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Youngsters Can Get Bus Rides for Pounds 1

YOUNG teenagers will be given a ticket to ride - for just Pounds 1 per day - with the extension of a scheme which has proved a big success over the summer. The holiday rider initiative was set up by Lincolnshire County Council, Lincolnshire Youth Cabinet and local bus providers to allow 11 to 16-year-olds to travel around the county.

Protected Status for a Special Sausage

AN APPLICATION to give the Lincolnshire sausage protected status is currently making its way through the European parliament. Under European rules, local foodstuffs can be a given a protected status, forbidding them to be made outside the area.

Antiques Show Airs

THE first of two episodes of a BBC show filmed in Lincoln will be aired on Sunday night. As reported in the Echo, experts and their entourage from the Antiques Roadshow arrived at Lincoln Cathedral for a one-day shoot in March.

'Gardener' Nurtured Cannabis

AN ILLEGAL immigrant who tended cannabis plants with a potential street value of Pounds 800,000 was sent to a young offenders' institution for three years. Duc Phan, 19, of Vietnam, nurtured almost 3,000 cannabis plants at four homes in Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire.

Flood Relief Plan Stalled

FLOOD plagued residents are still in the dark as, almost six months after a new defence scheme was given the go-ahead, work is not yet under way. North Kesteven District Council received planning permission for a flood relief project in the Waddington Lowfields area back in April - with Pounds 663,000 being provided by the Environment Agency to carry out the scheme.

Big Vote of Confidence in Plans for City Future ; Resounding Yes From Business Group Leaders to Pounds 6m Masterplan

A Pounds 6-MILLION masterplan for Lincoln city centre will go ahead after business leaders voted to keep the group behind the blueprints. Park-and-ride schemes, a blitz on street drinking and a crackdown on food left out for pigeons are included in the manifesto drawn up by the Lincoln Business Improvement Group.

Series of Mail Strikes Still Likely

HOPES of averting a fresh wave of postal strikes appeared to be collapsing last night despite three days of intensive talks. Preparations for a series of strikes from this morning were going ahead, threatening further disruption to mail deliveries.

Guitars Taken in Raid ; in Brief

TWO guitars, two amplifiers and a gold watch were stolen from a house in Gainsborough. During the burglary, in Theaker Avenue, a backpack, a strimmer, petrol and clothes were also taken. The theft is believed to have taken place between Thursday and Friday last week.

New Hospital Wards Will Provide 74 Beds ; in Brief

THE names for three new wards at Lincoln County Hospital have been approved at a meeting of the trust board of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust on Tuesday. The wards will be called Caythorpe Ward, Fillingham Ward and Navenby Ward. The former Day Surgery Unit - temporarily known as Navenby Ward - will be called Sudbrooke Ward.

Inquiry Reveals Trust's Chief Was Not Bullied

AN INQUIRY carried out by the Department of Health has cleared NHS East Midlands of bullying United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust's chairman. In July, Trust chairman David Bowles quit his job amid claims he had been bullied by NHS East Midlands chairman Sir John Brigstocke.

Catering Job Tips

A SERIES of workshops about careers in the food and drink industry, will be kicked off at the University of Lincoln. Run by iNet, they will tour the East Midlands following the first event on November 3. Funded by East Midlands Development Agency, the Food and Drink iNet is managed by a consortium, led by The Food and Drink Forum and including Food Processing Faraday, Nottingham Trent University, The University of Lincoln, and The University of Nottingham.

Tough Action Over Credit Card Rip-Offs

CITY MP Gillian Merron has welcomed an announcement that the Government will take tough action to end unfair lending terms by credit card companies. The Government wants to ban the practice of increasing credit limits without the holder's consent, ban unrequested credit card cheques and place restrictions on increasing the interest rate on existing debt.

Hammond's Aiming to Be the Master in Newark Title Defence ; Lincoln Fighter Confident Ahead of Showdown at Showground

INTERNATIONAL Masters light-middleweight champion Kevin Hammond insists he will not change his approach when he makes the first defence of his title in Newark on Saturday night. Hammond, 28, will be top of the bill when he takes on Wolverhampton's Rob Kenney, 32, at the Newark Showground, looking to retain the belt he won in September against Shaun Farmer.