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Facility for youngsters with learning difficulties now open
Two mums have given up their jobs and savings to open a facility for young adults with learning difficulties.
Kim Barwell ,46, and Lisa Welch ,33, will officially open L.A.R.C Rise on Monday.
The facility, which takes up two floors of a unit on Saxilby Enterprise Park, cost around £16,000 to get off the...
Comment on this storyPicturesSchools to teach more life skills to pupils
School children in Lincolnshire will now sit classes in how to live healthy, safe and solvent lives, following a Government decision to...
Memorial flight gets new Squadron Leader
A new leader has taken the controls of the Royal Air Force's Battle of Britain memorial team. Trained fighter pilot and former Red...
150 Rand Group Ltd staff sent home
Workers were sent home after a Lincolnshire construction firm announced it was in financial difficulty. Up to 150 staff could be...
Lambs arrive early at Lincolnshire farm
Newborn lambs have sprung into action at a Lincolnshire farm – but they are four months early. The twins, which have not yet...
County surgeries roll out new swine flu vaccination
Pregnant women and patients at risk are being called to their surgeries to have the new swine flu vaccine. Initial batches of 500...
Big plans for donated land in Coningsby
Generous land donations have given a Lincolnshire village the chance to create a BMX track, sports field and woodland wildlife area. ...
Convicted murderer on run from HMP Sudbury
A man who was convicted of murder by a jury at Lincoln Crown Court has absconded from an open prison. Bernard Coddington, 31, was...
Comment on this storyYoungsters swap school roles as part of Takeover Day
Forget about the lunatics taking over the asylum – children have taken charge of a city school. A team of 60 pupils from Fosse...
Comment on this storyPensioner to set up political party
A pensioner disillusioned with politicians in the wake of the expenses scandal is setting up his own party. Bernard Pyper wants to...
Comment on this storyFans buy headstone for Rangers pioneer
Fans have clubbed together to put a headstone on the Lincolnshire unmarked grave of a founder of Scottish footballing giants Rangers. ...
Chris Sutton asks Lincoln City supporters to back his Sincil Bank rebuilding job
Chris Sutton today called for patience among Lincoln City fans as he admitted they have a key role to play in his Sincil Bank recovery mission.
...World champion Billy Jackson faces a Kiwi mystery
Billy Jackson admits he faces a "dangerous opponent" in the first round of the Scottish International Open tomorrow. Lincoln's World Indoor ...
Lincoln Vulcans' Will Jolly has an Olympic swimming dream
Lincoln Vulcans' Will Jolly has been selected to attend a training camp aiming to identify swimmers to compete in open water events at...
Promotion hopes will die unless we beat Liverpool, says OOH Lincoln Ladies' Rod Wilson
OOH Lincoln Ladies can kiss goodbye to their Women's Premier League Northern Division title dream if they fail to topple leaders Liverp...
City Slickers: Interviews with Lincoln City manager Chris Sutton and striker Chris Fagan
City Slickers is back on the airwaves, as Leigh Curtis and special "we've scraped the bottom of the barrel" emergency host Sam Parker...
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