Scunthorpe

Go-ahead for Tesco extension

APPROVAL: Residents look at the plans for the extension to Barton's Tesco store with Claire Whittaker, planning assistant for DPP, when they went on show at the supermarket.

Friday, March 12, 2010

TESCO has been given permission to extend one of its Scunthorpe area stores by North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee.

The committee accepted the proposals for the extension, which also include a petrol station and demolition of an existing warehouse,...

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New 'swap shop' brings high street hope

COMING SOON: Scunthorpe town centre shopper Mark Harnwell looks at the poster in the window of the soon-to-be opened CeX shop on Cole Street.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A NEW entertainment exchange store is set to open in Scunthorpe town centre. A branch of the CeX (Complete Entertainment Exchange) secondhand company...

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Workers' walkout over redundancy pay plan

DISPUTE: Civil servants take part in the UK-wide strike about changes to redundancy payments.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

PUBLIC and Commercial Service Union reps have reported a good strike turn out from members in Scunthorpe. The union has about 300 members working in...

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Wind turbines may generate jobs

Scunthorpe steel could be used to build more windfarms, like the RWE Npower renewables North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm.

Monday, March 08, 2010

SCUNTHORPE'S steelworks are in an ideal position to provide the backbone for the nation's new eco-friendly powerhouses, a leading industry expert...

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Windfarm offers hope for steel jobs

Friday, March 05, 2010

CORUS is well placed to secure a contract to help build one of the world's biggest offshore windfarms, a top Government minister has said. Welsh...

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RWE windfarm a giant green step forward

An aerial view of the plate mill at Scunthorpe.

Friday, March 05, 2010

SET eight miles off the picturesque north Wales coast, the Gwynt y Môr windfarm will become one of the world's biggest eco-friendly powerhouses. The...

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70 new jobs in £10m expansion

ON A ROLL: An employee works on packing at Scunthorpe's Skymark plant.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

SEVENTY new jobs will be created thanks to an ambitious £10-million expansion at a world class Scunthorpe factory. Skymark, based on Mannaberg...

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Steel firm drops in world rankings

STEEL BOSS: ArcelorMittal chief executive Lakshmi Mittal.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

THE Indian owner of Scunthorpe's Corus steelworks, Tata Steel, has fallen two places in the world steel production league table. The annual compilatio...

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