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A man who has been an alcoholic since the age of 13 stole £160-worth of chocolate and washing pods in an bid to fund his habit.

Police are investigating claims a Lincolnshire woman smuggled an endangered baby tortoise into the UK by concealing it inside a cigarette packet.

A council leader has been ousted after the majority of her party quit.

Failing to provide police with a specimen after being involved in a crash has seen a woman banned from driving for four years.

Racially abusing a housing inspector has cost a man more than £200.

A man who stole £72-worth of alcohol from a supermarket described the incident as a ‘blip’.

A man living in his car has been handed a driving ban after being found behind the wheel with a drug in his system.

A town’s netball club has been victorious against some 22 teams in a charity tournament.

Three failing roads could be in line for major improvement projects costing £3 million.

A man was today convicted of attempting to kidnap his girlfriend's husband in a botched highjack.

Council staff will use body worn cameras to protect them from ‘aggression’ and ‘danger’.

From saving lives to performing on stages across the county – a singer who uses music as a ‘lifetime diary’ hopes to inspire others with her work.

A football fan has been handed a three-year banning order and told to pay more than £1,000 after racially abusing an opposition player.

A mother accused of plotting the attempted kidnap of her own husband with her new partner chose not to give evidence at her trial.

A gas leak resulted in a number of village roads from being closed.

A man has been jailed for 14 years after he was found guilty of sex offences against four girls under 16.

A man who denies attempting to kidnap his girlfriend's husband insisted he was not the masked person who hid in his car.

A man found with two different drugs in his system has been banned from driving.

Conservationists are hooting for joy after Europe’s oldest recorded barn owl was found to still be breeding in a Lincolnshire village.

Police are treating a fire at a block of flats as arson.