The headliners have been announced for this year’s Lincoln Pride event – and they are rather cheeky.
90s boy band 5ive will be joined by The Cheeky Girls and Lolly on the stage as Lincoln waves the rainbow flag.
Also on the lineup is Shena, Lopez Live, Danny Beard and a Demi Lovato Tribute.
Lincoln Pride takes place on September 29 between 11.30am and 7pm.
It will start with a parade from the city centre bus station in St Mary’s Street, featuring floats, musicians and group representatives.
Music acts start at 12 noon on Brayford Pool, hosted by Cherry Pops and Sordid Secret.
There will also be over 60 stallholders, including local and national charities and community groups.
There will also be family entertainment including musicians, games, a drag queen competition and activities, such as children’s face-painting.
Photo: Steve Smailes / The Lincolnite
Event organiser and owner of LGBT bar The Scene, Tom Mullins, said previously: “Last year, Lincoln Pride – which celebrates equality and diversity – attracted 5,000 people, including many from Nottinghamshire. They were all eager to be part of what is arguably the biggest event of its kind in Lincolnshire.”
“The parade will follow a route down Wigford Way, up the High Street and across Newland to finally arrive on the city’s Brayford Waterfront at noon.
“The Mayor of Lincoln, Councillor Keith Weaver, will then lead the parade to the stage near the old Barge on The Brayford, where he will officially open the event.”
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The new Humber Link Road between Grimsby and Immingham has now opened to the public.
The £8.5 million, 2.5km road is expected to reduce travel time by up to 20 minutes in the area, and took 96 weeks to build.
It stretches from Moody Lane in Grimsby to Hobson Way in Stallingborough, aiming to unite the port complexes in North East Lincolnshire.
The three-phase project saw the opening up of a direct route to land, as well as replacing an unadopted stretch of private road, ending at Humber Gate in Grimsby.
It is part of North East Lincolnshire Council’s South Humber Industrial Investment Programme, in which £42 million is being invested.
Over 100 trees were planted along the road, and thousands of tonnes of recycled products were used in the build.
The fully lit road has had bus stops and cycle and pedestrian pathways installed, and it looks set to become part of the council’s new cycle-superhighway, which aims to improve the area’s cycling network.
North East Lincolnshire Council Leader Cllr Philip Jackson said: “It opens-up a tranche of land for future investment along the South Humber Bank, and supports the green agenda with a shorter route between Grimsby and Immingham taking heavy traffic away from the A180.”
A Lincolnshire man attempted to murder an old school friend after speaking of the “afterlife”, a jury was told.
Christopher Thompson, 22, attacked Petras Cirtautas with a kitchen kife after arranging to meet him at Heckington railway station in August last year.
Lincoln Crown Court heard Thompson produced the kitchen knife without warning after the two men walked into Heckington together.
The two men had previously attended St George’s School in Sleaford and were old friends, the court was told.
In a witness statement Mr Cirtautas, also known as Peter, described how Thompson had been talking about the afterlife prior to the attack and then handed him a penknife.
Luke Blackburn, prosecuting, said the incident occurred after Mr Cirtautas travelled by train from Sleaford to Heckington to meet Thompson.
“The defendant tried to murder a friend of his in August last year. He tried to stab him to death,” Mr Blackburn told a jury.
Mr Blackburn said Thompson had spoken about the afterlife shortly before the attack.
“At that point, completely unprovoked, Mr Thompson attacked Mr Cirtautas with a kitchen knife, stabbing him in the chest.”
The blow punctured Mr Cirtautas’s lung and he fell to the floor.
The jury heard Mr Cirtautas tried to wrestle the knife from Thompson but suffered further injuries to his forearm, neck, chin and the back of his head.
The attack only ended when Mr Cirtautas persuaded Thompson that he would not use the knife himself if he handed it over.
After the attack Thompson, of Heckington Road, Great Hale, told Mr Cirtautas “I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to kill you.”
Thompson also remarked that Mr Cirtautas would have a better afterlife if he stabbed him before 8pm.
The court heard Mr Cirtautas was taken to the home of two off duty police officers by witnesses who came across the incident.
Mark Watson, defending Thompson, said the events outlined by the prosecution were not disputed by his defence team.
Thompson was charged with attempted murder and possessing a bladed article in a public place following the attack on 10 August last year.
However doctors later decided Thompson was unfit to enter pleas to the offences because of his mental health issues.
A jury was still required to decide if Thompson carried out the attempted murder and was in possession of a bladed article in a public place.
The jury took just 15 minutes to decide that Thompson did commit both offences.
Thompson has been remanded in custody and did not attend the hearing.
Judge Simon Hirst adjourned the case for six weeks for further medical reports on Thompson and for him to be transferred to a mental health hospital.
The judge told the jury: “On any view this was a serious incident that could have ended in a fatality.”
Lincolnshire Police issued 10 coronavirus fines after a group gathered in an abandoned building near Louth.
Police attended the building in Manby, known locally as Beech Grove Hall, at around 9.30pm on Saturday, March 6.
The 10 people, a mixture of men and women aged between 17 and 23, were all issued with COVID fixed penalty notices for breaching regulations.
They were each fined for non-essential travel and gathering in a social group at the building, which was formerly an officers’ mess and quarters.
Inspector Sarah Constantine said: “This is a blatant disregard for the current COVID legislation.
“This group not only put themselves at risk of injury but also emergency services staff at risk of injury by entering this site. Breaches like this can also have an impact on the NHS.”
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