Power cut affects Lincoln

A dangerous route along the A16 will see its speed limit reduced, but councillors want more to be done to improve safety.

Lincolnshire County Council’s Planning and Regulation Committee voted in favour of taking the speed limit on the A16 and Muckton Road from 40mph to 30mph.

It follows a collision between a motorbike and Ford Kruga in March where, sadly, the motorcyclist – a 52-year-old woman – was killed.

Louth Wolds Councillor Hugo Marfleet told councilors there was a “very bad camber” in the road through the village which “basically flips vehicles one way then the other”.

He said there had been numerous accidents along the road, including a number of lorries which had overturned spilling their produce.

“The village itself is constantly under pressure with speeding vehicles,” he said.

However, he added that residents also wanted more action and speed limits on the road from Burwell to Muckton, which he said was “very narrow”.

“If anything happens on that road, all the traffic gets diverted through there and people come off that a bit fast”.

He asked for new signage to be installed to try to warn people of the dangers.

Committee Chairman Councillor Ian Fleetwood was familiar with the road.

“It is fairly fast and there are one or two little surprises there,” he said.

Councillor Tom Ashton said he endorsed the comments around the south of the village needing more needed doing.

“Going from 60-30mph with such a short stretch before that junction – I genuinely don’t like speed limits that drop by 30mph in one go.”

He called for the area to be looked at again “with considerable urgency”.

A report before councillors said the limit had been in place for “many years” and would have resulted from a speed survey.

A new test measured the mean speed at 35mph, within 3mph of the level required to justify a 30mph speed limit.

The Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership has also requested an assessment of the A16 to the north of Burwell to see if a reduction from the national speed limit may be used there.

Lincoln Odeon staff reportedly ‘refused entry’ to a group of young people that came to watch the new Minions film dressed in suits – following an emerging TikTok trend.

The trend has seen many teens and adolescents arrive for screenings of Minions: The Rise of Gru dressed in formal suit attire, uploading their experience to TikTok with #gentleminions.

Cinemas across the country have implemented bans for people coming to watch the film in suits, after accusations of audiences making noise and throwing bananas and other items while the movie is on.

The trend has generated millions of views in recent days, appearing to consist of standing ovations at the end, cheering during dramatic scenes and sitting in unison adopting the characteristic steepled fingers of the film’s main character – Felonious Gru.

Gareth Nichols contacted The Lincolnite to say that his 15-year-old son and a group of around 15-20 school friends were “refused entry” to Odeon on Brayford Wharf North in Lincoln on Saturday, July 2.

He said his son and friends turned up in suits, and described the decision to ban a group of teens “who have dressed up for an evening out at the cinema” as “ridiculous”.

“They had all pre-purchased tickets and were not there to cause trouble in any way. They were refused entry because of the way they were dressed; smartly.

“Clearly the good people of Lincoln need to be aware that they should not attend the Odeon cinema dressed smartly, because I assume the same policy will apply to all age groups – not just teenagers.”

Odeon staff did say that the boys would get their ticket prices refunded in 2-3 days, but the cinema has confirmed that access is restricted “in some circumstances”.

An Odeon spokesperson said: “Due to a small number of incidents in our cinemas over the weekend we have had to restrict access in some circumstances.”