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Shop workers at a store in Lincoln have called for tighter security measures to be introduced following several theft incidents over recent months. Shops in the Carlton Centre and nearby Deacon Road retail park by the St Giles area of Lincoln are frequently hit by shoplifters and often face confrontations...

  Groups that support LGBTQ+ rights are outraged that councils in Lincolnshire have been depositing millions of tax-payer funds in Qatari banks. Despite the fact that homosexuality remains illegal in Qatar, as well as rumours of unlawful deaths of migrant workers, the World Cup host’s state bank has received £120...

Hundreds of people gathered last night against violence and sexual abuse as the Reclaim the Night march returns to Lincoln. The event last year saw 450 people march in wake of the tragic death of Sarah Everard. The Wellbeing Society at Lincoln University urged everyone to come and join the...

The success of the Lincoln City Foundation’s Fighting Fit Programme, which helps cancer patients improve their physical fitness, will see it spread across the county. The weekly circuit-based workouts, which are aimed at improving the fitness of people recovering from cancer, will now take place in Boston, Gainsborough, Grantham, and...

Lincoln’s good causes have had the opportunity to put themselves forward to be entered into a draw to win £10K. The Lincoln Community Lottery Fund has been running for four years, over which it has been able to raise over £160,000 for various charities. This year £10K has been collected...

A historic estate in Lincolnshire is planting a 70-acre wood to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign. Burghley House has been confirmed as the first location to plant a celebratory woodland for the Platinum Jubilee. Peter Glassey, head forester at Burghley Park, said he “feels a real privilege” to be...

Following other businesses who have taken action to support the Ukrainian crisis, The Geek Retreat, a café in the city of Lincoln, pledged to raise money to help the people of Ukraine. The café created its own milkshake called the ‘Sunflower Shake’, which resembles the yellow and blue colours in...

In a typically American gas station car park, there’s a man hunched over the steering wheel of his car. His cheeks are stained with tears and the needle in his hand doesn't belong to him. The system has left him desperate, and he doesn’t see how he can go on....

The project is expected to bring more people to the town to live, work and shop. Areas for improvement include ‘healing the High Street’, regenerated transport links as well as a contemporary housing development. Neil Kempster, from Chestnut Homes and Chair of the Board for the Boston Town Deal said:...

The University of Lincoln turns 21 this year, marking a year when the Queen, who opened the Campus in 1996, also celebrates her Platinum Jubilee. The Queen opening the university in 1996. Credit: Zibby Garnett Library. Brayford Pool Campus was a mixture of former railway buildings and a brownfield sites....

Hundreds of people will attend a charity dog walk that aims to raise cash to help charities and dogs with disabilities. The event has already raised over £8000 and takes place at Boultham Park, Lincoln on April 10th . The walk is being organised by Tammie Fox, the owner of...