East Midlands

A Lincolnshire waste management firm has been fined after a worker suffered serious burns during an electrical explosion. The man was moving heavy duty electrical cables with a metal crowbar on a mobile elevating platform when the bar came into contact with the live conductor. His actions caused an electrical explosion at Copper Hill industrial […]

Five teenagers have been arrested after reports of an assault and a group of people seen armed with weapons. Police were called to Lake View Road in the Moorland area of Lincoln on Saturday, May 11. It was reported that at around 11.30pm, a group of people armed with bats and other weapons were causing

A motorcyclist has died following a crash involving a black BMW car on a major Lincolnshire road. The incident took place on the A16 at Partney, near Spilsby, at around 7.35pm on Sunday, May 12. Police have closed the A16 in both directions from A158 Skegness Road (Partney) to B1195 Hundleby Road (Spilsby) while accident

A lifelong RNLI volunteer has been made an Honorary Citizen of the Lincolnshire coastal town where he grew up. Trevor Holland’s commitment to Skegness Lifeboat Station is a story that spans decades and he now joins his father Ken Holland RNLI Coxswain as an Honorary Citizen of the town. Skegness Town Council has recognised residents

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A busy road in a Lincolnshire town will be closed overnight for five weeks while work is carried out on a new pedestrian crossing. The A52 in Boston, between the Sleaford Road roundabout and John Fleming’s roundabout, will close from 7pm to 6am on weekday evenings from Monday, June 3. Lincolnshire County Council‘s highways team

Construction is still underway at a leisure complex on Lincoln High Street which will bring food, drink and live entertainment to the city centre. STACK Lincoln is a large-scale hospitality venue incorporating five bars and 10 street food outlets, and is opening to the public on Wednesday, May 22. It will replace the former Argos