Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres?

Grimsby is seeing a wave of high-street change after King Charles visited in June to mark openings linked to regeneration. The £59m in government-backed funding North East Lincolnshire Council received since 2021 is now being followed by an additional £20m under the Pride in Place programme, with more money hoped for in John Healey’s first chancellor budget announced on 28 October. Work is already reshaping a derelict Victorian warehouse into a youth centre and converting a vacant bank into a Care charity drop-in. Elsewhere, parts of the shopping centre are being turned into leisure facilities, including a cinema and a food market. Residents say online shopping and banking have made adaptation harder.