A hyper-local news website held a live question and answer session with the leader of the City of Lincoln Council.

The Lincolnite held the session with council leader, Ric Metcalfe after  polling its 30,000 monthly readers on questions for the leader.

The questions and answers were then displayed in the style of a live blog on the site.

Managing editor of the site Daniel Ionescu said: “You always read about hyper-local initiatives being looked down upon by local authorities, but this is fortunately not our experience.

“We secured a day-long live Q&A session with the city council leader, and the online exclusive will be a first for Mr Metcalfe as well.

“This is the first of our Leaders Live initiative, and we will be looking to get on board more local leaders under this project.”