Rapper to visit Lincolnshire town 16 years after saying he had never been there in his hit Pass Out Rapper Tinie Tempah has said he will finally visit Scunthorpe – 16 years after he announced to the world that he had never been to the town in his number one hit Pass Out. It followed a campaign by fans, led by Scunthorpe resident Ben Johns, who carried a cardboard cutout of the artist around the Lincolnshire town and encouraged local people to pre-save Tempah’s new album. Continue reading...

Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, media witnesses said Wednesday, despite her being administered two doses of a lethal injection drug. In a press conference, media witnesses described hearing Pike snore 40 minutes after she was administered two doses of pentobarbital. An ambulance pulled up to Riverbend maximum security institution ahead of the press conference, but Pike’s condition is unclear. Continue reading...

The issue is said to have been reported to Scottish Water after a pipe burst, spewing raw sewage onto the path behind Drumpellier Gardens.

Ivan Jennings, 46, sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to encouraging terrorism on social media A rightwing extremist who discussed poisoning Jews and Muslims and called for the killing of migrants and minority communities has been jailed. Ivan Jennings, 46, called for the murder of hundreds of people he labelled “subhumans”, saying it was “justified and actually needed”, in extreme far-right groups over a period of three months in 2024. Continue reading...