Richard Wright

All the NK Community Champion Awards winners for 2024. Photo: Chris Vaughan Photography for NKDC

NK’s Community champions awarded

North Kesteven District Council offices on East Gate, Sleaford. Credit: LDRS

Council complains about regulations slowing down restoring empty homes

Packs of five or more fruit trees are available to communities. Photo: NKDC

Free commemorative trees on offer to North Kesteven communities

Fruit trees are available to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III

Free commemorative trees on offer to North Kesteven communities

NK Community Champions awards 2025.

NK Community Champions shortlisted and ready for district's awards ceremony

WinterLight is set to take place on the last weekend before Christmas in Sleaford. Image: NKDC

WinterLight weekend set to herald reopening of Sleaford's Market Place

Free parking in Sleaford on Saturdays in December at NKDC-run car parks. Photo: NKDC

Free car parking in December in Sleaford

Coun Martin Hill.

Lincolnshire council leader says devolution deal is key in light of budget

Leader of NKDC Coun Richard Wright and new chief executive Kath Marriott. Photo: NKDC

Council’s new chief executive formally appointed

D-day 80 memorial, Ruskington Memorial Garden, June 2024

Ruskington and Area Veterans’ Group planning special ceremony for new standard b...

The Wyvern Barrier in Sleaford, next to Monument Gardens.

Your help needed on fresh look for Wyvern Barrier

NKDC's new business event.

Business event to help local companies profit from going green

Visuals of 2019 plans for the cinema. Photo: NKDC

Five years on and still no cinema in sight for Sleaford

Proposal rejected. The entrance to the former Southgate car park site in Sleaford. Photo: NKDC

Owners' 'disappointed' after fresh car park proposal in Sleaford is rejected

North Kesteven District Council Leader Coun Richard Wright, (centre), with Deputy Chief Executive Phil Roberts (left) and Chief Executive Ian Fytche (right).

Top execs at North Kesteven District Council announce they will leave this year

Sleaford Market Place.

Remembrance service will go ahead in Sleaford Market Place this year

Councillors Mike Clarke and Richard Wright with Dominic Hunter, nine. Photo: NKDC

Nine-year-old shows leadership on litter

The launch of the new Health Hub at One NK

One NK: wellbeing event a wondrous success

Cogglesford Mill.

What do you think about a Watermill café in Sleaford?

Coun Stewart Ogden steps back after 20 years of public service. Photo: NKDC

North Kesteven District Councillor steps down after 20 years' service

Sleaford Market Place plans - the planters would be reduced in size by 10 per cent until revised proposals.

Sleaford Market Place plans set to return to committee for third round

Leader of North Kesteven District Council, Councillor Richard Wright.

New Year message from Leader of North Kesteven District Council

Artwork featuring a self-portrait by illustrator Ruth Burrows.

Schools art competition to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day

NKDC Leader Coun Richard Wright.

Devolution funding and decision-making welcomed by North Kesteven councillors

Coun Richard Wright, Leader of NKDC.

Leaders react to provisional Local Government Settlement

North Kesteven District Council meeting. Photo: James Turner

North Kesteven District Council rejects devolution referendum call

From left - Smith Construction Managing Director Ken Smith, North Kesteven District Council Leader Councillor Richard Wright, and Harlaxton Engineering Managing Director Lucy Hibbert.

First units complete at Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park

An impression of how the redesigned Sleaford Market Place would look. Image: NKDC

Pause for clarity on plans to redesign Sleaford Market Place

North Kesteven District Council Leader Richard Wright | Photo: James Turner

Council leader vowing to continue with climate change agenda

Coun Gill Ogden. Photo: NKDC

Tributes paid to North Kesteven District Councillor Gill Ogden

Beautifully Handmade Gift Shop is one of a number of businesses offering a Magic Tenner deal.

See how far your Magic Tenner travels

Monument Gardens in Sleaford

Still time to say how Sleaford people want to use Monument Gardens

Councillors are reconsidering whether to lower the speed limit on a stretch of the A15 from 60mph to 40mph. Photo: Google

Councillors delay decision on lowering A15 speed limit

Appeals for the site near Beckingham have been rejected by a planning inspector. Photo: Google

Planning inspector dismisses 17 appeals relating to land near Beckingham

Puppetry will feature in RiverLight 2023.

Highly successful Sleaford RiverLight Festival is set to return next month

NKDC planners have submitted their Local Impact Report to the planning inspector looking at the Heckington Fen Solar park plans. (File picture for illustration only)

Council calls on Secretary of State ‘to be mindful’ when deciding on solar park

Anthony Henson gathering signatures for his petition in Sleaford Market Place.

Petition over market plan

From left - Smith Construction Divisional Manager Tim Phipps and Site Manager Mark Collishaw, North Kesteven District Council Director of Resources Russell Stone, Managing Director of Smith Construction Ken Smith, North Kesteven District Council Leader Councillor Richard Wright, Economic Development Project Manager Suzanne Feneley and Chief Executive Ian Fytche.

Strong interest and quality build works at Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park

Mosaic Youth Hub proudly presented this mural showcase event at the Hub, in Sleaford. Photo: Anne-Marie Sheperd.

Youth mural showcased at The Hub till September

An impression of how the new vision for Sleaford market Place might take shape.

Video - Council leader describes new vision for Sleaford town centre with £1m re...

Leader of NKDC Coun Richard Wright and chairman Coun Mike Clarke with the 13 veterans who received badges for their service.

North Kesteven ‘salutes our Armed Forces’

Thousands of Ukrainians have been forced to flee the homeland following the invasion by Russia. Picture: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFC via Getty Images

£1m grant to support Ukrainian refugees across Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire councils have been given nearly £1 million by the UK government to support Ukrainian refugees.

Coun Richard Wright, comments on World Refugee Day.

Partnership appeals for new homes for Ukrainians on World Refugee Day

More cash is available to renovate and enhance Sleaford shopfronts with funding from the UKSPF.

High street fund boost for Sleaford and district

Outgoing chairman of NKDC, Coun Lucille Hagues, passes the chain of office to new chairman Coun Mike Clarke.

New chairman elected to represent North Kesteven District Council

From left - Leader of NKDC Coun Richard Wright, with Deputy Leader Coun Ian Carrington, Coun Sally Tarry, Coun Mary Green and Coun Mark Smith. Photo: NKDC

Re-elected Leader of NKDC reaffirms environmental goals

Coun Richard Wright with the new solar panels now installed on NKDC offices.

More solar panels on North Kesteven District Council offices

Lincolnshire Independent Amelia Bailey was successful in keeping her seat on NKDC.

Tories take control in North Kesteven despite tough election across county

Representatives from the Council and its project board visited Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park to see progress onsite, including the first steels now up. Pictured from left: North Kesteven District Council Economy and Place Director Andy McDonough, Chief Executive Ian Fytche, Director of Resources Russell Stone, Deputy Council Leader Councillor Ian Carrington and Council Leader Councillor Richard Wright.

Interest grows as new town business park takes shape

Biodiversity set to bloom in Heckington. Coun Richard Wright with representatives of Heckington in Bloom and Trees for Heckington.

Biodiversity boost planned for Heckington

Welcome to North Kesteven.

North Kesteven is in top ten places to build a home

Karen Elliott at William Alvey School, Sleaford accepting the 30-or-so pairs of shoes on behalf of the school, which will be polished and boxed up for donation to families in need. Photo: NKDC

Over 90 pairs of shoes donated through Holocaust Memorial Day event

Sustainable Project of the Year, winner Lindum Group Ltd for Windmill Gardens at the Greater Lincolnshire Construction and Property Awards 2023. NKDC officers, councillors and Lindum representatives with headline sponsor, Willmott Dixon, at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Lincoln. Picture: Chris Vaughan Photography for Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce

Council eco homes recognised with sustainability award

Sleaford Leisure Centre, one of three venues to be 'decarbonised'.

North Kesteven budget aimed at accelerating green upgrades for leisure venues

Council Leader Coun Richard Wright passes on his old trusty trainers at the memorial event.

92 pairs of shoes donated for holocaust memorial event in Sleaford

Steel framework is already going up on the first building at the new Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park. Photo: Kurnia Aerial Photography

Business park is taking shape