Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

Here are the top stories from our Lincolnshire newsroom this lunchtime:

• Lincolnshire County Council's executive group agrees plans to save £40m from budget
• Boston street robber jailed 
• Schoolchildren in live link-up with International Space Station

Structural experts will examine the stability of Grimsby's Victoria Mills this afternoon after the building was evacuated yesterday.

Residents in more than 70 properties were told to stay out by North East Lincolnshire Council because of fears over the block's stability in high winds.

They were found alternative accommodation for the night. Angela Blake from the council says every effort's being made to resolve the situation.

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

Police are searching for a 3ft tall Buddha and two 5ft tall terracotta warriors after a raid on a reclamation yard in Grimsby.

Officers say they were taken by thieves in an early hours break-in last Friday.

Also taken were a bronze-effect boar, two smaller Buddhas and a 2ft 6ins Buddha head.

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

There are calls from the Road Haulage Association today for clearer guidance on what's meant by a "high -sided vehicle".

It comes after a lorry was blown over on the Humber Bridge, external yesterday - leaving it closed for several hours.

The Association says a clearer definition of what "high-sided" is would help drivers avoid ending up in situations like this.

Scott Dalton
Presenter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire

We've just heard that Lincolnshire County Council's executive has approved a plan to save £40m next year.

That includes a £2m cut from the county's £6m transport budget - and that means fewer bus services.

On BBC Radio Lincolnshire's breakfast show this morning I asked the man in charge of transport in the county where the axe will fall. Here's what he said:

Sharon Edwards
Political reporter

Members of Lincolnshire County Council's executive have agreed next year's budget, but it still requires final rubber stamping.

In the last few minutes an increase of just under 4% in council tax has been voted through at County Offices in Lincoln.

It was a packed meeting - cuts of £40m under discussion - and as predicted bus service subsidies and PCSO funding are in the firing line. 

All 77 councillors will have to vote on the budget on 19 February before it's finally implemented. 

Rod Whiting
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

At the end of last year we were telling you how Lincoln County Hospital was crippled by the winter vomiting bug norovirus.

Now the full extent of the outbreak has been revealed. 

I'm at a meeting of the hospital's trust in Boston where managers have said around 200 patients were affected.

Executives have been told 16 wards were affected at the peak of the outbreak with 11 wards closed to new patients at one time adding £300,000 to operating costs.  

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

Here's the latest on the closure of apartments in Grimsby - residents spent last night out of their homes because of fears over the building's stability in high winds.

Melvyn Prior
Presenter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire

The latest ambulance response times show Lincolnshire is the best performing county in the region.  

But Sue Noyes, the woman who runs East Midlands Ambulance Service says the organisation's facing a number of challenges. 

She's been live on air this morning taking your questions - and told me that as demand increases, paramedics are leaving the organisation.

Sharon Edwards
Political reporter

Council chiefs are preparing to vote on public spending in Lincolnshire.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Lincoln City's manager Chris Moyses has confirmed Barnsley striker George Maris will join the Imps on loan.

The 19-year-old striker's been in training with the Sincil Bank squad over the last few weeks.

We're expecting to hear more from Moyses later in the day.

We're expecting to hear more from Moyses about his signing and the rest of the season later in the day.

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

Here are the main stories from our Lincolnshire newsroom this morning:

• Ambulance service facing 'a number of challenges' chief executive admits
• Meeting under way on Lincolnshire bus cuts
• Grimsby schoolchildren prepare for live link-up with space station

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

Four dogs were rescued from a house in Scunthorpe yesterday after they were found by police carrying out a drugs raid.

Officers had to call in the RSPCA after finding one dog dead at the house on Diana Street and four others elsewhere at the property.

An investigation's taking place both into the death of the dog and into suspicions the house was being used to grow cannabis.

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

Here's our weather forecaster Owain Wyn Evans with a bit of information about those "rainbow clouds" we've been seeing this morning:

And here's a picture from Keelby from Susieshine - one of our BBC Weather Watchers.

Melvyn Prior
Presenter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire

East Midlands Ambulance Service chief executive Sue Noyes is on air with me until 10. Get in touch by email, Twitter, external, Facebook, external or on 01522 511219 to ask your questions.

There's been a beautiful sky over the county this morning - here's a picture montage Emily's sent in via Twitter.

Rod Whiting
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

I'll be reporting from Boston's Pilgrim Hospital today as the people who run some of Lincolnshire's major hospitals meet. 

A lot on the agenda for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs sites in Lincoln, Boston and Grantham.

Alongside the trust's projected £58m deficit, the meeting will also discuss a recent trip to the Philippines to recruit these nurses.

BBC Weather

Here's the early weather forecast for Lincolnshire:

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

The man in charge of public transport in Lincolnshire has admitted cutbacks will see some services cancelled.

Councillor Richard Davies, of Lincolnshire County Council,  told BBC Radio Lincolnshire "some" of the 160 services currently in the spotlight "will go".

The authority says it has to cut subsidies for bus routes which don't make a profit - councillors will vote on the changes later today.

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live

A woman had to be rescued last night after she got stuck in the mud for more than two hours in Cleethorpes. 

The Coastguard was called when a passer-by spotted her in difficulties on the beach near the pier.

Image source, Google

Dave Hardy, from the coastguard, said: "All we ask is that people check the tide times before they go out, wear suitable clothes and above all, have a way of calling for help if they do find themselves in difficulty."