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BBC News
24-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Unused North Kesteven District Council office could be demolished
An application has been made to knock down a council's unused offices considered to be an buildings, on Lafford Terrace, in Sleaford, were added onto the historic town headquarters between the 1960s and 90s, and were currently used as the main offices for North Kesteven District original Grade II listed building dates back to the 1850s and was built as a row of terraced County Council's application proposed knocking down the newer additions, which had "little aesthetic value" and in some cases negatively intruded on the historic sections. The planning document said: "The proposed demolition should be considered a considerable improvement to the setting."It added that the site would be reduced "to slab level", but the notice did not give a hint of what might come in its place.A separate application was also seeking permission to restore the façade of the building after demolition works took place, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The area has been undergoing regeneration after new plans were announced for the former Sleaford ambulance station, located on the other side of the disused site was bought by North Kesteven District Council, which would demolish it to create a new town-centre car to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Lincoln's Clasketgate roadworks schedule as rebuild planned
A month-long rebuild of a city centre thoroughfare will start at the end of this month, a council has in Lincoln is showing signs of "major wear" and Lincolnshire County Council said the project would be "no small feat", with the entire road needing to be dug up and more than 600 tonnes of tarmac authority advised people to leave extra time for their journeys during the works, which start on Tuesday 27 May and will last for up to five Cassar, assistant director for highways at the council, said there was likely to be some disruption with the route being in the heart of the city but they aimed to keep it to an "absolute minimum". Ms Cassar added: "We'll also be repairing some of the footways and kerbs along West Parade and Hungate up West Parade's Beaumont Fee junction, including widening the carriageway at Corporation Street's junction with Hungate."There will be road closures on Clasketgate, Corporation Street, West Parade (between the Hungate and Beaumont Fee junctions) and Hungate (between Motherby Lane and Park Street) on the following dates:Sunday 8 June - from 06:00 until 06:00 BST the following daySunday 15 June - from 06:00 until 06:00 the following dayMonday 16 to Wednesday 18 June - from 19:00 until 06:00Sunday 22 June - from 06:00 until 06:00 the following dayMonday 23 to Wednesday 25 June - from 19:00 until 06:00Sunday 29 June - 06:00 until 06:00 the following dayFurther details and restrictions are on the council's to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Powys County Times
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Powys County Times
Reform will use ‘whatever levers' to challenge asylum hotels, says Tice
Reform UK will use 'whatever levers' it can to challenge asylum hotels, the deputy leader has claimed, as he said the party has a 'team of lawyers' working with it. Richard Tice told Sky News that the party has been given a 'mandate to stop' them in council areas it now controls. It comes after Nigel Farage pledged to 'resist' asylum seekers being housed in Reform patches. 'We will use whatever levers we can in those 10 councils […] we've got KCs willing to act on a pro bono basis, we've got a team of lawyers,' Mr Tice told the Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme. 'So, yes, we will use whatever levers we can, whether it's health and safety, whether it's planning, whatever it is. 'Because the truth is we've been given a mandate to stop these asylum hotels in those council areas.' Reform took control of 10 council areas at the local elections earlier this month, including in Lincolnshire, where Mr Tice is an MP. Reform won 44 of the 70 seats on Lincolnshire County Council to take control from the Conservatives. The party's chairman Zia Yusuf told the Telegraph on Saturday that Reform has 'a KC leading a team of lawyers' and 'some of the best lawyers in the country working for free to resist this awful Government'. 'We will resist the dispersal of thousands of illegal migrants into local communities, which is a huge betrayal of everyone who voted Labour and everyone in the UK,' he told the paper. Mr Tice pledged that Reform would make 'life very difficult for the Home Office', but appeared to accept the party may not be successful. He said: 'We've got to put pressure on the Home Office and that's what we're going to do. 'We control Lincolnshire County Council […] and we won't always succeed, but if you don't try you've got no chance.' Reform won more than 600 seats and control of 10 local authorities in last Thursday's polls.# The party also won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, beating Labour by just six votes in the previously safe red seat. Sir Keir Starmer told the Sun on Sunday that he expects the next general election to be a run-off between Labour and Reform. 'Certainly we were planning on the basis we were likely to be facing Reform at the next election in any event,' he told the paper. 'So that coincides with our thinking.'
North Wales Chronicle
11-05-2025
- Politics
- North Wales Chronicle
Reform will use ‘whatever levers' to challenge asylum hotels, says Tice
Richard Tice told Sky News that the party has been given a 'mandate to stop' them in council areas it now controls. It comes after Nigel Farage pledged to 'resist' asylum seekers being housed in Reform patches. 'We will use whatever levers we can in those 10 councils […] we've got KCs willing to act on a pro bono basis, we've got a team of lawyers,' Mr Tice told the Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme. 'So, yes, we will use whatever levers we can, whether it's health and safety, whether it's planning, whatever it is. 'Because the truth is we've been given a mandate to stop these asylum hotels in those council areas.' Reform took control of 10 council areas at the local elections earlier this month, including in Lincolnshire, where Mr Tice is an MP. Reform won 44 of the 70 seats on Lincolnshire County Council to take control from the Conservatives. The party's chairman Zia Yusuf told the Telegraph on Saturday that Reform has 'a KC leading a team of lawyers' and 'some of the best lawyers in the country working for free to resist this awful Government'. 'We will resist the dispersal of thousands of illegal migrants into local communities, which is a huge betrayal of everyone who voted Labour and everyone in the UK,' he told the paper. Mr Tice pledged that Reform would make 'life very difficult for the Home Office', but appeared to accept the party may not be successful. He said: 'We've got to put pressure on the Home Office and that's what we're going to do. 'We control Lincolnshire County Council […] and we won't always succeed, but if you don't try you've got no chance.' Reform won more than 600 seats and control of 10 local authorities in last Thursday's polls.# The party also won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, beating Labour by just six votes in the previously safe red seat. Sir Keir Starmer told the Sun on Sunday that he expects the next general election to be a run-off between Labour and Reform. 'Certainly we were planning on the basis we were likely to be facing Reform at the next election in any event,' he told the paper. 'So that coincides with our thinking.'
Leader Live
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Leader Live
Reform will use ‘whatever levers' to challenge asylum hotels, says Tice
Richard Tice told Sky News that the party has been given a 'mandate to stop' them in council areas it now controls. It comes after Nigel Farage pledged to 'resist' asylum seekers being housed in Reform patches. 'We will use whatever levers we can in those 10 councils […] we've got KCs willing to act on a pro bono basis, we've got a team of lawyers,' Mr Tice told the Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme. 'So, yes, we will use whatever levers we can, whether it's health and safety, whether it's planning, whatever it is. 'Because the truth is we've been given a mandate to stop these asylum hotels in those council areas.' Reform took control of 10 council areas at the local elections earlier this month, including in Lincolnshire, where Mr Tice is an MP. Reform won 44 of the 70 seats on Lincolnshire County Council to take control from the Conservatives. The party's chairman Zia Yusuf told the Telegraph on Saturday that Reform has 'a KC leading a team of lawyers' and 'some of the best lawyers in the country working for free to resist this awful Government'. 'We will resist the dispersal of thousands of illegal migrants into local communities, which is a huge betrayal of everyone who voted Labour and everyone in the UK,' he told the paper. Mr Tice pledged that Reform would make 'life very difficult for the Home Office', but appeared to accept the party may not be successful. He said: 'We've got to put pressure on the Home Office and that's what we're going to do. 'We control Lincolnshire County Council […] and we won't always succeed, but if you don't try you've got no chance.' Reform won more than 600 seats and control of 10 local authorities in last Thursday's polls.# The party also won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, beating Labour by just six votes in the previously safe red seat. Sir Keir Starmer told the Sun on Sunday that he expects the next general election to be a run-off between Labour and Reform. 'Certainly we were planning on the basis we were likely to be facing Reform at the next election in any event,' he told the paper. 'So that coincides with our thinking.'
