Grimsby, England News

A Grimsby Labour MP has likened Gordon Brown to "a knackered PM" and told him to his face that he should take a month off.

FIREFIGHTERS battled a blaze in a derelict building on Grimsby Docks. Flames and smoke from the fire, on the North Wall, could be seen from across the docks area yesterday.

A FORMER Marine hurled a pint glass at a woman in a packed Cleethorpes bar, causing her permanent facial damage, a court heard.

A RESPECTED Grimsby charity that has helped more than 12,000 young people has celebrated its 10th anniversary.

PUPILS at a Grimsby school have started their own mini-campaign to push for the town to retain an ice rink.

A DISUSED area of Grimsby's Nunsthorpe Estate has been transformed into a bloom-ing focal point.

THE Bottoms Up Appeal target of A 150,000 is in sight. A charity shooting match led by consultant Henry Pearson helped boost the appeal to aid sufferers recovering from bowel surgery.

AFTER tension, excitement and tiaras, Miss Grimsby Telegraph has finally been crowned! After a 10-year gap, a new glamorous ambassador has been chosen to represent the paper - and the town - at important social events.

CAN you dig it? Yes, you can, is the answer from one particular green-fingered pair after winning a Grimsby In Bloom competition.

THE heat was on for a bridal and menswear shop owner after a small fire broke out.

That's what health bosses have declared our Let's Talk About Sex campaign. And, thanks to YOU, they have pledged to use key information provided by the hundreds who responded to our online survey to shape future sexual health services for young people - and tackle rising numbers of sexually transmitted infections and high teenage pregnancy rates.

To anyone peering through a wire perimeter, it is nothing more than a tattered, oversized barge anchored at the windswept docklands on the edge of town.

To the dozens of Italian migrant workers who live onboard, it is home.

But some worry that this floating labor hostel, as well as at least two others in the north eastern English port of Grimsby, could be a harbinger of a future in which Europe's open borders allow the increasing use of external workers to undercut local and long-term employees.

AN ALCOHOLIC threatened a shopkeeper with a torrent of racial abuse before assaulting a police officer, Grimsby Crown Court heard.

THE RAF Falcons swooped into the grounds of the Oasis Academy Wintringham yesterday to help unveil the school's new premises.

A CARNIVAL is coming to Grimsby - aiming to raise A 12,000 for cardiac care at the town's hospital.

A FATAL road accident in which a 92-year-old man died was simply a "tragic accident", an inquest has ruled.

A 19-YEAR-old man arrested in connection with the murder of Ben Ford appeared in court again yesterday.

POLICE investigating the death of Grimsby man Ben Ford have appealed to people living in the Hanson Way and Hildyard Street area for help.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man arrested in connection with the murder of Ben Ford has been charged with violent disorder and breach of asbo.

POLICE have charged a 25-year-old man with the murder of Ben Ford. As reported, 23-year-old Ben, of Grimsby's Duke Street, died in hospital of stab wounds sustained during an incident on the town's Hanson Way on Friday night.