Elizabeth Fish

Ice skating displays from local skating teams and professionals marked the opening of the 2014 Lincoln Ice Rink.

The 25 metre by 15 metre rink in City Square was opened on November 29 by the Mayor of Lincoln, Councillor Brent Charlesworth.

The rink will remain open until December 31, and can also be booked for school and corporate events as well as individual sessions.

It will only close on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but will otherwise operate from 10am to 9pm daily – with the last skating session starting at 8pm.

Lincoln BIG Events & Promotions Organiser Rachel Hanson said: “This year we are offering extended family sessions, to enable those under the age of three to skate (although older children may skate too), and of course our popular penguin skating aids will be available to help children to make the most of their experience on the ice.”

“Watch out also for the opportunities to skate with Elsa & Anna from the film ‘Frozen’ during some of our family sessions.”

At peak periods, child/concessions are £5.50, adults are £7.50 and group tickets are also available. Off peak prices will be a discount of a pound.

You can book tickets online from Visit Lincoln.

Personnel from RAF Waddington near Lincoln are growing moustaches not just for charity, but also to remember an era gone by.

A group of men from the base are supporting Movember by growing moustaches until the end of the month, and will soon have a photo shoot to display their facial fuzz.

However, the shoot is also set up in a “time-gone-by” manner, back to when the moustache was considered part of the uniform for those serving.

They hope to have raised a large sum for the charity event.

Squadron Leader Will Thurrell said: “The engineering Mo’s have gone all out to raise awareness of men’s health issues.

“There have been varying levels of success but we all have groomed and trimmed our moustaches with pride. Movember puts a fun twist on serious issues which some otherwise find difficult to address.”

November runs from November 1-31, and sees men across the world growing moustaches for the month to raise funds specifically for prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.

Movember raises awareness by encouraging private and public conversation around the issue of men’s health.