Brigg Life frontpage 31 July 2005

Brigg food town

Newells brings new food choice in Brigg

Brigg's image as a food and entertainments town was given a huge boost when a new delicatessen - Newells of Brigg - opened this Thursday. With an enormous range of speciality meats, cheeses, preserves, herbs and spices and other delicacies, Newells is already drawing in connoisseurs of fine food from in and around Brigg. more

New Printing Press at Elsham

Source: holdthefrontpage.co.uk - 26 July 2005

North Lincolnshire Council has granted permission to Northcliffe Newspapers to build a new £50 million print works on the Elsham Wold Industrial estate near Brigg. This is in despite of objections from Elsham Parish Council and the Environment Agency.

The new press shall be operational by the end of 2007 and shall print the Scunthorpe & Grimsby Telegraph, Hull Daily Mail and the Lincolnshire Echo as well as some editions of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.

All printing operations shall be moved from Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Hull and Lincoln with the creation of 120 print jobs at Elsham Wold. Editorial and other functions will remain in their present locations.

Brigg horse fair 2005

Despite having no organising committee and no official venue, the Brigg Horse Fair will be going ahead again this year on the Station carpark. Pictured (right) are travellers shoeing a horse in preparation for the sales more

Celeb chefs at Fair

In a surprise last-minute announcement by BUGSS, celebrity chefs Kenny Goldsmith, Aemon Masterton and Miles Edmond will be taking part in a demonstration of fresh fish food cooking at the Brigg fair. more

Good Cawsey!

Source: bridlingtontoday.co.uk - 27 July 2005

Brigg and Goole MP Ian Cawsey with the group MP4 has launched a new charity single 'Can't buy me love' (Beatles) which is described as:

"one minute and 59 seconds of blistering rock 'n' roll recorded as live at Whitfield Street Studios - birthplace of everything from the Clash's first album to the Spice Girls' Spice Up Your Life - and produced by legendary producer Robin Millar".

The single can be downloaded from: www.7digital.com/downloads/mp4 and costs 99p with all 99p going to Save the Children. The Prime Minister Tony Blair was the first person to download the single. MP4 have already raised over £130,000 with live charity performances at Westminster.