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Two arrests after man used fake £20 notes in resort shopping spree
A 39-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of knowingly using suspected counterfeit notes in the Skegness area. Lincolnshire Police received multiple reports that a man was allegedly using suspected counterfeit £20 notes to buy items from...
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HARVEY’S DRIVING AMBITION
MENINGITIS SURVIVOR AND CHAMPION SWIMMER JOINS THE POOL OF RACING DRIVERS LINING UP FOR TEAM BRIT
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‘ARK IS A LIFELINE’
A LINCOLNSHIRE animal rescue centre has launched an urgent fundraising appeal after the ongoing cost of living crisis puts a rising pressure on them. For more than a decade Ark Wildlife Park in Stickney, between Skegness and Boston, has provided...
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DRIVER JAILED OVER HEAD-ON DEATH CRASH
AN impatient woman who overtook a crop sprayer before killing a motorcyclist in a head-on crash has been jailed. Danielle Barrett was travelling south on the B1192 towards Boston in a Vauxhall Corsa when she overtook a crop sprayer as she approached a...
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Locals facing an uncertain future with closing time looming for some
A LOCAL pub organisation has warned that pubs across the county “face an uncertain future” after the Government’s U-turn on business rate hikes. Ash Corbett-Collins, chairman for the Campaign For Real Ale, said: “Pubs in Lincolnshire, and across the...
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THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TREE
ANIMALS at an animal sanctuary and wildlife park near Skegness are enjoying people’s discarded Christmas trees. From huge predators to chatty birds, the animals at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Friskney love to play with the trees. CEO of the site,...
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BLOOD-SUCKING STABLE FLIES IN VILLAGE ATTACK
BORED OF THE FLIES ... RESIDENTS SAY BUZZERS FROM NEARBY CALF-REARING SHEDS, WHICH LIVE IN ROTTING MANURE, GIVE A NASTY BITE AND EVEN THE COLD WEATHER DOESN’T STOP THEM -
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BLAZE DESTROYS FURNITURE STORE
THE owners of a family business say they are ‘deeply moved’ after customers have set up a GoFundMe following their store going up in flames. Suite Dreams of Skegness was ravaged by the fire on Monday, December 29, after a blaze started at a nearby car...
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MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU?
PLANS to scrap Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) in England and Wales and merge police forces together will create a “democratic deficit”, officials have warned. In November, the Government announced that PCCs would be scrapped – a move which it...
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PENSIONER FINED OVER ‘SPIT’ SPAT
A PENSIONER was hit with a £250 fine by litter wardens for spitting out a leaf that had blown into his mouth. Roy Marsh, 86, received the penalty notice while taking a stroll in Skegness, Lincolnshire, earlier this year. He explained that he had...
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COCAINE DEALER USED TEAM OF RUNNERS IN SKEGNESS
A 23-year-old man who spent months on the run has been jailed. Connor Stewart, of no fixed address, was due to appear at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday, February 4, along with co-conspirators, but he instead went on the run for seven months. A...
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