£150m Northern boost welcomed as Chancellor urged to be more ambitious
Comments Off on £150m Northern boost welcomed as Chancellor urged to be more ambitiousJohn Healey also bidding to create network of Northern 500 firms
News :North Lincolnshire & Surrounding area
New Tiger mural celebrates Hull City’s success
Comments Off on New Tiger mural celebrates Hull City’s successThe artwork has been painted on the side of the Tigers Lair pub near the railway station.
John Smith obituary
Comments Off on John Smith obituaryMy father, John Smith, who has died aged 86, was an architectural historian and a specialist in church conservation who played a major role in preserving the beauty of the ancient town of Stamford in Lincolnshire.
He served on Stamford Civic Society’s executive committee for more than half a century and led the campaign for the town’s attractive Northfields area to become a conservation area, which it did in 2004.
‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works? – podcast
Comments Off on ‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works? – podcastIntensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nature
By Patrick Barkham. Read by Dermot Daly
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Man dives out of first-floor window to escape kidnappers in Lincolnshire – video
Comments Off on Man dives out of first-floor window to escape kidnappers in Lincolnshire – videoCCTV footage shows a man jumping from a first-floor window before running into the street and, by chance. approaching a police car. The man jumps in and tells the officer he had been kidnapped and informs him of the location. Lincolnshire police subsequently arrest four men and a woman in connection with the incident
Man jumps out of first-floor window to escape kidnappers in Lincoln
Comments Off on Man jumps out of first-floor window to escape kidnappers in LincolnFive jailed after targeting victim and subjecting him to ordeal linked to past relationship breakdown
Dramatic footage shows a kidnapped man jumping from a first-floor window into a tree before running into the street and, by chance, coming across a police car.
Lincolnshire police said the ordeal of the unnamed man had been “horrifying” and the presence of a marked police vehicle “may have saved his life”.
Police renew appeal for witnesses following death of woman in Skegness
Comments Off on Police renew appeal for witnesses following death of woman in SkegnessLincolnshire Police are again appealing for witnesses following the death of a young woman in Skegness.
Car wash boss says Sleaford roadworks have wrecked his business
Comments Off on Car wash boss says Sleaford roadworks have wrecked his businessThe owner of a Sleaford hand car wash business says a 10-week council highways project to resurface and upgrade a key route into Sleaford has decimated his livelihood.
Billinghay pool secures future with new lifeguard training
Comments Off on Billinghay pool secures future with new lifeguard trainingA village pool near Sleaford has just hosted its first ever lifeguard training course
Pensioner who caused death of motorcyclist in Boston receives suspended jail sentence
Comments Off on Pensioner who caused death of motorcyclist in Boston receives suspended jail sentenceA Stickney driver who caused the death of a motorcyclist when he pulled out of a junction in Boston has been handed a suspended jail sentence.