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News PLODCAST: What TV and movies get right and wrong about policing

1 day ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Chrissie Redford

Lincolnshire Police has launched its first ever podcast – aptly named, PLODCAST. The monthly Plodcast – which is available now, for free, on Spotify and Amazon – gives an insight into what it is really like to police Lincolnshire. It features a small panel of officers, from a variety of backgrounds and ranks, discussing their thoughts on all different aspects of policing. In the latest episode, the panel discuss what movies and TV get right – and wrong – when portraying policing.
We always knew it! Skegness ranked amongst best resorts in UK

2 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Chrissie Redford

Skegness – once described in a suvey by the consumer watchdog Which? as a ‘vulgar hellhole’ with a ‘brown sea’ – has received a positive boost by being ranked amongst the best seaside resorts in the UKThe resort – currently undergoing a multi-million pound upgrade and just weeks away from a new Travelodge hotel opening – received the accolade in a survey by Vegas Slots Online (VSO) and was placed 12th out of 29 of the most popular coastal destinations.
Councils face big decision over future of Lincolnshire

2 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Jamie Waller

Plans to scrap smaller Lincolnshire councils in favour of new bigger authorities are up in the air as the next stage of the process begins. The government has written to all councils with feedback on their initial proposals, but it’s far from clear which version will emerge as the consensus. It’s expected that two or three unitary councils with populations of around 500,000 will replace Greater Lincolnshire’s ten current councils.
Appeal after man is arrested in connection with alleged serious assault in Chapel St Leonards

2 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Chrissie Redford

Lincolnshire Police are appealing to the public for help with an investigation following the arrest of a 30-year-old man in connection with a serious assault that reportedly took place in Chapel St Leonards. The alleged incident took place at a property on South Road just after 9.30am on Monday, June 2. Anyone who saw anything unusual or of note in the vicinity of South Road between Sunday June 1 and Monday June 2 is asked to get in touch.
'Receiving the King’s Award has been an extraordinary honour and a real milestone'

2 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Chrissie Redford

Lincolnshire businesses and organisations are being encouraged to apply for a King’s Award for Enterprise to recognise their achievements. Those with at least two full-time UK employees or part-time equivalents who can demonstrate strong environmental, social and governance practices, could be eligible to gain for an award.
Gainsborough takeaway which breached Covid guidelines has continued to break licensing rules, council claims

2 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Jamie Waller

A Gainsborough takeaway which lost its licence for repeatedly breaking Covid rules, has continued to ignore restrictions, the council claims. Gainsborough Grill has applied for a new late-night licence to replace the one it had revoked. The pizza and hot food takeaway on Trinity Street is currently allowed to open until 11pm, but West Lindsey District Council says it has found evidence that the takeaway has continued to operate after this time.
Expect more bins with new weekly food waste collections in Lincolnshire

3 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Chrissie Redford

Residents in Lincolnshire are set to benefit from a new weekly food waste collection service next year, as part of a government mandate to help households recycle more and reduce environmental impact. The introduction of this new service follows national changes set out in the Environment Act 2021, which requires all waste collection authorities – local councils who collect your waste from the kerbside – to collect food waste separately on a weekly basis.
'We don’t want any more families to suffer the pain of losing their loved one'

3 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Chrissie Redford

Four friends are taking big steps in memory of a young man who took his own life at the age of 21. Fordie’s Footsteps is a 70-mile fundraiser being held in aid of the charity, Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide – with 50 per cent of the takings going to the person who guesses correctly how many steps they take . On average 12 men lose their life everyday in the UK from suicide – and the best friend of the intrepid foursome, Thomas ‘Fordie’ Ford, sadly .
Village housing estate gets approval as ‘flooding issues can be sorted’

3 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Jamie Waller

Plans for up to 54 homes in a village near Horncastle have been given approval, despite residents saying the site gets waterlogged. The scheme was proposed for open space in the centre of Bardney, backing onto homes on Abbey Road and Wragby Road. West Lindsey District Council’s planning committee said that work would improve rather than worsen flooding problems in the village.
' Donations from the public will be essential to enable us to complete the work on time'

3 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Chrissie Redford

A £25,000 appeal has been launched to keep Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway’s Jurassic locomotive steaming. In 2027, the locomotive will need to undergo an examination which involves lifting the boiler out of the frames and then replacing the boiler tubes used to produce the steam which powers it. The work is a statutory requirement which applies to all steam locomotives – those running on privately owned railways, such as the LCLR, or on Network Rail’s main lines.