Lauren Davidson

1 week ago | autism.einnews.com | Lauren Davidson

A Hull dad-of-five whose son was diagnosed with autism after showing developmental delays is gearing up to complete a gruelling challenge to raise funds for a charity that supports parents whose children have additional needs. Jamie Smith and Jessica-Amy Beedham's second oldest child, River, 7, was officially diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorder (ADD) when he was five.

3 weeks ago | grimsbytelegraph.co.uk | Lauren Davidson

Blur made a very special appearance in 1995It's safe to say that the 1990s were a very exciting period in Grimsby and Cleethorpes. With the Radio 1 Roadshow - which took place at Cleethorpes Boating Lake every summer - truly in its prime, a whole host of well-known faces were welcomed to the area, including the iconic band Blur in 1995. We've dug around in our archives to find some photographs of just a few famous faces who visited Grimsby and Cleethorpes in the 1990s.

1 month ago | grimsbytelegraph.co.uk | Lauren Davidson

Binns undergoing a facelift with state-of-the-art new escalators, the opening of a new restaurant and a Nunsthorpe boy's campaign to help the environment were just some of the news stories in the Grimsby Telegraph in April 1985. It's hard to comprehend just how much North East Lincolnshire has changed and developed since 1985 - a time when big hair and pop music were truly in their prime - and we have the newspapers of the day to look back on for a vivid tour down memory lane.

1 month ago | grimsbytelegraph.co.uk | Lauren Davidson

Take a trip back in time and see what life in the area was like 90 years agoBack when the town was a huge and bustling fishing port and before the country was thrust into the Second World War, life was very different in Grimsby in the 1930s - a whopping 90 years ago. Thanks to the photographers of the time, we have plenty of nostalgic pictures of people, places and events in Grimsby and Cleethorpes from that era to look back on.

1 month ago | grimsbytelegraph.co.uk | Lauren Davidson

A poignant memorial service to honour a Transatlantic couple who met during World War II will take place next month at the North Lincolnshire church they were married at 80 years ago. Joan Smithson, from West Butterwick, met Lester Moyer, a soldier from the USA who was stationed at the former RAF base in Kirton in Lindsey, at a dance in Scunthorpe in 1942. But after Lester was sent to Africa with the American Army Air Corps, the two spent the following year writing love letters back and forth.