| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The onus will be on the individual to decide how cautious to be when coronavirus regulations are relaxed next week.
The Prime Minister confirmed on Monday that from May 17, most legal restrictions on meeting others outdoors will be lifted – although gatherings of over 30 people will remain illegal. Indoors, the rule of six or two households will still apply, and maintaining a distance is advised.
However, health bosses are still urging caution as many see the latest move as an opening to return to mass hugging.
Lincolnshire County Council’s assistant director for public health Andy Fox said he was “really pleased” and that the latest step was one “we’ve been looking forward to and hoping for”.
Family business to run Lincoln Cathedral Café
It will open this summer
The café will open this summer in the Old Deanery Visitor Centre. | Photo: Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral Café, which opens this summer, will be run by a well-respected family business after securing the contract for the premises.
Meadow Brown Restaurants is an independent family-run business that operates several cafés across the country, including Nene Park and Nottingham Castle.
They will now be in charge of the Lincoln Cathedral Café at the heart of the Old Deanery Visitor Centre, which recently underwent a £16 million restoration project.
The interior of the café, which will soon be run by Meadow Brown Restaurants. | Photo: Lincoln Cathedral
Man in his 30s died in Boston house fire
Cause of fire still to be established
Smoke billowing from the window of a property on Tooley Street in Boston. | Photo: Ben Walker
The person who lost their life during a house fire in Boston on Monday has been identified as a man in his 30s.
An investigation was launched by Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue after six crews were called to extinguish a fire on Tooley Street at 12.17pm on May 10.
Tragically, a person died as a result of the house fire and they have now been revealed as a man in his 30s by police, though formal identification has not yet taken place.
Escape Lincoln at Sessions House on Monks Road was broken into, with five laptops stolen. | Photo: Escape Lincoln
An escape room business in Lincoln is swallowing a bitter mouthful of irony after it was broken into by robbers.
Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused in the break-in at Escape Lincoln, Sessions House on Monks Road on May 7.
The perpetrator, 41-year-old Lee Hessey of Beaumont Fee in Lincoln, breached security systems before stealing five laptops and damaging the cabling connecting the laptops to their relevant escape rooms.
It has been estimated that it will cost between £2,000 and £3,000 to repair and replace the damages, a huge financial blow for a business that has stayed closed for over a year due to COVID-19.
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The Prime Minister confirmed on Monday that from May 17, most legal restrictions on meeting others outdoors will be lifted – although gatherings of over 30 people will remain illegal. Indoors, the rule of six or two households will still apply, and maintaining a distance is advised.
However, health bosses are still urging caution as many see the latest move as an opening to return to mass hugging.
Lincolnshire County Council’s assistant director for public health Andy Fox said he was “really pleased” and that the latest step was one “we’ve been looking forward to and hoping for”.