Gloria Hunniford, television personality and darling of ITV’s Loose Women, has re-joined her fellow lunchtime presenters in the studio and shown off her face covering made by Grantham company Angel Med.

Gloria, back live on the show after 13 weeks of lockdown when she joined in remotely, expressed her fears about the COVID19 pandemic and her need to feel safe when venturing out in public again.

Having celebrated her 80^th birthday in lockdown, she told viewers that she was ‘on the cusp of diabetes’. That, together with her husband’s health issues, had made her take self-isolation extremely seriously.

“I am nervous about getting back out there again”, said Gloria, also a presenter of the BBC’s Rip Off Britain programme.  “That may sound crazy but we still don’t understand much about this virus.

“I just have this horrible feeling that it might just get worse again. I am not a pessimist but I am being cautious about it.”

Angel Med has now supplied vets, hotels, hairdressers, GP practitioners, midwives and construction companies with its 4DflexiSPORT® washable, re-usable and highly breathable respiratory face covering, with sales all over the UK and into America.

“We are delighted that Gloria Hunniford has chosen our face mask, as she is clearly taking her own personal safety very seriously,” said company Managing Director Barbara Thompson. 

“I have since spoken to Gloria, who has now felt confident enough to fly to France on holiday because she’s wearing our mask.

“We now have vets and hairdressers successfully combining a full visor with our mask. They can be heard perfectly with no fogging of their visor or their glasses!

“For discerning users wanting a mask that has some science behind it, we offer the all-important close facial fit using fabric that delivers the best defence against an airborne viral threat.

“A scientific paper just published shows our mask outperforms rivals, including NHS face coverings, and we are getting many customers who’ve made their own but, for different reasons, now want to upgrade.”

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People in Grantham can take advantage of more direct trains to London next month as Hull Trains is pleased to announce the resumption of services.

From Friday 21 August trains between Beverley and London Kings Cross will be running for the first time since Sunday 29 March when services were temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Initially, the open access rail operator will introduce a limited timetable and plans to run two servicesSouthbound and Northbound on Monday to Saturday and three services Southbound and Northbound on a Sunday.

Louise Cheeseman, managing director for Hull Trains, said: “I am so thrilled to announce a return date for Hull Trains as the numbers of people using rail services has started to increase across the country. By relaunching services in August, we are giving families and friends an opportunity to spend some quality time together.

“Tourist attractions in the capital are opening up again and we expect to see people making the most of day trips, weekends away and the bank holiday.

“We are excited to give people the opportunity to travel safely so they can make the most of the rest of the summer season and the services we plan to introduce on the timetable will give people the best chance to do this.

“I want to reassure our customers that extra cleaning measures will be taking place onboard the trains. There will be a dedicated cleaning team on every service, socially-distanced seats will be clearly labelled and all health and safety precautions will be met so people can travel with confidence.

“We will continue to review the numbers of people travelling and will introduce more services as demand increases.”

More details regarding the opening of ticket sales and a full timetable will follow early next week.

For more info website www.hulltrains.co.uk and social media channels Twitter: @Hull_Trains, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HullTrains/.

Lincolnshire Police has 79 more officers following a successful recent recruitment campaign.

The recruits will now be put through their paces in training before becoming fully fledged members of the force.

Last summer the Government announced that 20,000 more police officers would be recruited across England and Wales over the next three years.  The resulting ‘Uplift’ Project was subsequently developed by Lincolnshire Police as part of its Horizons 2023 Programme which will see the force working to better serve the region’s communities.

Det Supt Pete Grayson, who heads the Horizons Programme, said: “This is of course great news and we remain on target to meet our Uplift target of recruiting and training 120 new student officers during the current year.

“Despite the challenges presented by COVID 19, the force has successfully adapted its recruitment and pre-employment processes. As a result whilst still complying with Public Health England guidelines we have been able to maintain the pace of our current recruitment drive, thereby ensuring that future planned cohorts of student officers are delivered on time.”

Making Lincolnshire an even safer place to live, work and visit were the key objectives set out by the Chief Constable, Bill Skelly, in the Distinctively Lincolnshire strategy.

The Horizons 2023 Programme and the Uplift Project sees Lincolnshire Police working towards that strategy and to a more efficient, effective and diverse workforce.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) extended free car parking for all patients, visitors and staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier this year the trust decided that anyone visiting Lincoln, Boston or Grantham hospitals would be allowed to use any parking spaces on the site free of charge.

Facilities were free for staff between April 1 and July 31 and this has also now been extended.

ULHT confirmed this week that parking will remain free for all patients, visitors and staff until further notice.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s (LPFT) community mental health team in Spalding has achieved the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Accreditation for Community Mental Health Teams (ACOMHS).

The accreditation was awarded by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, in recognition of the work undertaken by Christine Coupar, Service Manager and Anne Harris, Quality Assurance Lead for the Adult Community Health Division, alongside the college and community mental health teams over the last 12 months.

All nine of LPFT’s community mental health teams have been signed up to the ACOMHS accreditation programme.

The accreditation programme helps to assure and improve the quality of community mental health services for people with mental health problems and their carers.

The programme engages staff in a review, in which good practice and high quality care are recognised and teams receive support to identify and address areas for improvement.

Christine Coupar, Service Manager said: “We’re very proud of this achievement, which demonstrates the quality of care our community mental health team deliver to both service users and carers.

“Spalding will be the fifth of our teams accredited so far, and we are working with the remaining mental health teams towards their accreditation.

“This accreditation takes a lot of work to achieve and stands in place as a marker of the incredible care and compassion that goes into the daily work of our teams.”

Anne Harris, Quality Assurance Lead added, “The teams have achieved this accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists against the 31 standards it sets in place. We will continue to build on this to improve our service, but in the meantime want to send massive congratulations to the team!”

This initiative from the Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement aims to help community mental health services focus on and improve quality of care and awards accreditation to services that meet sufficient standards.

Chris Higgins, Director of Operations said: “I am delighted that our community mental health team in Spalding has achieved this accreditation. They have worked very hard in the process and accreditations are reassuring for service users, carers and staff.”

Lincolnshire Community Foundation is making funds available from National Emergencies Trust Appeal to enable charities, community groups and organisations recruit, train and/or retain volunteers.

Not for profit groups, including those non constituted groups (provided they have a sponsor such as a Parish or Town Council) can apply for up to £2,500.00 to cover recruitment, overheads, volunteer expenses, training costs, IT management systems etc that will make it easier to manage new volunteers and/or retain existing ones.  The intention may be for volunteers to continue offer local support, or to ensure they are in place in the event of a second wave of Covid-19 or other crisis.

The community response to Covid-19 has been nothing short of astounding, where whole neighbourhoods were galvanized into action, offering immediate support to those who were vulnerable or self isolating.  This selfless action has undoubtedly saved lives and the aim is harness this energy and build upon it.

Eligibility: Not for profit volunteer led groups, social enterprises, community interest companies that have a governing document, accounts, bank account and relevant policies and procedures.  Non constituted groups can apply, provided by have a sponsor (another local established organisation that will purse hold on their behalf).  Foundation staff can give advice about these matters if required.

The fund is targeted at smaller, grassroots not for profit groups.  Infrastructure organisations can apply, but should be able to demonstrate additionality, rather than it being a request to undertake core work.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is on 21 August 2020. To obtain an Application Form or to chat about your project, please contact Sue Fortune on 01529 305825 or email sue.lincolnshire@btconnect.com

Sue Fortune, CEO with the Foundation says:- “We’ve listened to feedback from Local Resilience Forum members and other partners about the importance of retaining vital volunteer support and have launched a fund that will support the cost of recruiting and retaining volunteers across the County. 

” Grants staff are here to help at every stage and we would urge interested groups, particularly those who aren’t constituted, to get in touch”.

Police are appealing for the driver of a lorry which was in collision with a dog on the A17 Fulbeck Heath to contact us.

At around 10.14pm on Thursday 30^th July we received a report of a road traffic collision in which a pedestrian, a man in his 40s, received serious injuries after a collision with a BMW car. The pedestrian has been taken to hospital where he remains. The pedestrian was walking his dog at the time.

Following the collision between the pedestrian and the car, a passing-by lorry struck the dog on the A17 Fulbeck Heath.

The dog was taken to the vets and we believe it received minor injuries.  The lorry failed to stop at the scene but we believe the driver may be able to assist us with our investigation.

We are appealing for the lorry driver who was driving along this stretch of road at the time to contact us.

We would also like to hear from any witnesses, or any drivers who may have dashcam footage of the area at around the time of the collision.

There are a number of ways you can contact us:

By calling 101, quoting incident 528 of July 30