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Contactless payments limit rising from £45 to £100 As early as next week in some places The limit for single use contactless payments will rise this year. | Photo: Adobe Stock Single contactless card payments will rise from £45 to £100 this year, after the coronavirus pandemic prompted a further move away from cash. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the move during his budget for 2021 on Wednesday afternoon in the House of Commons. It is believed that the limit increase on a single payment with a contactless card will encourage shoppers to go cashless for public health reasons. The £100 l...

Town Deal to pump over £20m into Grimsby town centre The deal will see developments confirmed in St James Quarter, Victoria Mills, Garth Lane and others The latest budget set out by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed investment in Grimsby Town Centre (Image: Donna Clifford/PA) Grimsby is set to benefit to the tune of £20.9 million thanks to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's latest budget which has confirmed a large investment in the area as part of the Town Deal. Today's Budget confirmed plans to spend billions on regional development schemes across the UK through the Town's Fund which is desi...

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Lincoln train station. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite Two teenagers who were involved in a county lines drug operation have been given suspended jail sentences at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday. Officers stopped and arrested two men at Lincoln railway station in April 2019, and the subsequent inquiry led officers to a property in the Monks Road area of the city which was being used as a base for selling ecstasy. Lisa Hardy, prosecuting, said that drugs were being brought from outside of the city to the ground floor flat in Cannon Street. The 18-year-old living at the flat was not...