It’s understandable that health campaigners in Grantham were left “completely unimpressed” after the trust which runs the county’s hospitals said it was going to ask for extra cash for Pilgrim A&E.
Posters on Fighting 4 Grantham Hospital Facebook were quick to point out the obvious that people from the area having to go to Boston and Lincoln wasn’t going to help the situation.
Martin Wormall even asked “don’t Grantham people matter?”
Some accused them of stealing doctors, though, in fairness, others pointed out that recruitment is and has for a long time been difficult in the county – especially it seems, in Boston itself.
It appears this isn’t the only thing to leave campaigners unimpressed across the county however, as we have been told by several people that they had been left “unimpressed” by the most recent public engagements (not consultations — remember).
Emma Wilcock, from the SOS Pilgrim campaign group contacted us to say they were left unfulfilled by what they felt was a “box ticking event”.
She added none of her questions could be answered and the emerging options of centralised services were still a worry to them.
Similarities to the rejected Lincolnshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan, which was binned in 2016, had also caught their eye and caused concern.
It does seem sometimes that whatever health bosses do they can’t meet the expectations of campaigners… and we continue to wonder why?
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A large fire that saw plumes of smoke fill the air in Bardney over the weekend is being treated as arson, police have confirmed today.
Lincolnshire Police were called to reports of a large number of tyres and vehicles on fire in Station Road at about 6.10pm on Sunday, May 15.
The fire service worked through the night to contain the blaze, and fortunately there have been no reported injuries.
Firefighters were at the scene overnight.
A police spokesperson said: “We believe that the fire was started deliberately, and we are currently reviewing evidence in relation to a suspected arson.
“We are currently at the scene, and we are not able to comment on the extent of fire damage until their investigations are concluded.”
At the height of the blaze, Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue had eight engines at the scene, but this has since been scaled down to one.
Emergency repairs to the A16 near Crowland have been completed just over 48 hours after the road had to be closed due to a dramatic lorry fire that melted the surface.
Lincolnshire County Council’s highways department was forced to close the A16 south of Crowland on Friday, following a lorry catching fire the day before on the road.
The temperatures from the blaze were so high the road surface melted, with various materials from the lorry itself welding to the road as a result of the heat.
A before and after of the road. | Photo: Lincolnshire County Council
It happened across both sides of the road, within metres of a busy roundabout, though thankfully no casualties were reported.
The road was closed over the weekend to allow for emergency repair works, and after 48 hours of intense, frantic action, it is now open again thanks to a rapid response.
The ruined road surface was removed and the damaged sides were rebuilt, with an entire new top layer of the A16 laid down, treated and painted in just one weekend.
It means the road was closed for just over 48 hours, as the road reopened to the publicly 10pm on Sunday.
An unbelievably quick turnaround given the severity of the damage caused from the fire. | Photo: Lincolnshire County Council
Councillor Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “What a great effort by everyone involved to get this section of damaged road up and running.
“The damage to the road surface was so intense that smaller repairs were out of the question and a full resurface of the road was the only option we had.
“We worked extremely hard to get this road stripped back and rebuilt as quickly as possible and the results can be seen for themselves.
“I want to thank everyone involved in this swift repair and I also want to thank all road users for their patience whilst we carried out the work in a very short timeframe.”
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