Princess Anne visiting Lincoln Cathedral in December 2011
The University of Lincoln is preparing to welcome HRH The Princess Royal on January 19 to formally open the Lincoln Engineering Hub.
Princess Anne will meet the university’s Vice Chancellor and engineering academics and professionals from the university and Siemens, who have helped found the new School of Engineering, the first to be built in the UK for more than 20 years.
Construction at the £37 million engineering school started in early 2011 and was completed in September, when the first students began their courses there.
Her Royal Highness will arrive at midday and visit the turbine room, where she will be shown by students and staff how they can be tested and dismantled.
The Princess will then be escorted to the Laser Laboratory where Dr Jonathan Lawrence will explain what the laser machine is capable of and its applications.
HRH will arrive at the Atrium on the third floor of the building at 1pm. She will give a short speech before unveiling a plaque.
Second year Mechanical Engineering student Carl Hockley (19) will then present a posy to The Princess.
Last year, Hockley was awarded the first ever Sir Frank Whittle Bursary, an award set up by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire, in memory of Sir Frank Whittle.
The Princess will depart Lincoln at 1.30pm.
University Vice Chancellor, Professor Mary Stuart, said: “I am delighted that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is coming to open the Lincoln School of Engineering.
“Staff and students are looking forward to demonstrating the world-class facilities and talking about the exciting research we are conducting with our partners in global industry, of which we extremely proud.”
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A local man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving after two pedestrians were injured in a collision with a car and three parked vehicles in Skegness.
Lincolnshire Police officers attended the scene after the collision between a blue Citroen Berlingo, the parked vehicles, and a man and a woman, who are both in their 60s, on Winthorpe Avenue shortly before 7pm on Friday, April 16.
The two pedestrians suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital. However, their injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
A 63-year-old local man, who was driving the Berlingo, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving. He has since been released under investigation.
Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage and anyone with information should contact them on 101 or via email at [email protected] quoting incident number 389 of April 16.
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.
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.
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
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.