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Free outdoor theatre in North Lincolnshire this summer

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Another outdoor live theatre event taking place in North Lincolnshire on Saturday 19 August is The Whale, brought to you by acclaimed theatrical inventors, Talking Birds. The Whale is a unique, aluminium structure on wheels that audiences go inside and …

July 27, 2017 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

Karleigh Osborne: Grimsby Town sign defender on one-year contract

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League Two club Grimsby Town sign centre-back Karleigh Osborne on a one-year deal, with the option of a further year.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

July 27, 2017 | News Editor

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Lincolnshire carers not getting support they need

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Findings show national targets aren’t being met

Original Source LincsFM 102.2

July 27, 2017 | News Editor

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Bishop of Lincoln says church attitudes towards LGBT community are changing

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Today’s the 50th anniversary of homosexuality being decriminalised

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July 27, 2017 | News Editor

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T20 Blast: Adil Rashid bowls Yorkshire to victory over winless Durham as Worcestershire beat Notts.

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England leg-spinner Adil Rashid stars as Yorkshire inflict a sixth straight loss on Durham, while Worcestershire beat Notts.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

July 26, 2017 | News Editor

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Serious collision closes the A18 at Melton Ross near Humberside …

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The road has been closed and emergency services are at the scene.and more »

July 26, 2017 | News Editor

Humberside

Freetown’s LGBT community photos go on show in Hull

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The photographs capturing the lives of an LGBT community in Hull’s African sister city.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

July 26, 2017 | News Editor

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Sarfraz Ahmed: Yorkshire sign Pakistan captain for T20 campaign

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Yorkshire sign Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed as a T20 Blast replacement for Australia batsman Peter Handscomb.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

July 26, 2017 | News Editor

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Lincolnshire’s famous sites could be taken on by private firm

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The running of some of Lincolnshire’s most famous sites, like Lincoln Castle and Gainsborough Old Hall, could be taken on by a private company in future.

Original Source LincsFM 102.2

July 26, 2017 | News Editor

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Family shocked as young child finds fluid filled syringe on park slide

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The appalled councillor handed the syringe to local Humberside Police officers last night, who will process the instrument through a set of tests to establish exactly what the fluid it contains is. Local police say the force is “dismayed” by the find …

July 26, 2017 | News Editor

Humberside

Not to be confused with Humberstone, Leicestershire.

Humberston
Humberston Beach
Humberston Humberston shown within Lincolnshire
Population	5,384 (2001)
OS grid reference	TA310053
- London	140 mi (230 km) south
Civil parish	Humberston
District	North East Lincolnshire
Unitary authority	North East Lincolnshire
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRIMSBY
Postcode district	DN36
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Cleethorpes

Humberston is a large village and civil parish to the south of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England (the boundary with Cleethorpes runs along North Sea Lane and Humberston Road). Its population at the 2001 census was 5,384. However, it is likely to have increased in the past 10 years.^[1]

The Greenwich Meridian line

North Sea Lane

The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Humberston and runs through Thorpe Park caravan site.^{[citation needed]}

Humberston, or Humberstone as the village was known at first, takes its name from a large boulder, the Humber Stone, which was deposited on the site of the former Midfield Farm on the east side of the village during the last ice age.^{[citation needed]} This boulder can still be seen at the entrance to the village library, near St Peters Church. The "e" at the end of the name was later dropped, to avoid confusion with another place of the same name, viz. Humberstone, Leicestershire.

St.Peter's church

The oldest and tallest building in Humberston is St Peter's Church, rebuilt about 1710, the tower of which is over seven hundred years old.^[2] At the back of the church is the site of the former Humberston Abbey of Benedictine monks founded here in the reign of Henry II, dedicated to Saints Mary and Peter. The only remains that are left are ground workings of which the monks' mound is very prominent in the manor house garden, and during excavations stone sarcophagi were found.^[3] The Wesleyan Methodists built a small chapel here on Humberston Avenue in 1835. A larger, replacement chapel was built in 1907.^[4]

Humberstone has several claims for historic prominence:

This is where the Danes landed early in the year 870 to begin their scourge and plunder of Lincolnshire.^{[citation needed]}
One of the first Wireless Stations was built here in 1910.^{[citation needed]}

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