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Plans for Proposed Wind Farm can be viewed from 6.30pm to 8pm prior to meeting

 

 

 

 

non-emergency helpline is offering support during the severe weather

Lincolnshire County Council has activated a non-emergency telephone helpline number for people to call for advice and support if they need urgent assistance during the severe weather. The number to call is 01522 782189 and it will be staffed on a 24 hour basis.

This phone number is only for serious concerns about a person’s welfare as a result of them not being able to get out of their homes to buy food, replace medication or if they are without heating fuel supplies. If people call this number their needs will be assessed and they will be directed to the most appropriate authority which includes voluntary organisations co-ordinated by the British Red Cross.

However, people are also asked initially to be neighbourly during this time and to look out for people in their communities.

David Powell, Head of Emergency Planning for the Lincolnshire County Council, said:

“In the first instance I would ask everyone to be a good neighbour. We would ask everybody to check on elderly and vulnerable people in your community who you may not have seen around recently and may need help. If you are in urgent need ring the dedicated helpline number and if there is a risk to life and a genuine emergency please ring 999.

“During this prolonged period of cold weather it is important that everyone in the community looks out for those people that might need extra help and support. At the moment, the Met Office is predicting that it will remain very cold with further snow showers or longer spells of snow likely almost anywhere across the UK. Overnight frosts and severe frosts are also expected.”

 

 

Sutton St Edmund is a small village that lies in the South of the County in the midst of the Lincolnshire Fens.