Lincolnshire cinemas get £700k government grant
Help for struggling Independent cinemas
Five cinemas in Lincolnshire have received almost £700,000 in government support from the Culture Recovery Fund.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced a £16 million slice will go towards arts and cultural organisations in a bid to support the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has decimated cinemas financially.
The most money granted in Lincolnshire – £282,169 – was to the Playhouse Cinema in Louth (Parkway Entertainment Company Ltd).
Kirsty Dobson, Manager at Playhouse Louth said: “The Playhouse will be 99 years old this Christmas, and the contribution from the Culture Recovery Fund towards all of our new safety measures has been brilliant.”
Madalyn Davis fell to her death.
A Lincoln woman who fell 262 feet from a cliff at a popular tourist “selfie hotspot” in Australia had been drinking and taking drugs, a coroner said.
The body of 21-year-old Madalyn Davis was found at Diamond Bay in Sydney, 55 feet below the surface of the sea and wedged in a rock shelf on January 12 this year.
Alcohol and traces of drugs “impaired Ms Davies’ ability to make decisions and balance”, Nottingham assistant coroner Gordon Clow said at an inquest hearing this month. The inquest was first opened on February 17.
A toxicology report showed she had double the UK drink-drive alcohol limit in her blood. There was evidence she had taken amphetamines, cocaine, ketamine and MDMA.