Lincolnshire Echo

Points From the Post

Castle Access: I was interested to see the Echo's advert for bat walks at Tattershall Castle. It would be no good to me as I do not have a car to get me around due to my inability to drive due to epilepsy. We have to rely on public transport.

Superstores Have Priced Our Pinta Out of the Market

In view of the rapidly deteriorating service, there can be little surprise that customers in droves are deserting the doorstep milk delivery (June 4) in favour of supermarkets. Ignoring the difference in cost, just compare what is now on offer.

City Lights Put On a Real Show

Your stories and pictures (June 2 and 4) of lights in the sky reminded us that we have seen something similar before. About three weeks ago on a Saturday night, at about midnight, we were walking home to Dunholme from Welton when we saw over the Cathedral area these orange lights.

How to Cut Through the Recession Jargon

Thanks to the recession, financial lingo once saved for city traders, bankers and economists is becoming part of everyday language - but do we understand it? More and more people are being forced to decipher complicated business jargon to effectively navigate their way through these tough times.

Birds Flocking to Breed On Dave's Island Hideaway

An island lost to overgrown woodland has been salvaged and transformed into a bird breeding site following major engineering work. Dave's Island in Whisby Nature Park, west of Lincoln, has started attracting oystercatchers, great crested grebes, little ringed plovers, common terns and black-headed gulls since undergoing a revamp.

The Kings of a Cappella

The University of Lincoln's international concert series was all loved-up by the end of its final date on Sunday after a breathtaking concert by The King's Singers, one of the world's most sought-after a cappella groups. The concert, entitled Romance du Soir, comprised a programme of love songs, from English madrigals and folk songs to Edwardian part- songs and modern pieces by the Beatles and Harry Connick Jnr.

Willow Classroom Is Part of Green Ethos

Youngsters at a Lincolnshire village school are up for an award in recognition of their environmental efforts. A wildlife habitat, vegetable patch, sensory garden and a classroom made of willow are the 'green' achievements which have propelled Bardney School to the finals of the Young Environmentalist Awards 2009.

Born to Run with Bruce

Statto: You really need to smarten up. STU: What's wrong with me?

Handicap Win After Five Year Absence

Veteran Lincolnshire horse owner, 81 year-old Frank W. Dennis, of Frampton Hall, Boston, made a spectacular come back after an absence of five years from racing, at the Lincoln summer meeting on the Carholme on June 10, 1959. Mr R. Fawdon, wearing the once so familiar red, white and blue colours, won the Blankney Stakes on Royal Parentage, the only horse which Mr Dennis had in training.

Man Fired Replica Gun at Queen During Ceremony

A Man was arrested for shooting a replica gun at the Queen as she rode past crowds on horseback on June 13, 1981. Marcus Serjeant pointed a pistol directly at the Queen as she turned down Horseguards' Parade for the start of the Trooping the Colour ceremony.

Plan for Replica Tank Tribute Rumbling On

Plans to create a monument to celebrate Lincoln's industrial heritage and status as birthplace of the tank are moving full steam ahead. Around 1,500 people have registered their support for the project through former City Sheriff Frank Connell's barber shop on Burton Road, Lincoln, since it was unveiled in January.

Little Willie Was the First of Its Kind

The First World War had become a stalemate because of the trenches and new machine gun technology. Lincoln-based firm William Foster and Co, under the supervision of director William Tritton, had been doing some work producing tracked vehicles to carry artillery guns.

Eurofighter On Show

A Prototype jet aircraft donated by a Lincolnshire RAF base has been reassembled and is ready for display at the Imperial War Museum. The British built Eurofighter DA4 was given to the museum by RAF Coningsby and will take pride of place in a new exhibition, Airspace, at Duxford which charts the history of Commonwealth aviation.

New in Neighbourhood

Two new faces will be working on a community police team in Gainsborough. PC Rebeka Oakley has taken the role of community beat manager for the Lea and South West Gainsborough neighbourhood policing team.

Pub Hit by 'Culture Shift'

A Lincoln landlord believes closure is "on the cards" for his boozer just six months after it re-opened. Millers Arms licensee Alan Tyers is facing the prospect of shutting within weeks after failing to turn the business into a profitable success.

Algae Blanket On Waterways 'Just Harmless Weed'

Algae forming on the waterways of Lincoln is no cause for concern, according to the Environment Agency. The vegetation is carpeting areas of the Brayford Pool and the Witham following the recent spell of warm weather.

Olympics Crisis When It Bloomed

Algae threatened to scupper the sailing venue at last year's Olympic games in China. More than 10,000 people from the city of Qingdao were drafted in to clean up the green algae, which arrived in late May and by July covered 5,000 square miles of sea.

Warehouse Raiders Drove Straight to Police

Two friends admitted stealing window frames and laminate flooring from a city warehouse. Lincoln magistrates heard yesterday that Liam Malone (29) and Paul Brumpton (33) were stopped by police officers on Outer Circle Drive, Lincoln, and the stolen goods found in their van.

Banned but 'Partner Forced Him'

A Disqualified driver was forced to drive after being attacked by his girlfriend, a court heard. Paul Gamble (44), who has been disqualified from driving seven times, yesterday pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance.

'Happy - and Safe'

Just over half of people living in the North Kesteven District Council area are happy with the way it runs things. Figures released from the 2008/9 financial year, show that 53 per cent of people living in the district, which stretches from North Hykeham, south of Lincoln, down to Sleaford, said they liked the way it was being run.