Gainsborough man charged with rape and child abduction
He has been named by police
Lincoln Magistrates Court | Photo: The Lincolnite
Police have named a Gainsborough man who has been charged with two offences of rape, child abduction and sexual communications with a child.
Tristan Hookings, aged 27, from Tennyson Street, Gainsborough, appeared before Lincoln Magistrates’ on April 27.
Hookings was charged with two offences of rape, one offence of child abduction in April this year and also an offence of sexual communication with a child over period between March to May last year.
The case has been transferred to the Crown Court. He will next appear on June 1, 2021.
St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice calls for urgent help
End of life charity losing £1,000 a day
Each month in 2021,
The Lincolnite and publishers Stonebow Media will offer our support to a local charity, with free advertising and promotion across our website and social media channels, to help them raise funds and awareness.
During the pandemic lockdown countywide charities have suffered with fewer donations and not being able to host valuable events that help them raise more money throughout the year.
We’re asking our readers to submit nominations for their favourite charities over the next few months.
Our second Charity of the Month is St Barnabas Hospice. Despite battling through the pandemic, St Barnabas Hospice is facing a crisis due to a combination of more people than ever needing palliative and end-of-life care and a lack of its usual income streams.
Brand new Lincoln Eastern Bypass needs closures in May to fix the road
Less than six months after the road opened
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Cracks have started to appear in the road surface of the new £120 million Lincoln Eastern Bypass some six months after officially opening, and Lincolnshire County Council will have to close parts of it to fix it.
The final road closures along the main Lincoln Eastern Bypass carriageway will be carried out for two weeks in May for repairs to be carried out.
The works will begin from Monday, May 10 under night-time road closures from 8pm to 6am. The first phase of works will be from Wragby Road roundabout to Washingborough Road roundabout.
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Postal ballots have gone out to at least one Boston ward with the wrong candidates on the ballot paper. | Image: Supplied
Boston Borough Council has been accused of a “massive cock-up” after postal ballots went out to residents with the wrong candidates’ names on.
Around 120 postal votes sent to Boston North and South division residents are understood to have included the names of Boston West candidates rather than those running for those wards.
The authority is understood to be re-issuing the ballots and said it is investigating how the error occurred. A spokesperson said they were confident it was correct when provided to the printers.