Luxury 66-bed care home planned for Grimsby
All rooms will come with an ensuite
Artist s impression of the 66-bed care home design.
Plans have been submitted for a luxury 66-bed nursing care home in Grimsby, all with wet room ensuites.
Applicants Kings Road Investments Limited are seeking planning permission approval from North East Lincolnshire Council to build the facility on land at Station Road and Louth Road, New Waltham.
The proposal is also part of a wider development on the arable site incorporating 239 homes by Barratt and David Wilson Developments, which according to planning documents, was due to start last month.
Institute of Technology takes shape at Lincoln College
It will open in September
Work on the new Institute of Technology at Lincoln College is taking shape ahead of its opening in September 2021.
The new centre will be located in one of the college’s oldest buildings – the Grade II listed Gibney building.
It is currently going through an extensive refurbishment programme and
The Lincolnite went to check out the progress of the project.
Work is progressing inside Lincoln College’s new Institute of Technology. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
A visual design showing what the inside of Lincoln College’s Institute of Technology will look like.
Leader of Lincolnshire County Council Martin Hill said his party retaining control of the authority was “a resounding success” for the Conservatives.
The Tory group passed the 36 seat mark, giving them overall control of the council following the local elections on May 6.
Councillor Hill said: “This means we have a manifesto which we will then deliver for the public of Lincolnshire and we have a stable situation of the county council and can continue the running of it as a Conservative council.
“Thank you for giving the Conservatives once again a resounding thumbs up, we will work hard for you and take the lessons learned so far.”
Lincolnshire County Council and South Kesteven District Council leaders say hospitality businesses will be hit by decision to keep county in tier 3
| Updated: 14:25, 17 December 2020
The leaders of Lincolnshire County Council and South Kesteven District Council say hospitality businesses will be hit by today s decision to keep the county in tier 3.
Leader of Lincolnshire County Council Martin Hill (Con) said: We accept and understand the government s decision to keep Lincolnshire in tier 3 in line with neighbouring counties who are mostly now in the highest tier, when the covid virus is showing no signs of easing.
Coun Martin Hill, leader of Lincolnshire County Council
Trial date set for man accused of rape and multiple child sex offences
Historic offences in Lincolnshire and Derbyshire
Derby Crown Court. | Photo: Google Street View
A trial date has been set for a 53-year-old man from Grimsby, who was charged with 21 alleged sexual offences against children, including 12 counts of indecent assault on boys under the age of 14 in Derbyshire.
Andrew Mark Ditchfield, of Fourways in Tetney, Grimsby, was arrested on suspicion of multiple offences on November 17 before the following day being charged with 21 offences against 11 victims.
He appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court on November 19 and was remanded to prison. He appeared at Derby Crown Court via video link from prison on Thursday, December 17 for hearing and trial dates to be set.