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December 2020

Illustration of a family meeting a child
Adopt and make 2021 a life changing year for a local child
29 December 2020

A new online event is set to help people discover more about adopting a child. The launch of the session…

Concept art of the new market site
Scunthorpe town centre to benefit from £10.7m development as...
26 December 2020

Scunthorpe town centre will benefit from a huge £10.7m to redevelop the former market site in the heart of the…

Five people ride electric scooters in a Scunthorpe car park
Scunthorpe hosts e-scooter trial as Government backs council’s...
23 December 2020

A major trial of electric scooters across Scunthorpe has been launched by North Lincolnshire Council after funding was confirmed. The…

Tier 3 Christmas bubbles
Council leader urges residents to protect the NHS by sticking to...
22 December 2020

Residents in North Lincolnshire are being urged to stick to the new Christmas bubble rules. The revised guidance reduces the…

Photograph of Baysgarth House, Barton-upon-Humber
Have your say on the future development of Barton’s Baysgarth...
16 December 2020

Residents and visitors to Barton-upon-Humber are being invited to have their say on the future development of Baysgarth House as…

Patient receives first covid-19 vaccine
North Lincolnshire residents receive first Covid-19 vaccines...
15 December 2020

As the Covid-19 vaccine begins to roll out nationally, a number of North Lincolnshire residents have begun to receive theirs…

Street scene with Christmas lights
Share your Christmas lights for a chance to win a £150 voucher
15 December 2020

With what looks to be a very different Christmas just around the corner people are being urged dust off their…

Photograph of primary school pupils working in a classroom
Apply for your child’s school place before January deadline
15 December 2020

Parents with children aged three to four years-old are being reminded to apply to the council for their school place…

Woman holding a keyless car fob next to a car with a digital image of a padlock on the door
Tackling keyless car crime
11 December 2020

Vehicle crime has a huge impact on people’s lives and criminals are using new technology to steals cars. Humberside Police…

Mum and young son looking at picture of Dolly Parton
Parents praise ‘fantastic’ Imagination Library
11 December 2020

Parents have responded in their hundreds to praise North Lincolnshire Council’s Imagination Library, which sends a book every month to…

A boy and a man standing in a rural area with spades
Winteringham trees among first on our Northern Forest tree...
10 December 2020

Trees planted by children from Winteringham are among the first to be registered on our newly launched tree register. The…

Photograph of Holly Mumby-Croft, MP for Scunthorpe, opening Scunthorpe Sports Direct store
New town centre Sports Direct store opened by Scunthorpe MP
10 December 2020

A new Sports Direct store has opened in Scunthorpe town centre, with residents encouraged to shop local and stay safe…

Photograph of local MPs, Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, Cllr Rob Waltham and cabinet member for children and families, Cllr Julie Reed, pictured with vouchers
£280,000 Government funding to provide food vouchers for more...
10 December 2020

Thousands of North Lincolnshire families will receive food vouchers to help support them during the Christmas holidays. All children in…

Photograph of Cllr Rob Waltham and Des Comerford outside True Heroes London
New clothing store opens in Scunthorpe as residents encouraged...
4 December 2020

A new clothing store has opened in the heart of Scunthorpe town centre, as residents are encouraged to back small…

Threee young teenage boys holding spades in a field of newly planted trees
Baysgarth School hosts planting of 3,300 Northern Forest trees
4 December 2020

Local charities, business, schools, veterans and volunteers have come together to plant 3,300 trees at Baysgarth School, giving the North…