Take a look around refurbished craft and design centre
The Hub crafts and design centre in Sleaford has reopened this week after a £1.2million revamp and name change.
Tuesday, 25th May 2021, 6:11 pm
Taking a tour of the completed refurbishment project, from left - Adam Skidmore - architect, Paul Jenkinson - contract manager, Bryan Palmer - site manager, NKDC Executive Councillor Steve Clegg and Leader of NKDC Coun Richard Wright. EMN-211205-164832001
With one of the upper floors being rented out to a locally-based computer firm, owners, North Kesteven District Council took the opportunity to take on visitor and resident feedback to reshape how the arts space is used, resulting a new extension to accommodate extra, cafe, shop, workshop and dance studio space on the ground floor.
District councillors have declared war on fly-tippers throughout North Kesteven.
Thursday, 20th May 2021, 5:30 pm
A variety of junk was dumped, polluting the Ancaster Valley SSSI, some time during the past two weeks.
And it comes as police appeal for witnesses to an outrageous act of dumping junk on a local nature reserve beauty spot in Ancaster.
The number of fly-tipping incidents reported in the district has jumped by two thirds in a year – from 837 in 12 months ending in March 2020 to 1,405 in the same period ending this March.
With a similar trend across Lincolnshire, the district council has said enough is enough and has formed a county-wide Environmental Crime Partnership with all relevant agencies working together.
Hub EMN-211005-095922001
When it opens its doors again on Monday, following the year-long programme to extend the café, reorder the gallery, create new accessible dance and workshop space and refocus its community provision, the NCCD will again be known by the name that was dropped a decade ago - The Hub.
Reflecting on its origins as Hubbard and Phillips’ seed warehouse and its previous name which many people have continued to use, the name is also said to recognise the building’s status as a multi-arts centre hub for broader expression of arts and creativity beyond craft and design.
Mark Allan re-takes Sleaford for the Conservatives. EMN-210705-181240001
The ballot papers were counted today (Friday), with those in North Kesteven done at the OneNK leisure centre in North Hykeham.
The Conservative Party have won 54 of the 70 seats at the county council - down from 58 at the previous election in 2017, although they were down to 54 seats at the time of this election.
Liberal Democrats and Independents were the ones to benefit.
Andrew Hagues, Conservative, held Sleaford Rural. EMN-210705-181207001
Five independent councillors were elected, four for Labour, three Liberal Democrats, three South Holland Independents, and one Lincolnshire Independent.
The overall turnout was 31%.
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