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Mumps outbreak: Get vaccinated now plea

Health experts are warning teenagers, young adults and parents of young children to act now.

A MUMPS outbreak in North East Lincolnshire has seen cases soar – with 1,333 per cent more so far this year compared to the whole of 2008.

The Health Protection Agency reports cases of mumps in the area have risen from three in the whole of 2008 to 43 in first half of the year.

However, most of those new cases have been...

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Heard the one about the three-legged chick?

Nev Makey of Tetney with the his two-day-old chicken

AN EGGS-TRA special arrival has given a poultry enthusiast a real coup. A three-legged chicken was discovered among a clutch of chicks...

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Transport planners want to hear your opinions

David Pilsworth, Highways Agency project manager.

RESIDENTS are being invited to share their views on proposed changes to the A160 at a public consultation, which continues today. The...

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Next stop, Lotto awards

HARBOUR Place Day Centre has reached the semi-finals of the 2009 National Lottery Awards. And now it needs your vote to help it progress to the final, when the UK's favourite Lottery-funded...

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Alcoholic lashed out at hospital workers

Elaine Hawes outside Grimsby Magistrates' Court

A DRUNKEN Grimsby woman attacked a paramedic and a nurse after being taken to hospital with a head injury. Alcoholic Elaine Hawes, 47,...


All decked out for carnival

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AS the Cleethorpes Carnival edges closer, local groups taking part are busy preparing their floats. This year's parade – on Satur...

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Grotbusters blitz resort

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CLEETHORPES is looking cleaner following an intensive spruce up. North East Lincolnshire Council's street cleansing and environmental e...

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Cosalt optimistic signs of recovery are on horizon

Cosalt supplied £240,000 worth of life jackets for the Oasis Of The Seas cruise liner.

GRIMSBY firm Cosalt has had a multi-million-pound increase in sales – despite an overall loss of £3.4-million. The firm's future...

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BOUNCE BACK: Help to collect benefits you are entitled to

WILL you Bounce Back and be Quids In? As part of Bounce Back, we have teamed up with campaign partner North East Lincolnshire Council to make sure everyone receives the benefits they are...

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Turning purple for charity

Assistant headteacher Clare Glaves, front, gets into the spirit of Purple People Day with other staff and students

USUALLY, not wearing the correct school uniform gets pupils into trouble – but Whitgift School broke the rules and went purple...

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Swine flu latest

THE NHS in North East Lincolnshire has moved from “containment phase” to “treatment phase” regarding swine flu.This is in line with the latest national position on...

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Linwood ready for Mariners challenge

Paul Linwood - three-year deal.

GRIMSBY Town's new signing Paul Linwood wants to help the Mariners challenge for promotion next season. The 25-year-old centre-back rubber-stamped a three-year deal at Blundell Park yesterday and immediately stated his desire to make his mark next season. The Birkenhead-born defender, who worked under Town boss Mike Newell briefly at Tranmere...



Sweeney deal pleases boss

MIKE Newell is delighted to have finally agreed a deal to make Peter Sweeney a fully-fledged Grimsby Town player.Negotiations with the...


Fell urges Clee's Kirby to come out firing

Mark Fell

LINCOLNSHIRE director of cricket Mark Fell is banking on Cleethorpes' Bill Kirby to lead the charge when his struggling side tackle...


Belton takes Open Week Singles title

John Belton with his trophy.

JOHN Belton scooped the Singles title as a highly successful Cleethorpes Open Bowls Tournament was played to a close on Finals Day at...


Hickman closes on rival Mason

Peter Hickman

PETER Hickman insists privateer rival Gary Mason's aura of invincibility is over - and the Louth ace is gunning for his maiden victory...







 

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Very worried

BEING very concerned about bail hostels in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area, I wrote to the Government and the reply was very worrying.

The reply was, there are no bail hostels in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area.

But there are rented houses that contain criminals either going in or out of prisons or courts.

To me it seems...

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Resort needs a tower

I HAVE just got back from a lovely day in Cleethorpes with my two daughters. I have not been there for a while due to ill health. We had great time, the weather was really warm and we had a...

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You're a rat

I WOULD like to nominate Rat Of The Week to someone who blatantly walked into the front garden of number 33 Daubney Street, Cleethorpes, between 7pm and 7.30pm, and helped themselves to the...

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Huge thanks

I WOULD like to say a huge thank you to the couple living on Chelmsford Avenue, Grimsby, who called to say they had found my missing cat Twinkle. She had been gone for over a week and I had...

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Keeping the toll prices down!

I'VE noticed that cable cars have been put on the Humber Bridge now, so I hope that all the revenue will be going to keep the tolls down! Rob Stratford Snr, Loft Ave, Grimsby.

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Too many cars

I AM only writing about what everybody knows, but nobody will admit the fact that there are simply too many cars on the roads. I refuse, as a pedestrian, to be intimidated by what is, after...

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Council should pull its finger out

READING the Telegraph, June 29, with reference to the carnival firework display being cancelled after Lee Gibbons (Smart Pyro) had put so much hard work into it, only to be told by North...

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We were helpless

WHILST crossing the road after Pasture Street crossings, Grimsby, a cyclist sped from behind me, nearly knocking a young girl over. In the process, she dropped her mobile phone, which I...

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Workers praised

A MERITED word of praise for the staff at Katie's diner, at Ramsdens. This splendid bunch of ladies is never other than cheerful, regularly singing along to their Sixties CDs. There is a...

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Thanks to all who supported Ark pet food run

Some of those who supported the North East Lincolnshire Motorcycle Action Group's pet food run.  Submitted picture

I WOULD like to say a big thank you to all who supported the North East Lincolnshire Motorcycle Action Group's pet food run on Sunday,...

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So afraid

RE: Strikes Could Hurt Area's Reputation, Shona McIsaac should be condemning Total for its employment policy. It would not dare employ foreign workers in France at the expense of French...

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