BBC Lincolnshire Live on Wednesday 3 August 2016

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Updates on Wednesday 3 August 2016

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Alex Rhodes

Travellers arrive in Lincoln's Hartsholme parkpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Earlier today the City of Lincoln Council tweeted this:
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The reason it was shut was that four caravans arrived in the car park overnight and the council closed it to prevent others from doing the same.
The council have told us that the car park has now reopened and the travellers have said they'll be leaving the site later today.
Traffic and Travel: Heavy traffic towards the coastpublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
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Netto 'cleaned out in four minutes'published at 11:22 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Corazon Garcia
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
We told you earlier about rumours Netto in Lincoln was to be briefly re-opened so they could get rid of their remaining stock.
Well it's true and this is what it looked like:
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Gainsborough murder: Three women removed from courtpublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Security staff were forced to remove three women who were causing a disturbance in the public gallery during the court appearance of 51-year-old Pamela Mclaggan at Lincoln Magistrates Court today.
Mclaggan, of Greystones Road, Gainsborough is accused of murdering 44-year-old Jonathan Baines, whose body was found at a property on Ropery Road on Monday.
Today she spoke only to confirm her date of birth, address and that she understood the murder charge that she faces.
There was no application for bail and magistrates adjourned the case for Mclaggan to appear before Judge Michael Heath at Lincoln Crown Court this afternoon.
Lost photos show efforts to protect Cathedral during WW2published at 10:43 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Photos have been discovered showing the measures Lincoln Fire Brigade went to to protect the iconic Cathedral as war raged across Europe.
Susan Taylor made the find, her grandfather Frank Brown was one of the men who build and fill an underground tank full of water in the Cathedral grounds in case a fire broke out.
Image source, Susan Taylor
Image source, Susan Taylor
Image source, Susan Taylor
The now (thankfully!) redundant tank held water pumped from the Brayford Pool, it's going to be removed during a community dig in 2017 to make way for new development plans.
Police thank public for their help in murder enquirypublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Lincolnshire police have issued this statement following the news that a woman has been charged with the murder of Gainsborough man Jonathan Baines:
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We would like to thank the local residents who assisted our appeal – your information was extremely valuable and has helped us to resolve this investigation quickly. This was an isolated incident and we are continuing to support the family of Jonathan.
Detective Inspector Jim Hodgson, East Midlands Special Operations Unit
A closer look at the weather with Abbiepublished at 10:01 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
BBC Look North
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
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Here's the weather with Abbie
Supermarket to give away stock, says charitypublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Interesting news from homeless charity the Nomad Trust.
You may remember that the Netto in Lincoln shut last month as part of wider cuts the chain was bringing in nationally.
Well the Nomad Trust says they're re-opening today for one day only in a post they shared last night...
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Thieves ransack community museumpublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
The Village Church Farm in Skegness was broken into at some point between Sunday night and Tuesday morning
It's run entirely by volunteers and thieves stole a TV, emptied charity boxes and even stole a cake from out of the freezer.
In a post on Facebook Kellie North described the damage as a "trail of destruction".
Image source, Kellie North
BHS stores to close for the last timepublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Natasha Turney
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
The dramatic and controversial collapse of retail giant BHS has been much publicised recently. But today the reality of the situation is crashing home in Lincolnshire.
The BHS stores in Grimsby and one on Lincoln's St Marks retail park will shut for the final time at the end of the day.
Another branch on Lincoln High Street will close on Saturday. Over 100 jobs are expected to be lost as a result.
Weather watchers: Carol Kirkwood stops to admire the viewpublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
BBC Weather Watchers
Weather superstar Carol Kirkwood just had to stop and get a picture of the fabulous sunset last night, when you consider just how many she's seen during her tenure on BBC Breakfast and with Chris Evans on Radio Two it's high praise indeed!
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Traffic and travel: Congestion in Bostonpublished at 08:20 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
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A pretty good start on the roads this morning but we do have an issue in Boston.
There's slow traffic on the A16 at the Tytton Lane East junction, there's roadworks in the area slowing things down during the early rush.
Gainsborough murder: Woman charged with murderpublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
At the start of the week you may remember that Police launched a murder investigation after a man's body was found at a property in Gainsborough.
The victim has now been formally identified as Jonathan Baines of Ropery Road.
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44-year-old Jonathan Baines was found with a fatal stab wound
At the time a man and a woman were arrested however the man has been released with no further charge.
51-year-old Pamela McLaggan of Greystones Road has been charged with murder, she will appear at Lincoln Magistrates court later today.
Hello, welcome to Lincolnshire Livepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
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