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Coronavirus has hit independent businesses hard since March and many business owners have moved their businesses online and have become a great success. Clare, the owner of the bakery store, Custom Bakes, had to completely reconfigure her business after the first lockdown in March of this year, and has paid...

Lincolnshire Police are urging people to not drive under the influence this Christmas. Last December 1369 people were breathalysed, and 115 drivers were tested for drugs. 10% of drivers tested last December failed a roadside breath test. 40% of drivers tested for drugs tested positive. A new campaign to combat...

Lincoln Castle has received over £1million from the Government's Culture Recovery Fund. The fund gives money to arts, heritage and culture sites across the UK to help them during the pandemic. Councillor Nick Worth, executive for culture and heritage at Lincolnshire County Council said: “It’s really important to get funding...

With the last of the bonfire night fireworks creeping across the sky, there’s something else twinkling across Lincoln. In an effort to inject some cheer into Lockdown 2.0, some residents have put up their trees and hung their tinsel 43 days early. For many across Lincoln, it’s Merry Novembermas! A...

Keeping fit at home during lockdown can be easier than you think.

Lincoln City’s Chief Executive Officer Liam Scully believes the Imps would be one of the last football clubs to go bust if the current situation worsens.  Since March 18, 2020 football fans have not been allowed to watch their teams in person, instead following through EFL livestreams. Lincoln City resumed...

Fish King in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire were inspired by Marcus Rashford’s national campaign to extend free school meals which was initially rejected by the government in October. During the October holidays, Fish King offered a free meal every lunch time to children who were entitled to free school meals. This...

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...

Sports kit and equipment supplier Rhino Rugby, has announced that the company has “lost a large percentage of its stock” due to a significant fire that took place in an adjacent unit in Cardiff on Sunday night, November 8. The company, official sponsors of the British and Irish Lions, provides...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has recently announced the COVID-19 vaccine to be in use by early next year. Results have shown it could prevent more than 90% of people from getting the virus. He said GPs would be given £150m to fund the vaccination clinics. The surge in winter illness...

Work has started to restore historic elements of Gainsborough town centre after a grant was given to the council. West Lindsey District Council was awarded £1.25 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which will go towards the restoration. The project, known as The Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) will focus...