Bourne

A council has entered into a £7.81m contract to upgrade its housing stock with energy efficiency improvements and low-carbon heating measures.

More than a dozen playparks across the district have received an upgrade.

A popular town beer and music festival is moving to a later date in the summer to try to give revellers better weather.

Plans to convert a village home into a children’s care home have been refused.

Emergency services are at the scene of a five-vehicle crash on the A1.

The sentence of a man who seriously injured another motorist when he tried to overtake three cars was adjourned so his victim can attend court.

An annual football fundraiser will return to raise money for dementia and autism support services in the area.

An art group for people with dementia and their carers is to host an exhibition of their works as part of a national awareness week.

A cat which was seriously injured in a hit and run is on the road to recovery after hundreds of people helped to fund her life-saving surgery.

A charity ball organised by a cancer survivor has smashed its £10,000 fundraising target after an ‘amazing’ community response.

There is plenty of room to relax in a five-bedroom family home which is on the market.

A district council leader writes about the recent Lincolnshire County Council election.

A town has marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day with a flag-raising ceremony.

Now nominations are starting to come in for the 20th year of the Rutland & Stamford Mercury Business Awards, we’re now looking to find sponsors.

A man who abused his position of trust to commit sexual offences against a vulnerable woman has been jailed for five years and eight months.

Well-known members of the community have represented the area at His Majesty’s garden party in London.

Planning permission has been granted for a 20MW solar farm to the east of Bourne.

A housebuilder has revealed it wants to construct 270 new homes in fields on an approach to a town.

A business which specialises in motorsports has swapped racing cars for model planes in its latest project.

A crash has been reported at a junction which is prolific for accidents.