Emily Norton

The Lincoln Sofology furniture shop at St Marks Shopping Centre will close on December 22, with all remaining stock heavily discounted.

The company confirmed the closure on its Lincoln web page and social media, announcing a 75% off sale.

A number of jobs will be impacted by the loss of the business.

Notices on the company’s Lincoln social media pages indicate the firm has suffered supply and delivery issues in recent months.

It blamed “worldwide supply challenges”.

The shop joins a gradual shutdown of many outlets at the Lincoln centre, which has been under a £150 million redevelopment in recent years.

All units to the west of the former Debenhams store will eventually be demolished.

Student accommodation blocks have already risen from the former Homebase and Lidl plot. Plans also include new leisure and shopping outlets on the riverside and a multi-storey car park.

A person has been hit by a train on the railway line between Lincoln and Grimsby Town.

All services between Lincoln and Grimsby Town have been cancelled while emergency services deal with the incident, which happened at around 2.30pm on Saturday, December 18.

Trains are unable to run between Lincoln and Grimsby Town until around 5.30pm this evening.

Trains on the Barton-on-Humber to Cleethorpes route may be cancelled, delayed by up to an hour or diverted until around 8pm this evening

People travelling on the route have been told that replacement transport is being sourced.

For more travel information relating to this incident, visit the East Midlands Railway website here.

This is the second incident on the railway today. Lincolnshire Police earlier launched an investigation into the unexplained death of a man found by the railway line in Old Leake.

If you have been affected by this story, or would like to speak with someone, please visit the Samaritans website here for information.