Bamburgh judged UK’s best seaside destination by Which? readers for fourth year
Matthew Flinders, the flute-playing, cat-loving explorer who circumnavigated Australia, is going home – but what of his envoy Bungaree?
Across the market towns of Britain the battle for the soul of the right is fierce
Brief letters
Sketchy reporting of House of Commons debates
‘Definitely not Tory’: will Thatcher’s home town vote for first Labour MP?
Lacking hope, desperate for change: the UK towns devastated by Tory rule
June 2024
Explorer ‘who named Australia’ to be reburied in Lincolnshire village where he was born
Hundreds to attend Donington service for Matthew Flinders, whose remains were found during digging for HS2
Grimsby man jailed for sexually assaulting dead bodies in mortuary
Damon Tingay punched the body of one man twice and performed sex acts on two male bodies, court heard
How to see off the threat of Reform? I found one answer on the streets of Boston and Skegness
Gaby Hinsliff
Other lives
John Wormell obituary
Bronson Battersby died of dehydration next to father’s body, inquest hears
May 2024
‘Passionate, professional’ RAF pilot killed in Spitfire crash named as Mark Long
Prince and Princess of Wales lead tributes to squadron leader, who died near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Saturday
Pilot dies in Spitfire crash in field near RAF Coningsby base in Lincolnshire
Plane was part of RAF Battle of Britain memorial flight, which maintains historic aircraft in airworthy condition
Notes and queries
What could the Roman dodecahedron have been used for?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
April 2024
Mysterious Roman dodecahedron to go on display in Lincoln
There are no known descriptions or drawings of object in Roman literature, making its purpose unclear
Man jailed for life for murdering wife and dismembering body in Lincoln
Nicholas Metson, who paid a friend £50 to help dump Holly Bramley’s remains, to serve at least 19 years
Former RAF base to house asylum seekers is contaminated, government letters say
RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire is one of Home Office’s three main accommodation sites, with first arrivals due within weeks
March 2024
Campaigners get go-ahead to challenge plans for oilfield in Lincolnshire Wolds
‘It’ll be a shortlist of one!’ Villagers in England fear nuclear dump proposal
January 2024
Bronson Battersby death: sister ‘does not place any blame’ on social services
Melanie Battersby, 37, welcomes ‘rapid review’ into death of toddler alongside father in Skegness
