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Card Factory will open a new shop in Lincoln this weekend in the unit formerly occupied by Carphone Warehouse at Valentine Retail Park.

The specialist card and gifting retailer will open in Unit 2A in the retail park off Tritton Road on Saturday, June 26. This comes after a planning application was submitted to City of Lincoln Council in March this year.

The store, which sells a variety of party, gifts, stationary and confectionery items, will create around four to eight new jobs at various levels, both full and part-time.

Steve Lilley, Card Factory’s Retail Director, said: “Our team has been working incredibly hard to prepare for this new opening and we’re so excited to be launching a Card Factory store in Lincoln, especially due to the difficult economic environment retailers have experienced recently.

“We’ve put together a standout team, and we can’t wait to welcome new customers into our premises at Valentine Retail Park on Saturday 26th.

“As with all of our physical stores, safety is the number one priority as we welcome customers through our doors, so we would like to reassure everyone that we have a strict social distancing policy and regular cleaning regime to ensure the safety of both our customers and colleagues.”

Card Factory also has two other Lincoln stores located on the High Street and in the Cornhill area of the city.

COVID-19 uncertainties have lead to the cancellation of the highly anticipated Beyond the Woods Festival for the third year.

Organisers told music lovers, “with heavy hearts”, that the event in Horncastle would not be possible due to insurance doubts and undetermined government restrictions.

Beyond the Woods was lined up to take place on August 6-8 with thousands of attendees enjoying headliner Alfie Templeman among other celebrated artists like Baby Queen, Luz and Master Peace.

The festival was also continuing work with BBC Music Introducting and BBC Radio Lincolnshire to bring a mix of specially recorded and live performances by local artists.

Organisers posted a statement to attendees, assuring them tickets would remain valid for future events, and refunds would be available too.

They thanked all who had supported them during lockdown and promised to bring the event back in 2022.

Beyond The Woods Festival organisers confirmed the news they had been dreading

Beyond The Woods Festival organisers confirmed the news they had been dreading

In 2019, organisers were forced to cancel the event due to weather warnings. Then in 2020 the coronavirus pandemic put the breaks on the festival’s return.

The event started out in 2015 as JoeFest, an 18th birthday party for Festival Founder Joe Davies in a back garden in Lincoln, and turned into a big event in the surroundings of Stourton Woods near Horncastle where it has been held since 2017.

There are just ten days to go until the Lincoln Imp Trail begins in the city, and the map for the event has now been released.

Thirty imps, designed by national and local artists, will be on display throughout the city of Lincoln, while one imp will be at the Hildreds Centre in Skegness.

The event starts on July 3 and encourages people to go on a hunt through Lincoln for the thirty imps, and it will end on September 8.

Locations include the Cornhill Quarter, Steep Hill, Lincoln Cathedral and the Stonebow, as well as a whole host of other places.

It is as yet unconfirmed which imps will be placed in which area.

As well as the 30 chosen imps, there will also be a wide variety of Education Trail Imps, decorated by schools across Lincolnshire, and five community ‘roaming’ imps that move among shops in Lincoln.

Check out where to find the 30 imps on this year’s trail. | Photo: Lincoln Imp Trail

Once the imp trail is finished, there will be an event at Lincoln Castle between September 9-23, ahead of an auction on Lincolnshire Day, October 1.

Funds raised from the auction will be donated to the charity partner of the event, St Barnabas Hospice.

The much anticipated event was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it will now go ahead bigger and better than ever.

In a vote set up by The Lincolnite, Steam Explorer, which was designed by artist Rosie Ablewhite, was the public’s favourite of the imps, with Lizzy Mason’s Majestic imp coming second.

EXPLORE all the Lincoln Imp Trail statues

Steam Explorer is one of the 30 imps on the trail, and the public’s favourite.