COUNTED OUT

Brigg's involvement in the system which dishes out The People's Millions is at an end.
It should be stressed staight away the People's Millions we are talking about here have nothing to do with the current (slightly annoying) TV advertising campaign, in which blunt northern character actor John Henshaw (Early Doors, The Royle Family, Born and Bred, pictured here) portrays the manager of a small Post Office ("The People's Post Office") which keeps being visited by the rich and famous.
They include pop group Westlife, veteran celebrity Joan Collins (The Bitch....that film she starred in, obviously!), and Wendy Richard (formerly known as sour-faced Pauline in EastEnders and long, long, long ago the lovely, leggy Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served?).
No, the People's Millions campaign with which Brigg is no longer involved relates to the Connect2Lottery, through which a worthwhile community project gets loadsamoney...maybe £50-million.
Last year, Scunthorpe's was selected as one of the 79 projects bidding for the windfall, the idea being to provide a safe off-road route (for walkers and cyclists?) through the western side of the steel town, from Atkinson's Warren to Yaddlethorpe.
Which 'local' scheme goes forward would seem to be in the hands of something called The North Lincolnshire Strategic Partnership, which has now invited Brigg Town Council to attend its annual general meeting on Thursday, January 31.
But when that official invite was flagged up to town councillors, Coun Tom Glossop revealed that despite being a member of the Strategic Partnership he had not, infact, been invited to ANY of its meetings for about 18 months.
And he successfully proposed the town council should decline the offer to continue membership of the Strategic Partnership, as it would appear the initiative was no longer relevant to Brigg.
Clearly Tom, as the Brigg People's representative, felt there was no point in carrying on, and he received unanimous support from fellow members of the town council, including Coun James Truepenny, who seconded the motion to sever links.