Four in court over man’s stab death
Comments Off on Four in court over man’s stab deathFour people have appeared at Lincoln Crown Court following the death of Danny Fowler on 12 March.
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Child rapist jailed as victim’s courage praised
Comments Off on Child rapist jailed as victim’s courage praisedGeorge Cordell is sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison at Lincoln Crown Court.
Flats should be for families not students – council
Comments Off on Flats should be for families not students – councilDevelopers hope to convert a Lincoln nightclub into student flats, but council bosses have objected.
Flood projects to benefit from £1.4bn funding
Comments Off on Flood projects to benefit from £1.4bn fundingMore than 60 projects across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will get a share of government money.
Peter Smith obituary
Comments Off on Peter Smith obituaryMy father, Peter Smith, who has died aged 97, set up a pioneering health food store in the unlikely setting of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, in the late 1950s, at a time when the pursuit of vegetarianism and healthy eating was a fringe interest.
He ran the shop until the mid-1960s before spending a number of years living and teaching in Japan and then opening up another health food outlet in Surrey in the early 70s, guiding it successfully into the late 90s, by which time his advocacy of healthy diets had become much more mainstream.
Summit aims to boost India business links with the North as exporters urged to ‘seize the opportunities ahead’
Comments Off on Summit aims to boost India business links with the North as exporters urged to ‘seize the opportunities ahead’India North England Opportunity Summit will mark year since consulate opened in Manchester
‘My next-door neighbour was a Spitfire pilot’
Comments Off on ‘My next-door neighbour was a Spitfire pilot’Bob Morton fought in the Battle of Britain, flew with Douglas Bader and survived a Nazi prison camp.
Bouncing bomb inventor’s family sell personal items
Comments Off on Bouncing bomb inventor’s family sell personal itemsThe family of Sir Barnes Wallis, from Effingham, is auctioning the marbles used to invent the bombs.
Pitch dug up so work can start on new NHS centre
Comments Off on Pitch dug up so work can start on new NHS centreA community diagnostic centre is being built on the former home of Boston United FC.
What can town facing last bank closure learn from neighbours?
Comments Off on What can town facing last bank closure learn from neighbours?People in Caistor say they have adapted since losing their last bank more than a decade ago.