Council cracks down on street drinking in Spalding
A new scheme cracking down on street drinking and anti-social behaviour in Spalding town centre has been introduced. South Holland District Council has set up a Public Space Protection (PSPO) in the area covering from St Thomas’ Road north to West Elloe Avenue and from the railway station east to Commercial Road. Signs promoting the…
Councillors Anthony Casson and Gary Taylor next to one of the PSPO signs in Spalding market place
A new scheme cracking down on street drinking and anti-social behaviour in Spalding town centre has been introduced.
South Holland District Council has set up a Public Space Protection (PSPO) in the area covering from St Thomas’ Road north to West Elloe Avenue and from the railway station east to Commercial Road.
Signs promoting the government-backed PSPO have been put in the town centre to encourage people to behave in an orderly and respectful way inside the designated area.
The PSPO replaces the previous Designated Public Place Order in the town centre, which resulted in a decrease in the number of reported street drinking incidents since 2014.
The new law does not allow for a complete ban on drinking alcohol in a public place.
Instead, the offence is failing to comply with an officer’s request to stop drinking within a PSPO area.
The following activities are offences within the PSPO:
Failure to comply with an officer’s request to stop drinking alcohol in a public space
Spitting saliva or any other product on to the ground
Dropping litter
Urinating or defecating
Malcolm Chandler, deputy leader of South Holland District Council, said: “Whilst it is pleasing to hear that reported incidents of anti-social behaviour are reducing in Spalding, we accept there are still incidents occurring and there remains a public perception of street drinking, which we want to change.
“The PSPO is a new piece of government legislation to help authorities address community concerns and make public spaces more welcome to the majority of people.
“It is important that incidents of antisocial behaviour are reported to the council’s Communities team on 01775 761161 or to the police via 101 so that issues can be monitored.”
Inspector Jo Reeves, community policing inspector for South Holland, said: “Lincolnshire Police are supporting SHDC with the PSPO to further the considerable good work which has taken place over the last few years to reduce street drinking to the low levels we currently experience.
“We will continue to provide a visible presence in reported hotspot locations to reduce antisocial behaviour and improve the locality for all who use it.”
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A new £4.5 million specialist respiratory unit at Lincoln County Hospital was opened by the Boston-born Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Jonathan Van-Tam this week.
The 10 side rooms in the new unit are all equipped with high-tech video technology and monitoring equipment, so the team can provide patients with non-invasive ventilation and other specialist respiratory treatments.
The respiratory unit was built by ModuleCo Ltd at its Gloucestershire Assembly Facility before being delivered in sections to Lincoln County Hospital, and then craned into position over a 72-hour period.
It is hoped the unit will be able to welcome patients later this summer once final touches have been completed.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam cut the ribbon to open the new £4.5 million specialist respiratory unit at Lincoln County Hospital. | Photo: ULHT
The unit will also be home to the Captain Sir Tom Moore Pleural Procedure room. It will treat both inpatients and outpatients from across the county who have diseases of the lining of the lung.
A second Captain Sir Tom Moore Pleural Procedure room has been installed and is already being used by patients from across the county at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam with staff in the Captain Sir Tom Moore Plural Procedure room as part of the new £4.5 million specialist respiratory unit for Lincolnshire patients. | Photo: ULHT
Professor Van-Tam said: “Thank you for the terrific honour to come back to Lincoln County Hospital to open the specialist respiratory unit.
“This is something very close to my heart because of the pandemic and also because I have asthma. It is fantastic to see this happening, with this high-tech and cutting edge facility which will very much put you on the map.
“Thank you to all staff at the hospital. As a specialist respiratory team you have been very much on the frontline of this for 18 months and the pandemic is not over yet. A big thank you.”
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam in one of the new side rooms on the specialist respiratory unit. | Photo: ULHT
Andrew Morgan, Chief Executive at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “This unit is all side rooms, reducing the need for staff to enter unnecessarily, meaning they will help us to control the spread of infection.
“This will not only really help us when treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, but will also provide a fantastic facility to deliver a modern, high quality respiratory service for the future.”
There will be plenty of opportunities for people to access walk-in coronavirus vaccinations across Lincolnshire this weekend.
Anyone who is yet to have their first COVID-19 jab, or more than eight weeks have passed to make you eligible for the second dose, can turn up without booking at six locations in Lincolnshire.
More than one million vaccinations have now been given across the county already, with over 73% of people double-vaccinated.
The walk-in opportunities are available for people aged 18 and over, on a ‘first come, first served’ basis at the following locations:
PRSA Mass Vaccination Centre, Boston – Offering Pfizer and AstraZeneca walk-ins (no individual choice of vaccine, will be administered according to JCVI guidance), first and second doses, 8am-7pm, 7 days a week.
Lincolnshire Showground Mass Vaccination Centre – Offering Pfizer and AstraZeneca walk-ins (no individual choice of vaccine, will be administered according to JCVI guidance), first and second doses, 8.15am-7pm, 7 days a week.
Storehouse, Skegness – Offering Pfizer walk-ins, first and second doses, 1pm-4.30pm Friday 30th July. AstraZeneca walk-ins, first and second doses – 8.30am-2.30pm on Saturday, July 31
Springfields Events and Conference Centre, Spalding – Offering Pfizer and AstraZeneca, first and second doses – until 8pm on Friday, July 30.
John Coupland Hospital, Gainsborough – Offering Pfizer and AstraZeneca, first and second doses – 9am-1pm on Saturday, July 31
Marisco Medical Practice, Mablethorpe – Offering AstraZeneca walk-ins, first and second doses – 9am-12.30pm on Sunday, August 1, and Pfizer walk-ins, first and second doses between 1pm-4.30pm on the same day.
In addition to the above locations, pre-booked appointments are available online here or by calling 119 for the former VW garage opposite Morrisons in Stamford.
This comes after young people in Lincolnshire were warned this week that they still need to get their COVID jabs – even though infection rates are dropping.
Vaccine figures released by the government on Thursday showed Lincolnshire had now given out 1,019,216 cumulative doses, up 13,056 on the previous week’s 1,006,160 total. The increase is 715 doses fewer than the previous week’s 13,771 doses. Of those 557,452 are first doses, while 461,764 are second.
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