Two children have been taken to hospital and two people arrested following welfare concerns at an address near Boston, police have said.
July 9, 2026 | News Editor
Ancient human remains discovered during building work at a property in Ancaster in 2025 have been laid to rest following an investigation that revealed they dated back to Roman times.
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Lincolnshire Police looking to trace a 28-year-old man who was last seen in Wragby on Tuesday (July 7) have concerns for his welfare.
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Major improvements are about to get underway on the B1517 Grantham Road in Sleaford, but some residents are fearing chaos and confusion due to the planned 10-week works.
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A Lincolnshire grandfather at first thought it was a prank when he discovered he had won £65,000 on The Pools.
July 9, 2026 | News Editor
Over 20 community, voluntary groups and charities will benefit from a total of £10,000 through the North Kesteven Community Lottery Grant Fund.
July 9, 2026 | News Editor
Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nature
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In the silent countryside south of Grantham, three vast steel barns rattled in the breeze. Gathered in a loose circle beside them were 15 landowners, land agents and a couple of young investors; all expensively dressed men, many with a sceptical mien. It was June 2022, and Sir Charles Raymond Burrell, 10th Baronet, was explaining how the purchase of 1,525 bleak acres (617 hectares) of prairie fields of wheat and beans could revolutionise farming and nature conservation, not just in South Lincolnshire but across Britain and beyond.
Burrell, known by everyone as Charlie, led the group on a walk from the barns beside the unlovable modern farmhouse, a red-brick behemoth with small windows like piggy eyes. We began by crossing a field of broad beans. Less than a century ago, it had been a patchwork of 10 fields. As we walked over the hard, cracked ground, we encountered not a single insect. Later, by a verge, a couple of butterflies flew. As for humans, we didn’t meet a single other person in our two-and-a-half-hour stroll across a range of footpaths and field edges. “This is a ruined landscape,” said one of the guests, the architectural historian Matthew Rice. “Not because of the soils. Because there are no people here. I’m sorry there are not enough stoats but I’d like there to be some children here, too.”
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More than half-a-million pounds’ worth of illegal cigarettes and thousands of pounds in cash has been seized in Lincolnshire as part of a multi-agency crackdown on organised immigration crime, police have said.
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Staff at a care home in Horncastle are celebrating receiving an ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following its very first inspection.
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Two dedicated volunteers who helped hundreds of people to build confidence online have been recognised with a ‘community heroes’ award.
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