‘Absolute fury’ as 3,000 acre solar farm given green light
Comments Off on ‘Absolute fury’ as 3,000 acre solar farm given green lightPlans for a 3,000-acre solar farm have been given approval as residents claim they’re not being listened to.
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Boston school improving since ‘inadequate’ rating, but more needs to be done to remove it from special measures, says Ofsted
Comments Off on Boston school improving since ‘inadequate’ rating, but more needs to be done to remove it from special measures, says OfstedA secondary school in Boston has improved since being judged as ‘inadequate’ in 2024, but more needs to be done to remove it from special measures, Ofsted has said.
The Ivy among latest businesses supported through the Sleaford Shopfront Grant Scheme
Comments Off on The Ivy among latest businesses supported through the Sleaford Shopfront Grant SchemeThe Ivy public house is the latest shopfront in Sleaford to be restored and improved as part of the latest round of funding through the Sleaford Shopfront Grant Scheme.
Jigsaw of council structures shaped by resident responses
Comments Off on Jigsaw of council structures shaped by resident responsesThe Council’s engagement survey relating to changes in the way local government is structured has now closed, and analysis of the feedback – in order to shape proposals – is underway.
Drag acts, detractors and true-blue diehards: my weird weekend at a Margaret Thatcher festival
Comments Off on Drag acts, detractors and true-blue diehards: my weird weekend at a Margaret Thatcher festivalFor some, she was a hero. For others, quite the opposite. On 13 October, the prime minister who looms large over British politics would have turned 100 – and a gathering in Grantham celebrated her days in power
The bronze statue of Margaret Thatcher by the sculptor Douglas Jennings has a rating of 2.8 out of five on Google Maps. Although curiously, none of the reviewers seems to have overly preoccupied themselves with the quality of the craftsmanship or the fidelity of the likeness. “One of the most important PMs this country ever had,” writes one. “It’s a public toilet but there’s nowhere to wash your hands,” writes another.
The statue was originally commissioned more than a decade ago, and was intended to stand in front of the Houses of Parliament, but Westminster city council rejected it on the grounds that it might become a target for vandalism. Instead, it was offered to her birthplace of Grantham, a town she left at the age of 18 and rarely visited again. Within hours of its installation, someone threw an egg at it. Shortly after that, it was defaced with red paint. And now, on a grey October afternoon, Margaret Thatcher herself is gazing upon it, bearing a look of pure disgust.
Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site
Comments Off on Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire siteTillbridge solar farm will be built in county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has rising support
Ed Miliband has approved the UK’s biggest solar farm, which will be built in a county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has won rising support.
The energy secretary on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for the Tillbridge solar farm to be developed near Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. Once built, it will generate enough electricity to power 300,000 UK homes.
Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid
Comments Off on Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power gridA 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK first
Energy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity, in a landmark development for the UK’s climate ambitions.
For the first time in the UK, a 2% blend of green hydrogen was injected into the gas grid and blended with traditional gas to fuel the Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire which generated electricity for the power system.
Almost a third of Prax Lindsey oil refinery workers to lose jobs
Comments Off on Almost a third of Prax Lindsey oil refinery workers to lose jobsInsolvency Service says 125 roles to go at Lincolnshire plant, which went into administration in summer
Almost a third of workers at the Prax Lindsey oil refinery in north Lincolnshire, which collapsed into administration this summer, will lose their jobs at the end of October.
The Insolvency Service said the decision to make 125 roles redundant, with 255 people remaining at the site, “was not taken lightly” and follows a thorough review of “all aspects of the business, following its insolvency”.
Tata bought slabs from rival British Steel as it sought to beat Trump tariff plans
Comments Off on Tata bought slabs from rival British Steel as it sought to beat Trump tariff plansSale of product from Scunthorpe plant came when Indian-owned firm tried to avoid US rules that were later dropped
British Steel has made the unusual move to sell slabs of metal to its rival Tata Steel, as the latter sought ways around Donald Trump’s proposed tariff rules.
The Scunthorpe steelworks in north Lincolnshire – now controlled by the UK government – provided slabs made in its blast furnaces to Tata’s operations in south Wales in recent months, according to steel industry sources.
‘The whole town was out after’: Grimsby fans still in disbelief after beating Manchester United
Comments Off on ‘The whole town was out after’: Grimsby fans still in disbelief after beating Manchester UnitedTown celebrates and club shop sells merchandise around world after League Two side defeat Premier League giants in Carabao Cup tie
‘I felt like I was dreaming, honestly,” said Wayne Brightmore, 49, after watching Grimsby Town, the football club he has supported since he was a boy, pull off a historic win by beating one of the biggest teams in the world.
“Seeing us beat Manchester United at Blundell Park didn’t feel real,” he said. “It’s dreamland for us, we couldn’t have imagined anything better.”