A new vaccination for swine flu is now being given out to try to stop the spread of the virus. First in line to recieve the jab are hospital workers and ward patients, as they are most at risk. Doctors and nurses need the vaccine in order to stop them...
Four fire engines were called to deal with a fire at the student accommodation Brayford Quays at lunchtime on Tuesday. The fire caused an entire block to be evacuated and the riverfront to be closed. It's believed that the fire originated in the kitchen of Flat 14, Block One. The cause...
National Baking Week is well underway with people up and down the country putting their baking skills to the test. The intiative which runs from the October 19 - 25 aims to get more people into baking as well as general cooking. The campaign is being supported by TV chef Rosmary Sharger of...
Two students have come up with an unconventional way to tackle crime in Lincoln. On Monday 19th October a big hug will take place outside the Stonebow in the Town Centre. The hug will last for one minute. This comes after crime in Lincoln has been publicised with an attack on...
The planning application to build a mosque in Lincoln has been rejected by Lincoln City Council. The proposed site is in Church Street off Boultham, Park Road, but after a recommendation from planning officers to refuse it, the council declined the application. The city’s Islamic Association were given permission in...
A former police officer talks to LSJ News about a new theatre production on road safety that's aimed at young adults.
Hundreds of Lincoln students have still not received their loans, three weeks into the new academic year. Some universities, including Lincoln, have had to offer short-term loans to students to help them until the full amount comes through. The Student Loans Company has been criticised by students. Many say that the SLC staff have been unhelpful in the way the staff...
This weekend sees the start of the Religious festival Diwali. Diwali is known as the festival of lights. The lighting of lamps is all important symbolising good over evil. The Hindu faith believes that the world of darkness represents ignorance and evil, whereas light shows knowledge and good. Light is seen as the...
Marge Simpson is to feature on the cover of the November issue of Playboy. The yellow-faced devoted mother of three follows in the footsteps of Pamela Anderson and Marilyn Monroe and is to be spread across three pages of the soft porn magazine. This could be seen as a tongue in...
Staff and students at the University of Lincoln are excited by the promise of a new learning resource. This was announced at a Question and Answer session with John Pilger at the university on Monday. Pilger has spent more than 50 years reporting as a foreign correspondent and has been at...
With the success of team GB at the Beijing Olympics, it is on the shoulders of a new generation of athletes to ensure that the United Kingdom continues to make itself proud at the London 2012 games. However, one Olympics hopeful is frustrated at the lack of support she has...
Lincolnshire has had a twenty three percent increase in arrests over the past year due to drunkenness and anti social behaviour. Lincolnshire police has exclusively told our reporter Leigh Milner that they are struggling. In March this year the force received an increase of three percent to their small financial...