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Police name drunken officer facing misconduct hearing

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Police have named an officer who is facing a misconduct hearing as PC Gordon Underwood. The Hull officer, who has worked for Humberside Police’s licensing team, will appear before the hearing next week. PC Underwood recently admitted being drunk …

May 18, 2017 | News Editor

Humberside

RAF Goxhill watch office reopens in US

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RAF Goxhill watch office was taken down brick by brick and moved to the US before it was rebuilt.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

May 18, 2017 | News Editor

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Travel Photographer of the Year exhibition in Hull

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The free exhibition includes winning images from the 2016 awards.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

May 18, 2017 | News Editor

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Can you help Humberside Police track down group who robbed …

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POLICE are appealing for information after a 16-year-old boy was the victim of a group robbery in Grimsby. Just before 10pm on Tuesday, May 16 – on

May 18, 2017 | News Editor

Humberside

Can you help Humberside Police track down group who robbed Grimsby boy, 16?

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POLICE are appealing for information after a 16-year-old boy was the victim of a group robbery in Grimsby. Just before 10pm on Tuesday, May 16 – on Cartergate – the boy was cycling towards the footbridge over the River Freshney, when he was approached

May 18, 2017 | News Editor

Humberside

North Lincolnshire has above average long-term unemployment

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North Lincolnshire has especially high rates of long-term unemployment, well above the national average for England. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics saw 643 people unemployed for more than 12 months, or one in every 162

May 18, 2017 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

WW1 DNA soldier reburied with full honours

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Private Henry Parker was identified after DNA from his bones was matched to his great-nephew.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

May 17, 2017 | News Editor

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Two candidates to be interviewed for vacant Humberside Police chief constable job

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A spokesman for Mr Hunter said: “Interviews for the post of chief constable of Humberside Police are being held on Friday May 26 and a preferred candidate will be announced the following week. “The preferred candidate then has to be confirmed by a …

May 17, 2017 | News Editor

Humberside

Support new aviation festival

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A new Aviation Heritage Festival is coming to North Lincolnshire. We are looking for groups and organisations to help us tell the northern Lincolnshire aviation story. Could you help?

Original Source North Lincolnshire Council

May 17, 2017 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

Second burglary at North Lincolnshire shop

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Humberside Police said they were called shortly after 1.45am on Sunday, May 15 with reports of a burglary at Martin’s on Wrawby Street, Brigg. A spokeswoman for the force said: “In the incident, someone broke into the building and stole chocolate and …

May 17, 2017 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

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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