BBC Radio Humberside

A former nurse from North Lincolnshire wants the government to do more to look after nurses.

It comes as the Royal College of Nursing announce they're doing a survey to see if there is support for strike action. 

The union say nurses have had a real term cut to their pay of 14% since 2010 which they say is in part responsible for tens of thousands of unfilled nursing posts. 

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Former nurse James Derby from Barton told Radio Humberside he doesn't think there should be a strike but can understand why some feel they should, and the current situation is down to the central government. 

The Department for Health say as is usual, the government accepted independent recommendations about this year's pay decision.

They say there are an extra 12,100 nurses on our wards since 2010.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Staff on Virgin Trains East Coast are to stage a 48-hour strike in a row over the role of guards and jobs, the RMT union has announced.

The stoppage, on 28 and 29 April, follows recent strikes by three other train operators in rows over staffing.

The union said it wanted "explicit clarification" from Virgin on the future role of guards.

Virgin, which operates services between London and Scotland via Lincolnshire, has yet to comment.

Katie O'Halloran
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

There's been a dramatic increase in the amount of fly-tipping in Lincoln. 

In the year up to April there were 757 reports - compared with 456 for the same period last year. 

In some other parts of the county fly-tipping figures have fallen. 

The City of Lincoln Council says it's concerned about the rise, but adds there's no evidence it's to do with the closure of a tip at Whisby on the outskirts of the city last year.

Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live

Poultry farmers in Lincolnshire will no longer need to keep their flocks indoors. A ban on keeping birds outside is being lifted from today. 

Image source, PA

It means free range egg producers who put their birds outside can remove stickers from boxes. DEFRA says if egg producers continue to keep the birds indoors they cannot label their eggs as free-range.  

Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live

Here's the front page of The New European newspaper, which is out now. What do you make of it?

It shows the Jolly Fisherman on Skegness beach - but not with his usual welcoming message.

The Mayor of Skegness Dick Edginton and the town's MP Matt Warman say they don't like it.

Let me know what you think - get in touch via Facebook, external, Twitter , externalor email. 

BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Here's a tweet from the Red Arrows' Dye Team. 

They're the people responsible for loading up the canisters of coloured smoke which trail from the jets as they cut through the skies.

Looks like we're in for another show above Lincolnshire today:

Corazon Garcia
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Here are the top stories from our Lincolnshire newsroom:

• Anger after national newspaper says Skegness will 'shut down' because of Brexit
• Dramatic increase in flytipping reported in Lincoln
• Relief for county farmers as bird flu restrictions to be lifted from today

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

A chilly and dry start with some early sunshine particularly in the east. 

Cloud will become more extensive during the day with a chance of catching the odd shower, particularly in the west. 

Highs of 12C (54F).

Here's my forecast:

Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live

Good morning! We're back again for another day to bring you the latest from across the county.

We'll be bringing you live news, sport, weather and travel as it happens throughout the day.

Got something going on near you? Or something you want to tell us about? You can get in touch via Facebook, external, Twitter , externalor email.

Referrals from local GPs, dentists and opticians went missing, impacting dozens of patients.

Hope Bolger
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

That's all from me today, we'll be back with more of the latest news, travel, sport and weather from tomorrow at 08:00.

Until then I'll leave you with five things we've learned today:

• International Bomber Command Centre near Lincoln have had to delay the opening until next year.
• Work is continuing at a church near Skegness to repair damage caused by vandals.
• A chicken processing company in Lincolnshire has been fined two hundred thousand pounds
• For the first time in 41 years Cleethorpes Carnival will not take place this summer
• North Lincolnshire health bosses have been explained why people were left waiting for medical attention

BBC Look North
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Watch the full stories on BBC One at 18:30.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire Police want to speak to this man over allegations that a boy was touched and another had a towel pulled from him at a swimming pool.

One of the boys was touched on the arm, the other had a towel pulled from him. It is possible the man wanted to take pictures of the boys, police think.

Officers say the incident was on Monday, 27 March at Spalding pool at around 18:30 BST.   

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Image source, Lincolnshire Police.

If you have any information contact call 101. 

A new primary school in the Poplar Farm Estate will open in September 2018. It's being set up by the Community Inclusive Trust (C.I.T. Academies).

Poplar Farm School will be a free school. These are state-funded schools that are independent of local authority control. 

Image source, C.I.T. Academies

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

Any showers will soon fade and winds will ease. 

Cloud will also start to disperse allowing temperatures to drop sufficiently for a touch of rural ground frost by dawn. Lows of 4C (39F).

Here's my forecast:

Hope Bolger
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Now I don't know about you, but after one cloudy day I'm already missing the sunshine.

So here's a couple of photos to inject some summer in to your Wednesday afternoon.

And the sun shining through the stained glass windows has been creating rainbows in the cathedral.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire

A chicken processing company has been fined £200,000 after admitting breach of health and safety regulations.

An engineer was injured when testing cutting machinery at Moy Park plant at Anwick, Sleaford.  

Barry Tye was injured in January when carrying out checks on a machine in the factory. 

Prosecutor Alexander Stein told Lincoln Crown Court the production line should not have been restarted while an engineer was working on it. 

The centre, dedicated to the personnel of Bomber Command, had been due to open in September.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire

It's less than a week after we launched our Save a Life Campaign with LIVES, external, St John Ambulance, external and the British Heart Foundation, external, and so far 376 people have already been trained in life-saving skills.

Only one in 10 people survive a cardiac arrest out of hospital. We want to improve that figure by getting 10,000 people in the county trained in CPR. 

And it's super easy to get involved just email and you'll get a response telling you how to sign up

East Midlands Ambulance Service paramedic Joel Warwick also twice tried to kiss his colleague.