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The campaign group Keep Scunthorpe Alive have recently launched a new campaign aimed at keeping business in the town center. Friends of Ashby PondFollowing the tragic events at a local Scunthorpe wildlife and fishing lake, known locally as "Concrete Pond" Visit Scunthorpe have been asked to help promote a public
meeting to discuss its future. Cycling Record attempt at Quibell Park
Next month sees a unique world record attempt take place at Scunthorpe�s Quibell Park. Diseased Trees removed from Bottesford
Earlier in the year three of the trees located in the "Avenue" on bulls Field (Manor Road) Bottesford, were diagnosed as suffering from "Bleeding Canker" disease. Scunthorpe tweeter talks about the power of social mediaYesterday the local paper announced that having redeveloped its web site to include more social media, and having indeed started encouring more community sourced content, it would now (unsurprisingly) be stopping its daily print run and produce just one weekly copy, on a Thursday priced at a poud.While a several readers have commented on the short sightedness of recent articles in the Target criticising the use of twitter, at least one local resident seems to think that twitter, blogging and social media have a special place at the heart of all things local. Yesterday Fans64 submitted the following article on new media, which highlights some of the good it has achieved in recent weeks. Read Fans64 artcile here So do consider setting up an account and publishing your own news here on www.VisitScunthorpe.Com, like Fans64 has. If you don't fancy contributing, you can always keep checking back for free regular daily news and updates about what's really happening in Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire. E.A. Move in to rescue wildlife in lakeEarlier today, following great anticipation from Anglers and local residents alike, two contractors working on behalf of the Environment Agency turned up at the leaking Concrete Pond off Olive Drive in Ashby to begin the evacuation.There have been massive concerns over the welfare of the wildlife and the future of the pond after water leves became dangerously low over a week ago. Full Article Special Features
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