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Front page photos set to target suspects

The Grimsby Telegraph has teamed up with the local police to crack down on shop crime. The paper has carried a front page story to launch the initiative, which sees suspects’ pictures taken from closed circuit TV footage and printed

Sister titles' campaign exposes court fine dodgers

A campaign by the Scunthorpe and Grimsby Telegraphs to name and shame criminals with outstanding court payments has resulted in an offender coming forward in less than 24 hours. The sister papers have teamed up with local magistrates’ courts to

Asylum seeker's £440,000 health bill attacked by press

More than 1,000 Grimsby Telegraph readers are calling on a health authority to stop to paying for the care of a failed asylum seeker who was seriously injured in a car crash. They were asked to fill in a coupon

'Health tax' abolition bid renewed

Two newspapers are redoubling their efforts in a campaign to get a “tax on ill health” abolished. Nine months on from the launch of the Axe the Toll on Health campaign, the Scunthorpe Telegraph and the Grimsby Telegraph are calling

FIFA-backed football initiative attracts 300 teams

The Grimsby Telegraph’s groundbreaking SOS: Save Our Soccer campaign has proved a success with more than 300 local teams signing up to the FIFA-backed initiative. In the country’s first newspaper-driven campaign to clean up local football – backed by the

Telegraph all set to restore Park Pride

As part of its Park Pride campaign, the Grimsby Telegraph has organised a mass clean-up operation of the town’s People’s Park. Dozens of volunteers are set to descend on the park this Sunday in a bid to restore its appearance

Park life to be taken on by the Telegraph

When the derelict state of local parks came to the attention of the Grimsby Telegraph, the paper decided to do something about it. The Telegraph believes it is time to fight back and win back pride in the green areas

Goal! – Telegraph sparks national campaign

A groundbreaking local newspaper campaign to clean up football – starting at grassroots level – has been picked up by the national press. Where the Grimsby Telegraph led, the Daily Mirror is following, and showing its commitment to the Grimsby

Clubs rush to sign Telegraph code

More than 150 amateur football clubs have backed a new Code of Conduct drawn up by the Grimsby Telegraph. The newspaper has been spearheading a campaign to rid football of swearing, violence and threatening behaviour, which it says is on

Telegraph gets the thumbs-up from Sven

Sven-Goran Eriksson has given the thumbs-up to a campaign aimed at cleaning up the game of football, which is being spearheaded by the Grimsby Telegraph. The Lincolnshire newspaper is aiming to help rid football of swearing, violence and threatening behaviour

Humber Bridge stunt from Telegraph

The Grimsby Telegraph has marked the first anniversary of its Axe The Toll On Health campaign by pulling a Cleethorpes heart patient through the Humber Bridge tolls on a hospital bed. The paper is demanding free Humber Bridge crossings for

Commons move for Telegraph's toll bid

The Grimsby Telegraph’s Axe the Toll campaign has gained momentum as Cleethorpes MP Shona McIsaac took it to the House of Commons. More than 2,000 readers have called for the abolition of tolls for South Bank patients needing treatment in

Flying start as target reached in days

A campaign from the Grimsby Evening Telegraph to fit every home in the area with a smoke alarm has got off to a flying start. Every £5 raised goes to the local fire brigade to buy one 10-year smoke alarm,

Double-edged campaign to make winter warmer

A two-pronged campaign to keep elderly people both warm and safe during the winter months has been launched by the Grimsby Telegraph. Winter Warmer aims to encourage pensioners to help themselves and urge others to look after their elderly relatives,

Toll tonic could bring relief for patients

A tax on the sick and their relatives could be abolished in a review by the Humber Bridge board, which currently charges people who have to visit hospital on the other side of the river. The Grimsby and Scunthorpe Telegraphs

Bridge toll pleas to be heard

The first stage in a battle to Axe The Toll on Health has been won by Grimsby Telegraph readers. Humber Bridge bosses have finally promised to listen to the thousands of people who backed the paper’s call for free bridge