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Households in North Kesteven are asked to present their bins by 7am on their usual day of collection in the remainder of this week, following the warning for extreme heat issued from now to Sunday.

North Kesteven District Council’s refuse crews will be starting their shifts half an hour earlier tomorrow 10 August, and on Thursday, August 11 and Friday, August 12, which means both black bins and garden waste bins will be collected earlier on the day than usual.

Doing so will help protect the wellbeing of the waste crews, by allowing them to carry out their rounds in the cooler hours of the day. Highs of 31 degrees Celsius are predicted for the county and the Met Office advises in its extreme heat Amber warning this week that some changes to working practices and daily routines are likely to be required.

It follows the Red extreme heat warning issued by the Met Office in July, when residents across North Kesteven showed great care for crews by ensuring their bins were out earlier.

In many instances cool drinks were also offered, which were greatly appreciated by crews in the exceptional levels of heat seen then. An all-time high of 40 degrees Celsius was recorded in Lincolnshire during the red warning.

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A long-running water leak which turned a pavement into a swamp has finally been plugged.

Water had been running down Bathurst Street in Lincoln for at least the past two years.

Residents were forced to walk off the pavement on Monks Road to avoid large amounts of algae and slime which had built up – but are now celebrating being able to use it again.

Anglian Water said that the leak was due to a naturally-occurring spring, rather than a burst pipe, which now appears to have been plugged.

The water spring had been causing problems for at least two years | Photo: The Lincolnite/LDRS

Natasha Chapman, who lives nearby, has rung Anglian Water monthly since March to try and get something done about it.

“It was awful, there was so much algae that you had to step into the road to walk around it – and that’s not a good idea on Monks Road,” she said.

“At one point it got really bad. It wasn’t easy to avoid. We were worrying about what was going to happen in winter when it froze.

“I began calling Anglian Water when I moved into the area in March, and I was going back and forth with them at least once a month to find out what was happening.

“We were told that it was a natural underground spring and nothing could be done about it.

“But then more work started about two or three weeks ago on the leak and it seems to have been sorted now. It’s great to be able to walk down the road safely again.”

Anglian Water previously said that they were aware of the running water.

“This is a spring that has been there many years and Lincolnshire highways are aware of it. Our teams have surveyed this many times and there is no indication of a water leak,” a spokesperson said at the time.

They have been contacted about the reason being it stopping.

Lincolnshire County Council also said that underground springs occurred all along the Monks Road/Arboretum hill, and they had plans to manage the flow of water to prevent any safety issues.