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A man who denies raping a drunk woman in a Skegness park had been in the UK for just 40 days, a jury heard on Thursday.

Saad Gomaa, 34, denies raping the woman in the resort’s Tower Gardens on 9 June this year, telling jurors it was consensual sex which lasted around two minutes.

Read the full court report on MyLocal Lincolnshire

Lincoln MP Karl McCartney has launched a campaign to revive the city’s beloved Christmas Market, as traders continue to struggle with the economic impact of its absence.

The Conservative MP has called on local people and businesses to share their views after the Labour-run City of Lincoln Council cancelled the 40-year-old event following concerns about overcrowding in 2022, when around 350,000 people attended over four days.

Read the full story on MyLocal, the new home of The Lincolnite.