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A Roman burial, pottery and rubbish pit are to name but a few of the artifacts found at a building site in Sleaford. Wells were also found and ditches marking property showing that a the town was a major Roman settlement. The  burial contained a complete skeleton which is believed...

Fly tipping has been ruining the countryside and now North Kesteven District council want residents to fight back. Large amounts of Lorry tyres, Bathroom appliances and domestic waste were dumped near  Norton Disney on Monday. This has been a constant problem with landfill becoming rapidly full. Nationwide the number of...

American suggestions that the Chinese should revalue their currency have fallen on deaf ears.  On Wednesday President Obama spoke of the need “to make sure our goods are not artificially inflated in price and their goods are not artificially deflated in price; that puts us at a huge competitive disadvantage.”...

Music fans everywhere wait with baited breath for confirmation that soul legend Stevie Wonder will headline this year's Glastonbury festival. Organiser Michael Eavis, while speaking at the Event Production Show in Kensington, London, described Stevie Wonder’s involvement as “probable”. The festival’s press office however could only confirm that talks were...

Plans have been unveiled to build a multi-million pound dairy south of Lincoln, between the villages of Nocton and Dunston Heath. The dairy will create more than 80 jobs and should see its approximately 8,000 cows churn out around a quarter of a million litres of milk every day. Green...

A student at the University of Lincoln has raised nearly a thousand pounds for charity with the help of his colleagues. Lee McCall, who studies Sports Business and Management at the university helped organise a black tie event at the Engine Shed's Tower Bar in aid of Help For Heroes and the British Heart...

The charity single for victims of the Haiti earthquake has been released to websites, radio stations and television channels across the country. The song, a cover of REM's 'Everybody Hurt's', was organised by Simon Cowell and recieved it's first airplay yesterday. Stars such as Leona Lewis, Robbie Williams, Mariah Carey, Rod...

The micro-blogging website Twitter has announced it has been the target of a scam involving file-sharing torrent sites. The sites, which act as indexes of links to TV, film and music files, were compromised with the sole intention of gaining access to usernames and passwords. Scammers were then able to access...

University students all over the country are being warned of an internet scam. Fraudulent emails from scammers posing as Student Finance England have been sent to students asking them to re-enter their account details due to a database update. The message explains that if details are not re-entered, payment of student...

Didn't panto season end at Christmas time? Oh no it didn't! For many amateur productions across Lincolnshire, panto season has only just arrived.  However, don't be expecting the likes of Christopher Biggins or Cannon and Ball to be popping up. These pantomimes are performed by locals for much smaller audiences. Students from the...

New types of lightweight robot vehicle are being deployed to help assess and deal with improvised explosive devices.

Young apprentices will be teaming up with the Alzheimer's Society this week, as part of national apprenticeship week. The scheme, organised by the National Apprenticeship Service will be getting apprentices out into the community, talking to carers and sufferers of the disease as well as the public to help raise...