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Market Rasen is opening its first shop under the “Portas Pilots Scheme” on Friday.  Launched this year, the project aims to regenerate and "breathe new life" into run down town centres. One million pounds has been given to the project in total by the government, Market Rasen recieving just under £100,000 of...

The Lincoln Street Pastors are celebrating their fifth year of service in the city centre. Since 2007 the group have been putting their beliefs into practise, taking to the streets and providing care and assistance on Friday and Saturday nights. LSJ News had the opportunity to join the Pastors on duty...

Last night, the annual “Light up a Life” festive procession filled the streets of Lincoln with over 800 flaming torches. The event, put on by local charity St.Barnabas Hospice saw the highest attendance of any in its 12 year history. The night started with a service at the Lady of...

The newly built Heritage Skills Centre isn't meant to be opening its doors officially until early next year but today it put on a special one-off class teaching the traditional craft of stain glass making. This class isn't just for anyone though. It's for a group of 16 to 23...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xk0b_XOeL0 Traders on Lincoln's Sincil Street say they're feeling targeted and vulnerable after a recent spate of burglaries. The reputation of the street has left shop owners fearing for the future of their businesses and some have even relocated. Revival, Craft Centre, on Sincil Street has only been open for two months and...

Microsoft are ditching Windows Live Messenger after 13 years and asking its users to sign up to Skype. Since the service was launched in July 1999 when it was named 'MSN', at its peak over 330,000 million users were signing in every day. A spokesperson from Microsoft has said: "We expect to...

A recent survey has found that young girls are ‘less positive’ about marriage compared to other types of relationship. The survey, by Girl Guiding UK, asked one thousand people what they thought about tying the knot and found that almost a third of the girls aged seven and 21 surveyed...

If you thought shopping on Christmas Eve was busy, think again. Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, and is one of the biggest shopping events of the year in America. Black Friday is a day when most major retailers in the United States open extremely early...

With the festive season looming, people will be partying and celebrating more than usual. Before you drink too much, maybe you should stop and think...Statistics have found that one in eight people in Lincolnshire drink to potentially harmful levels. This week also represents National Alcohol Awareness Week and people are...

Max Pettifer interviews the new police crime commissioner Alan Hardwick for LSJ News following his election victory.

Using a mobile phone while driving is one of the four main causes of fatal accidents in Lincolnshire, according to the police. Figures obtained by LSJ News, under Freedom of Information laws, show that the number of motorists being fined for the offence has dropped over the last five years....