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The county's residential care homes have improved while thousands around the country have been criticised by the Care Quality Commission. From 'adequate' to 'well' Lincolnshire offers a service that consistently delivers above minimum requirements. Two years ago their service delivered minimum requirements and was not consistently cost-effective for the wider...

 The weather is miserable but spirits remain high up Steep Hill as the Christmas Market starts today. Bringing over 150,000 visitors to Lincoln this is the biggest event of the year for the city. Inspired by Lincoln’s twinned city of Germany, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, the market holds plenty of...

The University of Lincoln has been raising awareness for people with disabilities, holding events throughout the day. Our reporter Leigh Milner has more.

Investigations are continuing into a fatal road accident near Lincoln this morning in which one person died. The incident on the A46 at Welton Hill was one of 12 accidents that occured within a single hour as icy conditions made many roads treacherous. Click on the audio below to hear...

The lincoln branch for the RSPCA are appealing this week for people to buy a pet for christmas. The bid came after yet another large intake of unwanted or abused animals turning up at the RSPCA centre in lincoln. Representatives from the national rescue centre say that the recession has ment...

Siren FM reporter Sarah Heath ventured up to the Lawn in Lincoln to take part in a 24 hour dance being held in aid of Children in Need. Listen to her live report below.

Today marks the last day in Anti-Bullying week. This year the main focus was on ‘Cyber Bullying’. Through the introduction of social networking sites bullying has evolved into new means of intimidation for tormented school pupils. Simon Daemon works at Sincil School in Lincoln and deals in with troubled or...

If you're looking for some festive entertainment, you'll be pleased to hear that the Lincoln Ice rink is coming back to Lincoln for 7 weeks. The rink will be opening on Thursday 27th November at 6pm with a performance from a professional ice dancer. You can buy your tickets to online...

Lincolnshire's roads are notorious across the country for being accident prone. 35 people have been killed so far this year on the A15 alone, that's an increase from this time in 2008. Lincolnshire’s statistics are shocking in comparison to neighbouring Humberside which reported just 22 deaths in the whole of...

A Children in Need grant worth thousands of pounds has brought smiles to children in Lincoln. Project YES is a scheme set-up by Life Church and gives youngsters the chance to take part in after-schools clubs and activities at Birchwood Community Centre. The funding has allowed the group to continue using...

The University of Lincoln’s Enterprise@Lincoln has been holding events all week for Enterprise and Employability Week. The number of students turning up to the events however wasn’t high. Lincoln News talked to Gina Davies a Graduate Enterprise Intern, asking what they had done to make students aware of the week. She believes...

Electronic stun guns have dramatically cut violence against officers, according to Lincolnshire Police. An extra three hundred electronic stun guns have been bought by the police force, despite it being used just thirty times since 2007. The new equipment cost three thousand pounds, with most of the money coming from...