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We uncover why women are too afraid to walk alone – but will the issue ever be solved?   Several women have revealed that they don’t feel safe in the streets of Lincoln after the UN announced that 97% of young women have been sexually harassed.   "I was 8...

Lincoln’s premiere LGBTQ+ club, The Scene, will be livestreaming their final COVID-19 compliant cabaret performance tomorrow on Twitch. Fun banter and interactive prompts -- like group shots per £3 tip and prize wheels -- fill the five-hour shows, topped by cabaret numbers. Scene residents Jack Marshall, Celine Begone and Lin...

Opticians are still open for eye examinations and people are being urged to still attend the potentially life-saving appointments - regardless of whether they are experiencing any problems or not.

An LSJ news poll shows only 1.6% of women feel safe everywhere in Lincoln, while 49% don’t feel safe anywhere. This follows a report that showed 97% of young women have experienced sexual harassment of some kind in the UK. Women have been showing solidarity in the wake of the...

Lincoln has seen a rise in hypnotherapy as people try to tackle their mental health during coronavirus, yet many people still do not know what it is. Hypnotherapist and neurolinguistic programming Master Debbie Ison said: “There has definitely been a rise. I’ve had an awful lot more people who are...

Over half of Lincoln residents say they will stop wearing a face mask as soon as they are no longer mandatory. According to the government ‘roadmap’ mask wearing will be reviewed before the introduction of ‘step four’ meaning we could see mask-less shopping trips as soon as 21 June. In...

Nearly 1.8 million children in the UK don't have access to a laptop or desktop, with thousands in Lincolnshire still needing devices to help them learn. Recently, the BBC launched an appeal called 'Make a Difference: Give a Laptop' to encourage the public to donate their old laptops to disadvantaged...

Later this year, the American space agency NASA, is set to test the first extra-terrestrial flight of their new drone on Mars. Called Ingenuity, the lightweight aircraft has been specially built to survive its transport to the red planet as well as the harshness of the environment. If it can...

A Lincoln couple open their very own takeaway business – 8 months after making pizzas in their back garden to raise NHS funds. Matt Barnes and his wife Rachel began making pizzas to raise money for the NHS, totalling over £2,000 in donations and even offering slices for frontline workers....