Article: Name change gets the big thumbs down thumbs down for pounds100,000 new identity rejected ; Residents have said a resounding "NO" to proposals to change the name of North East Lincolnshire.

Residents have said a resounding "NO" to proposals to change the name of North East Lincolnshire.

Only one in four of residents backed a plan to change the name, according to a report.

The results of surveys will go before North East Lincolnshire Cabinet members.

Recommendations in the report are to take no action to change the name - a move which could have cost taxpayers pounds100,000.

The overwhelming rejection of the proposal was part-voiced on a Citizens' Panel and through the Grimsby Telegraph's website - www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk

It had 375 responses compared to NELC's own website, which had 177 responses.

On the Telegraph's website, 70 per cent were against the move, and on the ...

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