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Lincolnshire cinemas get £700k government grant Help for struggling Independent cinemas Five cinemas in Lincolnshire have received almost £700,000 in government support from the Culture Recovery Fund. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced a £16 million slice will go towards arts and cultural organisations in a bid to support the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has decimated cinemas financially. The most money granted in Lincolnshire – £282,169 – wa...

Madalyn Davis fell to her death. A Lincoln woman who fell 262 feet from a cliff at a popular tourist “selfie hotspot” in Australia had been drinking and taking drugs, a coroner said. The body of 21-year-old Madalyn Davis was found at Diamond Bay in Sydney, 55 feet below the surface of the sea and wedged in a rock shelf on January 12 this year. Alcohol and traces of drugs “impaired Ms Davies’ ability to make decisions and balance”, Nottingham assistant coroner Gordon Clow said at an in...