Three more schools in Lincolnshire have had positive cases since Friday.
Lincolnshire County Council said on Monday that it is currently working with 22 schools that have had cases of coronavirus.
All remain open except for Cranwell Primary School.
The latest additions to the council’s list are St Helena’s Church of England Primary School (Willoughby, Alford), Spalding Grammar School and Sir Robert Pattinson Academy in North Hykeham.
A student tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month at Sir Robert Pattinson Academy before the school was later removed from the council’s list, but it has since been added back after a second case.
In a letter to parents and carers headteacher, Dale Hardy said the school had been advised to send home some children from Year 9 for 14 days.
A student who has not been in school since September 22 has tested positive for COVID-19 and only children who have had contact with this person need to self-isolate.
Mrs Belton, headteacher at St Helena’s, also said a case in a letter to parents that children and staff in the Year 3/4 class (Miss Garrill and Mrs Langdale’s class) may have been in close contact with the person who tested positive.
These close contacts are now required to self-isolate for 14 days from Wednesday, September 23.
Schools with current confirmed cases:
Bourne Westfield Primary
Lincoln College
Bardney Primary School
Cranwell Primary School (closed)
Queen Elizabeth High School, Gainsborough
Gonerby Hill Foot Primary School, Grantham
Hackthorn Primary School
Kesteven and Sleaford High School
Lincoln UTC
Ellison Boulters Academy, Scothern
Ermine Academy, Lincoln
Tower Road Academy, Boston
William Farr School, Welton
Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School
Branston Community Academy
Bourne Abbey Primary Academy
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Horncastle
Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School
Priory City of Lincoln Academy
St Helena’s Primary School, Willoughby
Spalding Grammar School
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, North Hykeham
The King’s School in Grantham, The Holt Primary School in Skellingthorpe, Spalding High School, The Pilgrim School in Lincoln, Scampton Primary School, Ancaster Primary School, Barkston and Syston Primary School, Sutton on Sea Primary School, Stamford Endowed Schools, Kesteven and Grantham Girls School and St John the Baptist Primary School in Spalding are no longer active cases with Public Health England.
Andy Fox, consultant in public health, said: “As of this morning, Lincolnshire’s Health Protection Team is currently working with 22 schools that have had confirmed cases of coronavirus. All schools are taking action to limit the potential spread of the virus, with some pupils and staff self-isolating as a precaution.”
North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire Council said that since term resumed on September 3, there have been six confirmed cases in schools.
A teacher at Cleethorpes Academy and a pupil at Stallingborough C of E Primary School tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.
A child in Year 6 at Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary Academy also tested positive.
The other two schools have not yet been publicly named.
North Lincolnshire
The exact number of schools with cases has not yet been disclosed by North Lincolnshire Council, but there is understood to be at least five.
South Axholme Academy on Burnham Road in Epworth has a confirmed case of coronavirus.
A member of staff at both St Lawrence Academy in Scunthorpe and Baysgarth School in Barton-upon-Humber tested positive for coronavirus.
Enderby Road Infant School in Scunthorpe also confirmed this week that there has been a confirmed case of COVID-19 within the school.
A pupil at Frederick Gough School in Scunthorpe tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to Grimsby Live.
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A Skegness-based artisan cheese company launched a new luxury truffle infused cheddar on Friday.
The Chuckling Cheese Co’s latest product is available to buy online from March 5, as well as in six shopping centres across the country once they are allowed to reopen again on April 12. This includes Hildreds Shopping Centre in Skegness.
The new truffle infused cheddar is described as heady, with earthy aromas, sweet and buttery, musky and with a semi-firm texture.
The firm’s most luxurious cheese is now available to buy individually with 150g of Truffle Infused Cheddar Cheese priced at £4.50 a truckle, or on offer at 3 for £12 and 6 for £20.
It can also be purchased within many of the company’s hampers, including in the build your own Truckle Gift Box costing £15.
The truffle infused cheddar is the company’s most luxurious cheese yet. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The Chuckling Cheese Co was founded in 2012 by Emma and Stuart Colclough and offers over 30 flavours of cheddar cheeses.
It also sells a wide range of other artisan products, including chilli jams, chutneys, biscuits, giant meringues, craft beers, gins, vegan and gluten free products, and a large selection of build your own and ready-made gift hampers.
Company director Emma Colclough said: “We are supper excited about launching such a luxurious cheese, we think it could be one of the tastiest cheddars yet.
“Not only are we bringing out this new cheese flavour we have got lots more products lined up for this year.
“We look forward to hearing the reviews from our customers and would like to thank them for helping us get through this pandemic.”
A car was set on fire during an alleged arson attack in Lincoln.
Damage was caused to the interior of the vehicle in the incident on Imp Close overnight on January 21, but fortunately it did not fully ignite.
Lincolnshire Police released an image of a person on Friday, March 5 in connection with the arson attack, who they believe is aged 13 to 20 and may be able to assist with their investigations.
Police said: “Investigations have been ongoing but we are yet to identify the person in the image.”
Anyone with information should contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 or via email at [email protected] quoting incident 275 of 21/01/2021 or crime number 21000047726.
COVID-19 testing in Lincolnshire is being scaled back as part of government plans to expand home testing as children return to school.
The testing sites at the Lincolnshire Showground, and in Boston and Skegness, have started opening for half a day in order for parents and others to collect home-testing kits during a second session in the afternoon following a deep clean.
Health bosses are now also looking at how these changes will impact on rapid testing sites.
Under government plans for the return to school, young people have to take tests twice a week, with parents and carers also being asked to do the same.
Professor Derek Ward said: “We don’t want them go into the same place that people who have got symptoms are getting their normal PCR tests at the same time.
“So the government changed our fixed sites that we’ve got – the two regional sites one in Lincoln, one in Boston, and another one in Skegness.
“If you think you’ve got a symptom, you book yourself in a test you’ll be going in the morning, then at lunchtime they close and do a deep clean
“In the afternoon they open up again, but only to allow people who haven’t got any symptoms to go and pick up their lateral flow testing kits.”
Home testing kits will include two packs per person and will aim to last for seven weeks.
Professor Ward said bosses were in talks about where more sites could go in the next couple of weeks to increase coverage across the county.
“Our plan is to make sure that people will be in around within around five miles of somewhere that they can go and pick up a kit,” he said.
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