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Lincoln’s new eastern bypass has opened after over a decade of planning and development. The bypass, stretching 7.5 kilometres running between the A158 Wragby Road and the A15 Sleaford, was a project that was anticipated for years. The project was estimated to cost over £120 million and aims to reduce...

In a dark year , Karl Trice, 30, is looking to light up neighbourhoods across Lincoln with his idea ‘Light up the Night’.

The UK’s second lockdown has forced gym owners and personal trainers to use online platforms such as Zoom to help people continue to exercise. Since 5th November, the usual way of people going about their day has shifted once again. The second lockdown that was introduced meant that all non-essential...

The Lincoln Makers’ Market is back with its show starting on Thursday, December 3 and lasting until Sunday, December 6. It replaces the cancelled Lincoln Christmas Market which runs annually during this time of the year. Normally, the Makers’ Market hosts its stalls at Garmston Square at the bottom of...

The City of Lincoln Council has moved Lincoln’s Christmas Market online this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic. It will run throughout the Christmas period until January. The decision was made by the council earlier this year because the event couldn’t be made covid-safe. It has not yet confirmed any...

North Lincolnshire Council have introduced £150 litter penalties to keep the streets clean and to increase the county’s environmental awareness. This campaign comes after residents called for tougher consequences for littering and dog fouling in the north of the county. Anyone caught littering will be given a fixed penalty notice...

The annual Christmas Sack Project is still going ahead this December despite Covid-19, to make sure families across Lincolnshire have presents to unwrap on Christmas Day. Last year, 450 families were able to attend a ‘Christmas Shop’ on Portland Street, Lincoln. Here, parents were able to fill up a bag...

As December rolls around and everyone is getting in the Christmas spirit, people in Lincoln are gearing up to take part in this year’s Santa Fun Run which has gone virtual for 2020. Instead of turning up on a designated day and running the usual 4.6km, participants decide everything. Runners...

While the situation is still developing and exact details are not yet finalised, it was made clear this morning in an internal email that students who wish to return home for Christmas should do from December 3 to 9. It is expected that the majority of university lessons will move...

Residents of Fallowfields halls, at the University of Manchester, woke to see that their accommodation had been surrounded with 7ft high metal fencing with one student describing it as “prison-like”. Officials say the fencing was put in place to address security concerns, "particularly about access by people who are not...

  Annual Remembrance Day services have had to be dramatically scaled back in order to adhere to government guidelines protecting the public from covid-19, but this doesn’t mean that the public can’t commemorate those  who sacrificed their lives to protect us. Images courtesy of the international bomber command centre Project...

Lincolnshire County Council said tourism generated around £2.4 billion in 2019. Alongside this, 2.1 million people visited Lincolnshire in the spring and summer of 2019.   In June 2020, Visit Lincoln conducted a survey to determine the impact of COVID-19 in Lincolnshire. It revealed that during lockdown 65% of businesses...