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Grantham railway bridge reopening after £2.7m project Network Rail has improved two Grantham bridges A major railway bridge in Grantham – Springfield Road – reopened on Friday afternoon following the completion of a £2.7 million project by Network Rail that took seven months to complete. The project saw two railway bridges spanning Barrowby Road and Springfield Road strengthened to keep the railway running reliably and ensure people can pass safety underneath it. The bridges carry the busy East Coast Main Line. The improvements to the railway bridge at Barrowby Road were completed in ea...

Small drop in weekly COVID cases and deaths so far this week in Lincolnshire UK R number drops between 0.7 and 1 | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite There have been 285 coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire and eight COVID-related deaths so far this week – a 7% drop in cases and one less death from the previous week. The government’s COVID-19 dashboard on Friday recorded 32 new cases in Lincolnshire, eight in North Lincolnshire and three in North East Lincolnshire. On April 16, three deaths were registered in Lincolnshire and none in Northern Lincolnshire. These figures include ...

Directors Luke and Katherine Austin. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite A Lincoln children’s soft play centre has closed its doors for good after trading for just five months. Owners Luke and Katherine Austin originally set up the children’s activity centre Imagination Station in March with an investment of £40,000. The soft play centre was located in the former Big Wok building on Beaumont Fee near the city centre. Imagination Station offered children under 12 a large soft play area with healthy food and drinks options, along with staff to tell stories. Directors Luke and Katherin...

Plans for new student flats plan for former Lincoln play centre Just some of the facade would be kept Thee Beaumont Fee facility will be transformed into post-graduate accommodation. Plans to demolish part of a former play centre and Chinese takeaway to build 41 new student flats, have been submitted to the City of Lincoln Council. Killingbeck PLG has applied for permission to demolish “most” of the existing facade of the former home of Imagination Station and Big Wok, on Beaumont Fee, and rebuild it as part of the development. The main hall, a warehouse and a recently built “link block...

Local Elections 2021: Power in the balance for North East Lincolnshire’s party leaders A close race expected between Conservatives and Labour Labour leader Councillor Matthew Patrick (left) and Conservative boss Councillor Philip Jackson. The Conservative leadership in North East Lincolnshire will face its first big test on May 6, as after two years in power it will hope its main Labour opposition haven’t yet bounced back. In 2019, Labour — whose grip on the council already depended on a tenuous alliance with the Liberal Democrats — lost control by losing just three seats while their...