Sharon Edwards

4 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Sharon Edwards

Image caption, Councillors and members of the public celebrate outside County Offices, Lincoln, earlierPolitical Reporter, LincolnshireLincolnshire will not be used to store nuclear waste after the county council voted to withdraw from the process. Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), a government body, had earmarked an area near Louth, in East Lindsey, as a possible site for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF).

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Sharon Edwards

Image caption, Becky Franks, of St Barnabas, says hospices could reduce services if not funded properlyPolitical Reporter, LincolnshireA hospice charity in Lincolnshire says it needs to shed jobs and cut costs to avoid going into deficit. St Barnabas Hospice is asking staff to consider "voluntary resignation" to address "growing financial pressures". Becky Franks, director of patient care, said the charity was "taking action now" to ensure "we're still here in 40 years".

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Sharon Edwards

Inspectors found officers only met incident response targets in 52.6% of cases, which meant the force was "missing opportunities to safeguard the public and reduce crime". They said in the year ending March 2024, black people were nearly five times more likely to be stopped and searched or subjected to force than white people. The report said there were "gaps" in the records to explain why.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Sharon Edwards |Tim Iredale |Emma J. Petrie

Council leader 'will not take diversity training'Sharon Edwards, Tim Iredale and Emma PetrieBBCLincolnshire County Council leader councillor Sean Matthews told BBC Politics North he plans to "cut out the waste"The new leader of Lincolnshire County Council says he will not take part in diversity training in his new role. Speaking on BBC Politics North, Reform UK's Sean Matthews also said he was not interested in climate change and that his priorities were to save money and "cut out the waste".

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Sharon Edwards |Tim Iredale |Emma J. Petrie

Presenter Tim Iredale asked Bennett if she thought diversity training was a good use of taxpayers' money. She said: "Absolutely, because I think that we have long-term historical prejudices, long-term historical discrimination. "Fixing that is not just the right thing to do morally, it's the thing that ensures that we have the best possible council services, that we are able to engage everyone in our community and that the council services meet the needs of everybody in that community.