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Live updates on Friday 24 November 2016
Natalie Glanvill
Reporter BBC Radio Humberside
A man has been charged with robbery, external after a woman and her nine year old son were attacked at a cash machine in Scunthorpe.
Stuart Charles Shadlock, aged, 25, of no fixed address to due to appear in court.
James Piekos
Reporter, BBC Hull and East Yorkshire
So Christmas comes to both Grimsby and Hull today.
The Christmas lights are being switched on in both places.
Our very own Neil Rudd will be overseeing things in Hull and in Grimsby you can throw into the mix reindeer, a ship made of Lego, oh and donkey rides....of course!
The action starts at 15:00 on Victoria Street in Grimsby and the lights are being switched on at 19:00 by a local hero.
In Hull the fun starts at around 18:40 at the Rose Bowl in Queen's Gardens in the city centre.
Carla George
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A Spalding store has had its licence revoked after a police raid discovered it was selling smuggled cigarettes.
Officers carried out an undercover test buy at the Super Sam Store on Commercial Road.
Police then raided the shop where they found more smuggled cigarettes and these were seized.
Image source, Lincolnshire PoliceQuote MessageOur investigations showed that this store and those persons operating it were selling illicit cigarettes on a daily basis for a number of months."
Sgt Kim Enderby, Lincolnshire police
Sgt Kim Enderby said: "The cigarettes being sold do not meet health and safety requirements, many won’t self-extinguish making them potentially lethal."
Beautiful early morning shot of swans on a pond in Spalding
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Rob Makepeace
BBC Radio Lincolnshire sport
Boston United have signed 19-year-old Joe Pugh on loan from Doncaster Rovers.
The forward is the son of former Boston United head of youth and Doncaster Rovers midfielder Daral Pugh.
Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Top stories from our Lincolnshire newsroom:
Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter
We've heard about a jobs scam in North East Lincolnshire this morning.
Citizens Advice Bureau in Grimsby is warning people not to pay any money to any company asking for payments for criminal record checks.
It's after a man applied for a job online and was asked to pay a fee for the check but when he turned up for an induction for the job, the company knew nothing about him.
Quote MessageThe company say they have had over 300 (applicants) approach them with this problem... This is a scam. DBS checks are not taken for manufacturing, factory work, building and construction work."
Tony Gaskins, Chief Executive of the Citizens Advice Bureau in North East Lincolnshire
Seven thousand staff have built a one million piece Lego ship.
In the build-up to the 150th anniversary of the start of the shipping company DFDS staff from 21 countries were asked to play their part of a mega initiative to build the biggest-ever Lego model ship.
Seven thousand staff have built a one million piece Lego ship.
Katie O'Halloran
Broadcast Journalist
It's the most wonderful time of the year...unless your a turkey.
Philip Mowbray from Horncastle has been rearing 400 birds ready for Christmas.
Harry Parkhill
BBC Radio Lincolnshire reporter
We get to the bottom of the mysterious banging noise plaguing the good folk of Boston.
It's nothing more sinister than a 60-tonne machine working along the river.
Presenter Scott Dalton speaks to the operator William who explains what's been causing the noise:
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside
Grimsby police thought there was something fishy about the lorry in front at the roundabout on the A180.
They were right:
Lizzie Musham
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Top stories from our Lincolnshire newsroom:
BBC Travel
There's queuing traffic on the A1 southbound near Wittering because of an accident involving three vehicles.
Congestion to the Great North Road junction.
Carla George
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Forget about Father Jack...we have Father Stuart, Rector of Grantham, hosting a beer festival with Grantham CAMRA., external
He even has a beer named after him.
Father Stuart says the church has a long history with brewing
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Here's a look at the weather with, Abbie Dewhurst:
The closure of Grantham's A&E services due to a lack of doctors is to be referred to the health secretary.
Read MoreA load of rotten fish has fallen off the back of a lorry in Grimsby.
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Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live
That's it from me for today, but updates on breaking news, sport and travel will continue through the evening and night.
Before I go let's have a look back at five things we found out today:
Image source, RSPCA
BBC Look North
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Peter Levy has a preview of tonight's Look North programme for you:
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