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When you hear of a drink driving case, you may not sympathise. But what about someone who died whilst on a social networking site on their mobile phone? Over three million drivers use twitter, facebook or whats app whilst driving which has been proven in this research to be worse than...

Social media is a popular tool amongst students, but what would happen if it was used against you? A twitter account was set up in the aim to name and shame students at the University. Everyone's private iformation to the hundreds of people who followed the account to embarrass and...

'Micro pigs' have become well known pets over the last few years in Britain, due to them becoming the new 'designer' pets. The pigs, which have the same characteristics as normal pigs except smaller, have become a craze in the country as people have splashed out hundreds of pounds for...

Have you ever been told you look like someone famous? Well for Daniel Hadfield he gets asked almost every day... Daniel is the Schools & Colleges Liaison Manager at the University of Lincoln. However, he also works part time as a Gary Barlow look-a-like. Daniel told LSJ News that “It...

The former Foreign Secretary and once Labour-leader hopeful, David Miliband, has become the latest in a long line of politicians to criticise a senior government Minister for advising motorists to stock up on fuel. On Wednesday, the Cabinet Minister, Francis Maude advised drivers to store petrol "maybe a little bit...

http://youtu.be/qWdsdztIolw Residents of Lincoln have the right to graze a single horse on a patch of land that is owned by the Lincoln County Council. Horses can be kept by members of the Lincoln community on the South Common and West Common which is on Witham Valley Country Park subject...

Anglian Water are imposing a hosepipe ban in Lincolnshire. The ban, which will come into force on April 5, will only apply to domestic customers. This will mean customers will soon be unable to use their hosepipes for things like gardening, washing cars and filling paddling pools. There has been...

The man who was held hostage in Iraq for more than two years, has told LSJ News that Judith Tebbutt - who was kidnapped from Kenya by Somali pirates - will be feeling guilty for surviving her ordeal. Mrs Tebbutt was released earlier today and it is not clear whether a...

A coffee shop in Lincoln is entering the Guiness Book of World Records in a bid to be proved the smallest coffee shop in the world. The Little Espresso Company, which is located on Silver Street, is only two meters squared and owner Adam Loriss is certain that the smallest coffee...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q7Tzt9hozI&feature=youtu.be Everyone enjoys the cinema. But nobody enjoys paying for overpriced tickets and popcorn. LSJ reporter Jonathan Brine went to the Odeon cinema on Brayford waterfront to see if it was possible to go see the latest film releases for less than ten pounds. However Jonathan found that the reality...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5BrJEVhd_o Climate change is an issue that affects everyone and everything. The City of Lincoln Council are hosting a conference, uniting with several organisations, local and global to lower Lincoln’s carbon footprint. There are several methods being presented to help aid this cause. One of the key moves the council...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLIxwUsBgoE&feature=youtu.be With contemporary dance gaining more and more notoriety, LSJ reporters decided to look deeper at Lincoln’s underground dance scene. With a large break dancing competition at Tokyo nightclub on Monday 12th of March, Max Pettifer joined a local dance group whilst they warmed up before the competition and then...