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Joseph Verney

Local News Reporter

Joseph joined the team as a news reporter in February 2018. He has a keen interest in sport and loves to write features about people and their experiences. He also likes to insert puns into stories where appropriate.


A woman was seriously injured after a crash in the Newark Road area of Lincoln, which caused big traffic queues and disruption to motorists and public transport on Tuesday morning.

The collision involved a pedestrian and a white Ford Fiesta Zetec on Newark Road, at the junction with Saville Street. It was reported to Lincolnshire Police just before 5am on January 30, 2024.


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Skegness Academy has received its second successive ‘Requires Improvement’ Ofsted rating, but has been upgraded to ‘Good’ in three categories.

In 2017, the school on Burgh Road was rated ‘Inadequate’ before an inspection in 2020 saw it move up to a ‘Requires Improvement’ rating. That rating remained after the most recent inspection at the school, which is part of Greenwood Academies Trust, on December 6 and 7, 2023.


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