St Helena's Church of England Primary School in Willoughby, Alford.
A Lincolnshire village school has closed for a second time over coronavirus fears after a staff’s family member was admitted to hospital to be re-tested.
That person had tested negative for COVID-19 on Sunday, but after the latest development St Helena’s Church of England Primary School in Willoughby, Alford had to close again.
In a post on the school’s Facebook page on Thursday evening, headteacher Mrs Belton said: “It is with the greatest regret that I have to inform you that the staff’s family member, who tested negative for the virus on Sunday, has been admitted to Grimsby hospital where he is being re-tested for COVID-19.
“The whole school is obliged to close again because there are siblings of those children in the affected key worker bubble in every other group.
“Again we shall inform you of school’s reopening when the test result is returned. If it proves positive, the advice will be for us all to isolate for 14 days.
“I am sure you will join me in sending our warmest wishes to the family concerned and hope the patient recovers soon.”
The latest statement from the school in full. Photo: St Helena’s Church of England Primary School, Willoughby Facebook page
This is not the first time coronavirus has forced the school to close this month.
The school said in an earlier post on June 5: “So, the first week of welcoming some children back had gone as well as it could until yesterday (June 4); then the inevitable happened.
“I do hope that closing school until we hear of the test result was what you would have wanted us to do. One thing that has really helped us during this difficult time has been your supportive messages, full of care and compliments – thank you.”
The statement from June 5 in full. Photo: St Helena’s Church of England Primary School, Willoughby Facebook page
The school also re-iterated that children had stayed in their allocated spaces with their allocated adults and that no-one met up at break times or lunch.
Meanwhile, Professor Derek Ward, director of public health at Lincolnshire County Council, told Lincolnshire Reporter on Friday that it has had three schools with confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of June 11 and had provided the advice and support required.
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The 32-year-old man and 30-year-old woman arrested in the murder probe of an 11-year-old boy in Lincoln have both been released on police bail, without any charges.
The man was arrested on suspicion of murder and the woman on suspicion of manslaughter after an incident at a house on Geneva Street on St Giles in Lincoln.
Police were called to the house at 10pm on Friday night, January 22.
The 11-year-old boy was found unwell at the scene and was taken to hospital for treatment.
He was pronounced dead a short time later.
At the time Lincolnshire Police said the death was unexplained and it was treated as murder.
The man and the woman arrested at the weekend were released on police bail on Monday evening.
Lincolnshire Police said in a statement on Monday night:
“Once again, we’d like to remind people that this is an active investigation and that an 11-year-old boy has sadly lost his life.
“Speculative comments are not only deeply upsetting to those involved but can potentially undermine our investigation.
“If you have any information that can help, call 101 or email [email protected] quoting incident 472 of January 22.”
Ten people from Boston have been given fines for breaching COVID-19 regulations by driving dangerously in supermarket car parks.
Officers were called after three separate reports of dangerous driving in the car parks of Lidl and Tesco in Wyberton Fen, as well as on Marsh Lane Industrial Estate in Boston.
All three incidents took place and were reported to police between 5pm and 6pm on Sunday, January 24, though it is unsure if they were connected at all.
When officers arrived, the drivers were seen doing donut manoeuvres and racing in the snow.
A total of 10 people were given £200 fines for breaking lockdown guidelines, but this will be reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days, due to all being first time offenders.
As well as the COVID-19 fines, two of the vehicles were also seized as a result of being uninsured, with drivers reported.
A traffic offence report was also submitted after one driver was seen to be driving not just dangerously but out of control.
Inspector Fran Harrod of Lincolnshire Police said: “We would like to thank the public for bringing these incidents of dangerous driving to our attention.
“This is not only extremely dangerous to those taking part but to others in these areas.
“While we continue to engage and explain with the public, this was a blatant breach of the restrictions which will not be tolerated.”
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