Deepings

More than £2.5 million will be spent on one district’s council houses — with some of the work aimed at removing a potentially harmful gas from homes.

Leading councillors say they have had to dig into their reserves to pay for a weekly food waste collection after the Government got its sums wrong.

Householders are being reminded that their bin collections are due to change next week.

A Lincolnshire Police drone has helped locate stolen plant equipment and return it safely to its owner.

A river teemed with yellow as thousands of rubber ducks competed for the title of quack champion.

A substantial property on the market for £1 million features more than 6.5 acres of land for potential development.

A council has been criticised for failing to provide adequate support to a man who became homeless - but the council says it acted appropriately.

Work on 11 new council homes is likely to begin by the end of the year.

New experiences were the order of the day for a group that banishes boredom.

Men who drove hundreds of miles to use their dogs to chase and kill hares on Lincolnshire farmland have been sentenced.

A busy town road is set for six weeks of overnight closures during repair work.

Rutland Water filled, Bourne’s fire engine burned, and parking was a free-for-all… it was all happening this week in years gone by.

Meet the Customer Care finalists for the Rutland & Stamford Mercury Business Awards 2025.

Meet the Small Business of the Year finalists for the Rutland & Stamford Mercury Business Awards 2025.

A pensioner says proposals which would force council tenants to ask permission to have electric wheelchairs and mobility scooters are discriminatory.

A flag ceremony highlighted the service of seafarers past and present.

A county MP has asked for the Prime Minister to ensure flags are flown on all public buildings.

When it comes to sweet things a dad can do for his daughter, Ian Aldred has come up with a golden idea.

Hundreds of rubber ducks are set to race down the river in a bid to be crowned the quack champion.

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