Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter

The In Bloom team in Cleethorpes who've won numerous awards are suspending their work until they get a commitment from the council. 

They've told us they want assurances that North East Lincolnshire Council will continue supporting the work they do to keep the resort looking good. 

No decision has been made by the council but they are considering "a range of options". 

Lincolnshire Echo

Police have raided a cannabis farm just as the crop was being harvested, external.

Officers arrived at premises in North Kyme where they searched outbuildings, Lincoln Crown Court heard.

Image source, Lincolnshire Echo

Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live

Animal rights campaigners are planning to gather outside a circus when it visits Weston near Spalding this weekend.

They're protesting against the use of animals in Circus Mondao - which begins a week long run at the site from tomorrow.

The troupe use Llamas, horses and a camel and Ringmistress Petra Jackson says they're extremely well looked after.   

Hope Bolger
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Now, a lot of Lincoln City fans will tell you that they've been fans since they were children but can they claim to be fans since they were less than 24 hours old?

Well little Freddie Carrot can!

He was registered to the Junior Imps Club on the day he was born and now, at ten days old, he's met manager Danny Cowley.

Danny says the Junior Club is very important to him and the team:

Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live

We told you yesterday that DEFRA is extending bird flu restrictions in areas deemed as "high risk" until at least April.

This means that farmers will have to continue to keep their birds indoors and that eventually their free-range status will expire. 

Image source, DEFRA

Alison Pratt from the NFU says because of how DEFRA classifies the risk, a lot of their members in Lincolnshire are being affected:

A woman had to be rescued from a house after arsonists attacked a property in Scunthorpe.

The unnamed woman was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary from the incident on Frodingham Road in Scunthorpe.

The fire was reported, external at 22:25 on 8 February.

She is receiving treatment for non-life threatening injuries. 

Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live

Three fire crews had to be called to house on Alexander Drive in Louth yesterday evening after fire broke out just before 17:00.

No one was hurt in the blaze but Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say the house was badly damaged by the heat and the smoke. 

Firefighters say it was started by an electrical fault in a heat lamp.

BBC Weather Watchers

We didn't exactly get a white Christmas but a few of us are getting a light dusting this morning.

Make sure you clear your windshield and that doesn't just go for cars.

Katie O'Halloran
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

The latest from the Lincolnshire newsroom:

• Animal rights campaigners are planning to protest outside a circus visiting Lincolnshire
• The NFU is reacting to the latest Bird Flu precautions 
• The Junior Imps Club has welcomed youngest-ever fan

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

We've got another cloudy day ahead of us with occasional snow showers breaking up the day.

It's a bit too wet for it too settle however.

Feeling cold in the rather sharp winds.

BBC Travel

It's busy along the A46 this morning around junctions and roundabouts but that isn't too unusual for this time of day. 

There's light snow in Lincoln which shouldn't cause problems but you may want to give yourself some extra time for the journey.

Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live

Hello from Lincoln, Alex here, braving the light flurries of snow to bring you all the latest from across the county.

You can tell me what's happening where you are through email or through Facebook , externaland Twitter, external.

Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live

That's all from me today, I hope we've been able to keep you up-to-date with all things Lincolnshire.

Your news, sport and weather updates will continue through the evening.  

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow but until then I'll leave you with five things we've learned today:

• The free range status of some Lincolnshire poultry farmers could be in jeopardy because of bird flu measures  
• Typhoon aircraft from RAF Coningsby have been scrambled to monitor Russian bombers off the Scottish coast 
• A&E units across the country are struggling to meet waiting time targets and Lincolnshire's are trailing behind the average
• The mayor of Skegness wants to burst pranksters' bubbles
• He might be the most important Yellowbelly you've never heard of and now he's going to be immortalised in bronze

Have a good evening.

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

Remaining cold and largely cloudy with scattered, mainly light, showers being blown in on the easterly breeze.

There'll be a bit of snow here and there but it's unlikely to settle.  

BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Two men have been jailed for stealing 120 phones and £400 after holding up staff at the Carphone Warehouse in Spalding.

Kurtis Lampty, 27, of Hackney, and Reece Francis, 25, of Poplar, travelled from east London in a stolen Audi Q5 on 14 May 2015 before entering the shop at 18:00.

Lincoln Crown Court heard staff were terrified that the pair, who were on prison licence from previous convictions, were going to stab them.

Lampty has been jailed for three years and Francis has been jailed for two years and eight months.

BBC Travel

While there are no major issues this evening we do have a widespread congestion and a few build-up points across the county focused around roadworks.

The ones to look out for on the A15 Owmby-by-Spital, the A15 Main Road in Thurlby and the A606 Scotgate in Stamford.

Alex Rhodes
BBC Lincolnshire Live

We told you earlier about the campaign by Sleaford shoppers to hold on to their Argos after news that the site it's a part of has been bought out.

Image source, google maps

Argos have confirmed the store will be shutting down, but they're looking to relocate within the town:

The Lincolnite

Parents who have lost a child are being invited to remember the lives of their loved ones , externalat an event at Whisby Nature Park.  

Image source, The Lincolnite

Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

The latest from the Lincolnshire newsroom:

• Typhoons from RAF Coningsby have been scrambled to monitor two Russian bombers off the coast of Scotland
• Lincolnshire A&E units are failing to live up to NHS waiting targets
• Campaigners trying to protect a heart unit from closure have delivered a petition to Downing Street

Lincolnshire Reporter

A former cancer patient has donated more than £37,000 to the chemotherapy suite at Pilgrim Hospital , externaland the Boston Cancer Leukaemia Fund.  

Image source, Lincolnshire reporter