What is a hate crime?
If someone asked you what you think a hate crime is what would you say? I’m sure many would believe they’re crimes committed against someone because of their race. Recent figures have shown that...
View ArticleMissing Lincoln man Connor Ryan found safe and well
A 21-year-old Lincoln man who had been missing for almost a week has been found safe and well, Lincolnshire Police have confirmed. Connor Lewis Ryan was last seen by his grandmother in Lincoln on...
View ArticleLincoln legal highs ban sees first prosecutions in the country
The first people to be prosecuted for ignoring Lincoln’s historic legal highs ban have been ordered to pay a total of £720 at the city’s magistrates’ court. City of Lincoln Council became the first...
View ArticleLincolnshire teen Daisy Dale missing for second time this month
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for information to help find 15-year-old Daisy Dale, who has gone missing for the second time in July. Daisy was last seen in the Northolme area of Gainsborough at...
View ArticleSpike in thefts from cars in North Hykeham overnight
Police are seeking a group of young males after a spate of thefts from cars overnight in the North Hykeham area. Numerous vehicles were targeted in the Beverley Grove and Harewood Crescent area between...
View ArticlePolice office north of Lincoln turned into parish council base
The keys to a police office in a Lincoln village have been presented to the local parish council on a lease lasting for the next two decades. Lincolnshire Police’s community office in Nettleham has...
View ArticlePolice issue appeal to find missing 14-year-old from Lincoln
Lincolnshire Police have issued an appeal to trace 14-year-old Gabreale Sommerford from the Monks Road area of Lincoln. Gabreale was reported missing on the morning of Wednesday, July 29. She was last...
View ArticleLincolnshire teens Daisy Dale and Gabreale Sommerford found
Lincolnshire Police have confirmed that two teenage girls from Lincolnshire who had been reported missing this week have been found safe and well. Daisy Dale, 15, had gone missing for the second time...
View ArticleFlasher exposes himself to young boys in Lincoln nature park
A flasher indecently exposed himself to three young boys at Birchwood Nature Park in Lincoln. The man, aged about 40 with grey and blonde spiky hair, was reported to have flashed two boys aged 11 and a...
View ArticlePolice renew appeal to find Lincoln ‘peeping Tom’
Police are re-appealing for help identifying a man who they wish to speak to in connection with a report of harassment in Lincoln. At around 3.30am on Wednesday, July 1 a man was seen on CCTV stopping...
View ArticleA57 closed after double decker bus catches fire near Lincoln
A section of the A57 Gainsborough Road in Saxilby near Lincoln is closed after a double decker bus caught on fire. The fire on the Stagecoach bus started in the engine compartment, and the vehicle was...
View ArticleUnified Lincolnshire emergency services plan off the ground
Initial talks are underway to potentially merge the control centres and resources of police, fire and rescue and ambulance services in Lincolnshire. In a scheme dubbed the Blue Light Integration...
View ArticleCaught in the act: Man recorded breaking into van in Lincoln
A man who has been caught red handed during a van break-in in Lincoln now has a £100 reward over his head. Captured on CCTV by van owner Nev Otter, the video of the man accused of stealing a laptop...
View ArticleCriminals target vans in Pride of Lincoln car park
Police are appealing for information and witnesses after two Ford Transit vans were forced open in the Pride of Lincoln Hotel car park on Whisby Road. The break-ins are believed to have taken place...
View ArticleOver 400 sheep and cattle stolen from farm near Lincoln
Up to 300 sheep and 120 cattle have been stolen in a night time raid from a farm near Lincoln. The theft occurred sometime between 8pm on Sunday, July 26 and 8am on Monday, July 27 on a farm near to...
View ArticleRural crime cost Lincolnshire £1.8m in one year
Despite a slight reduction in rural crime in Lincolnshire last year, criminals in remote areas cost the county almost £2 million in 2014. According to annual figures as part of a UK-wide survey by NFU...
View ArticleMan jailed after weapons and firearms discovered in Lincoln
A Lincolnshire man has been sentenced to five years in prison after weapons, ammunition and firearms were discovered in Lincoln and Market Rasen. Mark Randall, 55, from Kilnwell Road, Market Rasen...
View ArticleReport flags Lincoln as deprivation, self-harm and crack cocaine hotspot
Lincoln is the crack cocaine and heroin capital of England, with high levels of deprivation, ill health and a lower than average life expectancy, a report has claimed. Figures released by Public Health...
View ArticleElderly woman robbed during day out in Lincoln
Police are searching for a man who robbed a woman in her early 70s who was on a day out in Lincoln city centre. The woman was near BHS on High Street at around 3.30pm on Friday, July 31 when she was...
View ArticleNew scheme introduced to support Lincolnshire’s street drinkers
A new project to help some of the most persistent street drinkers and repeat offenders in Lincolnshire has been launched, in a bid to keep town centres across the county safe. Dubbed the ‘Blue Light...
View Article