• Region's £3 million increase in housing benefit payments

  By englander61

  Lets solve this problem find three unemployed unskilled people of three different age groups and...

            

   

  By Scunthorpe Telegraph at 09:00 on 10/05/12

  

  Housing benefit paid to jobless families in North Lincolnshire last year rose to £41,679,037 – a rise of £3,182,603 on 2010/11. Figures released by North Lincolnshire Council also show the number of claimants last year jumped by 484 to 11,965. The statistics mean around one in two tenants in rented households are relying on the taxpayer to cover their rent. Claimant Christopher Smith, 37, of Newport Street, Barton-...

• Time we tackled late night nuisance drivers in Barton say councillors

  By Porkmiester

  Jumbone, I need a stand-up for Saturday night at the Banana Grove, how you fixed? Potter, you could...

            

   

  By Scunthorpe Telegraph at 09:01 on 12/05/12

  

  Noisy nuisance drivers who gather late at night in a town car park need to be tackled, councillors say. The issue of motorists congregating in the car park at the front of Baysgarth Leisure Centre was raised at the latest meeting of Barton Town Council. Councillor Wendy Witter said the site was being used as a meeting point and people were leaving rubbish there, as well as causing noise problems while driving around the town at...

• Cars 'racing in the street' says councillor: Appeal over Baysgarth Leisure Centre nuisance

  By freedom107

  car drivers please stop putting litter in the car park can you please put it in Barton town...

            

   

  By Grimsby Telegraph at 08:16 on 11/05/12

  

  NOISY nuisance drivers who gather late at night in a town car park need to be tackled, councillors say. The issue of motorists congregating in the car park at the front of Baysgarth Leisure Centre was raised at the latest meeting of Barton Town Council. Councillor Wendy Witter said the site was being used as a meeting point and people were leaving rubbish there, as well as causing noise problems while driving around the town at...

• Launching my own brand of clothing's a dream come true

  By kenny_senior

  He's got too much hair if anything !

            

   

  By Scunthorpe Telegraph at 09:00 on 28/04/12

  

  A Barton businessman is set to fulfil his dream of launching his own clothing line after expanding his business into a new unit. Neil Callaway, 34, established Homegrown T-shirts from his Pasture Road home last year. But the success of the company led him to move into new premises in the Humber Bridge Industrial Estate earlier this month. The firm produces a wide range of custom-made clothing and safety wear, as well as offering...

• Twin girls turn £8.50 loan into £340 profit selling bag tags

  By eddierex

  very good. remember girls cash is best, as it goes straight into your backpocket and does not have...

            

   

  By Hull Daily Mail at 07:00 on 25/04/12

  

  NOT many can claim to have set up a successful family business at nine years old. But triumphant twins Amy and Laura Barton would have Alan Sugar purring after turning an £8.50 loan into an enterprise which has so far earned then £340. The Year 4 pupils have sold 400 bag tags, which now adorn almost every student bag at Victoria Dock Primary School where they attend. Laura said: "We came up with the idea at home. ...

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