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An extension is planned to the Cathedral View estate on Dunholme Road, Scothern. Access will be created through the gap between houses From planning documents. Credit: Ralph Day, Christopher Day, Catherine Meace, Rebecca Woodhouse

Villagers fear they will lose cathedral views to new housing plans

Bracebridge Heath Cllr David Nash (Con) on North Kesteven District Council. Credit: NKDC

Conservatives hold off Reform by only 22 votes in by-election

Coun Lindsey Cawrey at the entrance to the Magna Carta Vault at Lincoln Castle. Photo: LCC

Special display celebrates 800th anniversary of 1225 Magna Carta

Chestnut Homes ended 2024 by raising £4,800 through its Christmas raffle, which the company matched for a total donation figure of £9,600.

Local housebuilder helps raise over £60,000 for Lincolnshire causes

County Hall on Newland Street, Lincolnshire County Council's HQ Credit: LDRS

‘Challenging times ahead’ for council finances

The Usher Gallery, Lincoln. Photo: Google Streetview

See YOUR art on display at the Usher Gallery in Lincoln

Lincolnshire Police explain keyless car theft.

Police warn organised crime group could be behind spate of keyless car thefts

The classic play will be directed by Ruth Hewitt

'Something wicked' comes

A video clip showing the fox run across the road. Photo: Lincs Police

Huntsman first to be found guilty of fox hunting in Lincolnshire

David Cobb of Cobbs Country Store with PC Karen IRving from the Rural Crime Action Team. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

No long faces in police rural crime team

Practical skills were part of the day

Children learn the journey of farm to fork on Lincolnshire Day

Jonathan Ogden at the start of the 2024 racing season. Photo: Sarah Hall

From wheelchair to race track: a new film release

Coun Colin Davie with the Aura Business Centre EV charger in Skegness.

County council powers up its business centres with EV chargers

Councils in Central Lincolnshire are seeking views on what should make up their new Design Code.

Public asked to help shape how their community looks with ‘design code’

Sculpture at Doddington Hall

Sensational sculptures at Doddington Hall

A view of what the development could look like | Image: CoLC

Plans to build a new facility for the Endoscopy Unit at Lincoln County Hospital

Games - Enter the Unknown is a new exhibition opening at Lincoln Museum this summer. Photo: LCC

Play your way through the history of games in new Lincoln Museum exhibition

An impression of how the refurbished EMR trains will look for Lincolnshire rail travellers.

EMR release images of refurbishment plans for regional trains in Lincolnshire

Greater Lincolnshire results map

A 'mixed bag' of results

Pilgrim Hospital, Boston - one of two hospital sites in the county to take on board Martha's Rule.

Hospitals in Boston and Lincoln to roll out major patient safety initiative

Grantham & Bourne's new constituency boundaries (purple is the former Grantham & Stamford)

Explaining the constituency election boundary changes in Lincolnshire

The new screens have now been installed at Lincolnshire railway stations.

Passenger information screens installed at rural Lincolnshire stations

PC Coaches are now running the Saturday buses from Boston to Lincoln. Photo: LCC

Boston Saturday bus services benefit from funding

One of the 15 new community orchards created in South and East Lincolnshire

Community orchards created in South & East Lincolnshire after delivery of home r...

Lincoln Magistrates' Court.

Sleaford man is jailed for repeatedly assaulting police officers

The Roman dodecahedron - courtesy of Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group.

Mysterious Roman dodecahedron to go on display in county for the first time

Join in Lincoln Festival of History.

Adventure awaits at the Lincoln Festival of History

NKDC chairman Coun Mike Clarke(left) and Chief Executive Ian Fytche plant an oak tree on North Hykeham's Millennium Green as the first of 50 to be planted in the authority's 50th year.

Oak tree planted to mark council's golden anniversary points to a green future

The Ross Lucas Medical Sciences building at the Lincoln University Medical School where the research and innovation hub will be based. Photo: Google

Research and innovation hub to launch at University of Lincoln medical school

Trucks on show at Truckfest.

Mighty Truckfest comes to Lincoln

One of EMR's fleet of Class 170 trains at Sleaford station.

East Midlands Railway announces start of £60 million revamp of regional fleet

Convicted of an historic sex offence a boy - former Billinghay Scout Leader, John Pycock. Photo: Lincs Police

Former Lincolnshire Scout leader, 83, convicted of sex offences against a boy

Charlie pops in to see Keith's Rescue Dogs in Skegness.

GALLERY: Tribute to king of comedy Charlie Chaplin on tour for Comic Relief

The Hoosiers are named as the main support act for Madness. Photo: Luke Broadhurst

The Hoosiers announced as support for sell-out Madness concert at Lincoln Castle

Police are investigating 13 reports of car thefts and burglaries. Photo: Lincs Police

Police investigating series of burglaries and car thefts

Christopher Patching, of Stickney, holding what he believes is a meteorite that he saw fall from the sky over Stickney.

Did a space rock land in a village field near Boston?

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust cares for four patients with Covid-19 in...

A contraceptive pill, as new research suggests too many women are not using the safest brands.

Proportion of women in Lincolnshire on contraception fell by more than a third f...

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL. File photo dated 14/02/2007 of a driver talking on his mobile telephone while driving. Sightings of handheld mobile phone use by drivers are common on UK roads despite Friday being the 20th anniversary of the practice being banned, a survey suggests. Some 93% of respondents to a poll of more than 12,000 AA members said they often see other motorists using a phone at the wheel. Issue date: Friday December 1, 2023.

Total fines issued in Lincolnshire for using a mobile phone while driving has r...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Lincoln establishment given new food hygiene rating

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings awarded to nine Lincoln establishments

File photo dated 06/05/22 of an Ukrainian and Union flag flying. Up to 10,000 Ukrainians are being offered free English language lessons in a bid to improve their job prospects in the UK. Some of those who have fled the war in their homeland and settled in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be given almost 20 hours of online English learning a week over a period of 10 weeks, the Government said. The announcement comes on Ukrainian Independence Day. Issue date: Thursday August 24, 2023.

Ukraine anniversary: almost 150 refugees given shelter in Lincoln

File photo dated 15/11/22 of a general view of the Accident and Emergency department at Craigavon Area Hospital near Belfast. Junior doctors in Northern Ireland are being balloted for strike action for the first time. They are being asked to vote over whether to take a 24-hour strike over pay in March. Issue date: Monday January 8, 2024.

Tens of millions of pounds needed to repair crumbling buildings at United Lincol...

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Image from Missy's Tale, a flood awareness video produced by the BeFloodReady campaign. Credit: BeFloodReady/Aardman Animation

Council defends film by Wallace & Gromit makers after Reform attacks

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaving 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

Lincolnshire leader reacts to Chancellor's spring statement

Coun Martin Hill.

Lincolnshire leader reacts to Chancellor's spring statement