Man seriously injured in Boston attack
A police cordon was put in place on Red Lion Street in Boston. Photo: Rafael Gamito
A man suffered a serious head injury and another male was arrested after an alleged assault in Boston on Tuesday evening.
The victim, a man in his 40s, was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham after the incident on Red Lion Street.
It happened at around 6.15pm on Tuesday, July 28. A police cordon was put in place.
Police said an 18-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of GBH and remains in custody, and he will be questioned in due course.
Lincolnshire hospitals change Christmas visiting rules
Cut to one day and one visitor
Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Patients at Lincoln and Boston hospitals will be allowed just one visitor on Christmas Day only, following the government’s tighter lockdown measures.
However, with the government’s Christmas guidelines changing on Saturday, allowing people in tiers 1, 2 and 3 to mix just on Christmas Day, Lincoln County and Pilgrim hospitals have cut their available visiting dates to just December 25.
Visiting at Grantham District Hospital is still not permitted due to it being a COVID-free site, which enables surgery and cancer treatment to continue.
Tier 3 Greater Lincolnshire: 307 COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths on Monday
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There have been 307 new coronavirus cases and six COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Monday.
Boston and Lincoln have the highest infection rates of all areas under tier 3 resections and their 400-plus per 100,000 people infection rate is double than some tier 4 areas, according to PA analysis of Public Health England data.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 218 new cases in Lincolnshire, 62 in North Lincolnshire and 27 in North East Lincolnshire.
On Monday, five deaths were registered in Lincolnshire and one in North Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
Evicted shop tenants break back in to sell illegal cigarettes
They’ve been banned for three months
Vina Mini Market on Lincoln High Street. | Photo: The Lincolnite
A shop on Lincoln High Street has been ordered to close after previously evicted tenants broke back into the store to continue selling illegal cigarettes.
Vina Mini Market, situated at 110 High Street in Lincoln, had been reported by Lincolnshire Trading Standards earlier in 2020 for selling counterfeit cigarettes.
This prompted the landlord to order bailiffs to evict the shop owners, due to using the store for criminal activity.
Once the bailiffs had left, the recently evicted shop tenants returned to the store by breaking in and continued to trade illicit tobacco.
Ten of Lincolnshire s most wanted. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Lincolnshire Police is appealing to find ten of its most wanted suspects who are still on the run, including convicted rapists, alleged burglars and potential assault suspects.
Detective chief superintendent Andy Cox, head of crime at the force, said: “Lincolnshire Police will do all we can to locate and bring to justice our most wanted people.
“We do so to protect the public as every single day these people remain at large is a day in which they may commit more crime and in doing so create more victims.
“We are using this new ‘top ten’ approach in the hope that it reaches a wide audience and that members of the public who have information which may assist our efforts decide to share this information with us.