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A man with his arms aloft at a strongman competition. He has short hair and is wearing a black vest.

Boston man in bid to win UK's strongman crown

Dean Mason is taking on 15 other competitors in a bid to win the national title this weekend.

A women with blonde hair and wearing a grey t-shirt looks towards her12-year-old son, who is strapped into a wheelchair. He has brown hair and is wearing a blue jumper.

Boy's long wait for disabled bathroom finally over

Mum Ayla had to carry her son upstairs to the bathroom for years while waiting for adaptations.

An otherwise empty main road with a grey car on the left and a blue car on the right, facing each other across the carriageway. Both cars have their fronts smashed in and there is debris across the road.

Man who killed wife with 'suicidal' driving jailed

Asen Kurtev is sent to prison for nearly 11 years after a head-on crash on the A16 near Boston.

A man with a blue jacket and blue jeans talking to two police officers. The man has a small dog, which is wearing a blue coat. The officers are wearing hi-vis jackets. One officer is crouched down and looking at the dog. They are on a residential street. On the right is a row of terrace houses, with green and blue bins on the pavement. A green and white van is parked with its back door open.

Police to target anti-social behaviour hotspots

The scheme is covering nine places across Lincolnshire, with Spalding running its own initiative.

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Food waste collections to be rolled out next year

The waste will be used to produce clean biogas and fertiliser for farms, officials say.

A puma laying in an enclosure on a bed of straw. The animal has its head turned to the side looking back towards its tail. There is a metal door with a padlock in the background.

Wildlife park's star three-legged puma dies

Nigel, who was 13, was one of the star attractions at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park, near Boston.

Two women and a man standing besides a memorial plaque. The location is surrounded by a number of large trees with a wooden cross next to the plaque.

Memorial to WW2 bomber crew unveiled

The Lancaster bomber crashed on 26 July 1942 shortly after taking off from RAF Coningsby.

A group of two men and five women, some in uniform, holding a pink and white flag and smiling. They are standing outside a hospital. The flag has the messages "Organ Donation" and "Let's talk about it" on it, and there is a pink heart in the middle.

Flags to fly in honour of every organ donor

Hospitals in Lincoln and Boston hope it will raise awareness as well as thanking donors.

A roundabout with trees in the middle. A white van is being driven around it.

Man admits causing death of wife in A16 crash

The crash on the A16 near Boston on 4 March 2024 led to the death of 39-year-old Sofka Mitkova.