Lincolnshire Police’s revenue from central Government will be slashed, after their budget cuts were announced on Monday.
The Home Office unveiled a document on December 13 outlining how much each police authority would be receiving over the next four years.
Almost £43million of Lincolnshire Police’s 2011-2012 income will come from the Home Office, while other revenues are from the public’s Council Tax.
Lincolnshire will see £39.8million in 2012/2013, in 2013/2014 they will get £42.3million and finally in 2014/2015 they will have £41.5million in funding from the Home Office.
Their Neighbourhood Policing fund will remain throughout the next four years at £2.9million.
However, the full extent of the cuts will not be known until February 2011, after the Council Tax precept.
Lincolnshire Police’s Chief Constable Richard Crompton felt the cuts were not as bad as they could have been.
He said: “Essentially there were no surprises in the announcement.
“It clarifies the position we thought we would find ourselves in however there will be much more detailed work going on over the coming weeks and months.
“In any case we will not know the final budget until the Police Authority set the Council Tax precept in February.
“As we have already stated, our priorities are and will continue to be to protect people in Lincolnshire; keep the County safe and continue to provide an excellent front line service.”
Lincolnshire Police previously said that due to the budget cuts it would need to slash 70 uniformed police officers’ jobs and around 80 admin staff positions.
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A 26-year-old man has been arrested after crashing his car into a house in Skegness, and he allegedly didn’t have a licence or insurance.
The man was arrested for driving offences after an Insignia car hit a house on the A52 Croft Bank, near the Lomax garage in the seaside town at around 11.40pm on Monday, April 12.
He then fled the scene after the incident, causing significant damage to the property — but luckily nobody was injured, and police issued an appeal to track him down.
Officers eventually found and arrested a 26-year-old on suspicion of failing to stop at a road traffic collision, driving without a licence and without insurance, as well as aggravated vehicle taking.
He has been released on bail while investigations continue, and anyone with information is being asked to call 101 and quote incident 514 of April 12.
Norton Disney’s amateur archaeology group have discovered Iron Age treasures after excavating a site in Norton Disney next to its Roman Villa, the site of a proposed animal rendering plant development they want to block.
From April 8 to April 9, they dug seven trenches supported by local archaeology company Allen Archaeology and found further evidence dating from the Iron Age, predating the Roman Villa.
Richard Parker, Secretary of the Norton Disney Group said: “We found some good examples of Iron Age pottery and an ancient nail, plus soil samples were taken for further analysis to get detailed environmental information.
“The other major discovery was archaeology in the form of ditches which appear to link with the Roman Villa field and the site of a proposed rendering plant over the road.
“It’s a bit of a jigsaw, but finally the pieces are coming together to link this bit of archaeology with that at Villa farm, the site of the proposed rendering plant.”
Findings from the Norton Disney dig.
He added: “A previous excavation by Lincoln Proteins two years ago discovered an Iron Age settlement close to where we were excavating, so there is a good reason to believe now the area we were excavating is part of the wider archaeology.”
A report will be written and passed to Lincolnshire County Council as evidence to show the negative effects the rendering plant would have on the wider local archaeological site.
The dig in Norton Disney was a major success.
In February this year, Lincoln Proteins Ltd resubmitted a planning application for an animal rendering plant at Villa Farm on Folly Lane in Norton Disney.
There were fears the facility would “overshadow” the Lancaster Bomber gateway sculpture being built off the A46.
When the plans were originally submitted, there were objections from both local residents and North Kesteven District Council over odour and location. The county council received 1,105 letters of objection.
Villa Farm proposed development.
In February this year, plans were unanimously approved to demolish an existing animal by-products processing plant and build a new processing plant at the farm on Jerusalem Road in Skellingthorpe, which Lincoln Proteins Ltd rent from the Leo Group.
Alan Asker, operations manager, previously said: “Lincoln Proteins remain committed to a project which offers sustainable jobs within the food manufacturing industry, a vital addition to the Lincolnshire economy in times such as these.”
Tony Turner MBE JP, a Conservative West Lindsey councillor for 67 years and a member of Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) since 1995, won’t be standing for re-election on May 6, as he steps down after a long career in local politics.
He is the county councillor for North Wolds ward and has lived in Swallow in the north of Lincolnshire since 1986. He had his first taste of local politics when elected to the former Cleethorpes Borough Council in 1954 and was later elected to Humberside County Council.
Cllr Turner has held a number of important posts with Lincolnshire County Council, including the Executive Councillor and portfolio holder for Waste Disposal, Special Needs (May 2002 to October 2003) and Executive Councillor and portfolio holder for ICT and Personnel (April 2004 to March 2005).
He has been a member of a number of outside bodies during his 26 years as a county councillor, including West Lindsey Cultural Panel and Central Lincolnshire Community Health Council.
Before his LCC career, he became the youngest ever Mayor of Cleethorpes in 1960. In the same year, he also became a magistrate and later a chairman of the bench when Cleethorpes Borough Council disbanded.
Reflecting on his time as a councillor, Tony Turner said: “I belong to that generation which grew from childhood to adulthood during the war when the notion of service was paramount.”
He added: “As we have been reminded frequently in the days following Prince Philip’s death, duty and service was at the very heart of things for my generation, and it has been for me (as for him) a lifelong joy, as well as a duty, to serve as best I can.”
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