Sleaford

An unlicensed driver who was intoxicated with both alcohol and cocaine when he hit a tree and killed his passenger was today jailed.

A pub facing hard times has been given permission to build a cottage which will provide essential income.

Businesses are optimistic about a revamped Market Place, but some shoppers think it’s been a “waste of money”.

A former pupil from a village primary school has now returned 28 years later to become the school’s new executive headteacher.

A 26-year-old newcomer has called for a public debate with the county council leader as he bids to oust him from his seat in the upcoming elections.

A man who rolled a stolen car ‘multiple times’ before assaulting three police officers will be sentenced next month.

A fire broke out at a Grade II listed former courthouse.

A pensioner who admitted having sexual chats with an adult paedophile hunter pretending to be an under-age girl was given a suspended jail sentence.

A woman has been charged with two counts of shoplifting following an appeal for her whereabouts this week.

The man behind a large solar farm which won permission last week says the projects are in the ‘national interest’.

Police have issued an appeal to locate a woman wanted for thefts in two Lincolnshire towns.

Plans for new homes in a village which has been repeatedly flooded are set to be approved.

The government has offered support for a huge new reservoir in Lincolnshire – to the surprise of residents who could lose their homes and businesses.

A new manager has taken over a troubled bar after the council said it was encouraged by the way he was turning it around.

A police aeroplane was called into action to help follow a ‘suspect vehicle’ last night.

A car park, which led to a war of words between a developer and the council, remains on the market six months after its closure.

The Government has given the go-ahead for a large-scale solar farm in the Lincolnshire countryside.

The owners of a historic Lincolnshire village pub have unveiled big plans to get it open again and expand its appeal.

The Government must stop ‘attacking’ Lincolnshire’s farmers if they want to tackle an ‘unprecedented’ rise in obesity, an MP has said.

A doctor and documentary maker has shot his latest film in an abandoned mental hospital.