BBC Lincolnshire Live on Friday 22 July 2016

Summary

Long delays on roads around RAF Coningsby due to open day
Illegal ravers jailed over attacks on police at Twyford Woods
Green waste charges: East Lindsey ponders £10 annual rise
Live updates on Friday 22 July 2016

Live Reporting

Alex Rhodes

Pokestop: Driver pulled over in Spaldingpublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Now I like the smartphone app Pokemon Go as much as the next guy but you have to be a bit of a Slowpoke to try and play it behind the wheel.
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Police initially suspected he was drink driving but it turned out he wasn't drunk. He was, in fact, trying to catch 'em all.
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I know I'm not the only one who'd like to see a transcript of those "suitable words".
Listen: Cleethorpes 'booming' despite property prices claimpublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
BBC Radio Humberside
There are claims that Cleethorpes is on the up, despite property website Zoopla naming it as the seaside resort with the biggest fall in house prices.
Zoopla says property values in the resort fell by 5.5% over the past year to an average of £126,331 - the biggest annual drop in Britain.
But businesses in Cleethorpes say it's actually a resort with a booming economy.
Andrew McCluskey runs the Kingsway Kiosks café on the seafront and says big events have helped.
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Companies say visitor numbers are increasing thanks to major events in the resort
Police search for missing Grimsby teenagerpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Police say they're concerned for a missing 15-year-old girl from Grimsby.
Caitlin Dowling from Highfield Avenue, was last seen at 00:30 on Wednesday and was reported missing by her family at 20:30 the same day.
She hasn't been since but she is believed to still be in the Grimsby area.
Image source, Humberside police
She's 5ft 4ins and when she was last seen she was wearing a black and red top, dark blue jeans and blue Adidas trainers.
Green waste charge rise could be on the cards for East Lindseypublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
If you live in East Lindsey you may have to pay more to have your green waste collected.
Residents are being asked to choose from five options which include a £10 annual price increase or fewer winter collections.
It's to help plug a £6m funding gap by 2020.
East Lindsey District Council says the results of the consultation will be taken into account before a decision is made.
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A new whole new meaning to 'a slow news day'published at 10:06 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
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Now this is pure speculation on my part but one would think the tortoise lives fairly near to where it was found. Let's be honest it can't have got very far.
Skegness one of the most visited seaside resorts in the UKpublished at 09:52 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Figures have revealed Skegness is now the third most visited coastal resort in the UK.
According to Visit Britain around 600,000 people come to the area every year.
Patricia Yates, from the tourist board says its great news for the local economy.
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We're really getting a resurgence here, we're talking about an increase in the economy of about £120m.
Patricia Yates, Visit Britain
The headlines this morningpublished at 09:13 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
Natasha Turney
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
The latest from the Lincolnshire newsroom:
- Lincolnshire Hospital Trust is being criticised for delays in discharging older patients from hospitals
- In-fighting over the Labour leadership is spreading to Lincolnshire, according to senior party sources
- Figures have revealed Skegness is now the third most visited coastal resort in the UK
Hospital trust under fire for discharge delayspublished at 08:51 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Hospital Trust has come under fierce criticism for delays in discharging older patients from hospitals.
The chair of parliament's public accounts committee, Meg Hiller, wants the government to bring in new measures to deal with the issue.
She says all the delays are adding up and areas of our county look poor in comparison to other parts of the UK:
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In Northumbria their delayed transfers by days across the year is 10 which is very good, but in Sleaford and North Hykeham in Lincolnshire it's nearly 18,000 days of delayed transfer.
Meg Hillier, Chair of the public accounts committee
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Weather: What's in store for the weekend?published at 08:19 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Here's my full forecast...
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Here's the weather with Owain
Traffic and travel: All clearpublished at 08:12 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
BBC Travel
What a way to start a Friday!
Our monitors are telling us there's nothing to report so far this morning, so it should be smooth sailing (driving) if you're on the way to work.
Good morning: Welcome to Lincolnshire Livepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 22 July 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Hello from Lincoln, Alex here on Friday 22 July.
We've almost made it through another week, we're certainly on the downhill stretch to the weekend.
I'll be bringing you all the latest news, travel, sport and weather from across the county until 18:00.
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