Stickely is now looking for ideas for unusual places he can do readings in.
He will also represent the county at regional and national arts festivals and help to put on live poetry events and workshops.
Stickely hails from nearby Nottinghamshire and had his work featured on BBC Radios 3, 4 and 7 as well as ITV, Channel 4 and Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
As a member of poetry collective Aisle16, he has performed at Glastonbury, the Edinburgh Fringe, Port Eliot Lit Fest, the Latitude festival, the Athens International Book Fair and numerous literary events across the UK.
A first poem for Lincolnshire
Joel Stickley has written a short poem about his reaction to his appointment:
By Way Of Introduction
Into the valley of the A46,
the valley of roadworks and limestone bricks,
of airfields and wheat fields and beet fields and grey seals;
into the valley of Donna Nook.
Into the valley of Market Deeping,
of Heckington, Quarrington, Donington, Luddington,
Horncastle, Mablethorpe, Winterton, Waddington,
Alford and Sleaford and Stamford and Manthorpe
and Spalding and Grantham and Epworth and Scunthorpe.
Into the valley of Skegness.
Into the valley of mean more but say less –
into the valley of poetry,
of knowing we have something to say.
Into the valley, then up and away.
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We are appealing for witnesses and dash cam footage following a fatal collision on A16 between Algarkirk and Kirton roundabouts on Friday 28 January.
Our force control room received a report of a collision involving a white BMW 420 which was travelling towards Spalding and a silver Toyota Yaris which was heading towards Boston. This happened at around 9.47pm.
The front seat passenger of the Toyota, a 76-year-old woman, sadly died at the scene whilst the 72-year-old female driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the BMW, a male aged 37, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to provide a roadside breath test. He suffered minor injuries, and remains in custody.
If you can assist with our investigation or have dash cam footage, please contact us in one of the following ways:
By calling 101 quoting incident 428 of 28th January.
By emailing [email protected]– don’t forget to include incident 428 of 28th January in the subject line.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can report via the independent charity CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.
Grimsby voters say they’re losing faith in Boris Johnson – despite MP Lia Nici’s claims the town backs him.
Many of those our Local Democracy Reporter spoke to said it was time for him to go.
Revelations about lockdown parties in Downing Street were too much for some who gave the embattled Prime Minister the benefit of the doubt when he was first elected.
Grimsby MP Lia Nici has thrown her full support behind him, recently claiming he was the ‘best prime minister places like Great Grimsby have had in generations.’
However, voters on the street are less enthusiastic.
One man who said he distrusts both main parties said: “People have been fined for holding those parties in lockdown – he seems to get away with it.
“Lia Nici said that everyone she has spoken to is behind Boris. I don’t know where she’s polled, but she can’t have spoken to anyone around here.
“Conservatives definitely won’t be getting my vote in the next election – I’m not sure who I can trust.”
Paul Fleming said: “He did some good things for Grimsby at the start, but this has overshadowed everything else.
“There’s not a chance I would vote for Conservatives now.”
Sophie said: “He just looks silly now getting caught out. I am sure that he has only relaxed the coronavirus restrictions because of all the news about what he did in lockdown.
“I’m still wearing my mask because I know COVID hasn’t gone away.
“I really doubt the idea that he was the best Prime Minister that Grimsby has had.”
Some still backed him regardless of the recent scandal.
Hayley Clarke said: “He’s got a really tough job and he’s doing his best. Without him, Brexit never would have happened – Teresa May was too much of a ditherer.
“He has done well under the circumstances. We should let him get on with it.
“I’m not a fan of Kier Starmer – did he come to Grimsby this week just because Boris has before?”
However, the new revelations have been a deal-breaker for other voters.
“I’m not happy at all with him. While we couldn’t go to funerals or visit loved ones in hospitals, he was having parties,” one woman said.
“I thought he was alright at first – he handled the first lockdown well and I liked the grants and help for the self-employed he gave.
“Finding out what was actually going on makes you look at him differently.”
A report into the parties is expected to be published within days, and the Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are also looking into potential breaches of COVID rules.
Lia Nici said the outcome of the report wouldn’t change her mind, telling a BBC interviewer this week: “I’ve already decided whether I think Boris Johnson should continue [as prime minister] or not.
“I think he’s the best prime minister places like Great Grimsby have had in generations and he has my whole-hearted support.”
A father was mistakenly mailed hundreds of addresses of parents with young children by North Lincolnshire Council.
The man received more than 200 letters intended for families with three-year-old children.
Instead of being sent separately to the correct addresses, all 208 letters were sent to his home.
They were all for parents with three-year-old children informing them they were eligible for funding, and had the intended addresses printed on them.
The North Lincolnshire dad is worried the details of so many people with young children could have accidentally ended up in the wrong hands.
He said: “I couldn’t believe that little kids’ information was sent out by mistake like this.
“I have two young girls, and I would hate to know that their information had been sent to someone else.
“The envelope was a huge package with my address on, so I assumed it was from work.
“I couldn’t believe when I opened it up and saw the identical letters with over 200 addresses on them.
“As soon as I realised what it was, I considered shredding it. In the end, I contacted North Lincolnshire Council to report it.
“How could a mistake like this happen? I dread to think if it has happened before.”
Letters with addresses of over 200 parents with three-year-old children were mistakenly sent to one home Credit: Submitted Approved for use by all partners
He has arranged to hand the letters back to North Lincolnshire Council to ensure that they are disposed of properly.
A spokesperson has promised that the way letters are posted has been changed to ensure it can’t happen again.
They said: “We take data protection very seriously and successfully send hundreds of thousands of letters each year.
“Changes have been made to the post system to ensure no such technical issues happen again and all the correspondence was eventually returned.”
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