Pressure mounts to save Grantham old hospital building for the community Published: 10:00, 27 February 2021
Pressure is mounting on the owners of the old hospital on Manthorpe Road to save the building for the community.
A couple who have launched a campaign to save the building are calling for it to be formally made an asset of community value and another campaign has also been launched by a local man on Facebook.
The old hospital on Manthorpe Road, Grantham, has fallen into disrepair. (44599701)
Daniel and Jackie Beck launched the âSave the Cottage Hospitalâ campaign and want South Kesteven District Council to help save the building as an asset for the community.
February 26, 2021 5.38 pm
Lincolnshire leaps above UK infection rate with 1,005 COVID cases and 26 deaths this week so far
More cases, fewer deaths, above the England average
It is still important to adhere to social distancing measures. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
There have been 1,005 new coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire and 26 COVID-related deaths so far this week compared to 867 cases and 40 deaths this time last week.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard on Friday recorded 113 new cases in Lincolnshire, 20 in North Lincolnshire and 18 in North East Lincolnshire.
On Friday, four deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, two in North East Lincolnshire and -1 in North Lincolnshire. Fluctuations in data are usually due to some deaths in those areas being reallocated to other regions across the UK or a miscount. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
No council wants to explain lack of roadside cleaning
Councils aren’t coming clean
Just some of the litter found on the lay-by between Riseholme roundabout and Welton in Lincoln. | Photo: Rebecca Dunn
After roadside littering reared its ugly head in Lincolnshire again, councils across the county appear to be passing the buck, without taking any action.
The issue was raised by
The Lincolnite reader Rebecca Dunn, who went to clean up with her friends part of the roadside on the Western Bypass in Lincoln, because she said it was “starting to look like a landfill site.”
Some of the litter that was found at the roadside dated back 17 years to 2004, suggesting that the area hadn’t been cleaned in years.