Summary

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Friday

  • Live updates on Thursday 29 September 2016

Live Reporting

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  1. Pop-up shop planned for Donington after ram-raid destroys store

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    The Co-op has told us they're planning to deploy a pop-up shop tomorrow at Donington because of the extensive damage to their store.

    It'll look like this:

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    Some 18 staff worked at the branch in Donington, a number of these will work at the pop-up, others will move temporarily to other stores.

    The company say it's too early to say when the actual shop will re-open but they did have CCTV covering the site and those images have been shared with the police.

  2. A hard day's Knight

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    The march from York to Hastings continues for the very dedicated reenactors from English Heritage.

    They're marching their way towards a reenactment of everyone's favourite Medieval battle, the Battle of Hastings.

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    They passed through Gainsborough yesterday.

  3. The battle for better broadband

    Lizzie Musham
    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    A Lincolnshire village will host a summit to get more superfast broadband for the county. 

    Louth and Horncastle MP Victoria Atkins says she wants to hear people's experiences with getting faster internet speeds.

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    It will be held in Maltby le Marsh near Louth where residents say they're being held to ransom by BT, who've asked them to pay towards the cost of connecting them to a fibre optic cable. 

    BT says it's working with the county council but says these arrangements do work elsewhere.

  4. Donington ram-raid: Your views

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    The damage to the Co-op in Donington has got you talking this afternoon, let's take a look at some of the comments...

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    That's more of a demolition than ram raid, what a mess

    Great, there goes the cash machine in Donington. Once they are stolen they are not replaced so it's a eight mile drive to Tesco to get cash.

    Timothy Webster, Facebook

    It certainly is a hole in the wall now.. and the ceiling.. and the roof!

    Emma Baxter, Facebook

    And of course....

    "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

    Deb Claydon, Facebook

  5. Donington ram raid: Video from the scene

    BBC Look North
    East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

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  6. Scunthorpe's British Steel on track to return to profit

    Caroline Brockelbank
    BBC Radio Humberside

    The company, British Steel which launched 100 days ago says it's on track to return to profit for the financial year ending 31 March 2017. 

    The company say they've made efficiency savings and are also investing in staff and several major projects to improve its competitiveness.  

    British Steel sign

    The transformation of our business will make sure we maintain the pace of growth and move forward as an outward-looking profit-making business. But while our future remains firmly in our hands, the UK steel industry still faces many challenges."

    Roland Junck, Executive Chairman British Steel

  7. Your headlines this morning

    Barbara Stimpson
    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    Headlines from our Lincolnshire newsroom this morning:

    • Thieves flee empty-handed from botched village Co-op ram-raid
    • The Red Arrows set off for first tour of Asia
    • Police responding to more incidents involving 'legal highs' in Lincolnshire
    • BBC Question Time coming from Boston tonight.

  8. Neighbours woken up by sound of Donington ram raid

    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    We've been speaking to the landlord of the Black Bull, the pub right next to the ram-raided Co-Op building. 

    He and his wife were woken up by the vehicle ploughing into the store:

    I was woken up by a huge bang, we've had this a few years ago so my wife got on to the phone to the police. I got my head out the window with my camera and tried to take photos while it was going on but my hands were shaking so much none of them were very good.

    Malcolm Mills, Landlord

  9. Traffic and travel: A17 is partially blocked

    BBC Travel

    The A17 in Holbeach is partially blocked with queuing traffic near the Washway Road junction, there's been a crash.

    Travel

  10. Question Time at Boston tonight

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    When it comes to a bit of rigorous political debate nobody does it better...

    That's right, Question Time is coming from Boston tonight and if you're not going yourself you can always watch the cut-and-thrust on BBC One from the comfort of your own sofa.

    Line-up

  11. Police called to deal with increasing 'legal high' incidents

    Paul Russell
    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    Lincolnshire Police responded to more incidents involving legal highs last year despite a city-wide ban on the substances in Lincoln. 

    Across the county police responded to an extra 111 incidents last year, a 12 percent rise. 

    Legal highs

    City of Lincoln Council introduced the ban in April 2015.   

  12. Co-Op ram-raiders fled scene empty-handed

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    Lincolnshire Police say the raid at Donington happened about 03:20BST and thieves attempted to remove an ATM machine from the wall with a tractor.

    They didn't manage to get away with any money however and fled the scene in a dark 4x4 flat bed vehicle and a dark blue saloon car.

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  13. The Red Arrows head to China

    David Sykes
    Reporter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    Lincolnshire's Red Arrows will fly the flag for Britain as they set off on their first-ever tour of Asia today.

    The aerobatic team will spearhead a trade push in the Far East, including China, Vietnam and Korea.

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    RAF Typhoons are also going on the trip to visit Japan, Malaysia and the Republic of Korea.

  14. Your headlines across Lincolnshire this morning

    Corazon Garcia
    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    • A store in Donnington has been almost completely destroyed in a suspected overnight ram-raid
    • Major plans to redevelop the St Marks shopping area in Lincoln are being put forward
    • The Red Arrows set off on their first ever tour of Asia today to head a trade push in the Far East

  15. Devastating village ram-raid: More photos from the scene

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    You can really get a scope of the damage at Donington in Lincolnshire with these photos, it appears the building has almost completely collapsed. 

    The vehicle was used to plough through the front of the Co-Op overnight.

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  16. Overnight ram raid in Lincolnshire village

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    There's a scene of absolute devastation in Donington this morning.

    It appears as though a farm vehicle has been used to smash through the wall of Co-Op.

    ram raidJim Dweller

  17. Traffic and travel: Car fire on the A46

    BBC Travel

    The A46 is closed in Newark with heavy traffic southbound at the A1133 junction because a car is on fire.

    There's congestion to the Brough Lane junction.

  18. Good morning, welcome to Lincolnshire Live

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    Hello from Lincoln, Alex here ready to bring you all the latest news, travel, sport and weather from across the county. 

    As always if you want to get in touch about anything you can reach me through email, Facebook or on Twitter.