The Latest Breaking News from Scunthorpe

Tinie Tempah says he will finally visit Scunthorpe after campaign by fans

Rapper to visit Lincolnshire town 16 years after saying he had never been there in his hit Pass Out

The Guardian - UK · 10h ago

'I was like, wow, look at that': 1991 Mars Bar found after 35 years during Scunthorpe house clearance leaves social media stunned as 62.5g chocolate bar sparks shrinkflation debate

A 1991 Mars Bar discovered during a Scunthorpe house clearance has gone viral after its 62.5g size was compared with today’s 40g version, sparking a fresh debate over shrinkflation and how chocolate bars have changed over the past 35 years. Over the last 35 years, we have made a number…

The Economic Times · Aug 11

Trauma cleaner finds ‘enormous’ 35-year-old Mars Bar during house clear-out

A trauma cleaner’s discovery of a 35-year-old Mars Bar has sparked debate about ‘shrinkflation’ due to its size. Victoria Gordon, who runs the cleaning company Pocket Rockets, found the chocolate bar – with a best-before date of 1991 – while clearing out a house in Scunthorpe. She posted a photo…

The Independent UK · Aug 10

British Steel is taken into public ownership to save UK supply

Scunthorpe factory expropriated from China’s Jingye and ministers will ask a valuer to assess compensation

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16

Footballer recalls being stabbed seven times during mass knife attack on train: ‘I was drenched with blood’

Former Scunthorpe defender Jonathan Gjoshe opened up on the mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire last year

The Independent UK · May 18

British Steel nationalisation: what went wrong, and what happens now?

Keir Starmer’s plan for full state ownership marks latest chapter in Scunthorpe plant’s troubled history

The Guardian - UK · May 12

British Steel: more questions than answers on the future

Hard decisions over a possible sale and future subsidies loom now full nationalisation is on the cards

The Guardian - UK · May 11

British Steel set to be nationalised as Government mulls future for Scunthorpe

New powers could be used to nationalise British Steel, 38 years since the firm was first sold off.

Evening Standard · May 11

Full nationalisation of British Steel expected in king’s speech

Officials reportedly drafting legislation likely to safeguard Britain’s last blast furnaces and save thousands of jobs

The Guardian - UK · May 10

Peter Smith obituary

Other lives: Health food shop pioneer who established his first store in Scunthorpe during the late 1950s

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16