the long awaited election campaign in North Lincolnshire, and whil more...
Today sees Elliot Morley defending himself against the accusation of False Accounting brought under the theft act by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Elliot Morley became in more...
The environment agency have today released a report showing where in North Lincolnshire 6 proposed new hydropower generators may be located. Most notably these are Trent - ne more...
It seems more and more in life that we are being told how to run our own lives. For years smokers have been bullied for doing something perfectly legal, harassed by everyone includ more...
Council tax in North Lincolnshire is set to rise by 2.9% as opposed to the 3.5% speculated mid week by the telegraph. Kirk's First Folley is to remain, hopefully this year with more...
One of the problems Scunthorpe always seems to have faced is the unsympathetic "regeneration" it seems to go through periodically. I've been looking on facebook at som more...
After a big build up and having been told I actually want a massive tax hike,we finally get to see what Captain Smirk has in mind for us tomorrow . The Pods are progressing well, more...
CLUB 2000 WILL BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AT A COST TO COUNCIL TAX PAYERS OF ROUGHLY 200K TO BUILD NOTHING !!!!! IN ITS PLACE WILL BE SOME SORT OF GARDEN OR OTHER SUCH more...
I've been reading the news quite a bit this week, and can't help but notice two things, initially how disappointed and let down local people are with their local representatives, a more...
A fire broke out at BOS Plant on the Corus Steelworks on Friday afternoon at around 3:30 pm. 4 fire appliances attended the incident which was quickly brought under control. more...
Three Skaters from North Lincolnshire are planning to put on a series of events in an attempt to ward off the closure of the Skate park in Brigg. Why's the skate park closing? S more...
Elsham? Yes you heard right! Elsham of all places! The sleepy hamlet of Elsham nestled away in the hills behind Brigg was the centre of a massive drugs raid by North Lincolnshire's more...
Today's big story, exclusive to Visit Scunthorpe is that Fluffy the market cat is missing. She normally sits in the sun on the vacant stall by the back door to the food market, more...
Following a criminal prosecution brought against Elliot Morley on the count of 2 cases of False Accounting, VisitScunthorpe.com has been informed that Mr Morley has now been suspen more...
A campaign has begun to replace the clock tower which used to stand in the town center, outside what is now known as The Foundry. Originally built and commissioned by British St more...
A summons has been obtained from City of London Magistrates against Elliot Morley under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for false accounting between Feb 2004 and April 2006. Mr more...
Checkout Assistant Would you like disposable bags, or a bag for life sir? Me I'll have disposable bags please Checkout Assistant But sir, that's damaging the environmen more...
The junction on Doncaster road with Avenue Vivian is to be replaced finally with a set of traffic lights! Isn't it amazing to see the local council finally spending some money o more...
on thursday the 28th of january 2010 my BTECH ICT group have started to make a vidio and a news letter about the governments new scheme to put a FREE computer and FREE internet use more...
So as I take my walk to work in the morning - being the socially conscious person I am - I have to walk down the dual carriage way from the old Beefeater to Howdens hill nice walk more...
With the Baths Hall still a hole in the ground the first event to kick off at the new venue looks like a battle of the bids! The council are currently examining bids from 3 comp more...
Now the snow and ice have cleared we thought wed ask residents How bad is your road? We are not talking about levels of crime here lack of wheelie bin collection or the amount o more...
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