Tourists scarce as travel bubbles fail to inflate
Resurging infections have halted several travel bubbles, while getting stranded abroad during a trip has become a new risk tourists must consider
By Neil Sands / AFP, WELLINGTON
Quarantine-free travel bubbles were earlier this year hailed as tourism’s “godsend,” but cancelations and suspensions have deflated hopes they will herald a return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic normality.
Perhaps the world’s most high-profile bubble opened between Australia and New Zealand on April 19, leading to emotional scenes as families split when borders closed almost 400 days earlier were reunited.
Since then, New Zealand has ordered partial shutdowns on four occasions due to virus scares in Australian states, the most serious of which forced Melbourne into a snap lockdown this week.
Woman assaulted near Pelham Bridge in Lincoln
A man has been arrested and bailed
Police are investigating reports that a woman in her 40s was assaulted on Canwick Road in Lincoln.
At around 10.30pm on Saturday, May 1, a woman in her 40s is reported to have been assaulted and had her mobile phone damaged near to Pelham Bridge.
A 38-year-old man has been arrested and released on bail pending further inquiries.
Police are now appealing to anyone who was travelling in the area on Saturday evening, or may have seen the incident.
If you think you can help, or have dashcam footage, contact officers in one of the following ways:
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A Lincoln man who returned to selling cannabis by post has been given a last chance to avoid going back to prison.
George Holmes, 48, was jailed for two years in 2016 after he was caught despatching vacuum sealed bags from post offices in North Hykeham and the south of Lincoln.
Holmes, who was then living at an address in Victoria Street, Bracebridge, was traced after sending out packages from Swanpool post office and then being spotted using a nearby cash machine.
Lincoln Crown Court heard at that time Holmes was such a prolific customer at a post office in Hykeham that staff openly referred to him as “the cannabis man” as they could smell the contents of his parcels.
Third of Lincolnshire residents had their second COVID-19 jab
And two thirds had the first dose
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Nearly a third of Lincolnshire residents have received their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but the number of jabs being given out dropped by 17% last week, according to the latest figures.
Data released on Thursday shows altogether 634,706 jabs have taken place in the county between December 8 and May 2 a further 38,553 in the last week, and down on the 46,631 jabs given the week before.
The latest figures show that some 443,360 Lincolnshire residents have received their first vaccine dose (70%) and 191,346 have been given their second (30%).
Drunk yobs terrorise market town with fireworks and food throwing
A dispersal order is in place for the weekend
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A group of young people threw fireworks and food during a disturbance in Market Deeping and police are now looking to reduce anti-social behaviour with a dispersal order in the market town.
Fireworks were thrown at a takeaway shop and at other vehicles during the incident, which happened on the High Street at around 10.30pm on Saturday, May 1.
Officers managed to deal with the group who were believed to be drunk and are acting to avoid a repeat of the anti-social behaviour this weekend.