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BBC News
23-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Sutton on Sea paddling pool to reopen after £500,000 revamp
A popular paddling pool is due to reopen on Saturday after renovation works costing more than £500, Maple Leaf Pool, in Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire, which closed in 2023, has been given new interactive water play features among other final bill of £524,000 was £124,000 over budget, which East Lindsey District Council blamed on the cost of a new underground filtration system, as well as a rise in the price of materials and labour. Councillor Martin Foster, the portfolio holder for operational services, said: "The pool has been a part of the history of Sutton on Sea, and we're pleased to see that it's going to be open for people to come along and enjoy." Tennis courts and a new children's play area have been installed nearby and will also open on Saturday. The Maple Leaf Pool originally opened in 1954 and was a gift from the Kin clubs of Canada, following the North Sea floods of new facilities are part of the council's £7.5m Seaview Colonnade project, which involves redeveloping the town's Colonnade and Pleasure centrepiece of the project is a new pavilion, including a cafe, restaurant and exhibition space. Mr Foster said negotiations were being held with potential operators of the building and he hoped the facility would be open for activities and workshops over the paddling pool project was supported by a grant from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund, the council confirmed. 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.
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.
