Petition aims to save old Grantham Hospital building from demolition
| Updated: 11:52, 08 February 2021
A petition has been launched in a bid to save the old Grantham Hospital building from being demolished.
Since United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) announced that it plans to sell the site and the building must be demolished for safety reasons, calls have been made to try and save the historic building.
The derelict building, at the front of Grantham Hospital on Manthorpe Road, has been empty for a number of years, but efforts are now being made to try and save it as part of the hospital.
Mother of four tells council how her family has faced racism Published: 12:20, 13 January 2021
A mother of four children has told how her family have been the victims of âinadvertent racismâ in schools and in the district.
Kerrie Rycroft told a meeting of the rural and communities overview and scrutiny committee that she is a white woman living in South Kesteven raising four non-white children.
âMy family and I deal with all different kinds of racial prejudice on a regular basis. In my experience although incidents of nasty racism do happen, they are few and far between . The biggest problem we have in our area I believe is a lack of education .
Man who escaped police custody now jailed
Five others from most wanted list still at large
Paul Harry Johns, 31. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A Skegness man who escaped police custody and was on Lincolnshire Police’s ‘most wanted’ list has now been jailed.
Paul Harry Johns, 31, of Chestnut Grove in Skegness, was later arrested and charged with a string of offences, including driving whilst disqualified, using a vehicle without insurance, escaping lawful custody, obstructing an officer and failing to answer bail.
He failed to appear in court in December last year, but after hearing at Lincoln Magistrates Court on Friday, January 8 he was jailed for 24 weeks.
COVID R rate spikes nationwide as third vaccine approved
Almost one in 50 people had the virus last week
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The UK’s R (reproduction) number has risen as the country’s medical regulators have approved a new vaccine for use.
An additional 10 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine have been ordered by the government after it was said to meet the strict safety and quality standards.
It comes as the Office for National Statistics estimates that almost one in 50 people had the virus during the week to January 2.
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has said the coronavirus reproduction number has risen to between 1 and 1.4 up from its December figure of 1.1 and 1.3.