Environment

After weeks of blistering temperatures, the thunderstorms that blasted the coast over the past 24 hours have brought flooding misery and disruption across the Skegness area.

Concerns about the welfare of Skegness donkeys in the blistering heatwave rages on in spite of reassurances by the RSPCA, the local authority and operators.

East Lindsey District Council’s Local Plan has now been formally adopted by the Council.

Councillors facing increased costs over changes to their waste collection services, could face worse consequences if nothing is done, says the county council’s waste committee chairman.

A celebration of the beautiful meadows at Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens, is set to take place this weekend.

Lincolnshire County Council is looking into better ways of monetising electricity and heat produced from the energy from waste plant in North Hykeham.

Moth experts have revealed that an increasing number of new month species are arriving and settling in the UK.

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Nature lovers will be attracted to this free event like moths to a flame - which is just as well, given that it’s being held to mark National Moth Night.

A consultation has been launched into a major review of waste collection services across the county.

A call has gone out for volunteers to come forward and help spruce up an open space near Skegness.

An important wildlife charity, which sees more than 80,000 visitors a year, is hoping people will still flock to support the town’s two local reserves, despite new charges being brought in to help support the work it does.

Fears that common countryside words will forever disappear from children’s vocabularies has inspired a campaign by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Hello there! This is Chris from the RSPB nature reserve at Frampton Marsh, here again with a look at the best of this season’s local wildlife.

Butlin’s is to end the use of plastic straws on all three of its seaside resorts including Skegness by early June 2018.

May has seen a bird-spotting bonanza at Gibraltar Point with over 100 species seen daily - including rare visitors not normally found in the UK.

Lincolnshire County Council has admitted hundreds of millions of pounds of extra funding would need to be ploughed into its coffers to make a ‘massive difference’ to plans for repairing roads.

Volunteers are gearing up to clear a stretch of beach where visitors have dumped litter over the Bank Holiday.

A Skegness car park is closing while the Environment Agency commences sea defence work.