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Beauty salon staff trained to give cancer advice

The initiative aims to encourage people in low take-up areas to attend cervical screening tests.

Chimney stacks and other buildings - part of Scunthorpe's steelworks - dominate the town's skyline

Steelworks 'need to be part of town's future' - MP

MP Sir Nic Dakin says British Steel owner Jingye and the government are keen to reach an agreement.

Police custody photograph of Kyle Ferguson with black hair and beard wearing a grey T-Shirt

Man jailed after five-hour rooftop stand off

Kyle Ferguson admitted possessing a firearm after he took to the roof while escaping from police.

Hull & East Yorkshire

An artist impression of the three-storey front of the police station with glass windows and oranges tiles with the Humberside Police badge above the door and a pitched roof

Plans approved for new £13.8m police station

The new three-storey station will be built on the site of Scunthorpe's former market site.

Hull & East Yorkshire

Google street view of the level crossing on St George's Road in Hull. The barriers are down and the warning lights are flashing as a lone cyclist wearing a high visibility jacket waits at the gates

Level crossing misuse responsible for delays

Vandalism, arson and trespass are blamed by Network Rail for delays to services.

Close up of the face of a female medical worker wearing a white face mask

Face masks in hospitals after rise in flu cases

Staff and visitors must wear face masks in Hull, Goole, Scunthorpe and Grimsby hospitals.

Two women wearing sparkly party tops look towards the camera and smile. Alison, to the left has blond hair and small ear-rings. Laura, to the right, has ginger-blond hair and wears glasses. Tables, decorated for Christmas, can be seen in the background

'Lonely' Laura makes 300 friends in six weeks

The Scunthorpe Lovely Ladies Group is now staging regular meetings and even a Christmas party.

A police custody photograph of Martin Collins. He has short cropped and shaven dark-brown hair with same coloured beard and brown eyes. He is staring into the camera.

Supermarket shoplifter jailed for £15k spree

Martin Collins stole goods from supermarkets across England and Wales.

Police mugshots of a composite image of two of the men. They are both wearing grey jumpers, one is bald and clean shaven and the other has short black hair and stubble.

Four men travelled 180 miles to attack and rob man

The 41-year-old victim was attacked as he was walking to his front door.