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SCUNTHORPE’S biggest annual spectator event was at the peak of its popularity during June 1967.The Appleby-Frodingham steelworks gala drew many thousands of youngsters and adults to Brumby Hall sportsground, off Ashby Road. Lysaght’s, which …

JEANETTE and Gary Ellis, the managers at Scunthorpe’s Open Hearth Hotel who are facing dismissal, will have their appeal heard on Monday (June 11) at noon. The couple, who have run the pub for 11 years, have been ordered by owners Sam Smith …

PUPILS at a Scunthorpe school were given the chance to meet and interact with dinosaurs in the flesh! As part of Dinosaur Discovery week, students at Westcliffe Primary School learnt all about the prehistoric creatures in sessions at the school …

WORK has started on giving the outside of Glenny’s Bar in Scunthorpe a much-needed facelift. Owner Steve Glenworth, 51, is investing £12,000 on installing wooden cladding and windows and repainting the 103-year-old building on Cottage Beck Road.

A FEW years ago, Scunthorpe brothers Rupert and Henry Stansall were playing with their rock band in pubs like the Gamekeeper in Scotter and the Black Beauty in Bottesford – for petrol money. But this Saturday (June 10) the siblings – now known as the …Man busted with over 1000 fake drugs at Bonnaroo: ‘I’m doing God’s work’The TennesseanMan arrested selling fake drugs at Bonnaroo, claiming to ‘do God’s work’WZTVall 86 news articles »

Your wish could come true this summer thanks to the Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society, which is operating both guided train tours and footplate experiences around British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks until the end of September.

Scunthorpe voters have been giving their reaction to the General Election result, the hung parliament and what it might mean for Brexit. And after the poll resulted in no single party gaining a majority, most were open to the idea of yet another …MAPPED: Tories gunning for THESE heartland seats – and will STILL snatch some despite pollDaily StarColin Mellors: Moment of truth arrives for polls in battleground seatsYorkshire PostWhat results to watch as UK election goes down to the wire?Reutersall 7,836 news articles »

Nic Dakin has won Scunthorpe for the Labour Party at the General Election. The MP retained the seat he first won in 2010. His victory was seen as something of 

SCUNTHORPE Scorpions will look to put up a better showing when they take on local rivals Sheffield Tigers for the second time in less than a month. The Scorpions were defeated 50-40 by their rivals from down the M18 at the Eddie Wright Raceway last …