For many, 2016 offered a glimpse into a New Year of possibilities and unexplored territories. From the promise of eventual divorce from the European Union, to the beginnings of major local infrastructure projects, there’s already lots to add to look out for in the months ahead. Our roundup of top milestones to expect this year includes…
For many, 2016 offered a glimpse into a New Year of possibilities and unexplored territories. From the promise of eventual divorce from the European Union, to the beginnings of major local infrastructure projects, there’s already lots to add to look out for in the months ahead.
Our roundup of top milestones to expect this year includes some of the biggest events of 2017 for your calendar:
Scampton Airshow
Photo: Steve Smailes/The Lincolnite
The first Scampton Airshow will take place at RAF Scampton, home of the RAF Red Arrows aerobatics team, between September 9 and 10, 2017.
The show will help to raise funds for the RAF Charitable Trust.
The day will feature more than 35 guest speakers at 25 events including TV personality and tech guru Jason Bradbury, Bank of England East Midland Agent Alastair Cunningham and Managing Director of Russell Payne & Co and Archive 365 Russell Payne.
Some 90 businesses will be exhibiting throughout the day.
The Lincolnshire Show is one of the most highly anticipated events on the Lincoln calendar. Featuring a range of local businesses, show-stopping performers, food, drink and livestock, the show welcomes thousands each year.
The show makes place across the ground of the Lincolnshire Showground off the A15 on June 21 and 22.
The next Lincolnshire County Council elections will be held this spring.
The process of selecting candidates for the 77 electoral divisions is currently underway and the date for elections had been provisionally set for May 4.
In the 2013 elections, the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council after previously enjoying a sizeable majority. The Conservatives have 36 seats.
The UK Independence Party became the council’s second biggest party, but lost six of its councillors to defections. Labour now form the official opposition.
The BCE must report to Parliament in 2018 and, if agreed by Parliament, the new constituencies will be in use at the next scheduled general election in 2020.
The hand-designed sculptures, complete with horse and shield, will be scattered across distinct locations across Lincoln from May 20 to September 4.
Knights have been designed around two key figures from the Battle of Lincoln – Nichola de lea Haye and William Marshall. They’ll form part of the commemorations for the 800th anniversary of the Battle of Lincoln.
High hopes for Lincoln City
For the first time in many years, there is some real optimism at Sincil Bank with Lincoln City at the top of the Conference.
The Imps now have an excellent chance of returning to the Football League for the first time in six seasons, with games against the likes of Portsmouth, Doncaster Rovers and yes Grimsby Town to look forward to.
Before that though, Lincoln have the opportunity to be giant killers in the FA Cup 3rd round tie against Championship side Ipswich Town, with nearly 5,000 Imps travelling down to Suffolk this Saturday.
First phase of Cornhill Quarter to open
Cosy Club restaurant has been confirmed as one of three new brands coming to Lincoln
The first phase of the £70 million project by Lincolnshire Co-op to redevelop the Cornhill Quarter of Lincoln is expected to reach completion in the summer of 2017.
The scheme is aiming to give new life to the area of Sincil Street, City Square and the Cornhill. The first £12 million phase of work has seen the modern extensions of the Grade II listed Corn Exchange building removed.
Artist impression of the new look Cornhill Quarter
In September, the first three national retailers were confirmed for the area – Cosy Club restaurant, Danish home and general store Flying Tiger Copenhagen and men’s formal wear fashion brand Moss Bros. They’re set to open in the summer.
The development coincides with the development of a multi-million pound Lincoln Transport Hub, including a new 1,000 space pay and display car park, state-of-the-art bus station and other facilities.
The annual Lincoln Grand Prix Festival of Cycling will take place between May 12 and 14 including criteriums, a sportive, uphill dash and the highly anticipated men’s and women’s Grand Prix.
Entering its 62nd year, the event will see elite athletes race across the historic city before crowds thousands strong.
Asylum Steampunk Festival
Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The Lincoln Steampunk Festival claims to be the biggest and longest running of its kind on earth. Every year the city is transformed into a flamboyant, Victorian fantasy world with attendees dressed in their finest outfits.
The 2017 festival runs from August 25 to August 28 at numerous venues across the Cathedral Quarter of the city.
Lincoln Christmas Market
Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
A regular top spot of best Christmas market guides, the annual event is attended by around 250,000 people each year. The traditional German market features a range of local and national traders as well as entertainment, food, drink and rides.
The 2017 market will take place from December 7 to 10.
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Lincoln could be in discussions over tier 2 (high) restrictions by the weekend, health bosses have said.
Lincolnshire County Council’s public health officials are advising that the city — at least — could be put into a higher tier as numbers continue to rise across the county.
Lincoln’s rate of infection per 100,000 of the population alone rose from 154.1 on October 16 to 213.5 on October 23, just above the England average of 212.5.
The city has had 1,063 cases since the pandemic began, with the number on Monday increasing by 59.
How cases have increased in the city of Lincoln up to October 26.
The county’s Outbreak Management Board, which includes representatives from councils, health and other response bodies, will meet on Wednesday to discuss the next steps.
Neighbours Nottinghamshire on Monday confirmed that Nottingham city along with the districts of Rushcliffe, Gedling and Broxtowe face tier 3 lockdown from midnight on Thursday — though Newark on the Lincolnshire border will stay in tier 2 for now.
Lincolnshire’s neighbours in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire have much higher COVID-19 infection rates. | Data: GOV UK
Lincolnshire County Council’s assistant director of public health Tony McGinty said Lincolnshire was “fairly close” to having similar conversations.
“If you look at the numbers in some of our districts we probably are going to be wanting to talk about taking additional measures over the coming week or two,” he said.
“Some of those numbers […] are looking quite difficult.”
He added: “Lincoln is having some particularly challenging times at the moment with its numbers […] for me at the moment, the district I’m spending most of my time talking to colleagues about and talking to City of Lincoln Council colleagues about is Lincoln.”
He said local and national leaders may want to have that conversation “over the coming days or weeks”.
The restrictions for tier 2 – high – lockdown.
Lincolnshire is tier 1 – medium – lockdown.
Lincolnshire is currently still on the medium (tier 1) level for the the new three-tier lockdown system of COVID-19 risk, which means it has no extra restrictions on top of the nation-wide ones.
If that decision is made to move up a tier, the next steps will include discussions over what the additional measures will mean and what extra funding will be made available.
Some 301 people have died with coronavirus in Greater Lincolnshire’s hospitals to date.
Six COVID-related deaths have been confirmed the latest NHS figures with four deaths at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT) and two at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust (NLaG).
It means there have now been 301 coronavirus-related deaths in trusts covering the region. They are broken down as:
160 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up four)
6 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
134 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up two)
The government’s coronavirus dashboard, which includes those both in and out of hospitals and those of residents in hospitals outside the county, will be updated later today, however, yesterday said there had been 451 deaths in total.
They include:
302 from Lincolnshire (up three)
95 from North Lincolnshire (no change)
44 from North East Lincolnshire (up one)
The number of new cases has been increasing over the past month and health experts expect that to translate into further deaths.
A newly qualified teenage driver caused a fatal crash in which three of her friends were killed after she lost control of her car on a straight stretch of road, a jury was told on Tuesday.
Kasey Boulton, 19, who had only passed her test a few weeks earlier, spun out of control as she drove along Heath Lane just outside the village of Welton near Lincoln, resulting in her Vauxhall Astra colliding with a tree.
Ian Way, prosecuting, told the jury at Lincoln Crown Court that three passengers Ricky Sharp,17, Aiden Sawyer, 17, and Joby John Scrimshaw, 14, were killed. Boulton and her two other passengers were seriously injured.
None of the three were wearing a seat belt at the time. No other vehicle was involved.
Mr Way said that the car was only designed to hold four passengers but Boulton had five with Ricky Sharp sitting in the footwell behind the front passenger.
The prosecutor told the jury that the overloading of the car caused the vehicle to be unbalanced which contributed to Boulton losing control.
Boulton had recently passed her test at the time and had only had the Astra for three weeks before the collision occurred.
Flowers laid at the scene in tribute to the Welton Cliff crash victims. | Photo: Connor Creaghan for The Lincolnite
Mr Way said: “Miss Boulton had just gone through a right hand bend before coming onto a straight stretch of road.
“About 160 metres along that section of road she veered to the right, crossed over the centre line and into the opposite carriageway. The car spun clockwise and struck a tree. The vehicle received what can only be described as catastrophic damage.”
The jury was told that passing motorists stopped to give assistance and the emergency services were called. Ricky Sharp and Joby John Scrimshaw were both pronounced dead at the scene and Aiden Sawyer died two days later in hospital.
The incident happened as Boulton was driving towards Lincoln having picked up a house key from her home at Welton just minutes earlier.
Mr Way said: “PC Mark Brown, the police collision investigator, was of the opinion that the overloading of the vehicle was likely to have caused an imbalance in the car’s handling and stability.
“He concluded that the loss of control had to be due to the actions or inactions of Miss Boulton as an inexperienced driver.
“The issue for determination in this trial is the standard of Miss Boulton’s driving at the material time.
“The prosecution say her driving was dangerous because she took the conscious decision to drive an overloaded car in which one of her passengers could not be afforded the use of a seat belt.
“PC Brown was of the opinion that the overloading was a critical factor in the loss of control.”
Kasey Boulton, 19, of Heath Close, Welton, denies three charges of causing death by dangerous driving as a result of the incident on March 25, 2019.
The jury was told that after the collision she produced negative results when tested for drugs and alcohol.
When she was interviewed by police she said she was driving at between 50 and 55mph on the 60 limit road.
“I don’t know why I didn’t swerve back. I don’t know why I didn’t brake,” she said.
The Aldi store in uphill Lincoln will be one of 13 UK stores used as part of the latest trials for a click and collect service by the budget supermarket chain.
From Tuesday, October 27, customers will be able to order from a full range of groceries online via the Aldi website. The service is charged at £3.99 per order.
You can then collect them in pre-booked one hour slots from the Wragby Road store. The last slot is 8-9pm.
Upon arrival at new dedicated click and collect car park areas, shopping will be brought to cars by Aldi colleagues contact-free, in line with COVID-19 measures.
This follows the introduction of Deliveroo at the Wragby Road Aldi in June, allowing for home deliveries from the supermarket within 30 minutes.
If the click and collect trial is successful, it is expected to be rolled out nationwide across other stores.
Giles Hurley, CEO of Aldi UK and Ireland, said: “Aldi’s quality products and unbeatable prices have never been so in demand.
“Extending this trial is about providing thousands more of our existing customers with another convenient way to shop with us, while also making Aldi accessible for many others who may not have shopped with us before.”
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