People in Hull and East Riding can travel safely on Hull Trains from 3 December 2020 as the rail operator resumes services after a temporary pause. The team is preparing to welcome passengers back on board its Paragon trains as the open access operator reintroduces a limited timetable in time for the Christmas period and […]

Travellers moved on to SKDC-owned land in Grantham on Tuesday and one caravan and two vehicles remain at the site, which is behind the Savoy cinema, St Catherine’s Road The land is where the former Paragon cinema once stood. An SKDC spokesman said: “The council took immediate action and is working with police and the […]

The A1 south of Grantham is blocked with building queues, owing to emercency repairs. A pothole has appeared in the northbound carriageway at Broadgate Road (South Witham / Thistleton Turn Off). Congestion is back to the Empingham/Pickworth turnoff.

Baz Matthews says…  Vehicles unable to get up South Parade and Spitalgate Hill due to slippery conditions.  Occasionally one will make it up, but it’s causing disruption.  Debbie Traynor says.. The A607 between Denton and Croxton has not been gritted and is treacherous! I have contacted LeicesterCC and they say this is not on their […]

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has announced the appointment of Simon Evans as its Chief Operating Officer, following a national recruitment process. Simon has been working at the Trust as interim Chief Operating Officer since January 2020 and has been leading Trust operations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Simon has previously held various senior healthcare management roles […]

All 15 core Libraries and a number of community hubs across the county will be open, but only for click and collect and computer use. Residents will be able to collect reserved books and use pre-booked public access computers to access essential digital public services. There will be no access for browsing. To reserve books, […]

This winter, treat your little ones to the magic of a Peter Rabbit™ winter adventure activity trail at National Trust Belton House – in partnership with Penguin Random House UK. Peter Rabbit’s friends need some help finding items to see them through the colder winter months. Young nature adventurers can lend a hand to some […]

A new collection of sculptures are going up in Grantham town centre as part of a cultural pilot programme funded by Historic England. Conveying the community’s reflections of Grantham during lockdown, the temporary sculptures have been created by local artists and will form part of the town’s Christmas lights display. Historic England awarded South Kesteven […]

The county council will be partially refunding post-16 home-to-school transport fees for part of the 2020/21 academic year. Cllr Mrs Patricia Bradwell OBE, executive member for children’s services, said: “The pandemic has caused significant disruption to school timetables over the last few months. “So as a goodwill gesture, we will be refunding 40% of the […]

The George Shopping Centre, on Grantham’s High Street, is under new ownership. It went under the hammer at SDL Property Auctions last week for £1,010,000.  Unfortunately, due to Data Protection, the buyers details remain undisclosed for now. It had been sold to the previous owner five years ago for a reported £2,790,000 for the complex […]

A poll could finally decide whether a 10ft statue of Margaret Thatcher is erected in her home town, according to the Daily Mail. It says former Mayor of Grantham, Ian Selby has proposed the referendum to gauge local support for the work by artist Douglas Jennings. It was offered to the town after plans to […]