North East Lincolnshire Council has been awarded a share of £6.7m to develop innovative solutions to flood and coastal resilience in the community. The funding is shared with Doncaster Council and a partnership between both councils, Anglian Water and Yorkshire Water has been formed in order to tackle surface water flooding in the urban environment,…
2 weeks ago | GeneralNorth East Lincolnshire Council’s Cabinet roadshow is back with residents invited to meet their six Cabinet members and chat over issues and ideas from across the borough. People are invited to Grimsby Auditorium on Tuesday, 22 November between 5pm and 7pm. On a first come, first served basis they can meet the leading councillors to…
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An Immingham park now has new play equipment thanks to a £2,500 fundraising drive by a seven-year-old girl. Elysia Nicolaou, who lives near Immingham’s Pilgrim Park, raised the money after an arson attack on her favourite climbing frame in April this year. Helped by her mum Vicky Shakespeare, Elysia launched her own fundraising page and…
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A Grimsby business which has previously sold alcohol to underage shoppers, saw a member of staff hit a customer over the head with a hammer and had a Samurai sword behind the counter has had its licence revoked. A hearing was held at Grimsby Town Hall on Friday 11 November following an application by the…
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The planning application for a new market hall, a cinema and other leisure facilities at the Western end of Freshney Place have now been submitted into the planning system. This is another opportunity for people to have their say on the scheme before it is considered by the Planning Committee in the months ahead, and…
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A major boost to arts, culture and heritage funding has been received in North East Lincolnshire with the latest funding announcement from the Arts Council. This comes in the same week that the amazing art installation, Gaia has opened to the public in Grimsby Minster. Culture House and Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre, working with the…
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Cyclists have flocked in their numbers to get free bike safety checks and equipment at the Be Safe, Be Seen events. North East Lincolnshire Council and its delivery partner, Equans, teamed up with the Cycle Hub Lincs team to deliver the events at a number of new venues. These new venues have been a total…
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The restoration of two shop fronts on Alexandra Road in Cleethorpes has been completed in the last month as part of the Discover Cleethorpes’ Heritage programme. This follows the reveal of another shop front further up the road last week at No.41 as part of the same programme. The shop front and façade of the…
3 weeks ago | GeneralSeveral events to mark Remembrance Day will take place across the borough on Sunday 13 November. Memorials will be held in Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham, New Waltham, Waltham, Laceby, Healing and Stallingborough. Road closures will be in place to ensure the commemorations can go ahead undisturbed. Diversion routes will be introduced at various locations to allow…
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The lights in the stairwell of Abbey Walk Car Park are currently not operational. As a result of this, there will be security in the stairwell to escort people up and down the stairs from 4pm today (Wednesday 9 November) until the car park closes. Cars on the ground floor are unaffected as the lighting…
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