Summary

  • National paper says Skegness will 'shut down' after Brexit

  • Staff on Virgin East Coast trains to stage strike

  • Bird flu restrictions lifted from today

  • Increase in fly-tipping in Lincoln

  • Updates on Thursday 13 April 2017

Live Reporting

Martin Slack

  1. Watch: Here's Peter with tonight's headlines

    BBC Look North
    East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

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

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  2. Fire services dealing with fire at woods

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say that they're dealing with a blaze in woodland in Laughton:

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  3. Hospital trust back in special measures: Your views

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    You've been having your say on the news that the trust responsible for the county's largest hospitals is back in special measures:

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    Any organisation is only as good as its management. Maybe the board of ULHT should receive performance related pay."

    Frank Slater, Facebook

    Frankly it is successive governments that need to be put in special measures. Lincolnshire has struggled with recruitment and funding for years."

    Jane Crofts, Facebook

    Patient care is good. That is the most important bit."

    Anne Emerson, Facebook

    To be put BACK in special measures is simply not good enough. The trust can spin this anyway they want."

    Baz Aveyard, Facebook

  4. Woman in hospital after A631 crash

    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    A woman's been taken to hospital after two vehicles collided in Gainsborough.

    The vehicles involved are a blue Toyota Rav4 and a black Mercedes-Benz. The road is still closed. 

  6. Traffic and travel: A52 partially blocked near Grantham

    BBC News Travel

    The A52 Bridge End Road is partially blocked by a broken down lorry.

    It's backing up traffic back to Whalebone Lane so try and take a different route if you're heading that way. 

  7. Big interest in Royal Mail Christmas Stamp competition

    School children in the Yorkshire and Humber region have contributed an impressive 11,500 entries to Royal Mail’s Design a Christmas Stamp competition.

    Over 200,000 entries have been submitted to the competition so far.

    Children, aged 4 to 11-years-old, across the UK can win the chance to have their festive designs featured on this year’s 1st or 2nd Class Christmas stamp

    The theme of the competition is “What does the Christmas season mean to you?”.

  8. Watch: This evening's weather

    Owain Wyn Evans
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    A breezy end to the day with cloud increasing from the north. 

    It will stay dry overnight but cloudy and breezy with a fresh and gusty westerly wind and a minimum temperature of 8C (46F).

    Here's my forecast:

  9. Man stabbed in the hand during incident

    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    A man's being treated for a stab wound to his hand after coming to the aid of a woman who was allegedly being robbed in Lincoln. 

    The police are investigating an incident outside Barclays Bank off Tritton Road this lunchtime. 

    A man's been arrested on suspicion of robbery and attempted grievous bodily harm.   

  10. Concern rising for missing Lincoln teenager

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    Police are looking for Leya Clephane-Lewis, aged 16, who has gone missing from supported accommodation in Lincoln.

    She wetn missing this morning and there is growing concern for her welfare.

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  11. Lutton deaths: 'Sheer disbelief' from neighbours

    BBC Look North
    East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

    More now on the two bodies found in a Lutton house.

    As we told you earlier one of the dead is believed to be 50-year-old Bernice Williams , who was reported missing a fortnight ago.

    Georgina Medcalf lives near the house:

    We're absolutely shocked, there's just sheer disbelief that it's happened. It's just unbelievable."

    Georgina Medcalf, Neighbour

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  12. Listen: Hoax 999 caller claimed girl had died

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    The East Midlands Ambulance Service is asking parents to talk to their children about not making hoax 999 calls.

    It's after the air ambulance, a fast response paramedic and two ambulances were sent out to this 999 call, voiced here by actors...

    EMAS said the call on Friday cost the emergency service nearly £2,500 and saw an ambulance diverted from a real emergency where someone was experiencing chest pains.

    AmbulanceEMAS

    EMAS said they received a further three hoax calls from children yesterday.

    Hoax calls can put people’s lives in danger by diverting resources away from genuine emergencies and can delay responses attending serious or life threatening emergency calls. They also place additional strain on emergency services at a time when the Trust is dealing with a rising number of 999 calls. Think - your life, or the life of someone you care about, could be put at risk by making a hoax call.”

    Simon Tomlinson , General Manager for EMAS Emergency Operations Centres

    EMAS said police are aware of this hoax call. It refused to say where the call was made.

  13. Trust in special measures: Some staff 'overloaded'

    Alex Rhodes
    BBC Lincolnshire Live

    More now on the news that the trust responsible for Lincoln County, Grantham and Boston Pilgrim hospitals has been put back in to special measures. 

    Inspectors found that staff were experiencing high levels of stress and some said they didn't "feel respected, valued, appreciated or comfortable raising concerns". 

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    Chief Nurse, Michelle Rhodes was praised by the Care Quality Commission for her efforts to improve patient services. But she says that the report was right to highlight the workload of staff:  

    We have a bunch of staff here that go out of their way to keep working. They do get tired. In the report some describe it as 'overloaded' and there are staff here who are overloaded."

    Michelle Rhodes, Chief Nurse

  14. Weather: Your weather this lunchtime

    BBC Weather

    Variable cloud with bright or hazy sunny spells. 

    It will be mostly dry but perhaps the odd light shower in places. 

    Moderate westerly winds will freshen later and a maximum temperature of 13C (55F).

    BBC weather graph

  15. Archbishop makes bee-line for Butlins

    Paul Russell
    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    The Archbishop of York will be attending a major religious festival on the Lincolnshire Coast today. 

    Dr John Sentamu will join thousands of worshippers at Spring Harvest, a five day event being held at Butlins in Skegness. 

    The theme for this year is "one for all" - a chance for people to talk about unity as well as divisions in society. 

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    Lisa Holmes from Spring Harvest says they are thrilled that the Archbishop will be taking part

    We feel really privileged that he's coming down and we're excited to see what he's going to say to us all tonight.

    Lisa Holmes, Spring Harvest

  16. Burglary in Woodhall Spa

    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    A large amount of fish, meat, bottled beer and soft drinks have been stolen from a shop in Woodhall Spa. 

    It happened sometime between 01:00 and 02:00 at the Tea House in the Woods on Coronation Road on Sunday 2 April. 

    Police want any witnesses to get in touch.  

  17. Landlord fined £5,000 over hazardous property

    A landlord has been fined £5,000 as part of a crack down against poorly managed and hazardous rented houses by North East Lincolnshire Council. 

    Bhupendrakumar Chhotubhai Patel, owner of Camelot Guest House in Isaacs Hill, Cleethorpes, was found guilty of six offences related to letting out the premise with insufficient fire protection and failing to manage the property correctly. 

    The property was found to be in such a dangerous state that an emergency prohibition order was served.

    Poor quality housing has all sorts of repercussions, not just on the quality of life of tenants, but also neighbouring properties and the wider community. "

    Coun Peter Wheatley , North East Lincolnshire Council

  18. Police extend deadline for assistant chief applications

    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    Officials at Lincolnshire Police have extended the deadline for applications for the vacant Assistant Chief Constable position. 

    The closing date is now 28 April. 

    Bill Skelly took over as chief at the start of February:

    BillLincolnshire Police

  19. Traffic and travel: Slow in Belton

    BBC News Travel

    Traffic is very slow in Belton at the moment.

    There's roadworks on the A607 at Belton Lane and it's causing problems in the area. Avoid it if you can.