News :Scunthorpe

A FORMER director in the NHS was found to have died from toxic levels of paracetamol mixed with alcohol, an inquest heard. Mary Swan, 56, of Scunthorpe, was found dead on the bathroom floor of her flat when her neighbours noticed she had not gone to …

SCUNTHORPE businessman Carl Chapman grew cannabis with an estimated street value of £22,000, a court heard. At Grimsby Crown Court, Chapman, 31, of Foxhills Road, Scunthorpe admitted producing the cannabis at Unit One, Sandtoft industrial estate …

Now with his future secure, Dawson can concentrate on the summer and looking forward to the summer. But he does have a wish come the end of next season. “Hopefully my new team can do it as well so both Bury and Scunthorpe can go up next season.

Builder Richard Sturman, 42, and plumber, Gareth Dobb, 32, have gone into partnership to take over one of Scunthorpe’s oldest hotels The Grosvenor. They have signed a five-year rolling lease to run the hotel on Old Crosby which celebrated its centenary …

A SCUNTHORPE school has shown its support for Mental Health Awareness Week by writing and releasing a song. Pupils at St Lawrence Academy, on Doncaster Road, performed the piece to help raise awareness of mental health issues. Helen Parker …

Well the summer of 1967 was not quite as passionate in the Scunthorpe area – but it did have its moments. Scunthorpe’s population had reached 71,010 – the highest level since the town was created in 1936 – and a staggering 25,700 people were employed 

GARY and Jeanette Ellis have been give notice to quit the Open Hearth pub in Scunthorpe after 11 years in charge. Now angry customers have launched an online petition to save their jobs. Mother-of-three Jeanette, 63, who has worked in the trade since …