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Man seriously hurt in crash

A MAN in his 50s has suffered serious head and spinal injuries in a road accident in Lincolnshire.

The driver, from the Boston area, had to be released from a green Skoda Felicia car after it was in collision with a black Land Rover.

The Skoda driver was taken to Boston's Pilgrim Hospital.

The accident happened on the B1192...

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Vicar, serviceman on county BNP list

British National Party leader Nick Griffin.

A vicar, a serviceman and a businessman from Lincolnshire are all included on a leaked list of BNP members. More than 150 people from...

'Nightmare' of £200k arson attack

Nigel Chew at the scene on Dale Street, off Great Northern Terrace.

Arsonists have destroyed vehicles worth more than £200,000 at a Lincoln business. The equipment was torched at SOS Skip Hire and Haulag...

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Road reopens after nine hours

An eight-mile stretch of the A15 north of Lincoln has reopened after it was shut for nine hours because a cement lorry overturned.The...

Micro-lab rethink on the cards

Controversial plans to close a laboratory at Lincoln County Hospital may have to be reconsidered. A council committee last night agreed...

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'Gunman' stole from village store

A man brandished what appeared to be a gun after stealing from a village shop. He shoplifted food from the Co-op store in High Street,...

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Couple in hurricane nightmare

A family from Lincolnshire have been caught up in a devastating hurricane in the Caribbean. Matthew Dawson and his wife Carla were...

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Work to begin on 'job threat' homes

Work on a major homes development that could force out one of Lincoln's biggest employers will begin next month. Diggers will soon be...

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Dentists ditch NHS to go private

A dental practice in Lincoln has abandoned the NHS in favour of offering exclusively private treatment. Portland Dental Care has shut...

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Oakes: Missing Pies prize is unimportant

A deflated Stefan Oakes admits the pain of missing out on another reunion with a former club is nothing compared to the agony of crashing out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle. Injury has prevented the midfielder lining up against former club Wycombe and Leicester this season. But Oakes was eyeing a potential meeting with Notts County in round...

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Steve Welsh remains defiant despite defeat

Caretaker manager Steve Welsh believes Boston United can turn around their woeful run of form despite their 3-2 defeat at home to Frick...

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Painful time for Pakey

John Pakey is grappled to the ground by 15-year-old Emma Wheal

Sports Editor John Pakey met judo instructor Barry Cooper and gave the martial art a try Barry Cooper is determined to see Lincolnshire...

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Jackson: It was embarrassing

A dejected Peter Jackson slammed his Lincoln City side as "embarrassing" last night after their FA Cup dreams were shattered by non-lea...

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Another title for Leon

The Angling Times/ACA British Pike Championships were fished on Glassmoor Bank, Cock Bank and the Twenty Foot Drain Near Whittlesey and 294 anglers who had qualified from all over the...

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