Overnight closures set for Lucy Tower car park

There are currently 12 flood alerts in place affecting Lincolnshire and a village near Grantham experienced flooding in the streets and around some properties.

There was further heavy rainfall across the upper Witham catchment overnight.

Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue set up a temporary flood barrier to protect two properties on the Bourne Road estate in Colsterworth.

South Kesteven District Council have also been seen dropping off additional sand bags in the area.

The government’s flood information service said this may lead to flooding of low lying lands and roads close to the river from Thursday morning.

Fire crews set up a temporary flood barrier. | Photo: R S Mortiss

It has been impacting on some resident’s properties and gardens. | Photo: R S Mortiss

Flood water is also running off from a field between the estate and the A1 for the fourth time in just over a month.

River levels are rising again and expected to remain high throughout the next few days.

Flooding is affecting some roads in the area. | Photo: R S Mortiss

Some properties in the area have been affected. | Photo: R S Mortiss

The council has dropped off additional sand bags in the area. | Photo: R S Mortiss

The 12 flood alerts affecting Lincolnshire currently in place at the time of publication are:

• East and West Glens
• Minor Watercourses from Heighington to Dunston
• River Devon and Smite in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire
• River Idle in Nottinghamshire
• River Trent from Cromwell Weir to Gainsborough
• River Wreake in Leicestershire
• South Forty Foot Drain
• Tributaries of the lower River Witham from Blankney to Sleaford
• Welland tributaries
• Welland Valley
• Witham in North Kesteven
• Witham in South Kesteven

See the latest flood warning and alerts information here.

The Environment Agency are constantly monitoring river levels and have staff in the field checking for blockages and clearing weed screen.

Plans for a new Aldi supermarket, drive-thru coffee shop and two retail centres at Lincoln’s Moorland Centre off Tritton Road have been approved.

City of Lincoln Council’s planning committee on Wednesday evening unanimously gave plans the go ahead, after some concerns about the amount of cars in the area.

The move will see the former Downtown building off Tritton Road demolished to make way for the development, creating around 100 new jobs.

A report before the committee said: “The layout, scale and design of the development is acceptable, complementing the architectural style of the local surroundings.”

The Aldi supermarket will be at the back of the site, near the current M&S Food Hall and will front onto a new 193-space car park, bringing the number of spaces at the retail park to over 360.

A new entrance to the Aldi car park will also be created off Moorland Way.

Designs for the new Aldi at the Moorland Centre.

The drive-thru coffee shop is planned for the front of the site, close to The Elite Fish & Chip Shop.

Two retail units, which would be next to the Aldi supermarket, will be built in the second phase.

Work is hoped to begin in early 2021.

The Aldi supermarket will be at the back of the site, near the current M&S Food Hall. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

Over 300 properties are without power in the Boston area on Thursday morning.

Western Power Distribution said the incident was reported at 9.39am on January 28 after a power cut in Boston and surrounding areas.

The postcode area of PE21 is currently affected by this incident. Some 331 properties were still without power by the time of publication.

It is estimated that the problem will be resolved by 11.30am.

Western Power Distribution said: “We are aware of this power cut incident which was raised at 9.39am this morning and our engineers are working to get the power returned as quickly as possible. We are sorry for any inconvenience this is causing you.”

The issue originally affected 1,054 customers and Western Power Distribution said at 10.45am that it had restored supplies to 1,053 customers.

The cause of the power cut is under investigation.