Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

That's all for our live updates for this week, but do keep checking back with the BBC news website for breaking news over the weekend.

I'll leave you with five things we didn't know this morning:

• A fire at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital caused 25 patients to be moved and nine staff to be treated for smoke inhalation
• A paedophile rugby coach from Woodhall Spa has been jailed for three years after a police sting
• Work on Lincoln's bus station has begun in earnest
• The last Dambuster says we should support the IBCC, not a campaign to get him a knighthood
• Paddington Bear is in Skegness, giving unusually hard stares...

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Nine members of staff at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a kitchen area.

Ambulances are no longer being diverted to other hospitals and the A&E department has been fully re-opened.

Although acute stroke service will continue after 18:00 this evening, the hospital trust doesn't know when the ward itself will reopen.

If you've missed the story so far, here's a recap:

Dave Wade
BBC Local Live

Tomorrow this beauty will be officially named the Joel and April Grunnill.

Today, it's arriving on Lincolnshire's shoreline in style, watch this:

The boat is being named after two members of the Grunnill family who have donated hundreds of thousands of pounds towards buying the new boat.

Last month Skegness waved goodbye to "The Lincolnshire Poacher" which was retired from the lifeboat station there.

A Lincolnshire rugby coach with a self-confessed interest in young girls has been jailed for three years after being ensnared by a police sting.

Jacob Cook, 30, from Woodhall Spa, was caught by an officer pretending to be a 13-year-old girl online.

Cook requested photos of the girl and asked to take her virginity.

He also admitted three charges of making a total of 230 indecent images of children.

The man was jailed for three years and given a seven-year sexual harm prevention order.

Sentencing, Judge John Pini said that paedophile offences are "very worryingly on the increase".

Helen Gardner
BBC Radio Lincolnshire Reporter

Away from the fire at Pilgrim Hospital, which caused a ward to be evacuated , Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue have been attending a different blaze in Skegness.

East Midlands Ambulance Service say that three people were treated by paramedics at the scene.

One person has been taken to Lincoln County Hospital for treatment.

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

£5.4m worth of government funding will be spent improving the A17, according to Lincolnshire County Council.

Image source, Google

Improvements to the A17 at Gedney, Holbeach and in Sleaford are planned.

The county council also intend on spending some of the money improving junctions on Wragby Road in Lincoln, making significant repairs to the Louth Bypass and sprucing up bus shelters across the county.

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

You may have experienced the disruption in Lincoln caused by the building work on the transport hub.

Well, good news is, it's taking shape nicely:

Image source, City of Lincoln Council

You may have seen the assembly of the multi-storey car park (pictured in the background) taking shape in the last few weeks.

Now the first pieces of the new bus station have been erected on the site.

The £30m Transport Hub project will include 1,000 parking spaces, the new bus station, and improvements to the railway station.

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

How he's going to get his marmalade sandwiches out from underneath this hat I don't know, but Paddington Bear has arrived in Skegness:

Image source, Hildreds Shopping Centre

The famous teddy bear has been immortalised in cement for a Marie Curie cancer event at Hildred's Shopping Centre in Skegness.

A Mr Brown sculpture will also be joining the young bear for the Easter event, which includes a hunt for marmalade sandwiches hidden around the shopping centre.

But children should be on their best behaviour because this bear will give a VERY hard stare... 

Image source, Hildreds Shopping Centre

Double TT race winner Gary Johnson will run his own team at this year's event in the Isle of Man.

Image source, Isle of Man TT

The Lincolnshire rider will run the all-new GSX-R Suzuki in the Superbike, Senior and Superstock races and Triumphs in the two Supersport races.

He told  BBC Sport : "I'm feeling as strong as I've felt over the last few years and although it's a massive undertaking to run my own team, I'm really focused."

Rod Whiting
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

The last surviving Dambuster has been at Lincoln's International Bomber Command Centre memorial today to present a £6,500 donation to the centre.

Martin Withers and the Vulcan to the Skies trust donated the money after Nicki Barr from the centre told the BBC the centre still needs £2m before it can open to the public.

George "Johnny" Johnson, 95, who took part in the 1943 air raid on German dams, presented the cheque today:

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire Police are increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 24-year-old man who's been missing for more than two weeks.

James Dalrymple was last seen on 15 March and may have travelled to London. He is slim, 5'8" tall with short, fair hair.

Police want him to make contact with family, police or the  Missing People, external  charity. 

Image source, Lincs Police

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

A fire at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital this morning was tackled without any injuries, here's what we know:

• Fire services were called just after 06:00 this morning to a fire on the ninth floor of the hospital
• Police say early indications suggest the cause of the fire was a microwave oven
• "Quick-thinking" fire officers and hospital staff moved around 25 patients out of ward 9A, preventing injuries.

Image source, Kevin Brockelsby

• The hospital trust says day case appointments and operations have been cancelled, but outpatient appointments are going ahead as planned
• The blaze caused smoke damage to the building and people working at the hospital have said some units still smell like smoke

• Eight engines were at the hospital this morning. That's been scaled back to just two
• Fire officers have yet to confirm the exact cause of the fire

Image source, Louise Rutt

Charlotte Wright
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Let's have a quick look at some of the top stories in our Lincolnshire newsroom today:

• Quick-thinking firefighters prevented injuries to patients in a fire in Boston's Pilgrim Hospital
• A new crime plan hopes to tackle the abuse of elderly people and those with learning difficulties
• The last surviving Dambusters veteran says we should donate to the International Bomber Command Centre rather than campaigning for his knighthood
• Plans for a path around the entire English coast reach Lincolnshire
• A Good Samaritan in the Lincolnshire Wolds has cleaned the village sign with a mop

Jake Zuckerman
BBC Look North

Quick-thinking firefighters and hospital staff have been praised for their work moving about 25 patients from a ward after a fire at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.

The speedy actions of the crew meant the blaze was extinguished without any injuries to staff or patients.

Matt King is from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue:

The blaze caused some smoke damage to the one of the wards in the hospital:

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

It's an ambitious plan, but Natural England are working on creating a good quality path along the entire English coast.

They're currently working on sections between Mablethorpe and Skegness.

Although there are paths already on England's coast, the hope is to link them all up and improve them.

Andrew Best, senior adviser at Natural England, says some areas have better paths than others, and it's a case of "joining these bits together".

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

The last surviving Dambuster has responded to a campaign to give him a knighthood by telling people to donate to the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) in Lincolnshire.

Johnny Johnson, who took part in the experimental bouncing bomb attack on German dams in 1943, says people should "dig deep" and support the memorial near Lincoln.

The IBCC (pictured) still needs £2m before it's completed.

Hope Bolger
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

I'm at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston this morning where the fire service has been attending to a fire.

There's been a fire, which police say was caused by a microwave on the ninth floor.

This is the scene now, some of the fire engines have left:

Keith Brockelsby who is a patient in the hospital has sent us these photos from earlier:

Image source, Keith Brockelsby

Image source, Keith Brockelsby

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Ambulances to Boston's Pilgrim Hospital are being diverted to other sites after a minor fire this morning.

Image source, Louise Rutt

Lincolnshire Police say that the fire is thought to have started at just after 06:00 today.

They say early indications suggest it was caused by a kitchen microwave.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals says that the incident is under control and there is no immediate danger to staff or patients.

Day case appointments and operations have been cancelled, outpatient appointments are still going ahead.

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire's Police and Crime Commissioner says the abuse of elderly people and those with learning difficulties are a priority for future policing.

Marc Jones (pictured below) says the police will work with partners to "disrupt threats to the vulnerable" including "targeted scamming".

It comes as part of the PCC's new plan for tackling crime in the county.

Other priorities identified by the commissioner are:

• Reducing re-offending with a new offender management programme.

• New compassionate services that support victims of domestic abuse and sexual crime through the criminal justice process.
• Support for Neighbourhood Watch-style volunteer schemes.
• Investment in technology to help officers spend less time at a desk and more time on the beat.