Skip to main content

General

Recycling collections backlog – clearing to begin next week

Earlier this week, the Council announced that dry recycling collections would be suspended across North East Lincolnshire until Monday 14 August. With the seven recycling crews moved onto other rounds to help clear the backlog of domestic and garden waste, these rounds are now almost up to date and being collected on time. With this…

10 months ago | Bins, waste and recycling
Waste bins

Update on waste and recycling collections: 3 Aug 2023

Dry recycling collections remain suspended across North East Lincolnshire until Monday 14 August to help clear the current backlog of domestic and garden waste. As previously reported, the waste service has been experiencing delays in the last few weeks due to staffing issues. The council is reassuring residents that initial issues, which centred on staff…

10 months ago | General
Waste bins

Cleethorpes’ Pier: 150 years and still standing

There is no finer example of Cleethorpes Victorian architecture than our beautiful seaside pier. For 150 years this iconic structure has stood strong against the elements, inspiring countless visitors to venture out to sea. But how much do you know of its history? The Cleethorpes Promenade Pier Order was approved in 1867 and planning began…

10 months ago | General
Pier postcard

Car bumpers found amongst fly-tipping pile in Grimsby

CAR parts and old furniture – items illegally dumped down a Grimsby road in a fly-tipping incident that has been reported to North East Lincolnshire Council. The authority has launched an investigation into the dumped goods, which were spotted by a member of the public. As part of that, officers are appealing for information from…

10 months ago | General

It’s a win-win situation when you play Winsby Community Lottery

Sign up and support a good cause today and not only will you be in with the chance of winning weekly cash prizes of up to £25,000, but if you enter before Saturday 26th August, you will be in with the chance of winning an Apple MacBook Air, all for just £1 a week! This…

10 months ago | General
Winsby Macbook promotion

Bumper Victoria Street cycling fine welcomed.

RIDE your cycle on Grimsby’s pedestrianised shopping street and risk a total fine and costs of more than £1,000! That’s the message being sent out as one of the largest fines and associated costs was issued recently to an offender caught cycling along Victoria Street. North East Lincolnshire Council and its partners are working hard…

10 months ago | General

Two convicted after largest-ever haul of illicit cigarettes in North East Lincolnshire found at Healing home

A man and woman have pleaded guilty after North East Lincolnshire Council’s Trading Standards team seized the largest-ever haul of illegal cigarettes in the borough. Trading Standards officers, supported by Humberside Police, executed a search warrant at the property in Exmoor Close, Healing, on 21 November 2021, following reports from the public that illegal tobacco…

10 months ago | General
Healing illicit cigarette and tobacco haul

Watch out for rogue traders – say no to cold callers!

North East Lincolnshire Council’s Trading Standards officers are warning people not to do business on their doorstep. It comes as reports have come in of a salesman carrying out unsolicited visits to industrial units in the area, quoting small prices but then invoicing inflated amounts that run into thousands of pounds. Following any questioning of…

10 months ago | General
Stock generic photo of builders legs