Warning after swindlers target Lincoln supermarket shoppers
Police are searching for two men with Eastern European accents who have been shadowing supermarket shoppers in Lincoln and Sleaford before distracting them and stealing their bank cards. During the...
View ArticleTeen Luke Wickham goes missing for second time and may pose risk to public
Police are asking for help in tracing 19-year-old Luke Wickham, who is missing for the second time in as many weeks. The teenager first went missing after travelling to Lincoln from Northampton on July...
View ArticleLincolnshire Police ‘rookies’ star in ITV series from Monday
Fledgling Lincolnshire Police officers will be giving people a taste of what life is like on the beat when they feature in a three part primetime ITV series from Monday. Rookies will be broadcast from...
View ArticleA burglary takes place in Lincoln every seven hours, study finds
A house in Lincoln is burgled every seven hours and four minutes, with over 65% of cases closed without a suspect being identified – according to a recent study. Data collected by home security experts...
View ArticleMobile phones stolen in Lincoln Game shop burglary
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a number of mobile phones were stolen from inside Game in Lincoln. Officers were alerted at just after 2am on Wednesday, July 15 after the...
View ArticleDriver rushed to hospital after two vehicle crash on Welton Hill near Lincoln
A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a crash on the A46 at Welton Hill this morning. Update: 12.24pm, July 15 – The A46 has been reopened following the collision. The...
View ArticleWanted man jailed after attempting to trick police in Lincoln
A man who gave a false name to the police when he was spotted in Lincoln, after failing to appear in court, has been jailed for four months. Nathan Gladwell, 25, was stopped by officers after they saw...
View ArticleMan faces court after £4 robbery at Lincolnshire village shop
A 43-year old Norwich man has been charged with robbery in which £4 was stolen at a shop in the village of Wragby near Lincoln on Sunday, July 19. Stephen Adam Figures, of Hill House Road in Norwich,...
View ArticleLincoln Birchwood hirebikes wrecked by vandals
A number of rental pushbikes from the Birchwood Hirebikes station in Lincoln are out of use after vandals destroyed docks and cycles. At least four of the bikes, which are part of the city-wide...
View ArticleSon guilty of killing parents and dumping bodies in Lincoln garden
A man who bludgeoned his parents, before driving with their bodies 150 miles and burying them in a garden in Lincoln, has been found guilty of manslaughter. As previously reported, the trial heard that...
View ArticlePolice funding reform brings hope of improved deal for Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Police may be in line for a funding boost after plans were announced to overhaul the current formula system used to decide how much forces across the country receive from central...
View ArticleLincoln pub caught selling alcohol to undercover 16-year-old
A Lincoln pub was among three businesses in the county caught selling alcohol to a 16-year-old police volunteer. On Thursday, July 9 officers from Lincolnshire Police accompanied by two underage...
View ArticleLincoln worst in the county for racially motivated hate crimes
Over 200 hate crimes motivated by racial prejudice and hostility were committed in Lincoln and neighbouring areas in the five years up to April 2015, according to new data. A Freedom of Information...
View ArticlePolice step up resources ahead of Lincoln EDL and anti-racism protests
Robust policing plans are in place ahead of an anti-Islam protest and counter demo in Lincoln this weekend. Police say that while they have no information to suggest protests will not go ahead...
View ArticleBiker hospitalised with head injuries after Lincoln crash
A motorcyclist has been rushed to hospital after a crash in Lincoln this lunchtime. Emergency services were called to Long Leys Road at 12.20pm on July 23 after the crash between a silver Yamaha...
View ArticlePolice search for two men after Lincoln taxi driver robbery
A taxi driver was robbed in the car park of a Lincoln pub in the early hours of this morning. The robbery happened at around 1.30am on Friday, July 24, when the male taxi driver stopped his blue Skoda...
View ArticlePolice warning after spate of thefts from cars in Lincoln
Police are urging motorists to remember to keep all valuables out of sight and lock up their cars after a recent spate of thefts and break-ins in the city. In one of the most recent cases, a number of...
View ArticleVandals set fire to van and wheelie bins in Lincoln
Several wheelie bins and a van have been deliberately set on fire in Lincoln this week. Police have received reports that the bins were set alight on Macaulay Drive over the last two days. Other bins...
View ArticleThree men jailed over drug offences after Lincoln student’s overdose
Three young men have been jailed after admitting drug offences in connection with the death of a Lincoln student last year. University of Lincoln student Ashley Hughes, 19, from Gatley in Cheadle, was...
View ArticlePolice appeal to find young Lincoln man missing for almost a week
Police have issued an appeal to find 21-year-old Connor Lewis Ryan from Lincoln, who has been missing for almost a week. Connor was last been seen by his Grandmother in Lincoln on Tuesday July 21 and...
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