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School Staff Build Garden

CHILDREN at a village school will return to a surprise thanks to staff. Over the summer holidays staff from Digby Primary School, cleared a piece of scrub land to build a 'quiet area'.

100 Bales of Hay Set Alight by Arsonists

ARSONISTS have torched 100 tonnes of hay at a remote farm. Firefighters from Lincoln South's Blue Watch were called at 8.21pm to the blaze in Newcot Lane, off Fen Road, Heighington, and found a pile of one tonne bails - worth Pounds 50 to Pounds 70 each - ablaze.

Stones Tribute Band ; in Brief

A ROLLING Stones tribute band will be rocking audiences at the Trinity Arts Centre and hoping to give them some satisfaction. The Stones is a serious tribute act that tries to do justice to one of the greatest rock and roll bands in the world.

Derelict Property Blaze Being Treated As Arson ; in Brief

A FIRE that ripped through a derelict property is being treated as arson by police. The blaze took hold at about 9.15pm on Saturday behind garages off the A153 at Speedway Corner, near Ruskington.

Plot to Blow Up School ; the World in Brief

A PAIR of disaffected teenagers inspired by the Columbine school massacre planned a copycat killing spree, a court was told. Loners Matthew Swift, 18, and Ross McKnight, 16, spent more than a year making elaborate plans to bomb Crown Point North shopping centre and Audenshaw High School, Manchester Crown Court heard yesterday.

School Kitchen Flaws ; the World in Brief

HUNDREDS of primary schools are failing to offer children a hot meal at lunchtime, according to figures published today. And almost one in five lack the kitchen facilities necessary to prepare lunches on site, forcing them to serve pupils "meals on wheels".

Board Moved Too Quick When Axing the Gaffer ; Lincolnshire Echo Captain Kerr Lincoln City Skipper Scott Kerr Gives His Reaction to the Departure of Peter Jackson

I WOULD obviously like to write this column in better circumstances, but unfortunately that is not the case. As you will have heard the gaffer, Peter Jackson, was sacked yesterday and I was hugely disappointed with the decision to relieve him of his duties. 'He had my full support and the fact that he has gone five games into the League Two season was certainly a rash move by the chairman and the board.

There Is Something Almost Thrilling [...] ; Comment

THERE is something almost thrilling about large-scale engineering projects that promise to halt the process of climate change, whether by reflecting the Sun's rays away from the Earth or sucking C02 out of the atmosphere. Various schemes, ranging from injecting sea salt into the air using floating pontoons to placing giant mirrors in space, are attractive because they suggest that technology can save us from the potential damage of unchecked climate change.

Keith in for Imps

KEITH ALEXANDER is being tipped to make a sensational return to Lincoln City after Peter Jackson's managerial reign at Sincil Bank was brought to a shuddering halt. The Imps boss and his assistant Iffy Onuora were both sacked yesterday as the pair paid the price for a slow start to the season in which they won just two out of their opening seven games.

Celebrate County with Limerick

THE race is on to find a winning limerick as part of the celebrations for Lincolnshire Day. Community Lincs, the Sleaford-based charity, has today launched its competition and budding writers have until September 25 to come up with a winning five-line verse.

Honda Is Changing the World One 'Do' at a Time - so Can You

Little dos make the world go round. Lots of little dos make big dos. Doing makes things better. Wash at 30C, turn the tap off when you brush your teeth, don't leave the TV on standby, turn the heating down a degree or two ... you know the kind of thing. Small steps add up to big change. Back in 1986, Honda revealed the first incarnation of one of its big dos - a humanoid robot that could function independently in a human environment and ultimately help people in their daily lives.

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Burnt Out Factory Back in Business by Weekend

A COUNTY plastics factory will be up and running by the end of the week, following a raging fire. The hangar at Hemswell Cliff, that housed the AWS Eco Plastics incoming stock and sorting plant, was destroyed following a blaze last Tuesday. After working over the weekend, engineers managed to restore power to the factory and it should be fully operational in days.