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17 hours ago
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Students to get travel grants worth hundreds
A scheme that gives young people access to public transport at a reduced rate is being extended. Students in North Lincolnshire who live more than three miles from their school or college, or those with special educational needs and disabilities, will be given travel grants worth up to £362. The scheme is designed to help them travel between their homes and lessons during term time, North Lincolnshire Council said. Councillor Julie Reed, cabinet member for families and children, said: "We are committed to helping young people in North Lincolnshire access education and training opportunities to help them succeed." Reed added: "We are not required to fully fund transport, however we recognise the importance and have decided to provide most of the funding for our students like we have done for many years. "Keeping residents of all ages connected to communities is a key priority." The council said the allowance was intended for use on public transport, but students could use it for alternative forms of transport if there was no available service. 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. Free bus travel for young people leaving care Free bus passes to get under-18s to school or work Bus service to North York Moors returns North Lincolnshire Council
BBC News
17 hours ago
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- BBC News
North Lincolnshire students to get travel grants worth hundreds
A scheme that gives young people access to public transport at a reduced rate is being extended. Students in North Lincolnshire who live more than three miles from their school or college, or those with special educational needs and disabilities, will be given travel grants worth up to £ scheme is designed to help them travel between their homes and lessons during term time, North Lincolnshire Council Julie Reed, cabinet member for families and children, said: "We are committed to helping young people in North Lincolnshire access education and training opportunities to help them succeed." Reed added: "We are not required to fully fund transport, however we recognise the importance and have decided to provide most of the funding for our students like we have done for many years."Keeping residents of all ages connected to communities is a key priority."The council said the allowance was intended for use on public transport, but students could use it for alternative forms of transport if there was no available service. 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
a day ago
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- BBC News
Strike action at Scunthorpe school over plans to extend day
Staff at a school in North Lincolnshire are set to take part in strike action in protest at an academy trust's plans to extend the day for students and teachers by half an NASUWT teaching union said teachers at a number of schools run by the Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT), including Foxhills in Scunthorpe, were taking part in six days of action, with the first on union said the proposed changes would affect teachers' working hours, workload and the welfare of staff and academy trust said it was "exceptionally disappointed" that "our union partners" had decided to take industrial action. According to the union, OGAT schools currently finish at 14:30 BST, with the trust proposing a later finish to comply with the Department for Education's advised 32.5-hour Matt Wrack, the union's acting general secretary, said the proposals should instead focus on lengthening a 30-minute lunch break to provide adequate time for pupils to queue for and eat their lunch, use the toilets and have a break before resuming lessons."The current lunch break is so short that some pupils are not eating or using the toilets, which has a detrimental impact on their health, welfare and ability to focus on learning," Mr Wrack said. Kath Oliver, the union's national executive member for Foxhills, added: "Staff at Foxhills frequently report that they are unable to take a break at all during the school day."The union is calling for OGAT to agree to resume academy trust said it remained open to "constructive dialogue"."The small change we have proposed will mean students can learn more and achieve even stronger outcomes, and will still mean the school day is within the time as set out in the government's school teachers' pay and conditions document," a spokesperson said."We also want to make sure our students are prioritised and provided with the best possible education."Strike action is planned for 3, 10, 11, 17, 18 and 19 June at the school in Scunthorpe. 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
5 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Planned Elsham Wolds data centre could create up to 1,000 jobs
Up to 1,000 jobs could be created by a new artificial intelligence data centre in North Lincolnshire.A planning application has been submitted for the "AI data centre campus" by the A15 next to Elsham Wolds Industrial would cover up to 435 acres (176 hectares) of agricultural to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), construction costs are estimated as between £5.5bn and £9bn, excluding the cost of the computing equipment. The outline application suggests it could comprise up to 15 individual data centre buildings as well as a greenhouse complex and energy centre, the LDRS estimated 2,600 to 3,600 jobs a year on and off site would be supported during the ten-year construction of the facility, according to the LDRS.A proposed energy centre on site would produce up to 49.9MW of electricity a year. Next to it would be a greenhouse complex, using waste heat from the cooling of the data centre buildings to grow agricultural economic report for the greenhouse predicts it could grow 4,728 tonnes of tomatoes a year supporting an estimated 64 jobs on and off would also be a creche, café, gym and small shop which would be available to workers at the existing industrial year, North Lincolnshire Council approved plans for a £2.2bn data centre by the A180 near South Killingholme, which it said would create almost 400 application for the Elsham Wolds development is open for residents' comments until 26 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.
Yahoo
6 days ago
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Plans for Lincolnshire 'super councils' rejected
Councillors in North Lincolnshire have said they will not support proposals for "super councils" in the county. The government introduced plans to reduce the number of councils by creating single-tier unitary super councils across the wider Lincolnshire area earlier this year. Council Leader Rob Waltham said the local authority did not back the proposed changes following discussions with parish councils, residents, and businesses. "The feedback we have received was clear that there is no support for a large council to take over North Lincolnshire," he said. Mr Waltham said the council restructure could end initiatives like free parking in Ashby, Brigg, and Scunthorpe, and the Imagination Library scheme, which provided books to young children. Community grants and road investment could also be cut, he said. Mr Waltham added that relocating the council away from Scunthorpe might weaken local government support for the town's steel industry. "We are keen to make sure we continue to support our communities, making sure that we continue to create better paid jobs, invest in support for leisure and play facilities and to keep listening and working with local people," he said. "The thought that super councils could undermine this great work and ignore the views of our residents and communities is a distraction that we will no longer have." 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. Eight options submitted for councils shake-up Options for Lincolnshire councils shake-up revealed Plans for 'remote mega-council' rejected North Lincolnshire Council
