January 3, 2017 4.24 pm
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Things to expect in Lincoln in 2017
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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Coal is the dirtiest of all the green house gases, which is why even the present government has committed to phase out coal power completely by 2024 and driving forward power generation based on renewables with a decarbonised power system by 2035.
The development of wind and solar power means that clean energy is now cheaper than coal generation in most countries, and the cost of new coal based energy plants is well above the cost of new wind and solar farms.
Sustainable non-carbon sources of energy are essential to tackle global warming, and just as essential for hard pressed consumers who are currently paying far more than they need to for their energy use.
District councils in Lincolnshire are already supporting low income households with the Home Energy Upgrade scheme to help them insulate their homes and install low carbon heating for the coming winter.
This is no time for complacency. The rapid acceleration of global warming is evident to everyone just now, andthe time for prevarication is over.
There is no contradiction between tackling global warming and making sure that we can all pay our energy bills.
A Lincoln woman was hospitalised for six months after giving birth whilst having coronavirus, enduring multiple strokes and spending five weeks in a coma. Now, she is fundraising for private treatment to speed up her recovery.
Josie Busby had coronavirus in September last year before testing positive for it again in November. After a dizzy spell, and due to being heavily pregnant, she phoned NHS 111 and an ambulance was sent out.
Josie, now 40, was taken to Lincoln County Hospital where the baby’s heart rate was seen to be high. After waiting to see if her condition improved, doctors decided that for the safety of her and the baby an emergency c-section would be performed.
William, 5, became a big brother to George two days later when Josie’s new baby was born in November 10 last year.
However, Josie suffered multiple strokes and was sent to Glenfield Hospital in Leicester on November 13 for specialist treatment as she was “desperately poorly”, her husband Rob said.
Josie with her sons William, 5, and George who is now around nine months old.
Josie returned to Lincoln County Hospital four days later but her condition continued to deteriorate. She was put into an induced coma for five weeks, where she said she had a lot of tubes inside her. During her time in hospital, her new baby George was looked after at home by her husband Rob and his mum.
Josie came out of the coma in December, but remained in hospital until June 20 this year and she is determined to speed up her recovery by fundraising for private treatment.
Josie is determined to become more mobile again.
She is now having NHS stroke recovery treatment (physio and speech therapy) and also has carers coming to her house at least twice a day to help her with personal care and to get dressed, while family and friends have been helping with batch cooking.
An emotional Josie told The Lincolnite that she is desperate to have the joy of being able to look after her children properly as she has really struggled with not being able to physically do much for them.
She said: “It’s all a blur. I can’t remember much until around February of this year. Although I was awake in December I wasn’t aware of what was going on as I was on a lot of medication.
“I’ve only been home six weeks and my left side is still weak. I can’t hold George in the way that I want to and should, so I am still working on that bond, and I can’t even change his nappy at the moment.
“The physio is coming to the house four to five days a week, helping with my speech, handwriting and physio work. That has been really upsetting for me as I had beautiful handwriting before and now it’s like I’ve never written before, it’s gone completely. I am like a baby learning from the beginning.
Josie (right) with her sister Alice (left).
“I can’t walk across the living room, clean or cook, and when I am in bed I feel like a prisoner as I can’t roll over. My main objective is to be more mobile again so I can do normal activities and look after George and William.
“Because I’m more aware of things now, I am feeling more emotional. I am having counselling to work on that. I think once you’re home in a lot of ways it’s harder as you are more aware of what you can’t do at home, whereas in hospital you get a lot of help with things.
“The support we have had from our parents has been amazing, and above and beyond.”
Josie has felt upset about not being able to look after her baby boy George properly and is trying to raise money to speed up her recovery.
Josie set up a GoFundMe page as the NHS treatment she is having is for a shorter period of time and she said “not being with the kids properly is killing me at the moment”.
She said: “Having children really motivates me to want to get better soon. It is horrible being at home and not being able to look after them, or myself, properly.
“I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has donated. It really means a lot to us and the boys. I also want to thank the hospital staff who were amazing.”
Josie feeding her baby boy George.
Josie’s husband Rob said: “At the very beginning it was very much a shock. When I saw her for the first time after George was born she was essential vacuum packed with tubes coming out of her. It was really scary.
“There were a lot of uncertain weeks at the beginning and I was being given updates from ICU – at one point she was given a 10% chance of survival. It is definitely good that she is home. The help she is getting is really good, what she is after with the GoFundMe page is to add to that.
“Even in this short space of time she’s been home she’s had marked improvements. There is still a long way to go, but she is determined.
“What we’ve had so far (support from hospital and carers) has been really good. All the support from the maternity and Ashby wards, and ICU, was excellent, and from my perspective they couldn’t do enough for me (when I was on the maternity wing with George).”
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