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A new Halifax bomber memorial is in the works in North Lincolnshire. Planning permission has been sought to erect a small monument or memorial of a Halifax II Bomber in Kirton in Lindsey. It is proposed on land south of 1 Spa Hill. The applicant, Tony Bartlett, was behind another monument in the town area in 2021. He designed the ‘Chirchetone’ monument at Traingate, which has a sculpture of a farmer with an old potato plough, and a plaque below referring to the town’s ancient name. Read More: This was supported by £10,000 of North Lincolnshire Council community grant cash. A similar grant has been sought for the bomber memorial, and is subject to it getting planning permission. Read on below for recent North Lincolnshire planning applications, including a market cross that attracts visitors from around the world. Halifax bomber memorial The location of the memorial is unused open space, with grass. The town council have supported the project, including organisation of a fundraising buffet at the town hall. Kirton in Lindsey Society has been managing the fundraising. The memorial is proposed as 2.3m wide by 0.9m tall. There would also be a stainless steel plane sculpture of 800mm wingspan. A flower bed, to be changed biannually, is proposed around it. It is intended to mark an important event in the town’s history. Handley Page Halifax II planes along with Lancasters shared the burden of Bomber Command’s night-bombing campaigns against Nazi Germany in World War Two. They were also used in other duties including general reconnaisance in Coastal Command. A Halifax II crashed into a house in Kirton in Lindsey near the proposed memorial during the Second World War. The town featured an active Ministry of Defence base for many years, and RAF Kirton in Lindsey was a fighter command station during the Battle of Britain. Photograph of prototype Halifax bomber memorial in Kirton in Lindsey (Image: North Lincolnshire Council planning portal) Scunthorpe United solar panels North Lincolnshire Council have applied to check if prior approval is needed for solar panels at Glanford Park, Scunthorpe, home of The Iron. There are 315 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels proposed, with 138.6 kWp. The solar panels would be on the western stand’s roof. The council has previously secured approval for solar panels at Ashby Hub, North Lincolnshire Museum, Normanby Gateway and Baths Hall, enabled by government Towns Fund cash. Want to sign up to the Scunthorpe newsletter, but can’t access the link below? Click here . Epworth market cross Epworth Town Council has sought permission to spruce up its market cross. The Grade II listed structure was reset in 1806, when Napoleon roamed across mainland Europe, but dates back further to medieval times. The proposed refurbishment will involve vegetation removal, pointing of the monument, cleaning the pavement around it, and a low pressure high temperature steam cleaner to clean the monument itself. The latter is on the recommendation of North Lincolnshire Council’s conservation officer. The application details the cross’s fame. “The proposal will help to maintain the Market Cross, which as a result of it being a site from which John Wesley preached in the past attracts tourists from all over the world.” The founder of Methodism was born in the town, and preached from the steps of the cross. Potatoes Finally, a storage building in Scawby will be getting an extension to hold more potatoes. The 31 by 38m extension, with ridge height of 12.15m, was sought by Bennett Potatoes Ltd. An application document details that it supplies a wide variety of potatoes of different sizes to the catering, wholesale and export markets, as well as fresh produce for retailers. The extension will not increase current operations, but will increase storage space, allowing for optimal timing of sales. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

A criminal who stole items from a hospital and charity shop, a man who obstructed a train service between Scunthorpe and Doncaster and a thief who stole blocks of cheese worth £120 have been sentenced by magistrates in Grimsby. While some cases were adjourned to a later date and others sent to Grimsby Crown Court, offenders from across northern Lincolnshire were still handed prison sentences, community orders, hefty fines and driving bans last week. Here are several people who have been sentenced at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court in recent days. READ MORE: James Rhodes, 52, of Mary Street, Scunthorpe pleaded guilty to one count of burglary in which he entered Scunthorpe General Hospital as a trespasser and stole a laptop, a docking station and a handheld radio, two counts of theft from a shop in which he stole a coffee machine worth £150 from British Heart Foundation and two bottles of whiskey from Sainsbury’s and one count of using racially aggravated, threatening and abusive words or behaviour towards another person. He was given a 12-month suspended sentence order. Bradley Welch, 24, of Haynes Close, Scunthorpe indicated a plea of guilty to obstructing a train on the railway by an unlawful act, wilful omission or neglect, namely being on the wrong side of a bridge obstructing an engine or carriage on the railway in Scunthorpe. He was given a 12-month suspended sentence order. Grimsby Magistrates Court (Image: Donna Clifford/GrimsbyLive) Kyle Stevenson, 33, of Freeston Street, Cleethorpes pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage in which he damaged a window worth £2,000 belonging to Marks and Spencer and three counts of theft from a shop in which he stole blocks of cheese worth £120 from Heron Foods and Farmfoods and biscuits and chocolate worth £53 from Heron Foods. He also pleaded guilty to the possession of spice. He was given a 12-month suspended sentence order and ordered to pay £250 in compensation. George Barnard-Mumby, 23, of Northlands Road, Winterton pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of or provoke unlawful violence. He was handed a three-year football banning order which prohibits him from attending any home or away Scunthorpe United FC games and ordered to pay a £120 victim services surcharge and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service. Scott Dillon, 36, of Corinthian Avenue, Grimsby indicated pleas of guilty to the breach of a restraining order after being found inside an address with the victim and two counts of assault by beating against two police officers. He was jailed for 16 weeks. Lee Chambers, 44, of Elsenham Road, Grimsby pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating, two counts of common assault, one count of theft from a shop in which he stole two cans of lager from Aldi and one count of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of or provoke unlawful violence. He was jailed for 16 weeks and ordered to pay £200 in compensation. Leanne Mussell, 40, of Carnforth Crescent, Grimsby pleaded guilty to two counts of common assault against an emergency worker, namely two police officers. She was given an 18-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay a £26 victim services surcharge. Joshua Fawcett, 31, of Pintail Close, Scunthorpe pleaded guilty to driving whilst above the legal alcohol limit, driving without an appropriate licence and driving without insurance. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay a £200 fine, £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service and an £80 victim services surcharge. Mark Phillips, 22, of The Rise, South Ferriby pleaded guilty to driving whilst under the influence of cannabis. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay a £120 fine and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

Two North Lincolnshire mums whose children were diagnosed with heart defects have praised a revolutionary piece of equipment that allowed their infant daughters to undergo crucial scans without the need for general anaesthetic. The MRI Baby Incubator – also known as the “babypod” – at Leeds Children’s Hospital has transformed the way doctors look after babies with congenital heart disease, as a groundbreaking alternative to paediatric MRI scans. The incubator is the only one of its kind in the UK, with the hospital the first in Europe to provide the facility for heart MRI scans. Emma-Jane Hickie from Metheringham, North Lincolnshire had a fetal MRI scan at 32 weeks pregnant, where baby Sophie was diagnosed with borderline left heart, a congenital heart defect in which the structures that make up the left side of the heart are smaller than they should be. READ MORE: Just 24 hours after Sophie was born, she was moved from her bed on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) into the babypod and taken for her MRI scan. Recalling the experience, Emma-Jane said: “Sophie was swaddled in a blanket and placed into the pod, she had the plate strapped onto her chest and had little ear defenders put on to block out the noise. Once she had her dummy she was peaceful, cosy and went back to sleep. Once the consent forms were signed Sophie was taken down for her MRI. I was able to go with her if I wanted to. Sophie in the babypod (Image: Submitted) “Dr Malenka was extremely reassuring throughout the whole process. She showed me the babypod before Sophie was born which really helped me to picture what would happen. After all the poking and prodding our babies have to go through with having CHD the MRI is extremely beneficial as it is completely non-invasive. “Sophie had echocardiograms before and after surgery. The MRI was is a lot less stressful for Sophie. The echocardiograms use cold jelly which Sophie did not appreciate. Being swaddled and warm in the baby pod was just like being in her NICU bed so didn’t seem like she was actually having a test done. “Sophie has a borderline left ventricle which made it difficult for surgeons to decide which surgery would be best. I feel that the images from the MRI really helped in making that decision. Sophie was able to remain bi-ventricular which might have been a different story if the images didn’t give the surgeons hope that her CHD could be repaired. Sophie, now (Image: Submitted) “The images from the babypod MRI really helped me understand my baby’s condition better. I could actually see her defect in black and white rather than trying to picture it from conversations with cardiologists and surgeons.” Aged just eight days old, baby Ebony Jones from Scunthorpe was rushed to hospital in September last year after she turned purple and couldn’t breathe properly. After doctors carried out a scan of her heart, it became clear that it wasn’t working as it should be, and she was transferred to Leeds Children’s Hospital. Mum Courtney said: “Our little Ebony’s organs had started to shut down and it was still very touch and go if she would make the journey. Once at Leeds we were informed that Ebony had hypoplastic left heart syndrome and coarctation of the aorta as well as two holes, one in the top and one in the bottom. Baby Ebony inside the incubator (Image: Submitted) “We found the babypod to be a very calm experience. We didn’t have to worry about the effects of the anaesthetic or waiting until our daughter had come back round. The babypod helped as the doctors got a better image of her heart rather than doing an echocardiogram which will only show so much.” Ebony had seven-hour open heart surgery in October 2023, informed by the data from the MRI scan. The equipment was provided by Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF), thanks to additional funders including the Morrisons Foundation, Heart Research UK and Ilkley Round Table. Courtney added: “To the funders of the incubator I would say thank you, it creates a such better experience for the whole family and also gives the doctors a better image of what they are looking at and it can help to diagnose and treat.” Baby Ebony, now (Image: Submitted) Dr Malenka Bissell, Consultant in Congenital Cardiac MRI at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, worked with clinicians in the US on the science behind the equipment, and has overseen countless baby MRI scans since she introduced it into clinical practice at Leeds four years ago. She said: “I’m so excited that we can now image the heart in the same way we can imaging the brain already, without needing a general anaesthetic. This has transformed how we look after our babies in the high-risk clinic. The high-risk clinic time is a time of huge uncertainty for parents. “Doing the babypod MRI scan at two to three months of age helps us formulate likely treatment plans much earlier than previously. Some of our high-risk babies previously were too fragile to have an MRI scan under general anaesthetic and we were only able to CT scan which is missing crucial information about blood flow. Now all of our high risk clinic babies – no matter how fragile – can benefit from the babypod.” To find out more about CHSF and its vital work, click here. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

The general election candidates in constituencies across northern Lincolnshire have been announced. Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, and the Green Party are standing candidates in all northern Lincolnshire seats. There are independents and four other parties also standing in the area’s constituencies. Polling day is July 4, and the deadline to register to vote is midnight on June 18. The deadline for new postal vote applicants or amendments to existing proxy votes is June 19. To register to vote, click here. Read More: For new proxy vote applications and for voter authority certificates, these applications must be made by 5pm on June 26. The full list of candidates standing is below, in constituency alphabetical order. Brigg and Immingham Najmul Hussain – Labour Party Paul Ladlow – Reform UK Eleanor Rylance – Liberal Democrats Martin Vickers – Conservative Party Amie Watson – Green Party Doncaster East and Isle of Axholme Nick Fletcher – Conservative Party Paul Garrett – Green Party Michael Longfellow – Climate Party Irwen Martin – Reform UK Lee Pitcher – Labour Party Nicola Turner – Liberal Democrats Greater Grimsby and Cleethorpes Ed Fraser – Green Party Oliver Freeston – Reform UK Mark Gee – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) John Lawson – Liberal Democrats Lia Nici – Conservative Party Melanie Onn – Labour Party Christopher Stephenson – Social Democratic Party (SDP) Scunthorpe County Cahal Burke – Liberal Democrats Dr Abdul Butt – Independent Nick Cox – Green Party Scott Curtis – Heritage Party Nic Dakin – Labour Party Darren Haley – Reform Party Holly Mumby-Croft – Conservative Party. Join the FREE Grimsby Live WhatsApp Community Get all the latest stories, sent straight to your WhatsApp – all you need to do is click the link. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

The Conservatives and Labour have won a councillor each in by-elections held for North Lincolnshire Council. Voters in Axholme North and Brumby wards went to the polls on June 6 after the deaths of incumbent councillors, John Briggs and Steve Swift respectively, earlier this year. There has been no change to the political representation of the wards, with the Conservatives retaining the Axholme North role, and Labour holding Brumby. Neither of the races were close contests, and other parties did not pick up 70 votes or more in either poll. The make-up of the council remains split between 27 Conservative and 16 Labour councillors. Read More: Ian Bint for the Conservatives and Labour’s Daniel Hart are the new councillors. The results in full are set out below. Axholme North Ian Bint, Local Conservatives – 901 – ELECTED Lara Chaplin, Labour Party – 378 Alan Kelly, Liberal Democrats – 67 There was one rejected ballot. Brumby Robin Abram, Liberal Democrats – 43 Alan Cook, Local Conservatives – 294 Peter Dennington, Green Party – 49 Daniel Hart, Labour Party – 616 – ELECTED There were seven rejected ballots. Steve Swift and John Briggs were long-standing councillors in North Lincolnshire. Steve Swift sadly died after being taken ill while delivering a speech at the council’s budget meeting. He had served the people of North Lincolnshire since 1996, and before then was also part of Humberside County Council. John Briggs had been Mayor of North Lincolnshire twice and was due to be again in May. He was first elected to the council in 1999. In his victory speech, Daniel Hart paid tribute to his predecessor. “It goes without saying this is not an election that we wanted, Cllr Steve Swift was a great voice for the community, a committed campaigner and he took pride in helping the ward. During the last local election he was a great mentor, not only to me but to many others in the Labour movement. I am truly honoured to have been able to call him a friend.” “We have been and are listening to your stories on the doorstep and will work hard for you,” he said of voters. He also thanked all who had campaigned and voted for his election, and his wife for her support. More updates to follow as we get them. Want to sign up to the Scunthorpe newsletter, but can’t access the link below? Click here . Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

Proposals for an incinerator energy development in North Lincolnshire are still awaiting a government decision for approval. Nine months ago, the planning inspectorate gave its recommendations on proposals for North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. A decision has been delayed three times since, partly to await information from interested parties. The most recent delay, to a decision by July 15, allows for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) analysis of waste incineration capacity within the management of non-recyclable waste in England. Read More: The new energy park, based at Flixborough Industrial Estate and land to the south, could create up to 257 jobs. The incinerator would be capable of converting up to 760,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste into 95MW of electricity. A £5.7m boost to the local economy is also estimated. The project’s scale, not limited to only an incinerator, means it is too big for ordinary planning permission. It needs a development consent order, a lengthier process. The application for this was made two years ago. What are the North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park proposals? An energy recovery facility, or incinerator, is the core element of the scheme. Up to 760,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste would be converted. It would be capable of producing enough energy for the equivalent of 221,000 homes. An application document suggests up to 150,000 tonnes of CO2 would be prevented from release to landfill. There would be a carbon capture storage system to treat some of the excess gases released. The two facilities would be designed to be able to be linked to a Humber carbon pipeline, if that gets approved. Ash produced would be treated too, and used for a concrete block manufacturing facility. Plastic recycling, hydrogen production and storage, and battery storage facilities are also planned. An electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen (H2O) refuelling station, a new access road and parking, a visitor centre, a 65-acre wetland area, and reinstatement of the disused railway line between Dragonby and Flixborough’s wharf are also planned. The rail track ceased being used for steel-linked activities in 2012. How the North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park might look (Image: Solar 21) Solar 21 is behind the proposal, and has set up North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Ltd to drive the application. Headquartered in Ireland, it specialises in the purchase and management of solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and the development of renewable power assets, like biomass. Opposition to the incinerator North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park has its detractors, with pressure group UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) making a number of submissions to government. These have largely questioned the green credentials of the project including emissions, and the need for another waste incinerator, suggesting there is already more than enough capacity. The applicant contends in planning documents it has demonstrated the green energy park will not cause overcapacity at local or national level. Scores of nearby residents, including from Flixborough, Amcotts, and Burton-upon-Stather, had their say too, in 2022. While a mix of opinions were expressed, most raised concerns, particularly over noise, traffic and air pollution. During the most recent document submissions, available to view on the planning inspectorate’s website, the applicant has also clarified proposed wildlife mitigation measures. Though it contends alternative technology types will remove adverse air pollution effects on Risby Warren SSSI, it has committed to a S106 agreement to mitigate any residual adverse effects. This involves negotiations with a tenant farmer adjacent to the wildlife site to stop pig farming there before the incinerator is running. CGI impression of North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park visitor centre (Image: Solar 21) The announcement to delay a decision to by July 15 was taken two weeks before the general election was called. Should North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park get the go-ahead, its scale means it will be some time before it is completed. A six-year construction programme is anticipated in a submitted document. Want to sign up to the Scunthorpe newsletter, but can’t access the link below? Click here . Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

There are four weeks to go before polling stations open their doors to voters to cast their ballots on General Election day, July 4. A range of issues are concerning people in Scunthorpe thinking about how they will vote, from the NHS to livening up of the town centre. Grimsby Live spoke to people in the town centre on a blustery midweek morning. Like in Grimsby and Cleethorpes, there was also a notable mood of disillusionment with politics generally, expressed by a number of people asked. Whether this anecdotal evidence of apathy is borne out by voter turnout remains to be seen. Read More: Take part in our Grimsby Live election issues survey below, aimed at identifying the key topics that will shape how the people of North and North East Lincolnshire will vote. “National Health Service, it’s got to be,” said John Cook, passing through Queen Elizabeth Memorial Gardens. “That’s the main thing.” He confirmed when asked that this issue was at least partly linked to Scunthorpe General Hospital and proposed changes there. “The economy’s the economy. We’re governed by a lot of other factors external to this country.” “It’s mainly the way the National Health Service is going,” he said was why it was his chief concern. He mentioned a relative on a waiting list for two years, and talked about wanting easier access to GPs. “It’s just simple things like getting into see your doctor. “To me, the doctors are employed by the government, I don’t understand why the government haven’t told them you’re going to see people,” he said, expressing dismay at fewer face-to-face appointments. John Cook, pictured, said the NHS was the key issue for him (Image: Donna Clifford) He also added he was annoyed by the mix and match of private healthcare within the healthcare system, noting those with cash could use private to see people sooner. Michelle and Anne expressed a negative view of the current prime minister. They hoped for better representation of working class concerns in government. John on the High Street near Starbuck’s also felt more was needed for the working class. “I’m not being funny, it doesn’t matter who I vote for, they’re not going to do anything for the working man.” Michelle and Anne, in Scunthorpe town centre (Image: Donna Clifford) “I pay my taxes, my National Insurance, I’ve worked since 13, and I get nothing.” The retirement age going up to 68 he also did not support. “Hang on a minute, who’s to say I’m going to be fit to work at 65?” He currently did not work due to personal circumstances, and expressed frustration that he was not entitled to any benefits support because of his wife’s earnings. John raised concerns about asylum seekers on benefits. He suggested a voucher scheme could help direct use of benefits money, and generally wanted migrants to work, to contribute to society. He was not the only individual in the town centre who raised migration as an issue. John also observed the generational difference in society with earnings, noting the “war babies” or generation born just after WW2 had more. As mentioned, a number of people expressed disillusionment with politics generally. “The town’s in a mess,” said one man on a bench, who wanted more police and suggested nothing would change come the election result. Want to sign up to the Scunthorpe newsletter, but can’t access the link below? Click here. Claire Ricketts, her daughter KC and mother Sue Hopkinson, shared critique of the town centre’s offering. “More decent shops,” Sue said was something she wanted to see, with the trio noting there were too many of the likes of nail bars and hairdressers. “They need to lower the rent on the premises and then they might actually get people in the shops,” Claire said. “We used to come to town twice a week and we used to go to the local cafe,” she said, but now barely go once a week. KC also raised the issue of bikes and electric scooters through the town centre and a nearby mall. There needed to be more for young people, with at the moment a museum and bowling alleys. Claire also talked about disabled accessibility. “Another thing we need, toilets for the disabled.” There was one in the market that could be used, but “none at the top end of town”. A ‘Changing Places’ disabled toilet is being constructed outside Scunthorpe Library, but this is not the end of town they felt especially lacked public toilet facilities. A disabled loo is being developed by Scunthorpe Library – but that is not the area of town the family said is especially in need of public toilets (Image: Donna Clifford) More locally still and on a more council level, she wants to see bins along Bridges Road, near high rise flats, as it was a popular school route. She volunteer litter picked with her disabled son. “We’re forever picking up rubbish.” The full list of candidates for Scunthorpe County constituency, and all others in northern Lincolnshire, are due to be confirmed later this week. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

It is two weeks into the general election campaign, and constituency seat projection polls suggest northern Lincolnshire could have a new political landscape. New constituency boundaries are in place this time in northern Lincolnshire. The complete blue colour Conservative sea to the political map of northern Lincolnshire’s constituencies is predicted to change, according to the latest polls. Only the Conservative’s candidate for Brigg and Immingham, Martin Vickers, is currently expected by all polls to win. But all of northern Lincolnshire’s four seats have predicted close margins by at least one pollster, meaning every vote will matter. Read More: Below is a breakdown of the latest projections for each of the constituencies by three different pollsters, according to MRP (multi-level regression and poststratification) polls. MRPs are where pollsters combine a big sample size of voting intentions with other sources of information that may indicate how people in a local area will vote, such as census data. Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes All of Electoral Calculus, YouGov and More in Common project this as likely Labour, but the margins differ significantly. Electoral Calculus predicts Labour’s Melanie Onn will win 52 per cent of the vote, and have a 22 per cent margin of win. More in Common, which forecasts overall still a Labour General Election win, thinks it will be close, Labour on 42 per cent, with the Conservatives on 34. YouGov comes in the middle, currently predicting Labour on 43 per cent, and the Conservatives on 26. All predict Reform will get more than 11 per cent in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes – these polls were before Nigel Farage took over the party’s leadership. Two of the three polls suggest the Liberal Democrats will keep their £500 deposit, lost by any candidate who does not win five per cent of the vote. Scunthorpe County Labour’s Sir Nic Dakin is currently projected to win Scunthorpe County by all three pollsters. More in Common again suggests it will be close, with a 45-37 per cent split between Labour and the Conservatives. YouGov has an eighteen per cent margin of difference, and Electoral Calculus is larger, with Labour predicted to get just over half of the vote. Reform is the only other party predicted to keep its deposit, and is again expected to get more than one in ten votes. More in Common MRP poll, June 3 – Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency More in Common / The News Agents – based on 15,000+ sample from April 9 to May 29 Brigg and Immingham As mentioned, the Conservatives’ Martin Vickers is slated to win Brigg and Immingham. Almost all council wards in the constituency are Conservative only, so this is not surprising. All three pollsters, however, predict a close margin between the Conservatives and Labour. More in Common gives the Conservatives a 12 per cent lead, and 46 per cent of all votes. YouGov and Electoral Calculus differ on the precise figures for the two main parties, but both say a six point margin between first and second place. Reform are predicted to poll between nine and 16 per cent, and More in Common suggests the Lib Dems will keep their deposit. Doncaster East and Isle of Axholme This new constituency melds together traditionally strongly Conservative Isle of Axholme and Labour-leaning Doncaster East. It being a potential marginal is possible. More in Common has Labour’s Lee Pitcher on 41 per cent and the Conservatives on 35. Wider margins of victory for Labour are predicted by YouGov and Electoral Calculus, 13 and 14 per cent respectively. As in all the other northern Lincolnshire constituencies, Reform could play its part too, with a projected vote share of between 13 and 17 per cent. More in Common and YouGov predict the Lib Dems to also get above five per cent, with YouGov also suggesting the Greens would not lose their deposit, were they to stand. Full candidate lists for constituencies will be published later this week. Join the FREE Grimsby Live WhatsApp Community Get all the latest stories, sent straight to your WhatsApp – all you need to do is click the link. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. So, three pollsters suggest Labour could win three of northern Lincolnshire four MPs. Boundary changes do, however, make the contests more intriguing. Historically more Conservative-leaning areas of rural North Lincolnshire are within Scunthorpe County, and Cleethorpes is now with Greater Grimsby. Ultimately, polling can only be an indicator, and of how voters would vote now, not in a month’s time. MRP projections also can underplay local factors, such as candidates commanding strong personal support. “A week is a long time in politics,” one 20th century Labour prime minister once said. With four weeks to go before polling day, and manifestos to be launched in full, things could be rather different on election night. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

A renewed application has been made to convert a vacant Scunthorpe property into an HMO. The two-storey property in Jackson Road has been vacant for some time. It used to be split between a flat and a grocery store. A previous 10-bed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) proposal was unanimously rejected by North Lincolnshire Council ‘s planning committee in April. This followed dozens of residents objecting, and a letter of objection from the then-MP, now Scunthorpe County parliamentary candidate, Holly Mumby-Croft. Read More: A fresh proposal has been made, though changes from the original are moderate in nature. This time, an eight-bed HMO is proposed. It has the same number of proposed car parking spaces, four, but the bicycle spaces now number eight. There would be, same as before, two bathrooms, and a kitchen and dining area. There is also a TV lounge now proposed upstairs. The property dates back to 1936, and as in the original application, a two-storey extension to the west is part of the plans. The planning statement has little changed from the rejected ten-bed application – it in fact currently has a section that refers still to six bedrooms on the first floor. This has been reduced to four in the new proposal. It reiterates that it will provide accommodation in “an area that is much sought after”. The building is in a poor condition and would benefit from modernisation, it also restates. Want to sign up to the Scunthorpe newsletter, but can’t access the link below? Click here . The original ten-bed application was rejected on multiple grounds by councillors. These were that it would not provide adequate living conditions and communal space for its occupants, would harm the area’s character, and would cause “unacceptable impacts on highway safety” because of insufficient parking. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire residents close to a wharf with greatly increased activity in recent months say traffic and environmental issues are blighting them, including HGVs before 7am in the morning. In January, Grimsby Live reported on some Burton-upon-Stather residents’ concerns that plans to increase business activity at Kingsferry Wharf would be the “ruination of a peaceful village”. Several months on, and residents say their fears have come to pass, including HGVs on a steep, largely residential road. The increased activity is after MCL Solutions Ltd rented the wharf. A company spokesperson said local government and regulatory agencies had “found nothing untoward in respect of the business practises”. Read More: The spokesperson acknowledged the impact the business may have, and said it was committed to supporting the local community. North Lincolnshire Council is to meet concerned residents in June. Kingsferry Wharf has existed since the 1970s, but been mostly dormant for several decades. A central argument of residents opposed to the wharf’s revival is Stather Road. The one vehicle land route leading down to the wharf on the Trent, it has become more residential over time. A ‘Stop the Wharf’ private Facebook group has around 200 members, where clips of HGV issues or wharf activity are shared. Residents have multiple concerns, but most stem from the HGVs on Stather Road – a steep road, with a blind corner near where it meets Burton-upon-Stather’s High Street and The Sheffield Arms. “It varies in quantity from maybe two or three waggons, six lorry movements, to up to maybe 40+ movements a day,” said Simon Nicholson of the quantity of HGVs in the last few months as the wharf’s activity has begun in earnest. “There are waggons queuing up the hill sometimes before six with the engines running and they park up the hill. It’s not as though they’re local lorries, these have come all the way from Felixstowe.” Join the FREE Grimsby Live WhatsApp Community Get all the latest stories, sent straight to your WhatsApp – all you need to do is click the link. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. He and Jim Mitchell are members of Burton-upon-Stather Parish Council. Following a February motion, they represent it on the Stop the Wharf group committee. They report back, but do not act on its behalf. Jim stated the parish council is supportive of residents’ concerns. Its clerk confirmed it will hold a stall at the village fete, Burton in Bloom, on June 29, and hand out Stop the Wharf stickers to promote the campaign. Noise, vibrations, dust spread, traffic and safety warnings were all issues residents raised as caused by the HGVs connected to the wharf, and the cumulative mental health effect of increased wharf activities. Residents also reported “numerous incidents” of tensions with HGV drivers or wharf workers, mostly when traffic blockages have occurred. “I’m particularly concerned because I’ve got two young children who have to catch the bus to school,” said one parent who declined to be named. The footpath near the top of Stather Road was in disrepair and narrow, she said. “Yesterday, my son slipped.” He was “absolutely petrified”, she said, that a lorry would come around the corner and run over him. The wharf’s entrance in Stather Road, Burton upon Stather (Image: Donna Clifford/GrimsbyLive) “I’m ever so fearful that there will be a fatality. Since most people have to walk on the road on a blind corner. Even when they’re on the path, they’re monstrous, the lorries right next to them.” “It doesn’t bear thinking about,” Simon said, calling the risk of a collision “a ticking timebomb”. On May 2, a 70 foot loader got stuck, blocking several driveways, along with support vehicles, for near eight hours, multiple residents said. As Simon understood it, the HGV traffic is made up of three logistics streams for the wharf, with cement and steel-related materials being loaded and unloaded. Cement and steel-related materials are loaded and unloaded at the wharf (Image: Donna Clifford/GrimsbyLive) Residents are worried about the environmental health effects of dust particles not only from the HGV movements, but also the transferring of these materials. The substance ferrous manganese has been identified by residents as one such element. “It’s like abrasive,” said Garry Booker, who co-runs next door’s Ferry House Inn, of the dust. It was hard to clean off outside tables, he said. Burton upon Stather and Winterton Ward Cllrs Elaine Marper, John Davison and Helen Rowson are supportive of residents’ concerns. “We have been looking at highway solutions over the past few months since the wharf recommenced operations.” This included close work with the parish council, local MP and residents to address issues around the wharf. The entrance to Stather Road, as seen from the High Street, Burton upon Stather. The road widens further down, but it is steep and narrow at its start (Image: LDR) Statutory agencies, including the Environment Agency, Port Health Authority, police and highways, have been consulted by them on the emerging residents’ issues. “We have called for an urgent meeting with these agencies that the leader of the council will chair early in June to address actions required by each agency.” “We are greatly concerned about the impact the wharf operations and its access are having on local residents and we will ensure all of the above agencies utilise their powers in order to address these genuine concerns. Meantime we are asking the wharf to act as good neighbours and think about the impact their business is having on our community.” A screengrab of the video where an HGV with containers got stuck at the High Street in May – the High Street has a 7.5 tonne weight limit (Image: User submitted) A North Lincolnshire Council spokesperson said: “The council is investigating the issues raised by residents and