Scartho village's iconic cherry tree that has stood at the Scartho fork roundabout for 50 years was replaced this Christmas, with mixed responses to its necessary removal.
It was discovered that the tree, which has lit up the village each year with its christmas lights, was riddled with a fungal disease.
Following this discovery, North East Lincolnshire Council announced that the tree posed a risk to traffic and pedestrians, it was therefore decided that there were no remaining options but to remove it in the near future.
With big shoes to fill for locals I spoke to some long term Scartho residents about how this change to the landscape has been noticed by them since the tree was sadly removed...
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With the removal of the locally famous christmas lights from the cherry tree in preparation for the tree's future demolition, local councillors made an unsuccessful bid earlier this year to save the doomed village centrepiece dubbed "a little Scartho-y landmark" by one local resident that I spoke to.
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Following the granting of planing permission for a visitor centre to be built into the Motte at Clifford's tower in York over a year ago, Councillor John Hayes MBE has headed up a campaign to save the monument from this fate.
The issue at hand is not the design of the centre, but actually the location as the councillor himself explains...
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*The motte being the mound on which Clifford's Tower sits.
Councillor Hayes and his fellow campaigners believe that English Heritage's aim to reduce the risk of the steep entrance to the tower whilst providing a more encompassing and accessible visit is not reason enough to interfere with the structure of the historical tower.
After losing a recent legal battle attempting to overturn the decision, the campaign of local citizens lead by the councillor have been ordered to pay a £5000 fee to cover York City's legal costs over the issue.
Despite this, the group is still hopeful of stopping the construction, and are busy...
Massive investment from the government and private bodies has been confirmed for Great Grimsby by central government.
On the 27th of November, the proposal put forward by North East Lincolnshire Council for investment in housing, culture, heritage and businesses was confirmed in the government’s new industrial strategy.
The deal being enshrined in the government’s 2017 Industrial strategy announcement made by the Prime Minister, Theresa May.
Working with major partners in the private investment industry such as Associated British Ports (ABP) as well as Ørsted (formerly Dong Energy) this deal has been more than 12 months in the making.
Coucillor Ray Oxby, leader of North East Lincolnshire council, said “£218 million of investment” is expected over the development of this deal.
He went on to point out the significance of this deal for the town:
“It will act to stimulate the local economy, through government funding and heritage lottery funding and other support.
This is the first town deal ever enshrined in a government document, which gives us...
