Charity worker jailed for sex attack on elderly woman

South Kesteven District Council will be asked to refuse more than 370 homes and a care home on Wednesday.

Proposals before the authority’s planning committee include 110 affordable houses and an 80-bed care home off Beaufort Drive, in Bourne, and 260 homes off Millfield Road, in Market Deeping.

A plan for another 68-bedroom care home off Gorse Road in Grantham, however, will be approved.

Reports from the officers say the proposals do “not have substantial community support”.

They said Longhurst Group’s 110-home plan in Bourne would “not relate well to the existing built form and would appear as a poorly designed and incongruous encroachment into open countryside”.

The same, they said, would apply to the adjacent care home proposed by Alysia Caring if the development was refused.

However, they said the site would be in a sustainable location and “capable of being developed… to a high standard of design” if the houses were given the go ahead.

They added, no element of affordable housing was proposed within the planned retirement apartments.

Bourne’s town council and neighbourhood plan groups both objected to the plans over concerns about sustainability, need, highway safety and the proposals’ place in the local plan.

More than 400 objections had also been received from local residents.

How the 110 homes in Bourne would be laid out if approved.

Lincolnshire County Council’s 260-home plans, officers said, also had no community support, but would be in a sustainable level and to a high standard of design.

The county council is not planning to build the houses, but wants to sell the land once planning is approved.

“The proposal would not have unacceptable amenity, highway, flood risk or other environmental impacts,” said the reports.

Market Deeping Town Council had opposed the proposals, noting the Draft Deepings Neighbourhood Plan had designated the site as a local green space.

They, along with West Deeping Parish Council, had concerns over the impact of traffic on Millfield Road and the A1175. 182 local residents had also objected to the plans.

Outline plans for where 260 houses could go if Lincolnshire County Council was given permission.

The site of the 68-bedroom care home in Grantham, applied for by Tanglewood Care Services, already has permission for a care home in principle, however, the new application had a different layout to the previous plans.

No outright objections have been received for the plans though concerns were raised by one resident about the loss of trees on the site.

Officers said the proposals were in line with planning policies and the local plan.

They said there were no material considerations to indicate it should be refused.

A protest against police brutality in Nigeria will take place in Lincoln this weekend as part of the #EndSARS movement.

It began as a protest against an anti-robbery squad in the Nigerian police, after a viral video showed officers shooting a man dead.

Peaceful protests began in the country to combat this, but that has resulted in more violence across the African nation, and more evidence of police brutality surfaced.

This has prompted protests to be arranged in the UK, with one planned in Lincoln at 2pm on Saturday, October 24.

The meeting point will be Barclays Bank on the High Street and it is expected to last around three hours.

There will be a police presence at the protest, as well as members of the City of Lincoln Council, according to organisers.

Organisers of the Lincoln rally said: “This is a sign of international solidarity and a plea to hold the leaders in Nigeria accountable.

“We want to direct all energy to the common goal, amplifying the voice of the Nigerian youth.”

Protestors are asked to wear face covering and remain two metres apart upon meeting at Barclays Bank on Saturday, to keep in line with COVID-19 guidance.

All forms of violence have been prohibited by organisers.

Two women from Lincoln who ran a dog rescue that claimed to be working with the RSPCA have been charged with the theft of a dog.

Sally Turzanski, 28, from Lincoln and Ruth Sanderson-Dredge, 31, from Welton ran ‘Breeds in Need’ to give dogs a form of temporary care.

The pair have been charged with theft of a cockerpoo called Athena, who has since been recovered and returned home.

Police have said the two women were claiming to be working in partnership with the RSPCA, with the incident being brought to officer attention after dogs weren’t being brought back home as promised.

Sanderson-Dredge was charged on Wednesday, October 21 with theft and criminal damage relating to alleged spraying and microchipping that was carried out without the owner’s consent.

Turzanski was charged with handling stolen property, and both women have been given conditions including not to possess or be involved in keeping, caring or rehoming animals not registered to them.

Breeds in Need is the organisation that raised thousands of pounds for funding a cleft palate for a pug called Reggie, a fundraiser which now stands at over £7,500.