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Q: Who'd dress up as Ali G? A: Our Lucy would
Booyakasha! Is fancy dress a load of rap? That’s the question the Grimsby Evening Telegraph’s health reporter Lucy Wood set out to answer on her latest assignment at the paper. Lucy (pictured above – believe it or not) was dispatched
Long-serving sub loses compensation case
A long-serving Grimsby Telegraph sub-editor who claimed pressure of work triggered a mental breakdown has failed in an Appeal Court bid for compensation. Barry Green, who joined the Telegraph as a 17-year-old cub reporter in 1958, argued that bosses should
Legal action launched over murdered schoolboy pic
Legal action has begun against national newspapers and picture agencies which used an exclusive front page Grimsby Telegraph photo of murdered Luke Walmsley, who was stabbed to death at school. The Telegraph has consulted lawyers and sent letters to the
Telegraph wins bid to name teenage tearaway
The Grimsby Telegraph has won the right to name a teenager who has been made the subject of Grimsby’s first full anti-social behaviour order. Following a plea from Telegraph deputy editor Nigel Lowther, magistrates at Grimsby Youth Court agreed to
Guidelines "were followed" in indecency case
The editor of the Grimsby Telegraph has countered claims his paper was wrong to publish the name and address of a suspected paedophile who was subsequently murdered. The pensioner, who was cleared of paedophile offences, was murdered after the details
Telegraph wins cash injection for community initiative
The Grimsby Telegraph is ready to put new heart into its community after receiving almost £300,000 to spearhead a ground-breaking initiative. The paper is to link up with local communities to produce quarterly newsletters. The initiative – believed to be
Address 'not identified' by house number pic, says press watchdog
Man feared readers could piece together information from articles, but paper is cleared of wrongdoing
High profile poster blitz warns of muggers
Warning posters are being put up in every Post Office in Grimsby and Cleethorpes urging people to guard against thieves and robbers. The project is a joint campaign by police and the Grimsby Telegraph and follows an alarming number of
Lifeline bid for the elderly
Old people across north Lincolnshire could soon benefit from a new 24-hour helpline service. The project has been launched in a new campaign from the Grimsby Telegraph. It means the elderly could have a lifeline – and people to talk
Memorial fund hits target
A Grimsby Telegraph campaign to raise £60,000 for a fishermen’s memorial in the town has reached its target. The appeal was launched 20 months ago as part of the paper’s Millennium initiatives. Every sector of the local community became involved.
Grimsby Telegraph is fishermen's friend
The Grimsby Telegraph has played a key role in helping win multi-million-pound compensation for former distant-water fishermen. For 10 years the paper campaigned alongside MPs and the British Fishermen’s Association in a bid to win justice for men thrown out
Wipe out the grime
Grubby Grimsby is about to be put under the microscope. Lovely Louth has eyesores that need to be tackled. And Immingham’s blackspots could also be in the firing line. The Grimsby Telegraph is calling on readers to tackle environmental problems
Paper scents victory in 10-year fight over cash for fishermen
A 10-year campaign involving the Grimsby Telegraph to win job-loss compensation for distant-water fishermen may soon be over. Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised to resolve the issue “soon” – and the indications are that the payout could be as
Paper nets rich haul with plan for memorial to fishermen
The success of a campaign to raise £60,000 for a memorial to fishermen lost at sea has underlined the Grimsby Telegraph’s close links with the local community. The appeal was launched in November, 1998, and is now within £5,000 of
Telegraph steps up toll battle
Hundreds of Grimsby Telegraph readers have joined a campaign against plans to impose VAT on Humber Bridge tolls. The paper is publishing coupons on which readers can register their opposition to the proposal by the European Court’s Advocate General, Siegbert