MP thanks coastguard after ship crash
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Map shows oil tanker and cargo ship collide
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Barton Upon Humber Town Award 2025
Comments Off on Barton Upon Humber Town Award 2025Barton upon Humber Town Council’s Town Award for 2025 will continue with the Wendy Witter Town Award for Organisations, along with the usual Young Person’s award (under 18) and Town Award.
The Award is presented annually to a resident or organisation within the community for work or action of merit. This will be a small thank you to the people who have helped our community or members of it, without expectation of reward or thanks. The winner will receive a silver cup to be held for one year, together with a certificate and keepsake, the award will be presented by the Mayor of Barton upon Humber.
Last year’s Town Award winner was Mr Colin Andrew who was nominated ‘For his unending willingness to step forward and volunteer his Health and Safety expertise on lots of labour intensive projects around Barton and neighbouring villages’. Last year’s Wendy Witter Town Award for Organisations winner was awarded to Barton Parks Parkrun organised by Barton & District Athletics Club.
The nominated person or organisation must live within the town or work voluntarily within Barton upon Humber to be eligible. They cannot be a Town Councillor or an Officer.
If you know someone who has:
• Served within an organisation for many years
• Acted over and above the call of duty
• Helped the aged, or infirm
• Guided and helped youth and children
• Performed acts of courage
• Contributed to our community or persons within it
Please click here to nominate or please send a letter giving reasons for your nomination.
TO BE RECEIVED BY 31st March 2025
Alternatively, please contact the Town Council office at The Assembly Rooms, Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP for a nomination form, email info@bartonuponhumbertowncouncil.gov.uk or telephone 01652 633598.
You will appreciate that any person nominated may not be selected on this particular year but it is pleasing to know those, who through their endeavours, are being brought to the notice of the Town Council.
Pilot of domestic abuse experts helping in 999 call rooms begins in England
Comments Off on Pilot of domestic abuse experts helping in 999 call rooms begins in EnglandJess Phillips says ‘Raneem’s law’ scheme will support ‘force-wide cultural change’ as initial phase is rolled out
Domestic abuse specialists embedded in control rooms receiving 999 emergency calls will help “create force-wide cultural change”, said Jess Phillips as the first phase of “Raneem’s law” was rolled out across England.
The new law is named in memory of Raneem Oudeh, who was killed alongside her mother, Khaola Saleem, in Solihull by Oudeh’s ex-husband, whom she had reported to the police at least seven times, as well as making four 999 calls on the night she was murdered.
Unions call for £200m from government to keep two Scunthorpe steel furnaces open
Comments Off on Unions call for £200m from government to keep two Scunthorpe steel furnaces openExclusive: They say the support for British Steel’s transition to electric replacement is needed to prevent immediate job losses
British Steel should get an extra £200m from the government to support it in keeping the UK’s two remaining blast furnaces open until electric replacements are built, according to a proposal put forward by unions.
Chinese-owned British Steel has said it will replace its polluting blast furnaces at Scunthorpe with electric arc furnaces, which can be used to make much cleaner, recycled steel.
Grant Applications for VE & VJ Day 2025
Comments Off on Grant Applications for VE & VJ Day 2025Grant Application Forms for Community Events for VE Day and VJ Day 2025. These grant forms are for grants of up to £100 and all appliations are welcomed. Events must involve community participation. We look forward to hearing about lots of events around the town.
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Grant application form 2024-25 VE VJ 80 Anniversary(Grant-application-form-2024-25-VE-VJ-80-Anniversary-3.pdf | 205Kb)
Heathrow to pledge to use UK steel and boost growth in third runway proposal
Comments Off on Heathrow to pledge to use UK steel and boost growth in third runway proposalAirport’s chief executive to formally spell out expansion plans in speech at British Steel plant in Scunthorpe
Heathrow will submit third runway proposals to the government this summer, pledging to use UK steel and boost growth, the airport has confirmed.
Its chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, will formally spell out plans for a third runway to follow a multibillion-pound upgrade of the London airport’s existing terminals and facilities, in a speech at the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe on Wednesday.
Police appeal over shaved cats mystery
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Policing minister accepts forces in England and Wales face ‘challenging’ cuts
Comments Off on Policing minister accepts forces in England and Wales face ‘challenging’ cutsDiana Johnson says Labour is ‘starting from a difficult position’, after Essex police say they could get rid of PCSOs
Police forces in England and Wales are facing “difficult and challenging” circumstances, the policing minister has accepted, as some have been forced to cut their number of officers.
Diana Johnson said forces would need to make decisions locally on how many officers to have, days after Essex police said they could get rid of all 99 police community support officer roles within the force, pending consultation, amid a £12.5m budget shortfall for 2025-26.