Author Profile: Andrew Brookes

Andrew Brookes - andrew.brookes@iliffepublishing.co.uk

Andrew Brookes rejoined the Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian as a senior reporter in May 2021 after a spell working in PR. He was previously news editor at these titles and deputy editor of the Boston Standard.

Our area sees biggest pothole compensation payout

19 April 2022

Our area sees biggest pothole compensation payout

19 April 2022

More pothole compensation has been paid out here than anywhere else as a result of damage caused to motorists by our crumbling roads.

£1 bus service to help people reach railway stations

05 April 2022

£1 bus service to help people reach railway stations

05 April 2022

Residents can use a new £1 bus service to connect to the county's stations on the Nottingham to Skegness railway line.

Roads might have to close as cuts leave 'grave concern'

10 March 2022

Roads might have to close as cuts leave 'grave concern'

10 March 2022

Road safety experts say big government cuts to our maintenance budget are of ‘grave concern’ and warned some of our routes may have to shut.

Council Tax to go up even more with Government set to ignore pleas for cash to fix our roads

09 February 2022

Council Tax to go up even more with Government set to ignore pleas for cash to fix our roads

09 February 2022

Residents could be forced to pay even more for their Council Tax - with the Government likely to refuse to pay to fix our crumbling roads.

Will the Government see reason over road cash cuts?

21 January 2022

Will the Government see reason over road cash cuts?

21 January 2022

Highways chiefs are waiting to hear whether they have successfully persuaded the Government to reverse big budget cuts.

Council tax rise planned amid warning of 'devastating blow' if highways campaign fails

05 January 2022

Council tax rise planned amid warning of 'devastating blow' if highways campaign fails

05 January 2022

A failure to reverse big highways cuts would be ‘devastating’, according to senior councillors.

Police hoping Priti Patel's new deal brings more cash

16 December 2021

Police hoping Priti Patel's new deal brings more cash

16 December 2021

Police chiefs say they are 'cautiously optimistic' they will be getting more Government cash.

Police chief warns: 'Don't think you can get away with drink driving'

06 December 2021

Police chief warns: 'Don't think you can get away with drink driving'

06 December 2021

Rural motorists are mistaken if they think there aren’t enough police to catch them drink-driving, says Lincolnshire Police

Which pubs feature in Good Beer Guide?

12 November 2021

Which pubs feature in Good Beer Guide?

12 November 2021

These are the local pubs named in the newly-launched Good Beer Guide from CAMRA.

Parents warned over car 'child restraints'

05 October 2021

Parents warned over car 'child restraints'

05 October 2021

Lincolnshire Police has handed out 176 fixed penalty notices in the last five years to parents who didn't have their children safely secured in a car.