Daniel Ionescu

Lincolnshire County Council is apologising after a ‘data breach’ which led to the names and email addresses of more than 4,000 people being sent to some 250 email addresses.

The incident happened on August 6 when 250 people received an email regarding changes to the County Council’s jobs site, to which the document containing personal data was inadvertently attached.

The council says it “immediately recalled the message” and contacted those who had received it, asking them to delete the information.

Those whose details were released will be notified and apologised to, the council said.

A full investigation has been carried out and Lincolnshire County Council said it put in place a number of new safety precautions.

Judith Hetherington Smith, Chief Information and Commissioning Officer, said: “Once we’d realised this had happened, we acted quickly to try to put things right, contacting all those who had received the data.

“We take the confidentiality of all personal information very seriously, and have a range of measures in place to help keep it secure.

“We are in the process of notifying and apologising to all those affected, and are looking again at whether there are any additional steps we can take to help prevent this happening again.”

Two people have died after a crash on the A15 at RAF Scampton near Lincoln just after 11am on Monday, August 25.

A Land Rover Discovery and a Vauxhall Meriva were in collision.

The driver of the Land Rover, a 45-year-old man from Stainfield, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 59-year-old man from Scunthorpe, who was the driver of the Vauxhall, was also pronounced dead at the scene.

A female passenger, whose age is not yet known, was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre for treatment for serious injuries.

Two other passengers in the car, a woman aged in her late 20s and a man in his early 20s, were injured, though not thought seriously, and taken to Lincoln County Hospital for treatment.

The road was closed for most of the day to allow for investigations and reopened in evening.

Lincolnshire Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or anyone who was travelling on the road and may have seen either of the vehicles.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 quoting incident 144 of 25/08/2014 or contact the Lincolnshire Police Collision Witness Hotline on 01522 558855.