The under-fire chairman of Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Panel is to stand down from his role next month in the wake of the suspended chief constable saga.

Police have released an E-fit of a man they believe could be related to a sexual assault on a woman in Sleaford.

Two of Lincolnshire highest profile elected policing figures have been probed by MPs this afternoon at a Home Affairs Committee meeting in Westminster.

The loss of his job with a drink-drive ban will hit a man and his parents because he pays the mortgage on their home, his solicitor says.

A new taskforce has been created to allow the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Panel to ‘get to the bottom of’ the suspension of the force’s chief constable in February.

Members of the public have labelled the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Panel a ‘shambles’ after they were inadvertently excluded from an extraordinary meeting this afternoon.

Scrap metal thieves made off with everything barring the kitchen sink from a Sleaford area cafe.

A sports club treasurer who admitted stealing cash from the organisation has been spared an immediate jail sentence at Lincoln Crown Court.

Police are appealing for information after a young woman was assaulted in Sleaford.

A former teaching assistant was today (Friday) remanded in custody at Lincoln Crown Court after admitting a string of offences against young boys.

Nottinghamshire Police have confirmed that a murder charge against Dean Betton in the case of the murder of James Brodie has been dropped.

Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick has set out an ambitious plan for Lincolnshire Police to increase the number of people volunteering to work alongside them to 1000.

A disabled art teacher from Sleaford has been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after thieves broke into his car and stole 30 iPads.

Intruders climbed a fence and cut padlocks to a compound on the David Wilson Homes site off Willoughby Road, Greylees.

A toddler was taken to hospital this morning (Monday) after an incident in the Sleaford Tesco branch.

A toddler was taken to hospital this morning (Monday) after an incident in Tesco.

The Police Panel, which is made up of district and county councillors who are tasked to hold Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick to account, is holding an extraordinary meeting.

A man was today (Wednesday) remanded in custody charged with the murders of two people and an attempted murder following an incident in Boston.

A man who visited the cashpoint at the Halifax in Sleaford on Thursday April 18 walked towards his vehicle in Money’s Mill car park where he was approached by a woman asking for directions.

Police were warning Sleaford area residents of distraction purse dippers operating in the south of the county on Monday.