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North Lincolnshire Council have introduced £150 litter penalties to keep the streets clean and to increase the county’s environmental awareness. This campaign comes after residents called for tougher consequences for littering and dog fouling in the north of the county. Anyone caught littering will be given a fixed penalty notice...

The annual Christmas Sack Project is still going ahead this December despite Covid-19, to make sure families across Lincolnshire have presents to unwrap on Christmas Day. Last year, 450 families were able to attend a ‘Christmas Shop’ on Portland Street, Lincoln. Here, parents were able to fill up a bag...

As December rolls around and everyone is getting in the Christmas spirit, people in Lincoln are gearing up to take part in this year’s Santa Fun Run which has gone virtual for 2020. Instead of turning up on a designated day and running the usual 4.6km, participants decide everything. Runners...

While the situation is still developing and exact details are not yet finalised, it was made clear this morning in an internal email that students who wish to return home for Christmas should do from December 3 to 9. It is expected that the majority of university lessons will move...

Residents of Fallowfields halls, at the University of Manchester, woke to see that their accommodation had been surrounded with 7ft high metal fencing with one student describing it as “prison-like”. Officials say the fencing was put in place to address security concerns, "particularly about access by people who are not...

  Annual Remembrance Day services have had to be dramatically scaled back in order to adhere to government guidelines protecting the public from covid-19, but this doesn’t mean that the public can’t commemorate those  who sacrificed their lives to protect us. Images courtesy of the international bomber command centre Project...

Lincolnshire County Council said tourism generated around £2.4 billion in 2019. Alongside this, 2.1 million people visited Lincolnshire in the spring and summer of 2019.   In June 2020, Visit Lincoln conducted a survey to determine the impact of COVID-19 in Lincolnshire. It revealed that during lockdown 65% of businesses...

Active Lincolnshire will host their 16th annual awards ceremony online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.   The event will take place on November 12 at 7pm and will be available to watch live on Active Lincolnshire’s YouTube channel. The Lincolnshire Sport and Physical Activity awards usually highlight individual...

More than 20 local businesses in Lincolnshire have come together to provide free meals over the October half-term for the region’s 22,000 children who are entitled to free school lunches during term time.     credit: CityX Elite on the Bail, Lincoln   This comes after...

Lincoln's Dementia Cafe opened over 12 years ago, as a way of supporting those with dementia, and those caring for them. Originally started by The Alzheimer's Society, a charity that provides support for those suffering with the disease, they have dementia cafe's all over the UK.   [caption id="attachment_92667" align="alignleft"...

Pregnancy is normally a time full of excitement, for new arrivals and new additions to families, but with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, how are pregnant women in Lincoln coping? Eliza Curtis, who is 34 weeks pregnant, told LSJ News about how hospital check-ups have changed since the lockdown began. "I've...