Skegness Standard

1 day ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Alison Wade

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowCelebrate the rich local history of our county at the first Lincolnshire Libraries Local History Festival. This new history festival will travel across the county's vast rural landscapes, covering the Wolds and Coast, the Fens, the Kestevens and the Lincoln Cliff, seeing renowned east midlands historians present their discoveries in your local Lincolnshire libraries.

6 days ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Chrissie Redford

A memorial rugby match has taken place in Skegness in memory of a local player who lost his battle with cancer. Nick Morgan was diagnosed in January 2022 with stage four terminal oesophageal cancer and given six to nine months. In spite of battlng ‘amazingly well’, he sadly died on October 2024 at the age of only 44.

1 week ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Jamie Waller

Survey works will begin soon for Anglian Water’s plans for a major new reservoir in Lincolnshire. The scheme would require flooding five square kilometres near Scredington, close to Sleaford, at the loss of at least 15 homes and farms. Anglian Water is hoping to submit the Lincolnshire Reservoir application in 2028, with construction starting around 2031 if it’s approved. The surveys are being carried out to gather information about the land and its environment to influence the designs.

1 week ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Richard Silverwood

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowThe news that one of late comedian Tommy Cooper’s famous fez hats had sold for a record £7,000 at auction came as quite a shock to a retired Louth businessman. For Tim Dixon knew he’d had TWO of the same hats sitting in a box at his home for almost 70 years!Now Tim’s prized possessions have gone under the hammer too, at the sale room of the Louth-based John Taylors auctioneers.

1 week ago | lincolnshireworld.com | Jamie Waller

Lincolnshire County Council spent nearly £1m housing children in unregistered care homes last year due to a “national shortage” in spaces. Watchdog Ofsted says this is illegal, although many councils across the country are resorting to the measure in order to meet demand. The authority says that the children were safe and visited weekly by social workers.