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Lincoln’s pristine air quality has rocketed it to the top spot in the country as one of the best places to raise a family in the UK, according to a recent study. Lincoln narrowly steals the top spot from Chesterfield, and comes top out of the UK’s 200 largest towns...

Lincolnshire’s visitor economy was valued annually at £2.39 Billion and supported at least 30,000 jobs across the county in 2019. Since the pandemic started in 2019, the previously consistent and valued visitors have been less able to travel to the county, but with things returned to normal, the county is...

An eight years old picture of Agnieszka (first from the left) with her sisters, mum and step-dad. Agnieszka is an event management student at the University of Lincoln. Her Ukrainian mum and step-dad are stuck in Novovolynsk along with her two younger sisters. Novovolynsk is a small town close to...

Several businesses in Lincoln have come out in support of Ukraine during their current crisis by boycotting Russian products, cancelling Russian shows and promoting fundraisers. The New Theatre Royal in Lincoln was set to host Russian Opera 'Madama Butterfly' on Saturday, March 19th. However, the theatre issued an official statement...

Ridley Scott’s new Napoleon biopic is being filmed at Lincoln Cathedral, but one businessman has said it has affected sales at his pub. Nico, assistant manager of the Magna Carta pub which is located next to the Cathedral, said “We have definitely had fewer sales during the week of the...

Paddy Ibbotson, president of Lincoln Rowing Club (LRC), was delighted to see the event back on after COVID-19 put a halt to proceedings. “For many this was their first race in over 27 months - thanks to the pandemic - it’s great to get back to competing. “We were keen...

"WE are the change is going to turn into a national exchanging knowledge platform," Bahar The ground floor of the David Chiddick building filled with students, staff members, and local business owners, all anticipating the launch of WE are the change.   The Global Experiences team, located in Lincoln’s International Business School,...

A Lincolnshire school is quietly producing some of the country’s top sporting talent. The latest is 6ft 7ins England Rugby International Ollie Chessum, who is in line to earn a second international cap this weekend. Nick Law, headmaster of Carre’s Grammar School in Sleaford, said: “We’re obviously very proud. It’s...

YMCA Lincolnshire’s popular Sleep Easy fundraiser returns to the Lincoln Cathedral after being cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The charitable event invites residents to spend the night of Friday, March 25 sleeping outside under the cathedral to raise money for the YMCA Nomad Centre. This year the...

A number of residents in the Croft Street area of Lincoln are disgruntled at the “never ending” road/street repairs that have been carried out for the past few months.  They have had to put up with temporary traffic light systems in place on two separate occasions.   Some areas of footpaths are...

Studying a master’s degree and running your own business might sound daunting, but not for three University of Lincoln students. Housemates Alistair Moss, 22, Lily Brown, 22, and Tom Doherty, 22, founded Legless Games from the comfort of their living room, and are now finding themselves on Amazon’s best seller...