Several cars have been stranded in the water on Station Road at Potterhanworth Bridge in recent weeks, despite clear road closure signs on the approach to the rail bridge underpass. This latest victim was photographed on Sunday.
Photo: Charlie Zobel
Lincolnshire is looking tentatively ahead at the forecast. Forecasters at the BBC predict five days of further sustained rain from Thursday.
Twelve flood alerts and 28 flood warnings are currently in place across the county on Monday, October 28.
Current forecast from BBC Weather
Train routes including Lincolnshire were also affected over the weekend, so it is advisable to check with the appropriate train operator before travelling.
Lincolnshire Police have also been carrying out checks on the River Witham at Woodhall Spa.
12 flood warnings are in place in Lincolnshire at the time of writing. This means flooding is expected and immediate action is required in the following locations:
Car Dyke, Billinghay Skirth and tributaries in the Billinghay area
Isolated properties and villages near the Louth Canal from Austen Fen to Tetney Lock
Isolated properties and villages near the South Forty Foot Drain and its tributaries
Low Barlings and the Short Ferry Area
River Glen at Surfleet Reservoir during high tide periods
River Trent at Beckingham Marsh
River Trent at Carlton on Trent including Beck Cottage
River Trent at Collingham
River Trent at Girton
River Witham and associated Fens from Chapel Hill to Boston
River Witham and associated Fens from Washingborough to Metheringham
River Witham and associated Fens from Woodhall Spa to Chapel Hill
In addition, 28 flood alerts are also in place, meaning flooding is possible and to be prepared in the following locations:
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Some 176 students and staff at the University of Lincoln have tested positive for coronavirus.
The data released on Tuesday, October 27 is more than double last week’s figure of 85, although the newest number is less than 1% of the University’s population.
A University spokesperson said “There are 176 positive cases confirmed amongst our students and staff (less than 1% of our University population).
“Our dedicated team of staff have been out delivering food boxes seven days a week to any of our students who require them. The feedback we’ve received has been overwhelmingly positive – the students really appreciate the food boxes and have been impressed by the high-quality and healthy items we provide.
“We are part of a wonderful community here in Lincoln and we do all we can to support one another.
“All students have access to a wide range of academic and professional services to support them and help them make the most of their time here. From the moment they join us, they are welcomed into the Lincoln family and our friendly, close-knit community.
“If students are required to self-isolate, they are well supported to continue with their studies through personal tutors and online access to teaching and learning, library access, health and wellbeing, practical help with food and a variety of online social events, quizzes etc. Our students’ needs are our number one priority.”
Meanwhile, the number of students at Bishop Grosseteste University currently self-isolating due to a positive test result has risen to 12.
Five students and two staff are currently self-isolating with suspected symptoms and waiting to be tested or to receive a test result.
A further one member of staff and 79 students are self-isolating as a precautionary measure because a close contact/member of their household has suspected symptoms or tested positive – see the full data here.
There have been 346 new COVID-19 cases in Greater Lincolnshire on Monday, pushing October’s total to more than 5,000.
The latest UK coronavirus dashboard figures as of Monday evening showed 212 new cases in Lincolnshire, 52 in North Lincolnshire and 82 in North East Lincolnshire.
It means there have been 5,245 cases confirmed in October.
Government figures today confirmed four deaths, including three Lincolnshire residents and one North Lincolnshire resident
NHS figures reported one COVID-related death at a Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust hospital.
Nationally, cases increased by 20,890 to 894,690, while deaths jumped by 102 to 44,998.
A chart showing Lincolnshire’s case numbers up to October 26.
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.
Lincolnshire’s neighbours in Nottingham, Rushcliffe, Gedling and Broxtowe, face tier 3 lockdown from midnight on Thursday — but Newark on the county’s border managed to escape, staying in tier 2 for now.
Warrington, in the North East, was confirmed to have been moved up to Tier 3 on Monday afternoon.
Nationally, government bosses have been battling it out over free school meals, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson refusing to budge on a vote last week that rejected extending the meals into the half-term and Christmas holidays.
Parents are struggling even more so than usual under the coronavirus pandemic.
Lincolnshire County Council’s opposition members have asked the authority to step in, however, council leader Martin Hill said plenty had been done already by distributing funds to other organisations.
Businesses and other organisations have picked up the ball, however, with their own events.
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire for Monday, October 26
9,837 cases (up 346)
6,337 in Lincolnshire (up 212)
1,947 in North Lincolnshire (up 52)
1,553 in North East Lincolnshire (up 82)
451 deaths (up four)
302 from Lincolnshire (up three)
95 from North Lincolnshire (no change)
44 from North East Lincolnshire (up one)
of which 295 hospital deaths (up one)
156 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (no change)
6 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
132 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up one)
894,690 UK cases, 44,998 deaths
DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update. postcode data includes deaths not in healthcare facilities or in hospitals outside authority boundaries.
Nearly 90 schools and 10 nurseries in Lincolnshire have positive cases of coronavirus on Monday.
Lincolnshire County Council said on October 26, the start of October half term, that it is working with 89 schools with COVID-19 infections, with Alford Primary School the most recent to be added to the list.
It is also working with ten nurseries, with Mon Ami Day Nursery in Alford the most recent addition.
There are 31 schools, pre-schools/early years and other education settings in North East Lincolnshire with active cases. There have been at least seven schools with cases in North Lincolnshire.
Hawthorn Tree School (Boston), Woodlands Academy (Spilsby), Springwell Alternative Academy (Grantham), St George’s Academy (Ruskington) and Little Learners Pre-School (Lincoln) are the schools currently closed, according to the county council’s list.
When there is a positive result at a school it is considered an active case for 14 days. This period will start afresh if there is another positive case at the school. This is why some schools remain on the active case list longer than others.
Tony McGinty, consultant in public health, said: “As of this Monday, Lincolnshire’s Health Protection Team is currently working with 89 schools that have had confirmed cases of coronavirus.
“All schools continue to report the situation to us and are taking action to limit the potential spread of the virus when schools return – this will mean some pupils and staff self-isolating as a precaution where necessary during half term. Because of the length of isolation periods involved this may affect return to school for some people.
“Like the rest of the country, Lincolnshire has seen case numbers rise in recent weeks, and an increasing number of schools affected.
“However, the majority of schools will fully open next week, and those affected are working really well to limit both the risk of the virus spreading and the impact on the pupils’ education.”
Schools with current confirmed cases (new in bold at the top):
Alford Primary School
Lincoln College
Queen Elizabeth High School, Gainsborough
Hackthorn Primary School
Kesteven and Sleaford High School
Lincoln Castle Academy
Lincoln Carlton Academy
Bluecoat Meres Academy, Grantham
Kesteven and Grantham Girls School
Barrowby Primary School
Billingborough Primary School
The Priory Academy LSST
Priory Ruskin Academy, Grantham
Boston College
Hawthorn Tree School, Boston (closed)
Caistor Yarborough Academy
Haven High Academy, Boston
Malcolm Sargent Primary School, Stamford
St George’s Academy, Sleaford
St Peter and St Paul Academy, Lincoln
Kirkstone House School, Baston
Stamford Endowed Schools
Manor Leas Junior School, Lincoln
St Hugh’s Catholic Primary, Lincoln
Ermine Academy, Lincoln
St Giles Academy, Lincoln
Branston Community College Academy
Grantham College
Kelsey Primary School
Birchwood Junior School, Lincoln
Great Steeping Primary School, Spilsby
Walton Academy, Grantham
Woodlands Academy, Spilsby (closed)
Skegness Academy
Blyton Cum Laughton Primary School
Castle Wood Academy, Gainsborough
The King’s School, Grantham
Westgate Academy, Lincoln
William Farr School, Welton, Lincoln
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn, Lincoln
Kisimul School Acacia Hall, Freisthorpe
Leslie Manser Primary, Lincoln
Lincoln St Christopher’s Special School
Long Sutton Primary School
Market Deeping Community Primary
Springwell Alternative Academy, Grantham (closed)
St Nicholas Primary, Boston
Community Learning in Partnership, Gainsborough
Grantham Preparatory International School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Horncastle
St Michael’s Primary School, Thorpe on the Hill
University Academy Long Sutton
Denton Primary School, Grantham
Bridge House Independent School, Boston
Charles Read Academy, Grantham
De Aston School, Market Rasen
The Lancaster School, Lincoln
The St Sebastian Primary School, Grantham
Waddington All Saints Academy
Bourne Academy
Claypole Primary School
St George’s Academy, Ruskington (closed)
Swinderby All Saints Primary School
University Academy Holbeach
Carre’s Grammar School, Sleaford
Louth Academy
Boston Grammar School
Hartsholme Academy, Lincoln
Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School
Harlaxton Primary School, Grantham
Holbeach Primary Academy
Priory Pembroke Academy, Cherry Willingham
Little Learners Pre-School, Lincoln (closed)
The Deepings School
Spalding High School
Manor Farm Academy, North Hykeham
Scampton Primary School
Sutterton Fourfields Primary School, Boston
St Botolph’s Primary School, Sleaford
Fleet Wood Lane Primary School, Spalding
King Edward VI Academy, Spilsby
Kirkby on Bain Primary School
Spalding Parish School
The National Junior School, Grantham
William Alvey School, Sleaford
Barnes Wallis Academy, Tattershall
Bourne Grammar School
Spalding Academy
Tedder County Primary School, Ashby de la Launde, Lincoln
Public Health are also aware of the following 10 nurseries with positive cases (new in bold at the top):
Mon Ami Day Nursery, Alford
Town and Country Kiddies Nursery, Louth
Seashells Nursery, Mablethorpe
Angels Childcare, Lincoln
Little Learners Nursery, Skegness
Nutwood Day Nursery, Lincoln
Clarence House Day Nursery, Grantham
Little Acorns Day Nursery, Boston
Elsaforde Nursery, Sleaford
Sunflowers Nursery, Saxilby
North East Lincolnshire
There are 31 schools, pre-schools/early years and other education settings with active cases in North East Lincolnshire.
The figure given on Friday, October 23 was less than half of this number at 14, but it has been confirmed to The Lincolnite that this was due to a miscommunication in providing the data which has since been clarified.
The list includes the following schools with active cases:
Tollbar Academy
Grimsby Institute
Ormiston Maritime Academy
Cleethorpes Academy
Franklin College
Healing Science Academy
Humberston Academy
William Barcroft Junior School
Humberston CE Primary School
Signhills Academy
Havelock Academy
Weelsby Academy
North Lincolnshire
There have been at least seven schools with cases in North Lincolnshire since term restarted.
However, North Lincolnshire Council said it was unable to provide any data regarding schools in the region with coronavirus cases.
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