Competition winners tell Lincoln youths to ‘shush’ at night
Silent night: The winners of a competition to design the logo for the Lincoln Shush Campaign have been announced and awarded tickets to top nightspots.
Competition winner Joshua Ost receives his prize from members of the partnership from the Shush campaign. Photo: CLC
The winners of a competition to design the logo for the Lincoln Shush Campaign have been announced and awarded tickets to top nightspots.
The scheme, aimed at reminding people to be quiet when returning home from a night out, has already seen purple wristbands handed out with the words ‘Shush – let’s make it a silent night’ printed on.
The wristbands also gave wearer the benefit of queue jumps on certain evenings at popular city venues.
Wristbands reading “SHUSH – Let’s make it a silent night” will be issued to students of the University of Lincoln. Photo: CLC
The Shush campaign is a partnership between City of Lincoln Council, the University of Lincoln Students’ Union, Lincoln BIG, Street Pastors, the University of Lincoln, West End Residents’ Association and Lincolnshire Police.
The competition asked people to design a logo for the scheme, with more than 16 entries being received.
The winners were revealed at a prize giving ceremony at The Shed on Monday, February 10.
The event was attended by all the partners in the scheme as well as representatives from local businesses, which sponsored the prizes.
Professor David Sleight, Dean for Public Engagement at the University of Lincoln, handed out the awards.
The winners were:
First prize: Joshua Ost – His design will be used city-wide and he has won a VIP booth at Home nightclub and two tickets to an Engine Shed gig
Second prize: Dan Kardasz – won two tickets to an Engine Shed gig
Third prize: Michael Orridge – won two tickets for the Odeon cinema
Fourth prize: Jessica Ball – won a meal for two at Revolution
Fifth prize: Vanessa Adams – won a meal for two at Walkabout
Sixth prize: Kieran Brown – won coffee and cake for two at Bar Unico
Joshua Ost’s winning logo design.
Brian Alcorn, Vice President of the University of Lincoln Students’ Union, said: “On behalf of the Students’ Union I wish to thank all the entrants to this competition who offered logo designs for consideration to be used as part of the city-wide Shush Campaign partnership.
“There was quite a variety of design submissions, with very differing and creative ideas – something we have come to expect from our student members.
“I am proud they are engaged with the wider community and can play an active role in addressing issues which affect all residents of Lincoln.
“I hope that, jointly with the help of our partners, we can make some progress with this Shush Campaign in reducing the incidence of noise complaints in residential areas late at night.”
Heather Grover, Senior Policy Officer at the city council, said: “All the entries to the Shush campaign logo competition were of such a high standard, it made the judging process extremely difficult.
“We want the logo to be something that everyone will come to recognise as we have many plans for the scheme as it progresses.”
PC Luke Casey, Community Beat Manager for Carholme/Park Ward Area of Lincoln, said: “Noise nuisance and anti-social behaviour affects people of all ages and transient noise in particular is a very difficult problem to tackle.
“The Shush campaign is a great way of raising awareness around the problem of noise nuisance and encourages young people to get involved and take responsibility.
“I’m sure the campaign will be a success in raising awareness around this issue and Lincolnshire Police are pleased to have been able to work along side our partner agencies and be part of this project.”
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City of Lincoln Council has approved a 1.9% tax hike despite a series of cuts for 2021-22 due to the financial uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 1.9% rise will take city council’s share of council tax for a Band D property in Lincoln to £285.39 – an increase of £5.31.
The executive committee agreed on increasing allotment charges, council house and garage rents.
Council bosses predict a budget gap of £1.75 million and said it must close the hole for financial stability.
Allotment charges will also see most tenants pay between £58.70-£78.30 per year from 2022, an increase of between 38p and 51 pence per week.
Council housing rent will increase by an average of 1.5%, while council garage rents will increase by 3%.
Attendees at City of Lincoln Council’s executive on Monday.
The authority said it faces a number of ongoing challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic and requires a substantial reduction in all of its budgets.
Cllr Ric Metcalfe, Leader of City of Lincoln Council said: “It’sareasonablymodestincreaseformostpeople,andwewill support lowincomegroups stillwiththeconcessions.”
The council has saved more than £9 million annually over the past decade, however will have to increase savings by £850,000 next year, rising to £1.75 million by 2023/24.
Due to the pandemic’s impact on government funded reliefs, empty properties and business closures, the authority estimates it will only retain £5.1 million of the £42 million of business rates generated in the city.
The draft budget will go to consultation and return before the council later this year for a final decision.
There have been 372 new coronavirus cases and nine COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Monday.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 325 new cases in Lincolnshire, 30 in North Lincolnshire and 17 in North East Lincolnshire.
Some nine deaths were registered in Lincolnshire and none in North and North East Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
NHS England reported nine new local hospital deaths at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and one at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust on Monday. Hospital deaths have now surpassed 1,000 since the pandemic started in Greater Lincolnshire.
National cases increased by 37,535 to 3,433,494, while deaths rose by 599 to 89,860.
Leader of South Holland District Council, Cllr Lord Gary Porter, put the spike down to outbreaks in two care facilities, one being a children’s care home.
A group of urban explorers who travelled from three different counties to look around derelict buildings were caught and fined in Grantham for breaching lockdown rules. Two groups of revellers in the woods near Woodhall Spa have also been fined.
In national news, Public Health England have confirmed 4,062,501 people have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Those in England aged 70 and over, as well as the clinically extremely vulnerable, will begin receiving offers of a coronavirus vaccine this week.
Ten hospital trusts across England consistently reported having no spare adult critical care beds in the most recent figures available.
It comes as hospital waiting times, coronavirus admissions and patients requiring intensive care are rising.
All UK travel corridors, which allow arrivals from some countries to avoid having to quarantine, have now closed until at least February 15.
Travellers arriving in the UK, whether by boat, train or plane, also have to show proof of a negative coronavirus test to be allowed entry.
Supermarkets face increased inspections from local councils to ensure they are COVID-secure amid a push from the government to clamp down further on coronavirus transmission.
Local governments have been asked by ministers to target the largest supermarkets for inspection to ensure companies are enforcing mask wearing, social distancing and limits on shopper numbers.
Here’s Greater Lincolnshire’s infection rate up to January 17 according to the government dashboard:
Greater Lincolnshire’s infection rates from Jan 11 to Jan 17. | Data: Gov UK / Table: James Mayer for The Lincolnite
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Monday, January 18
Greater Lincolnshire includes Lincolnshire and the unitary authorities of North and North East (Northern) Lincolnshire.
44,374 cases (up 372)
30,784 in Lincolnshire (up 325)
6,927 in North Lincolnshire (up 30)
6,663 in North East Lincolnshire (up 17)
1,686 deaths (up nine)
1,196 from Lincolnshire (up nine)
268 from North Lincolnshire (no change)
222 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)
of which 1,006 hospital deaths (up 10)
612 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up nine)
30 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
363 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up one)
3,433,494 UK cases, 89,860 deaths
DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update. postcode data includes deaths not in healthcare facilities or in hospitals outside authority boundaries.
Eight people were fined for two separate COVID-19 rule breaches over the weekend, after being found partying and camping near Woodhall Spa.
Officers were called to two different incidents at Ostler’s Plantation, a woodland area near Woodhall Spa on Saturday, January 16 and on Sunday, January 17.
Five people were issued with £200 fines after a report of partying at around 11.08pm on Saturday.
The next morning, police were again called to the area at 8.21am after people were seen camping at the location.
Three people were fined as a result of this, again valued at £200 due to being first time offenders.
If these fines are paid within 14 days of the offence, the cost will be cut in half to £100.
On the same weekend, but this time in a different location, six urban explorers were fined after travelling from three different counties to try and gain access to an abandoned hospital in Grantham.
The behaviour of COVID-19 rule breakers has been described as “dangerous” by Lincolnshire Police’s assistant chief constable Kerrin Wilson, who referred to them as “Covidiots”.
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