NEW BRIGG MEMORIAL TO FEATURE FOR THE FIRST TIME

The newly-erected Holocaust Memorial Sculpture in Brigg is to feature in a ceremony for the first time as the town remembers those who were victims of persecution.
A solemn service will take place in the town centre's Angel building on Sunday, January 27.
And people are also welcome to visit the Millennium Green to stand beside the sculpture and reflect on the suffering of those caught up in the Holocaust.
Brigg Town Council says the Holocaust Memorial Ceremony 2019 will be held in the Café Courtyard, off the Market Place, commencing at 4.15 pm.
This year the focus is 'Torn from Home'.
The Town Mayor and members of the Town Council hope local people will attend and remember the innocent people who lost their lives as a result of such atrocities, as well as those who survived.
Access to the cafe on Sunday afternoon will be through the rear doors near the Angel car park.
After the service, people will be welcome to join a procession to the sculpture, off Elwes Street. Prayer will be said and two minutes’ silence observed.
People are being advised to don appropriate clothing and footwear.
The Holocaust Memorial Exhibition in the Heritage Centre opened on Monday, January 14 and will close on Monday January 28.
A Book of Remembrance is open for personal messages.
Sunday, January 27, 2019 is Holocaust Memorial Day, and Brigg's sculpture has been designed by a student from Sir John Nelthorpe School.
It was erected recently on the green, near the local Scouts' HQ.
"It is complete," Coun Rob Waltham told this week's meeting of the Town Council.
He thanked local businesses which have supported the project.
The Mayor of North Lincolnshire, Coun John Briggs, will be hosting a ceremony in Scunthorpe today (Friday, January 25) to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2019.
He will be joined by school children and guests from across North Lincolnshire in the Council Chamber at the Civic Centre, Ashby Road, at 4pm.
The Mayor is extending an invitation to all local people to join him at the ceremony and to lay a stone in memory of the millions of people who lost their lives in the Holocaust.
St Barnabas' Church of England Primary School Choir, from Barnetby, will officially open and close the ceremony with a song and other local school children will read poems.
Among those taking part in the ceremony will be the Rev Graham Lines the Mayor's Chaplain; Leo Solomon MBE, President of the Grimsby Hebrew Congregation; The Multi Faith Partnership; the Deputy Young Mayor of North Lincolnshire; and children from schools in North Lincolnshire including Berkeley Primary School, Althorpe & Keadby Primary School, Crosby Primary School, Crowle Primary Academy, St Norbert’s Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy,  Luddington & Garthorpe Primary School and St Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary Academy.
Please be aware that seating is limited. If you would like to attend, call the Civic Office on 01724 296346.
The Mayor said: “This inter-generational and inter-faith ceremony will bring together our community in remembering the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. It is important that we never forget the atrocities of the past so I invite our communities to unite and commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in North Lincolnshire.”