I wasn’t there myself, but I am told that NORTH East Lincolnshire Council’s Question Time event proved a great success last Monday evening, with the audience posing some interesting questions for debate.

Topics covered included a variety of subjects, such as environmental policies, Grimsby in Bloom, policing drunken behaviour, and tackling problems caused by empty properties.

A panel of eight people who are heavily involved in community services faced an audience of 200 at Whitgift Theatre. The panel included the Leader of the Council, Councillor Andrew De Freitas; the Deputy Leader Councillor Keith Brookes; Great Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell; divisional commander of Humberside Police, Dave Hilditch; North East Lincolnshire Council’s new chief executive, Tony Hunter; chair of the North East Lincolnshire NHS Care Trust Plus, Val Waterhouse; plus Becky Smith, the North East Lincolnshire representative on the national Youth Parliament, and her deputy Jordana Flint. Chairing the panel and taking the questions was Mark Webb, chairman of the Local Strategic Partnership.

Some of the movie highlights are now available to view online. Please visit http://tiny.cc/otZpm for the web links