Knifed man recovering in hospital

Few people attended the second Kill the Bill protest in Lincoln on Saturday, as Extinction Rebellion activists stood alone on the High Street to campaign against a proposed policing bill that could make many protests illegal.

Hundreds gathered at the first Kill the Bill protest in Lincoln on April 3, but the same couldn’t be said for the second demonstration.

Activists from Extinction Rebellion Lincolnshire gathered at Speakers’ Corner to oppose plans for the latest Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which could curtail protesting rights if passed through parliament.

Extinction Rebellion were the main representatives at the protest. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

Under the proposed bill, police officers will be given greater powers to put a stop to any protests, as well as determining start and finish times for them, and controlling noise levels.

Read more about what the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would mean here.

A few stopped to talk with the protestors, but most just went about their day walking down Lincoln High Street in the first weekend that non-essential shops and beer gardens reopened.

The Lincolnite spoke to one of the rebels at the protest, to find out the reasons behind the march.

They said: “This draconian bill cannot go ahead, it needs to be taken apart and re-evaluted completely.

“People have been walking past us shaking their heads, but they don’t realise that it’s their freedom we are fighting for.”

The Lincolnite photographer Steve Smailes captured some pictures from the protest.

Signs were put up by the works at Speakers’ Corner on Lincoln High Street. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

A 19-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash on the A52 on Friday evening.

The single-vehicle crash, involving a white Suzuki Splash, happened in the westbound lane of the A52 between Barrowby and Sedgebrook at around 7.20pm on Friday, April 16.

The driver of the car is now in hospital after suffering serious injuries, and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Officers believe the driver had travelled from Grantham on the A52 at Barrowby before the crash.

Anyone who has dashcam footage or saw the vehicle before the incident is being asked to call 101, quoting incident 420 of April 16.

Alternatively, you can email [email protected], using the same reference in the subject box.

It has been a tragic week with three deaths on Lincolnshire’s roads after two male motorbike riders and a man on a pedal bike lost their lives.

The roads are now busier again after further lockdown restrictions were eased on April 12, but since then three men have sadly died.

A man died after falling from his pedal bike in Branston on Wednesday, April 14 and police said his death is not being treated as suspicious.

On the same day, a 34-year-old male died after a crash involving two motorcycles near Gainsborough.

The man who lost his life in the collision was riding a silver Wuyang motorcycle. The second motorcycle was a blue Suzuki being ridden by a man in his 30s, who was taken to hospital with suspected serious injuries.

A 54-year-old man from North Lincolnshire also died after his motorbike crashed with a Royal Mail post van on the A631 near Glentham at around 4pm on Thursday, April 15.

This comes after it was revealed on March 11 that for the first time in over three decades nobody had died on the county’s roads in the first months of the year, according to Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership.

Lincolnshire Police revealed earlier this week that between 2018 and 2020 twenty five motorcyclists lost their lives on Lincolnshire’s roads.