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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
More money to clear sand from beach walkways
More money is to be spent clearing sand from walkways on Lincolnshire's beaches, a council said. An East Lindsey District council meeting heard its Neighbourhood Service team had been provided with "supplementary capital and revenue funding to purchase specialist sand clearance machinery and recruit two members of staff." Sand often blows off the beach on to walkways after periods of bad weather, in areas such as Sutton on Sea and Mablethorpe. Councillor Martin Foster, portfolio holder for operation services, said: "We are pleased to be in the process of finalising the necessary additional funding to support our teams with sand clearance on our promenades." He added: "We hope this further funding will ultimately allow us to increase our staffing numbers and invest in more specialist machinery. "These solutions need to be right – not overnight – and it is important we go through the correct processes to ensure these steps can help provide effective approaches for many years to come." Catherine Hallsworth owns The Fat Seagull, a cafe near Sandilands beach in Sutton on Sea. She said she wants to see a more permanent solution to the problem, instead of the sand repeatedly being cleared. "I think the people of Sutton on Sea and along this coast would much rather see the money invested in a solution and not year on year throwing money at something that will never be solved. "We are by the beach, we are going to get sand blowing up, and the way the beach has risen so much, it's become a problem. "It's a complete waste of money - solve the problem instead of keeping on kicking the can down the road." In January 2024, it was announced that the sand build up would no longer be cleared by the Environment Agency. The council said it would have to buy new equipment to do the job instead. Listen 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. Sand build-up issue will be down to council Sand pumped onto beaches to guard against flooding East Lindsey District Council
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
More money to clear sand from Lincolnshire beach walkways
More money is to be spent clearing sand from walkways on Lincolnshire's beaches, a council said. An East Lindsey District council meeting heard its Neighbourhood Service team had been provided with "supplementary capital and revenue funding to purchase specialist sand clearance machinery and recruit two members of staff." Sand often blows off the beach on to walkways after periods of bad weather, in areas such as Sutton on Sea and Martin Foster, portfolio holder for operation services, said: "We are pleased to be in the process of finalising the necessary additional funding to support our teams with sand clearance on our promenades." He added: "We hope this further funding will ultimately allow us to increase our staffing numbers and invest in more specialist machinery. "These solutions need to be right – not overnight – and it is important we go through the correct processes to ensure these steps can help provide effective approaches for many years to come." Catherine Hallsworth owns The Fat Seagull, a cafe near Sandilands beach in Sutton on Sea. She said she wants to see a more permanent solution to the problem, instead of the sand repeatedly being cleared."I think the people of Sutton on Sea and along this coast would much rather see the money invested in a solution and not year on year throwing money at something that will never be solved. "We are by the beach, we are going to get sand blowing up, and the way the beach has risen so much, it's become a problem. "It's a complete waste of money - solve the problem instead of keeping on kicking the can down the road." In January 2024, it was announced that the sand build up would no longer be cleared by the Environment Agency. The council said it would have to buy new equipment to do the job instead. Listen 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
18-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Summer fun in Sutton on Sea to tackle elderly isolation
Lincolnshire churches are offering elderly people free summer activities to tackle in its fifth year, the three-day Holiday At Home event starts on 22 July, and is organised by Churches Together, which includes Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe and Sutton on Collins, pastor at Hope House Church in Mablethorpe, said the activities make people "feel like they're on holiday".Transport will be provided to the Evangelical Free Church in Sutton on Sea for those who need it, said organisers. Activities will include carpet bowls, arts and crafts, quizzes, balloon volley ball, and a concert. There will also be trips Collins said the idea for the annual event came about after churchgoers became aware of others who felt added: "People find it a huge benefit."While there is no age restriction, organisers said activities will be tailored towards those aged over 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.
Sky News
10-03-2025
- General
- Sky News
North Sea latest: Tanker and cargo ship collide in North Sea - with reports of fires on both ships
Key points First picture of tanker involved in crash Here's our first picture of one of the two boats involved in the collision. As we said in our 12.37pm post, the Stena Immaculate is a US-flagged tanker. The other ship involved is the Solong - a Portuguese-flagged container ship. Lots of activity in the area of collisions This screengrab from shows a lot of activity in the area around the collision. Timeline of events so far Here's a timeline of what we know has happened so far: At 9.48am, the alarm was initially raised about the crash. At 10.20am, HM Coastguard tasked a number of lifeboats to support its response. This included Bridlington, Cleethorpes, Mablethorpe and Skegness lifeboats. By 11.40am, Cleethorpes had been stood down while Bridlington, Mablethorpe and Skegness continued to support search and rescue efforts. The response is ongoing, so stick with us for updates. Ships involved in the collision named We're getting more information coming in, but we're able to confirm the names of the two ships involved in the crash. One is a US-flagged oil tanker called the Stena Immaculate. The other is the Solong - a container ship sailing under a Portuguese flag. Watch: Video shows path vessels took before collision The collision is believed to involve a US-flagged tanker called the MV Stena Immaculate. According to ship-tracking tool Vesselfinder, the US tanker was at anchor. Maps from show the movement of both vessels - watch the video below. People have 'abandoned ship' - as fires reported on both vessels Four lifeboats were sent to the scene, according to the RNLI, which added there have been reports "a number of people had abandoned the vessels". The group said in a statement they responded at 10.20am this morning. "There were reports that a number of people had abandoned the vessels following a collision and there were fires on both ships," the group added. By 11.40am, one lifeboat was stood down as the other three continued to "support search and rescue efforts". Tanker and cargo vessel collide in North Sea The Coastguard has said a tanker and vessel have collided in the North Sea. Its full statement reads... "HM Coastguard is currently co-ordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off the coast of East Yorkshire. The alarm was raised at 9.48am. A coastguard rescue helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats from Skegness, Bridlington, Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes, an HM Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft, and nearby vessels with firefighting capability. The incident remains ongoing." Follow here for the latest updates.
