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Scunthorpe Telegraph

Thursday, April 26 - Wednesday, May 2, 2012

www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk

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In brief
Appeal hearing date
A date has been announced for an informal hearing on plans to convert part of a barn into residential accommodation. The scheme, earmarked for Butterswood Farm in Soff Lane, Goxhill, was refused planning permission by North Lincolnshire Council in September. But the applicant, Robert Dawson, appealed against the decision and a hearing between the parties will be held on Tuesday, June 19 at 10am at the Civic Centre in Scunthorpe. It will be chaired by a Government-appointed planning inspector, who will then determine whether the project can go ahead.

I lost 9st to become a mum and now Im pregnant again

A woman who shed 15 stone after doctors told her to lose weight if she wanted to have a baby is pregnant with a second child. Clare Pawley tipped the scales at more than 27 stone just two-and-a-half-years ago, and was told by doctors that she would never be able to conceive naturally. Having been refused fertility treatment and fearing she would never have her own family, Clare, a GP administrator from Scunthorpe, adopted a baby. The death of her grandmother led to comfort eating, with Clares weight escalating to its heaviest reaching 27 stone and 9lb. But Clare felt she was not being the mother her adopted daughter deserved and so re-joined Slimming World. Despite having a miscarriage, she was determined to conquer a life-long struggle with her weight. She ate healthily, dropped nine stone and discovered she was pregnant on her 12th wedding anniversary.
BY SARAH MITCHELL AND SELINA MAYCOCK
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Tribute to teen after body found

FROM PAGE ONE Tyler had many friends and was popular with the girls all of whom he stayed friends with after relationships ended, she said. The friends he went to Blarney Stone with said he was happy, drinking, chatting to girls the normal Tyler. Grandfather Michael, 62, said: He was loved, athletic, he always wanted to run before he could walk. He would have crashes on his BMX and come in with bruises all over from where hed jumped up walls and ramps at the park on Burringham Road. A balloon release was held on Tuesday at Everest Park in Scunthorpe, where around 40 friends gathered to write on balloons before releasing them into the sky in Tylers memory. Tyler has relatives in Scunthorpe including father Martyn Hewitt, stepmother Katie, two stepbrothers, Harry and Reece, and grandmother Kay. He also has various aunties and uncles in Canada and Scunthorpe. His family in Canada are travelling over for the funeral and even some of Tylers close friends in Canada have spent their savings on a plane ticket to say farewell. A celebration of Tylers life will be held on Tuesday, May 1 at 9.30am at Woodlands Crematorium, Scunthorpe. The death is not being treated as suspicious and the police will be putting a file together for the coroner. A spokesman for the coroners office said: We are still waiting for the full details from the police and the outcome from tests to establish everything. Jane Hurley, Tylers form tutor at Melior Community College, said: He was a lovely lad, a really smashing lad who was very friendly. When he left to go to Canada he would always come back and see us, send us e-mails and pictures of how he was getting on. He will be sadly missed by everyone. His mum is such a lovely woman and our thoughts go out to her and the rest of the family.

New community fund

A 1.2-million community asset fund has been announced by West Lindsey District Council. The authority will use the money to encourage residents to develop community enterprises. Councillor Jeff Summers said: Simply awarding grant after grant is not sustainable. We need to use what funds we do have in a creative way to attract further funding. Anybody with an idea for a community enterprise can register at www.surveymonkey.com/s/West_Lindsey_Community_Ideas

Councillors to meet
Issues relating to flood risk and neighbourhood watch will be discussed at the latest meeting of North Lincolnshire Councils Places scrutiny panel. Councillors on the panel will meet at the Civic Centre in Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, on Monday, April 30. The meeting will also include discussions with councillor Nigel Sherwood, the authoritys cabinet member for highways and neighbourhoods, Rob Beales, the councils head of better routes and Rod Chapman, its asset team manager. The meeting will begin at 2pm and members of the public are welcome to attend.

Dont leave it so late in life like I did

Clare Pawley

Now the 40-year-old is celebrating after losing more than 15 stone and falling pregnant with her second child. She said: In April last year, our little miracle arrived safe and well and although she is here, I still cant believe that this has happened to us after all these years. Im not sure that it will ever sink in that she is ours. We have a bigger family now with two special children and another one on the way. The consultants were right after all. They said to lose

weight and things might happen naturally. Clare stayed at Slimming World throughout her entire first pregnancy in order to maintain a healthy weight and got back her pre-pregnancy figure in just three months. After losing even more weight and getting down to a size 12/14, she discovered she was pregnant again. Five months into her second pregnancy, Clare now weighs in at 12 stone 11lb, but plans to shed weight after the birth. Now Clare wants to urge people in a similar situation to do something about it. She said: Please dont be ashamed of your weight. Just feel proud that you can do something about it. Dont leave it so late in life like I did. Lawrence Roberts, consultant obstetrician and clinical director of maternity and gynaecology at Scunthorpe General Hospital, said: Obesity is now rivalling smoking as the commonest threat that we see to the health of a pregnancy. Overweight women may have reduced fertility. If pregnant, such patients are automatically referred for hospital-based care, are at risk of vitamin deficiencies and diabetes, require a higher level of medical intervention and suffer an increased risk of complications arising from those interventions. The effectiveness of ultrasound in diagnosing fetal abnormalities and other complications of pregnancy is significantly diminished. We would strongly recommend that anyone contemplating pregnancy follows Clares example and manages their weight. Clare is due to give birth on Friday, August 31.

NEW ARRIVAL: Clare Pawley lost over half her body weight and is now expecting her second child pictured with her husband Graham

Authority is to meet
Members of Humberside Police Authority are to meet in May to discuss plans for combined IT services between the force and its South Yorkshire counterparts. The meeting will take place at Pacific Exchange in Hull on Tuesday, May 1 at 10am. The authority will also meet to discuss the joint South Yorkshire and Humberside Police workforce strategy. Members of the public are welcome to attend. A full agenda is available at www.humberside-pa.org.uk

What Clare ate before her dramatic weight loss

Breakfast: White toast with butter and chocolate spread. Lunch: White loaf sandwich filled with cheese, onion, Marmite and full fat mayonnaise. Dinner: Home-made lasagne with mince, loaded with cheese and served with chips. Snacks: Chocolate, sweets, crisps, biscuits, crackers and cheese. Drinks: Full fat coke, coffee with full fat milk, hot chocolate made with full fat milk. Clares diet now: Breakfast: Muller Light yoghurt. Lunch: ham, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, radishes, carrots, onion, white cabbage, raw cauliflower. Dinner: chicken breast, steamed vegetables, new potatoes. Snacks: Apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, nectarines, HiFi bar, Alpen light bar. Drinks: Green tea, black coffee, diet coke, diet orange squash, water.

New Wednesday Singers concert

A singing group will help Lindsey Lodge Hospice in Scunthorpe celebrate its 20-year anniversary by giving the charity proceeds from its concerts. The Wednesday Singers started as a Womens Institute concert party more than 30 years ago. Since then, they have managed to donate over 30,000 to local charities and entertain at many local venues. The 2012 show will be performed at Robert Holme Hall Hospital Club, on Church Lane Scunthorpe, from tonight (Thursday, April 26) to Saturday, April 28. Concerts start at 7.30pm each night. Tickets cost 7 and can be bought at the door. Alternatively, contact Paul Newton on 01724 732580.

BEFORE: Clare and Graham Pawley

Flooding fears over plans to build detached house

Plans to replace a bungalow with a five-bedroom detached house in West Butterwick have been criticised by an objector. A scheme has been submitted to North Lincolnshire Council requesting planning permission for the project, earmarked for land at 26 West Street in the village. If passed, it would sit next to land where permission has already been granted for 30 homes, despite a 13-year campaign by residents against the development on flood risk grounds. A flood risk assessment submitted with the application to replace the bungalow states the land is in an area of low risk, where the risk of flooding each year is 0.5 per cent or less. But Bernard Page, of West Street, said it should not proceed without a flood risk assessment being done on the scheme for 30 homes, which was given the go-ahead in 2003. He said: To pursue this project, particularly without a flood risk assessment on the 30 units, is sheer folly, with much dampness and running sand already present under the surface. The scheme is currently under consideration by planning officers at North Lincolnshire Council. A consultation response from the Environment Agency revealed it had no objections to the development, as long as it is carried out in accordance with the flood risk assessment prepared by GDP Planning, acting as agents for the applicant, Peter Colebrook. The assessment includes mitigation measures such as limiting the surface water run-off, incorporating flood proofing measures and setting finished floor levels at least six metres above the existing ground level. Planning officers at the council are expected to make a decision as to whether the project can proceed by Tuesday, May 1.

Car found on its roof

A car was found on its roof down an embankment after a crash in Elsham. The female driver of a Ford Fiesta was taken to hospital after an accident on the A15 near Elsham at around 11am on Tuesday, April 24. The fire service assisted paramedics in transferring the casualty to a spinal board and then into an ambulance. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.