Aaron Renfree

Organisers of the first OSB Events Lincoln Half Marathon have released 500 places for those wishing to complete the course as part of a relay team.

Running duos will be able to change over at the halfway point in Castle Square. The first person will run from the Lincolnshire Showground to Castle Square and the second person will run from Castle Square, into Lincoln city centre and back to the Showground.

There will also be a music hot spot and plenty of parking and cafes at the changeover point.

As reported previously, the half marathon is set to take place on October 2, and organisers hope to raise around £250,000 for partner charity, The Ethan Maull ‘Up Yours to Cancer’ Foundation, along with Cancer Research UK.

Ethan Maull’s charity is raising money for a home in Lincoln where families can stay while their children receive cancer treatment.

Entries cost £40 per team, and can be purchased online here.

The 13.1 mile route is to be confirmed soon, with the provisional course outlined to start and finish at the Lincolnshire Showground, winding through the historic Cathedral Quarter of Lincoln, into the lower part of the city for a loop of the Brayford and then an uphill climb back to the finish line.

Lincolnshire firefighters have gifted a Lincoln man a new deep fat fryer after his old one caused three fire scares.

Reg Esberger, 88, received a surprise visit from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue on Tuesday, June 14.

Following three deep fat fryer fire scares in the past few months, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue have gifted Reg a new appliance to replace his old model.

The fire services were called to Reg’s house on Goldsmith Walk on Monday, June 13 after smoke from his deep fat fryer triggered his fire alarm, alerting the services before Reg even realised he had left the fryer on.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue decided to go the extra mile with Mr Esberger by not only disposing of his old model to prevent further issues, but by also giving him a brand new deep fat fryer.

Members of the Facebook page, “Your probably from Lincoln if…” were very happy with the fire services care and commitment to Reg with the post, by Reg’s neighbour Micky Richards, receiving over 1300 “likes”.

Micky praised the services for their “brilliant gesture” and said:

“It goes to show what a lovely city we live in”.

He finished by saying “10/10 service. Brilliant”.

The crew even offered to buy Mr Esberger fish and chips on the night of the incident, but unfortunately were called out on another job. They look forward to treating him to a meal in the future.

Kenny McLaughlin, who attended Reg, left a message on the post.

Photo: Facebook

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