What to expect from Lincolnshire County Council’s full council meeting
All 77 Lincolnshire county councillors have been requested to attended the council’s AGM in Lincoln on Friday, May 20. The Lincolnite has compiled a list of what to look out for on a busy day inside the council’s chambers. Appointments to Executive Leader of Lincolnshire County Council, Councillor Martin Hill, will report on appointments to…
Lincolnshire County Council offices on Newland in Lincoln. Photo: File/The Lincolnite
All 77 Lincolnshire county councillors have been requested to attended the council’s AGM in Lincoln on Friday, May 20.
The Lincolnite has compiled a list of what to look out for on a busy day inside the council’s chambers.
Appointments to Executive
Lincolnshire’s new Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Leader of Lincolnshire County Council, Councillor Martin Hill, will report on appointments to the Executive committee which makes the key decisions on behalf of the council.
However, he has indicated that he will combine his position at police headquarters with his duties as a councillor, at least until the 2017 Lincolnshire County Council elections.
Street lights
Photo: The Lincolnite
A number of questions will be raised by councillors during the early part of the meeting, as part of their opportunity to hold the Executive to account.
One question which has already been trailed by The Lincolnite will come from Labour councillor Robin Renshaw, who will challenge Executive Member for Highways, Councillor Richard Davies, over the decision to switch thousands of street lights off at 10pm and many more at midnight.
Other petitions will be handed into the council, and leading councillors will be expected to address any questions from their fellow members.
New chairman and vice-chairman
The full council will also be asked to elect a new chairman and vice-chairman, replacing Councillors William Webb and Thomas Martin Trollope-Bellew respectively.
Devolution
Councillors will be asked to endorse the next stages in the Greater Lincolnshire Devolution deal, including the election of a directly elected mayor.
Key points of the proposal include:
The combined authority will receive £15 million a year, for the next 30 years, for infrastructure projects
Funding and responsibilities will include transport, housing, skills training and flood risk management
A directly elected mayor will lead the combined authority, with elections potentially taking place in 2017
All the councils will continue to exist in their current form
City of Lincoln councillors will consider the deal at a full council meeting next week.
Before the meeting begins, a protest will be held outside the county council’s offices by campaigners opposed to changes to Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue.
Councillors arriving at a full council meeting from 9am will meet residents angry at plans to downgrade Lincoln South fire station, meaning firefighters will no longer be on 24-hour duty, but on call at night.
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Lincoln Cathedral and Castle have been the centre of a nickname frenzy in recent weeks, and Wikipedia has now recognised these alternative names for the city’s landmarks.
Despite many people saying they regularly call Lincoln Cathedral Cathy, when The Lincolnite used the adorable term on Facebook, the nickname has proved controversial with some.
Now, after weeks of speculation about the legitimacy of the Cathy and Cassie nicknames, both now appear at the top of the landmarks’ Wikipedia pages — the most popular encyclopedia on the globe.
The changes appear to have been submitted at the beginning of November and were approved by Wikipedia editors after several upvotes from other users.
Lincoln Cathedral’s Wikipedia front page now reads: “Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary’s Cathedral, or Cathy in Lincoln, England, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln.”
Even Wikipedia is getting in the habit of calling it Cathy!
Lincoln Castle’s page now says: “Lincoln Castle, or Cassie, is a major Norman castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress.”
The Wikipedia entry for Lincoln Castle.
What do you think? Do you call the cathedral Cathy or do you find it strange?
Lincolnshire Showground will welcome a unique nostalgia trip next year, as Ibiza Orchestra Live stops off in Lincoln on a UK tour.
You’ll be able to hear classic Ibiza anthems in a reimagined orchestral way when the tour comes to Lincolnshire Showground on February 13, 2021.
The fully-sheltered live performance will feature a live DJ along with an orchestra playing dance music throwback hits with a twist.
It will be the only stop on the tour that comes to Lincolnshire, with the closest other events being Peterborough, Nottingham and Leicester.
Ibiza Orchestra Live will be joined by a range of support acts and other big names, who are yet to be announced.
Organisers are promising “incredible visual effects” and “full-scale festival production” for the show, as well as plenty of spaces for bars and catering.
The tour had initially been planned to take place in 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic put a halt to any plans.
New dates have since been added, and Lincolnshire will now get to enjoy the show as well.
Tickets will cost £45 plus a £4.50 booking fee and are available to buy now from the Ibiza Orchestra Live website.
The Peacocks store on Lincoln High Street is advertising a closing down sale, just days after the company went into administration.
Peacocks, owned by Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group, fell into administration after a buyer couldn’t be found for the business.
It means that 423 stores and 4,369 jobs across the country are now at risk.
The company did not confirm which stores will have to close as a result of administration, but the closing down sale signs suggest Lincoln is on the list.
There are two Peacocks shops in Lincoln, one on the High Street and another in the Carlton Centre, which opened in 2014.
Peacocks haven’t been able to open during the second national lockdown, but a notice in the shop window suggests that it will reopen when restrictions are lifted on Wednesday, December 2.
A notice suggests the shop will reopen on December 2. | Photo: The Lincolnite
The Lincolnite approached both Peacocks and EWM Group for a comment, but are yet to receive a reply.
The owners of Peacocks, Edinburgh Woollen Mill, used to have a store on Lincoln High Street near the Stonebow, but that closed in 2018 and is set to be replaced by a Greggs.
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