Lincoln Shopwatch scheme bid to reduce shoplifting
Lincoln BIG is introducing a new scheme which aims to reduce shop-related crime and abusive behaviour toward shop staff in the city. Called Shopwatch, the scheme will use banning notices and exclusion...
View ArticleWoman assaulted on Lincoln street
Police are appealing for information after a man grabbed a woman’s bottom in Lincoln. The incident happened just before 9pm on Tuesday, May 14, when the woman was walking from the Breedon Drive...
View ArticleTwo men charged over Lincoln newsagents ‘robbery’
Two Lincoln men have been charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice following a reported robbery at a Lincoln newsagents. They have been charged with what has been initially reported as...
View ArticlePolice raid Lincoln village home connected to Woolwich murder
Police investigating a terror-linked murder of a soldier in Woolwich, London, have raided a house in Saxilby, near Lincoln. The house in Hotchkin Avenue in Saxilby is thought to belong to the father of...
View ArticleMPs slam Lincolnshire PCC’s chief constable suspension
A report by MPs looking into the role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) has described Lincolnshire PCC Alan Hardwick’s suspension of the chief constable as “disruptive” and “costly”. The Home...
View ArticleMan assaulted in Lincoln nightclub
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for witnesses after an assault at a Lincoln nightclub on Sunday. The incident happened inside Revolution night club on Park Street between midnight and 12.15am on May...
View ArticleIncreased police presence in Saxilby after Woolwich murder-linked house raid
Police have increased their presence in Saxilby after a house in the Lincoln village was raided on Thursday in connection with the Woolwich attack, in which a soldier was killed. Marked and unmarked...
View ArticleLincolnshire PCC Hardwick campaigns for extra police funding
If all English police forces would follow the Lincolnshire model, the government could save more than £1 billion in funding, said Lincolnshire PCC Alan Hardwick, who is campaigning for a better funding...
View ArticlePolice charge Lincoln man over malicious Facebook comments
A 22-year-old man from Lincoln has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred on Facebook following the Woolwich attack in which a soldier has been killed. He was arrested on Thursday night...
View ArticlePolice warn against inciting racial and religious hatred at Lincoln mosque...
Lincolnshire Police have warned against inciting racial and religious hatred or violence at a planned protest march against the Lincoln mosque on June 8. The demo is organised via Facebook by a group...
View ArticleBikes and tools stolen in Lincoln shed burglaries
Lincolnshire Police are looking for information after a spike of thefts from sheds in the south of Lincoln. Between October 13 and 19 in the St Catherine’s area, a number of bikes and tools were stolen...
View ArticleCash stolen in armed robbery at Lincoln booze shop
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for information and witnesses after an armed robbery at a shop in Lincoln. This incident happened at around 5.50pm at Bargain Booze in Larchwood Crescent, Lincoln, on...
View ArticleMissing Durham man in Lincoln found
— Update at 6.15pm: Lewis Dickson, 21, missing from Durham has now been found, Lincolnshire Police said. Durham Police are looking for a missing man from Seaham who could be in Lincoln or Stamford....
View ArticleLincolnshire Police appeal for knitted bears
Lincolnshire Police are asking residents in the county if they are able to make knitted bears to donate some to them for consoling children. In the past, if a child is involved in a road traffic...
View ArticleNo further police action after boy burnt in Lincoln Bonfire incident
A teenager who was arrested after a boy was severely burnt when accelerant was poured on a bin fire has been released without charge, and no further police action will be taken. The 15-year-old was...
View ArticleLincoln woman dies in car crash
A Lincoln woman has died after being involved in a road traffic collision near Potterhanworth. At around 9.50am on October 22, emergency services attended an incident on the B1202 Moor Lane. A silver...
View ArticlePolice warning after bike thefts from sheds in Lincoln
Several bikes have been stolen from sheds in Lincoln this week, so police are urging people to improve their shed security. Since October 28, bikes have been stolen from back gardens and sheds in...
View ArticleVulnerable Lincoln young man found
Update at 8pm: Thomas Gardner has been found and he is now safe. Police are appealing for information to find a missing vulnerable young man from Lincoln. Thomas Gardner, 20, went missing on Tuesday,...
View ArticlePolice probe into inmate’s murder at Lincoln Prison
Lincolnshire Police are investigating the murder of an inmate at Lincoln Prison. A man has already been arrested. Police were called to HMP Lincoln at 6.08am on Thursday morning after a report that a...
View ArticlePolice bail man after Lincoln Prison murder arrest
Lincolnshire Police have bailed a man arrested in connection with the murder of a Lincoln Prison inmate on October 31. As previously reported, police were called to Lincoln Prison on Thursday after...
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