Category: Places

The Red Arrows are set to stay in their home county of Lincolnshire and move to RAF Waddington after the closure of their current base RAF Scampton. With their planned new headquarters a short distance away from their current home, the aerobatic team will still take to the skies above Scampton to practise their world-famous displays.…

Viewers from around the world tuned in to watch the virtual opening of Leiden400 in Holland, part of the commemorative year of the sailing of the Mayflower. Chairman of West Lindsey District Council, Cllr Steve England and Leader of West Lindsey District Council, Cllr Giles McNeill were among those invited to attend the virtual celebrations…

West Lindsey District Council is encouraging people to get behind local businesses in the district and support them where possible. The Council is launching its ‘Think Local’ campaign to raise awareness and support those local businesses across the district that are open for business. Covid-19 has had a huge impact on businesses nationally as many…

West Lindsey District Council will continue to provide award winning services, improve the customers’ experience and deliver efficiencies as part of its budget commitments. Councillors from the dominant Conservative Group together with colleagues from the Gainsborough Independent, Lincolnshire Independent and an independent councillor approved the 2020/21 Budget of £14.357m at the full Council meeting on…

Excited school children attended a special turf cutting ceremony signalling the start of work on a new Nettleham play area. £80,000 is being invested in the project, which will include new play equipment primarily aimed at Junior School aged children in the village. The equipment selected is predominantly constructed from natural materials to fit in…

A development of affordable housing in Nettleham designed exclusively for over 55s was officially opened during a ceremony hosted by LACE Housing last week. The Burrows, situated off Deepdale Lane in Nettleham, consists of 22 two-bedroom apartments for rent and 14 two-bedroom bungalows for shared ownership. The development offers a fully furnished communal area, with the…

Proposals to build a new central depot in West Lindsey to secure the future of waste collections and street cleansing operations have been given the go-ahead. The purpose built facility would replace Conservative-led West Lindsey District Council’s existing sites at Gainsborough and Market Rasen. The aim is to ensure waste services continue to run as…

Young people in Nettleham are set to get new play equipment in Nettleham thanks to a £42,993 grant from FCC Communities Foundation. The money will be used to buy and install new play equipment, primarily aimed at Junior School-aged children, within the centre of the village at Bill Bailey’s Playing Field on Scothern Road. The Chairman…

The Ray Sellars Community Award is awarded annually and acknowledges outstanding contributions made by residents to our community life. At the Annual Parish Meeting held on 17th April, the Parish Council were delighted to announce this year’s recipient was Mrs. Marianne Dingley for her work in distributing knitted angels around the village at Christmas time.…

An address by West Lindsey District Councillor Giles McNeill regarding the 2019 Local Elections on Thursday, 2nd May 2019