"PEOPLE power" prevailed as the future of Cleethorpes Library was secured thanks to passionate campaigners.
A council U-turn means that the closure of the much-loved local amenity and "community hub" will not be considered as an option by councillors at tonight's full council meeting.
The event held at the Oaklands Hotel in Laceby entertained around 90 people and ensured they we not spending Christmas alone. Martin was one of the volunteer drivers who picked up guests and returned them home later in the day.
Martin pictured with Mike Udin of Udin Transport based at Thornton Abbey when he visited as part of Small Business Saturday. Martin said that this annual day to celebrate the work of our small business is a great opportunity to showcase the many local businesses on which we all rely.
Martin being welcomed by the President of Grimsby Rotary Club, Michael Quickfall. He was the speaker at their Christmas lunch when, at their request he gave an update on the Brexit process.
Sea View Street in Cleethorpes was awarded a silver medal in the Social Media category at the Great British High Street Competition. Sadly, the street missed out to Falmouth, a town in Cornwall, for the Coastal Community category.
Martin Vickers MP helping out with the 2016 Samaritans Purse Operation 'Christmas Child Appeal' at their HQ at the Ice House Grimsby. The scheme delivers shoeboxes full of toys, sweets and daily essentials to some of the most deprived children around the world.
The political scene is now much more settled than could be anticipated only a month ago; new ministers are settling in to their jobs, most notably the Prime Minister herself who has already met with her opposite numbers in France and Germany and faced Parliament in her first Prime Minister’s Questions.
Andrea Leadsom MP, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, has refuted claims that voting to leave the EU would threaten the offshore wind industry, brandishing such views as “nonsense”.
