Police scratch heads as Horncastle ram raiders leave empty handed
The petrol station is back open
A police cordon was put in place after the ram raid at Boston Road Service Station in Horncastle. | Photo: John Aron
Investigations are still ongoing as police try to establish the circumstances of a ram raid at a petrol station in Horncastle where the offenders left empty handed.
A gaping hole was left in the wall at the Boston Road Service Station and debris strewn across the forecourt after the incident on Bank Holiday Monday.
A police cordon was put in place after the incident was reported to officers at 3.26am.
Grantham railway bridge reopening after £2.7m project
Network Rail has improved two Grantham bridges
A major railway bridge in Grantham – Springfield Road – reopened on Friday afternoon following the completion of a £2.7 million project by Network Rail that took seven months to complete.
The project saw two railway bridges spanning Barrowby Road and Springfield Road strengthened to keep the railway running reliably and ensure people can pass safety underneath it. The bridges carry the busy East Coast Main Line.
The improvements to the railway bridge at Barrowby Road were completed in early December last year before work began on Springfield Road in January. Adverse weather conditions in February caused some delays to the work before Springfield Road fully reopened on Friday, April 16.
Small drop in weekly COVID cases and deaths so far this week in Lincolnshire
UK R number drops between 0.7 and 1
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
There have been 285 coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire and eight COVID-related deaths so far this week – a 7% drop in cases and one less death from the previous week.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard on Friday recorded 32 new cases in Lincolnshire, eight in North Lincolnshire and three in North East Lincolnshire.
On April 16, three deaths were registered in Lincolnshire and none in Northern Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.