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GCSE success in North Lincolnshire

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With most schools declaring their initial results today, the large majority of Year 11 pupils in North Lincolnshire will be celebrating their success in the new harder English and mathematics GCSEs.

Original Source North Lincolnshire Council

August 25, 2017 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

Photography competition highlights life on the Isle

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North Lincolnshire Council has teamed up with the Isle of Axholme Hatfield Chase Landscape Partnership to launch a photography competition celebrating life on the historic Isle of Axholme.

Original Source North Lincolnshire Council

August 25, 2017 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

Grimsby and Scunthorpe MPs call for better transport links

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Grimsby and Scunthorpe’s MPs are among several Labour members to sign an open letter to the Government calling for more transport investment into the Humber region.

Original Source LincsFM 102.2

August 25, 2017 | News Editor

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Hull City v Bolton Wanderers

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Preview followed by live coverage of Friday’s Championship game between Hull City and Bolton Wanderers.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

August 25, 2017 | News Editor

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Winston-Salem Open: Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund reaches semi-finals

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Britain’s Kyle Edmund reaches the Winston-Salem Open semi-finals with victory over American Steve Johnson on Thursday.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

August 25, 2017 | News Editor

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Things to do in Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire this bank holiday weekend

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If you’re looking for things to do this Bank Holiday weekend, there is plenty going on in Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire. Dudley Discovers will take place at the North Lincolnshire Museum on Oswald Road, Scunthorpe, on Saturday (August 26) from …

August 25, 2017 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

Skegness nursery “forced to close” by free childcare pledge

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The Secret Garden found they had funding issues as a result of having to offer 30 hours free childcare.

Original Source LincsFM 102.2

August 25, 2017 | News Editor

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Horncastle man to be sentenced for driving into pedestrians

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26 year old admits dangerous driving

Original Source LincsFM 102.2

August 25, 2017 | News Editor

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British Steel Fund supports local jobs

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The British Steel Support Fund is to help secure over 250 jobs in North Lincolnshire, after its creation 2 years ago.

Original Source LincsFM 102.2

August 24, 2017 | News Editor

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Bowlers are unable to repeat success on 50th anniversary

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Buoyed by the changing fortunes, Humberside reduced the arrears to just 12 shots after 20 ends and to five shots with six ends to play. Peter Cox, Mick Humphreys and Roger Martin put the first points on the board 36-30 before Jeff Clipston, Cliff …

August 24, 2017 | News Editor

Humberside

For the village in North Yorkshire, see Halton West.

West Halton
The parish church of St Etheldreda, West Halton
West Halton West Halton shown within Lincolnshire
Population	331 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SE905210
- London	154 mi (248 km) S
Civil parish	West Halton and Coleby
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SCUNTHORPE
Postcode district	DN15
Dialling code	01724
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber

West Halton is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-west from Winterton,^[1] approximately 7 miles (11 km) north from Scunthorpe, and 2 miles (3.2 km) south from the Humber Estuary. The parish contains part of Coleby, a small hamlet south of the village.

In the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 331.^[2]

West Halton has existed from the Anglo Saxon period,^[3] and was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Haltone". The name has been translated as "farmstead in a nook or corner of land".^[4]

West Halton has a central village green.^[5] There is a public house, the Butchers Arms, and a village hall which has served as a part-time post office since the village post office closed.^[6] There are no shops in the village. The church is dedicated to St Etheldreda; it was built in the 1695 as a replacement for an earlier building destroyed by fire in 1692.^[4]

A public transport bus service is provided by Stagecoach, subsidised by North Lincolnshire Council. The now closed West Halton railway station was situated near the village. It was built in 1906 by the North Lindsey Light Railway.

West Halton, North Lincolnshire

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