Man appears in court after Lincoln Waterside North attack

A man accused of raping a drunk woman in a Skegness park kissed her on the mouth and said that he loved her, a jury heard.

Saad Gomaa, 34, denies raping the woman in the resort’s Tower Gardens on 9 June this year.

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It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas — but not as much in Lincoln — tainted by the absence of the country’s oldest festive market, which was cancelled over safety concerns. Yes, this means that the 2023 Lincolnshire Christmas Market will not take place from Thursday.

With tens of thousands of people googling Christmas markets, it is unsurprising to see a flurry of stories in the nationals about City of Lincoln Council’s decision to cancel the 40-year-old event, which attracted more than 350,000 people in four days last year, and reportedly generated around £15 million for the local economy.

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