NEWS & EVENTS
Welcome to the City of Boston...? BID TO CREATE LINCOLNSHIRE’S SECOND CITY FOR THE QUEEN’S PLATINUM JUBILEE BOSTON Boston Borough Council is working with partners to develop a bid for the town to obtain City Status as part of a competition launched to celebrate HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year. Her Majesty the Queen has approved a competition to grant the prestigious and rare civic honour of City Status to a select number of towns and cities in the UK for the first time in a decade. Councils have until December to apply and will be judged on civic pride, heritage and innovation. Cllr Richard Austin, said: “It’s fantastic news that a civic honours competition is being held. As a Borough we are immensely proud of our history and heritage and following a conversation between Group Leaders on the Council is was decided that a bid should be developed for submission to Government for City Status.”
“The bid will be further developed with partners and submission would be subject to Council approval later in the year. The competition gives us great opportunity to highlight Boston’s heritage
Singing for Bransby EQUINE CHARITY BRANSBY HORSES ACQUIRES SONG RIGHTS TO HIGHLIGHT RESCUE WORK
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and its worldwide connections by showcasing the people and places that make Boston so unique and worthy of such an accolade. Having secured Government investment of £21.9m through the Towns’
Fund; and with a bid underway for a further £20m from the Government’s Levelling Up fund, we expect to see Boston further transform and become an even more popular place to live, work, visit and invest.” n
LINCOLN Bransby Horses have acquired the song rights to You Will Be Found from smash Broadway musical, Dear Evan Hansen as part of their Bransby Big Sing project for 2021. Tara Stafford-Allen, External Welfare Officer at Bransby Horses and Musical Director at Lincolnshire Vocal Academy (LVA) set up the Bransby Big Sing project to help promote the work of the charity. Tara encouraged vocal enthusiasts at Bransby Horses, members of the LVA and pupils from Partney Church of England Primary School to get involved in recording the song.
“I listened to the lyrics and they resonated with me.” “In my role as External Welfare Officer I respond to public concerns about equines reported to be suffering neglect, mistreatment or abandonment – these horses think they’re alone, sometimes they’ve given up, and are in need of a lot of TLC. The song seemed to echo this and describe how the horses must be feeling.” n Those wishing to show their support for this project can make a small donation towards Bransby Horses’ welfare and rescue efforts and can share the video, available at www.bransbyhorses.co.uk.
