Charity appeal after delivery van stolen from warehouse
Staff at a Lincoln homelessness charity say they are devastated after a van was stolen following a break-in at their warehouse on Monks Way in the city. Lincolnshire YMCA and the Nomad Trust reported...
View ArticleThree men jailed for six years after raping woman in Lincoln
Three men convicted of raping a 23-year-old woman at a flat in Lincoln have all been jailed for six years, despite the judge attempting to stop the trial. Michael Armitage, 44, from Oldham, Pawel...
View ArticlePolice appeal after disorder incidents in St Giles in Lincoln
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for witnesses and information after two incidents of disorder broke out in St Giles in Lincoln on Thursday night and in the early hours of Friday. The first incident...
View ArticleWitness appeal after Lincoln man assaulted with baseball bat
Police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward after a Lincoln man was assaulted with a baseball bat. A 22-year-old man was walking along Boultham Park Road at around 2.30am on Friday, February...
View ArticleMan jailed for blackmail and theft after Lincoln shop robbery
A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after blackmailing a member of staff and robbing a shop in Lincoln. On August 20, 2014, at around 8.20am, Michael John Williams, from...
View ArticleLincolnshire Police warning after cold callers pose as officers
Lincolnshire Police have issued a warning after three instances of cold callers claiming to be police officers to gain bank details. Officers received three reports, including one in Lincoln, on...
View ArticleVan stolen in Lincoln and crashed in nearby village
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a white Ford transit van was stolen in Lincoln and crashed in a nearby village. Officers received a report on February 13 that, at...
View ArticleNine Lincoln football fans sentenced after home game disorder
A group of nine men have been handed fines and football banning orders after disorder at a Lincoln City home game against Doncaster last year. The group appeared at Lincoln Magistrates Court on...
View ArticleMan reported missing by Lincoln hospital staff
Lincolnshire Police have issued an appeal to find 24-year-old Vytautas Baltrukonis, who has been missing for almost a week. Baltrukonis was last seen when he attended Lincoln County Hospital for an...
View ArticleCar stripped of paint by criminals for a third time in Lincoln
The owner of a red Hyundai i20 in Lincoln has found their vehicle stripped of paint for the third time in less than four months. The car, parked on Manrico Drive, was first targeted with criminal...
View ArticleThree horses stolen from Bransby rescue charity near Lincoln
A horse and donkey welfare charity near Lincoln has issued an appeal after three horses were stolen from their fields in Bransby. Three male cobs were stolen from the Lincolnshire rescue site during...
View ArticleUnauthorised caravans ordered to vacate Lincoln playing field
A group of unauthorised campers have been served a notice to vacate a Lincoln playing field. After spending a night and a day at the Morrisons supermarket on Tritton Road in Lincoln, the group moved to...
View ArticleLincolnshire homicide rate third highest in the country
Lincolnshire has the third highest murder and manslaughter rate in England and Wales, according to the latest data published by the Office for National Statistics. The county had a homicide rate per...
View ArticleLincoln council takes legal action to evict travellers from playing field
The City of Lincoln Council will pursue legal action after an unauthorised encampment of caravans failed to leave a Lincoln playing field. The group of eight caravans were served a notice on Friday,...
View ArticleMan reported missing by Lincoln hospital staff found
A 24-year-old man reported missing by staff at Lincoln County Hospital has been found safe and well. Vytautas Baltrukonis was last seen when he attended the hospital for an appointment on the evening...
View ArticleLincoln becomes first UK city to ban use of legal highs
Lincoln has made history by becoming the first city in the UK to ban the consumption of ‘legal highs’ and alcohol in public spaces. The decision was approved unanimously at a City of Lincoln Council...
View ArticlePolice search for wanted Lincoln man
Police are appealing for information to trace a Lincoln burglar who has not been seen since the start of February. Danny Carey, from Lincoln, is on licence for burglary and has ignored terms of his...
View ArticleLincolnshire Police used Taser on 10-year-old and pensioner
A child from Lincolnshire was the youngest person in the country to have a Taser used on them in 2012-2013, new Home Office statistics have revealed. A Lincolnshire Police officer red dotted the...
View ArticleLincoln council pays out for clean up after travellers leave playing field
The cost of clearing up a Lincoln playing field where a group of travellers set up an unauthorised camp was as much as £400, the City of Lincoln Council has revealed. The travellers pitched up on King...
View ArticleStolen Bransby horses found safe and well after charity appeal
Three horses that were stolen from their rescue home paddocks near Lincoln have been recovered, and their care transferred to another organisation. The Bransby Horses rescue and welfare organisation,...
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