The Lincolnshire Echo has won the right to name a teenage tearaway who was the first resident in Lincoln to get an anti-social behaviour order. Magistrates invoked the anti-social behaviour order after hearing how Paul David Fisher, (14), subjected dozens
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Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC during July, August & September 2001 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff,
Echo's hospice fund is boosted
An appeal by the Lincolnshire Echo to raise £250,000 towards a new day care centre at a local hospice has reached almost £23,000. St Barnabas Hospice, on Nettleham Road, Lincoln, aims to open a new £1 million facility on Hawthorn
Hospice fund nets £365 a day
An appeal to raise money for a new day care centre for the terminally ill in Lincolnshire has got off to a fantastic start. Generous readers have donated money to the Lincolnshire Echo campaign at a rate of £365 a
Campaign could result in award
The Lincolnshire Echo’s anti-litter campaign has had such a large response that the city has entered Britain’s Cleanest City contest for the first time. The newspaper launched the campaign in an effort to make the place tidier. And the appeal
Vulcan flight plan on course
Readers of the Lincolnshire Echo have donated £25,000 towards a campaign to return the world’s last flying Vulcan bomber to the skies. The newspaper is leading efforts to raise £1.5m to restore the historic delta wing plane, which currently rests
Extra news for Lincs rail passengers
A Trainwatch column has been launched by the Lincolnshire Echo in response to a readers’ demand for more information. The new feature has proved particularly helpful in the current rail crisis. The column gives readers vital information about changes to
Echo's £1m hospice appeal launched
Readers are being asked to raise the funds to build a £1m hospice day care centre for Lincoln. The Lincolnshire Echo is leading the appeal for the last £250,000 needed for the St Barnabas Hospice project. A £471,000 grant of
Journalists lead York plea to Save Ryedale From Flooding
A £5.3m bill to prevent flooding in villages north of York would be a price worth paying – according to the York Evening Press. The Press has launched a new campaign to Save Ryedale From Flooding, after a disastrous flood
1,600 readers say no to sculpture
A phone poll organised by the Lincolnshire Echo showed that 1,686 people were opposed to plans for a controversial £90,000 Millennium Arch sculpture – but 11 city councillors have still voted for it to go ahead. The proposed arch would
Bid to cut death toll
The Lincolnshire Echo is backing a move to get agencies working together in a bid to cut the death toll on the county’s roads. Despite a Staying Alive road safety campaign, 104 people died on Lincolnshire’s roads last year, and
Wait for news on Lottery bid
A decision has been made on whether Lincoln has won funding for a new City and County Museum. But the people of Lincolnshire won’t be finding out the result until August 9. The Lincolnshire Echo has backed a campaign for
Save a life – for the price of a packet of cigarettes
An ambitious campaign has been launched to put smoke alarms in every house in Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire Echo has teamed up with the county’s fire brigade to help save lives. Their campaign is calling on local businesses to sponsor smoke
Arrows to hit home
A Lincolnshire Echo campaign to bring the Red Arrows back to their spiritual home at RAF Scampton is nearing its conclusion. The aerobatic display team has named the date it will return to the air base north of Lincoln. Scampton