Work starts on new Lincolnshire Institute of Technology
It will be ready in April 2021
Work on a new Institute of Technology has started at Riseholme College north of Lincoln.
The centres are being built by Lindum Group at Bishop Burton’s campuses in Riseholme (Lincolnshire Showground) and Beverley (Yorkshire) as part of a £2.7 million investment from the college.
The Riseholme College building will get over £1 million in funding to develop new classrooms and dedicated workspaces at the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology.
The institute will focus on precision agriculture and agri-food and provide students with the skills needed to utilise technology in the industry.
Takeaway loses licence for breaching COVID-19 rules
Customers were found inside after curfew
Gainsborough Grill was found to be in breach of coronavirus regulations.
A Gainsborough takeaway has had its late night refreshment licence revoked for breaching coronavirus rules, including having customers sat inside after 10pm and face coverings not being worn.
Lincolnshire Police visited Gainsborough Grill, located at 168 Trinity Street, three times over a four week period.
As well as the 10pm curfew being broken and a male found stood eating in the store, the takeaway’s COVID-19 risk assessment had not been completed and the CCTV system was also found not to be working.
NHS reports 25 deaths at Lincolnshire hospitals over the weekend
| Updated: 12:47, 21 December 2020
Twenty-five deaths from coronavirus have been reported over the weekend at hospitals run by United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
The trust says it is not declaring a critical incident at present.
Greater Lincolnshire is now below the national average infection rate, but five out of the nine local authorities have still seen an increase over the weekend, when there were 626 new coronavirus cases and 24 COVID-related deaths.
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The governmentâs dashboard on Monday morning showed 500 new cases in Lincolnshire, over Saturday and Sunday.
The infection rate in South Kesteven came down slightly over the weekend from 205 per 100,000 to 204.3.
Seven-hour trip for broken wrist highlights the need for better services in Grantham, says campaigner
| Updated: 10:15, 17 December 2020
A hospital campaigner says her experience after breaking a wrist highlights the need to keep services in Grantham.
Nicky Griffiths, of Is Anyone Listening? Lincolnshire, slipped while crossing an icy road on December 5, breaking her right wrist. She went to the urgent treatment centre at Grantham Hospital where the wrist was put back in place and was given an appointment to go to Boston Pilgrim Hospital on December 9.
Nicky does not have a car so travelled for two and a half hours to Boston by bus, train and on foot. A doctor explained that although an excellent job had been done at Grantham, the broken piece of bone had moved in the meantime. He asked if she could go back at 8am on Thursday morning to have the wrist wired under general anaesthetic.
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Limited visiting to be permitted over Christmas
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is allowing some patients at Pilgrim and Lincoln County hospitals visitors to coincide with the Government’s relaxation of rules to allow families to get together over Christmas.
The limited visiting will be permitted from Wednesday December 23 until Sunday December 27, and will be by appointment only with just one visitor per patient allowed at a time.
The trust says the move is because it recognises how important it is for patients to be able to spend time with friends and family over the festive period.
Director of Nursing for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Karen Dunderdale, said: “We appreciate that seeing a loved one is very important and so in line with the Government easing restrictions from 23 to 27 December, we have made provisions that will enable some visiting over Christmas, within the hospital setting.