The Latest Breaking News from Lincolnshire

Council slammed for 'spending £60k' on parklets that 'look like naff sun loungers'

Lincolnshire County Council erected brightly coloured wooden seating in the middle of roads, leading to an angry response from locals who slammed them as "naff sun loungers"

Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022

One NHS dentist to thousands of people in parts of England as industry on 'last legs'

NHS digital figures show that in North Lincolnshire, there were just 54 NHS dentists - equating to one dentist for every 3,199 people - with experts from the British Dental Association saying it will take an extra £880million a year to restore resources to 2010 levels

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022

Holidaymaker finds dead dolphin and seals a mile and a half from sea

It was discovered on the Lincolnshire coast

Nottingham Post · Aug 23, 2022

Lincolnshire Police statement after boy died in Skegness

A search was carried out by police, the coastguard and lifeboat crews

Nottingham Post · Aug 15, 2022

Deadline for 'coveted' Lincolnshire business awards approaching

The awards recognise the best of the Lincolnshire business community

Birmingham Post · Aug 15, 2022

Teenage boy dies after going into sea in Skegness

At least two dead after getting into open water amid sweltering heatwave

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

Ageing prisoners taught Amazon shopping and contactless payments to help them go straight

The classes were introduced at HMP North Sea Camp, a 300-capacity open jail near Boston, Lincolnshire, as some of the inmates have been banged up since the 1990s and way before smartphones

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

England needs ‘weeks of rain’ to stop drought next year as temperatures surge

Eight areas in the UK have been placed in drought conditions: Devon and Cornwall, Solent and South Downs, Kent and south London, Hertfordshire and north London, East Anglia, Thames, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, and the east Midlands

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2022

Huge rescue at Mablethorpe Beach as two children pulled 800 metres out to sea in rubber ring

A "very tragic incident" was avoided

Nottingham Post · Aug 11, 2022

Northern Lincolnshire prepares for The Great Big Small Business Festival

E-Factor is behind the new addition to the business calendar

Birmingham Post · Aug 9, 2022