There is now less than a week to submit your nominations for the NK Community Champion Awards which celebrate the community endeavour and voluntary contributions of local heroes in the area.
The annual celebration based on community nominations has two new categories for 2021, which reflect evolving efforts in making communities stronger, safer and more resilient places to live.
The 12 categories cover Young Achiever, Good Neighbour, Community Business, Community Spirit, Long-standing contribution to a particular group or organisation, and contributions made to arts and culture, sports, health and wellbeing, a better environment and safer communities.
Completed forms can also be emailed via [email protected] or sent to North Kesteven Community Champions, Communications Team, North Kesteven District Council, PO Box 3, Kesteven Street, Sleaford NG34 7EF.
The celebration is funded by community-minded businesses who sponsor the awards and make up the panel determining the nominations.
The winners at the North Kesteven Community Champion Awards in 2019.
Councillor Richard Wright, Leader at North Kesteven District Council, said: “Through these awards we seek to applaud and honour those who contribute so positively to our safe, strong, flourishing and increasingly climate-conscious communities.
“There’s a whole range of community-minded actions we’re looking to celebrate, from the volunteers who keep our communities functioning and flourishing and the co-ordinators of clubs, to the people who inspire and initiate the businesses who have a broader focus than the bottom line, those seeking to actively reduce their climate impact and those who have been providing positivity through the pandemic.
“In short, the awards are to recognise those who we all often think ‘isn’t that great’, ‘isn’t that kind, ‘isn’t that thoughtful’ and want to say thank you to.”
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Two suspicious packages at the Crown Court that caused the grounds of Lincoln Castle to be evacuated on Monday afternoon have been destroyed by an explosives team — but they weren’t bombs.
This prompted everyone to be evacuated from Lincoln Crown Court as well as the castle grounds, and a 100m cordon was put in place as a precaution.
The castle grounds were evacuated and the entrances blocked. | Photo: The Lincolnite
This cordon has now been lifted after the explosive ordnance disposal team carried out two controlled explosions of the packages.
Police believe these packages were not explosive devices, but the investigation into how they were left or placed there continues.
It is the second incident in the county involving a bomb scare, as three schools in Spalding were evacuated on Monday afternoon following concerns that there was a bomb in the area.
Police investigations found these calls to be a ‘malicious and unfounded hoax‘, so staff and pupils at Spalding High School, St John the Baptist Primary and Monkshouse Primary are expected to return to class as usual on Tuesday.
On the day 12-15 year olds have started receiving the COVID vaccine, 599 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Greater Lincolnshire.
Government figures on Monday showed 385 new cases in Lincolnshire, 83 in North East Lincolnshire and 131 in North Lincolnshire.
No further deaths of Greater Lincolnshire residents were confirmed in the government figures, however, NHS data reported three fatalities with two at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and one at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust.
Almost three million children aged 12-15 are now eligible for one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, with jabs starting in hundreds of schools across the country on Monday.
Like the flu and HPV vaccines, COVID-19 jabs will be delivered by local School Age Immunisation Services (SAIS) and consent letters will be sent out to parents and guardians.
Families do not need to contact the NHS to arrange their child’s vaccine, schools and providers will be in touch.
Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and deputy lead for the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination programme, said: “Alongside one of our busiest summers, NHS staff have been working closely with schools to ensure they are ready to deliver the vaccine to children aged 12-15 who are now eligible.
“The vaccine is safe and effective and I would urge families to work closely with their schools based vaccination team to get their loved ones vaccinated when they are invited to protect themselves and their families ahead of the winter period.”
Lincolnshire’s coronavirus cases up to September 20. | Image: GOV.uk
More than 77 million vaccinations have been delivered since the start of the vaccination programme in December 2020.
The NHS also today started taking online and phone bookings from people invited for a booster jab.
People who are more vulnerable to the virus are being invited to top up their protection ahead of winter as long as there has been six months or more since receiving their second jab.
Texts and letters are going out to around 1.5 million people this week.
Those eligible include everyone aged 50 and over, frontline health and social care workers and those aged between 16 and 49 with an underlying health condition putting them at greater risk from the virus.
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Monday, September 20
108,418 cases (up 599)
71,150 in Lincolnshire (up 385)
17,074 in North Lincolnshire (up 131)
20,194 in North East Lincolnshire (up 83)
2,316 deaths (no change)
1,695 from Lincolnshire (no change)
316 from North Lincolnshire (no change)
305 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)
of which 1,393 hospital deaths (up three)
853 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up two)
44 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
495 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up one)
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.
Matriculation ceremonies were held for the Air and Defence College and International Air & Space Training Institute in Lincoln on Monday, officially welcoming new students to their courses.
The ceremony was held at the prestigious International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln, and it welcomed students from Lincoln, Peterborough and Stamford ADCs, as well as the first intake of Newark College’s IASTI.
Both the Air and Defence College and the International Air & Space Training Institute are still accepting students for their courses this year, with anyone interested in joining being encouraged to get in touch.
The students were enrolled ahead of their respective courses in the ADC or IASTI. | Photo: Lincoln College
Guest of honour Air Cdre Simon Harper OBE MA RAF said:“The RAF partnership with the Air and Defence College and the International Air and Space Training Institute is something we are extremely proud to support and encourage as it grows.
“The opportunities for those entering the aerospace industry are significant and the students will benefit hugely from the courses run by the Colleges.
“We have already seen successful joiners start their career with the Royal Air Force and we look forward to seeing many more in the future along with our many partners.
“The variety of roles in the Royal Air Force is extensive and provide an interesting and rewarding array of future opportunities and personal development at the cutting edge of air and space power.”
The students are eager to get going. | Photo: Lincoln College
New learner at the ADC, Travis Cozens, said: “It was good to see representatives of the RAF at the ceremony today. I want to join the RAF as a frontline pilot and the best way of doing this is through the Air and Defence College.”
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