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Cool off with World Ice Cream Day today

From the nation's favourite ice cream to the world's smallest parlour - we take a look at ways to celebrate today's World Ice Cream Day.

Get your skates on for the roller derby revolution

A fast-growing Stamford club is looking for new recruits eager for an alternative sporting kick.

Emergency sirens to sound on phones today

Alerts which trigger siren-like sounds on mobile phones and tablets are being tested across the UK today.

Burrowing badgers! Mystery of traffic light misery is solved

Temporary traffic lights have been bemusing motorists - but the council says badgers are to blame.

Fun on the farm: discover what's going on in the fields right now

If you stumbled across a sheep on its back, its legs waving in the air, would you know what to do?

Escape game is used in proposal

An escape room fan enlisted a game creator to help him pop the question to his girlfriend.

Sewer blocked by 'unflushables' put down toilets

Passing traffic was splashing properties with foul water after a sewer became blocked at the weekend.

Rolex previously dismissed as a fake fetches £14,000 at auction

A watch bought among a 'job lot' of items for £30 has now sold at auction in Stamford.

Against the odds: three next-door neighbours share birthday with the Queen

'Birthday girls’ Lena Brown, Alison Couzens and Millie Reho enjoy a many-million-to-one coincidence.

'Knitting Banksy' makes heartfelt appeal

The knitter dubbed 'Knitting Banksy' has made a heartfelt appeal: ‘Don’t vandalise the decorations’.

Magical Harry Potter book is worth £95,000

At first glance it could be a paperback found in any charity shop, but this Harry Potter is a spellbinding find.

Mystery of the well at Colin Bell

The sudden flooding of an underground well has sparked an appeal to discover the cause.

Bike display spreads the love ahead of Valentine's Day

Stamford Flower Club members have been spreading the love with their latest decorated bicycle.

Historic pub has a lockdown ‘hairdo’

Getting your hair done during lockdown is pretty much impossible - unless you happen to be a village pub.

"Why should we pay £100k for Maggie Thatcher statue party?"

Plans to earmark £100,000 of taxpayers' money to cover the cost of unveiling a new Margaret Thatcher statue have been lambasted.

Mercury memories: From snowstorms to gruesome rail accidents, it's all there

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Stamford on Wednesday to watch the final flight of the Harrier jets – only to be left disappointed.

Funny version of Hitler film is made about Stamford

A parody of the film Downfall is being shared on social media about Stamford's plight as it enters tier 3.

YouTuber Colin Furze releases latest 'invention'... a jigsaw puzzle

Inventor Colin Furze has added a puzzle to his madcap merchandise range.

Fish-keeper's devastation after otter empties garden pond

An otter is thought to be to blame for killing carp and goldfish worth about £2,000.

'This is the year to buy a Rolls Royce'

A former Catmose College pupil who admits he 'failed' academically has bought his first Rolls Royce at the age of 20.

Frank Newbon's History of Stamford welcomes 5,000th member

Stamford cobbler Frank Newbon - who lived and worked in the town a century ago - is celebrating a new milestone.

Offbeat

Cool off with World Ice Cream Day today

Get your skates on for the roller derby revolution

Get your skates on for the roller derby revolution

Emergency sirens to sound on phones today

Emergency sirens to sound on phones today

Burrowing badgers! Mystery of traffic light misery is solved

Burrowing badgers! Mystery of traffic light misery is solved

Fun on the farm: discover what's going on in the fields right now

Fun on the farm: discover what's going on in the fields right now

Escape game is used in proposal

Escape game is used in proposal

Sewer blocked by 'unflushables' put down toilets

Sewer blocked by 'unflushables' put down toilets

Rolex previously dismissed as a fake fetches £14,000 at auction

Rolex previously dismissed as a fake fetches £14,000 at auction

Against the odds: three next-door neighbours share birthday with the Queen