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Daniel Jaines

Local Democracy Reporter

Daniel Jaines has been working as a journalist in Lincolnshire for over a decade. He joined Stonebow Media in 2018 as a Local Democracy Reporter, covering local authorities across Greater Lincolnshire for the BBC Local News Partnerships scheme.


November 24, 2023 5.30 pm This story is over 16 months old

A new £3 million leisure and entertainment complex in Lincoln’s St Marks Shopping Centre is now planned to open early in the new year.

STACK was granted permission to replace the former Railway Station and Argos store in Lincoln, boasting ten street food outlets, five bars, a coffee shop, a roof terrace, a central plaza area, and a stage for live performances within a large-scale hospitality venue. Previous reports stated it would open in “summer” and “autumn,” but documents supporting a new planning application have now revealed the operation is “planned to open early in the new year.”

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The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (GLLEP) will be disbanded and incorporated into the region’s mayoral authority, devolution documents have confirmed.

Professor Neal Juster, Chair of GLLEP, welcomed the government’s Autumn Statement earlier this week, which confirmed proposals for a new layer of elected-mayor-led government on top of the existing county and district councils.

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