New Aldi store coming to Wragby Road

The Naked Marshmallow Company will open its first shop in the Bailgate area of the city next month.

The company was founded in 2014 by Ollie Brookes and his partner Joseph Brookes and it has grown into a widely recognised brand, both locally and nationally.

Ollie told The Lincolnite that the shop in the unit formerly occupied by Russian gift shop Annushka, which is next to The Cocktail Gift Shop, on Steep Hill will open at 10am on Saturday, August 6. The new shop will initially create around four new jobs.

The Naked Marshmallow Co’s new shop will open in the unit formerly occupied by Annushka on Steep Hill.

The Naked Marshmallow Company currently has offices, production kitchens, and a fulfilment warehouse at the Stirlin Business Park on Sadler Road in Lincoln, where it has been based for five years.

The firm is ‘naked’ because it only uses 100% natural flavours and ingredients, with no artificial colours or preservatives.

Any 5 Sweet Edition Gourmet Marshmallows from The Naked Marshmallow Company.

The Naked Marshmallow Company also says it is the original creator of the world’s first marshmallow toasting gift set, and marshmallow Advent calendar.

A Lincoln-based photographer has spoken of her love of capturing images of spectacular aircraft flying in the county’s skies.

Claire Hartley’s main photography interests are aviation and nature and several of her pictures have been published, including of the Red Arrows as the sun was low on a winter’s day which featured on the front page of The Times.

In an interview with BBC Look North, Claire said it’s “nice to know that people want to use” her photographs and she picked out to of her personal favourites from her collection.

This photo of a Lancaster flying over Tattershall Castle is a personal favourite of Claire’s. | Screenshot: Claire Hartley/BBC

A photo she took of a Lancaster flying back to Coningsby over Tattershall Castle will always be a favourite, with Claire saying: “That was one of those days where I just sat out in the rain and then just for a split second it came really good just as it passed over the top of the castle.”

She added that her second favourite “is probably one of the Red Arrows” flying in formation.

Claire’s photo of the Red Arrows was used on the front page of The Times. | Screenshot: Claire Hartley/BBC

“It’s not a technically perfect shot, it’s not very good resolution, but it’s the first one for me that took off on social media and that’s kind of the one that made things work for me,” she said.