UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador and Love Island star, Dr Alex George, offered his top mental well-being tips on Lincoln Live Lounge. The live YouTube event took place during Mental Health Awareness Week (May 9-15th) with a focus on this year’s theme which is loneliness. Dr Alex spoke about some...
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway stores with more than 250 employees must display how many calories are in their meals on their website, in-house and delivery menus. Seeing calories on menus has impacted those who have an eating disorder or those who are in the recovery process. Calories shown on menu...
County GPs are under enormous pressure to deliver services with some having thousands of patients per doctor. Data released by the NHS shows how many full-time doctors are available alongside the number of registered patients at GP surgeries throughout the country. Amongst the busiest in the county are Cleveland Surgery...
The visitor survey will run until September 2022 and will give Lincoln businesses an idea of what tourists look for when visiting the city and wider areas within Lincolnshire. Laura Freer, head of marketing at Visit Lincoln explains why this survey is so important for the county. “The purpose of...
Whilst in the movies, archaeologists are often caricatured as being the heroes, carrying bull whips and falling in love with their female sidekick who often needs rescuing, this isn’t an accurate representation of archaeology, nor of women either. Historically, archaeology has been a male dominated industry. According to a Landward...
The inflation rate in the United Kingdom has increased to 6.2% this month, which is the highest recorded rate since March 1992. The National Farm Union (NFU) has warned that food prices will continue to rise due to the Ukraine war. According to the NFU, almost 30% of the world’s...
The ‘Lincoln Run4Ukraine’ has been organised by the Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia and will take place from 11am on Sunday, April 3rd. All funds that are raised will go entirely to three charities: Disasters Emergency Committee, ShelterBox, and Médecins Sans Frontières. Event Organiser, Ray Peters, said: “These charities have...
Volunteers hard at work The Lincolnshire Rivers Trust have put their volunteer team hard at work planting floating gardens in the Brayford Pool, which will make it a better place for wildlife. Team Leader and senior project officer Gail Talton said "The new floating ecosystems will help keep the pool...
Lincolnshire’s very own ‘Nürburgring’ are hosting the Vintage Motorsport Festival at Cadwell Park on April 16. It is mainly a racing event, however the paddock will be open all day – allowing visitors to view rare & historic pre-war machinery. Along with Cadwell Park, the Vintage Sports Car Club will...
Lincolnshire Police have reaffirmed their unity with the LGBT+ community. Chief Constable Chris Haward said: “I hope that our LGBT+ communities and staff in Lincolnshire will see and understand our dedication to them and how we want to listen, help, understand and support.” He was speaking after former police constable...
After two years of Covid-restrictions, cricketers across the county are ready to finally fully return to normality. Niall Young, Cricket Development Manager at Lincolnshire Cricket, said: “We’re looking forward to it. There’s lots of new stuff happening this season. “We’ve got some new competitions starting in the women’s game as...
The University of Lincoln is to have its own dedicated police presence on campus and out in the local community. PC Mark Wrigley will be embedded within the university community, splitting office time between the Student Wellbeing Centre and the Student Support Centre. He will patrol on foot, cycle and...