The final bridge over Lincoln's new Eastern Bypass is being moved into place today.

It's being installed just off the roundabout on Greetwell Road.

It's nearly 40m long and 5m wide and will allow pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders to cross the bypass in the Greetwell Road area.

The new road is due to be complete in the Autumn.

It's one of the final pieces in the £120m Eastern Bypass project, external.

When completed, the new 4.7-mile stretch of road will start at a new roundabout on the A15 Sleaford Road and finish at the A158 Wragby Road.

It's aimed at improving Lincoln’s infrastructure, encourage growth and minimise traffic congestion.

Images of the canal at Kinoulton, Nottinghamshire, show only mud and puddles.

Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre is to get £25,000 from the government's Culture Recovery Fund, external, it's been confirmed.

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The theatre is entirely self-funded, so hasn't had any income since March due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Managers say they're hugely relieved they've been given the funding, which they say will help them cover running costs and support staff once the furlough scheme comes to an end.

Lincolnshire boxer Callum Johnson has had a street named after him on the estate where he grew up.

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Callum Johnson Close is part of a new housing development on the West Fenside Estate in Boston.

Callum became the Commonwealth light-heavyweight champion in 2016 and the British light-heavyweight champion in 2018.

He says: "Nothing really fazes me or I don’t really think too much about a lot of things and maybe take a lot of things for granted.

"But I can honestly say I’m actually very happy, very proud and very honoured."

Work to repair worn out road and footways along a stretch of Roman Bank in Skegness is due to start next month, it's been confirmed.

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The repairs, which will be carried out between the junctions for Burgh Road and Elmhirst Avenue, will begin on 7 September and are expected to take up to eight months to complete.

Councillor Richard Davies, Lincolnshire County council's executive member for highways, said:"This stretch of Roman Bank is a vital piece of our coast's infrastructure, but it is in desperate need of repair.

"However, thanks to the £3.6m in funding we received from the Department for Transport earlier this year, we can finally give it a new lease of life."

The stretch of road will be closed to vehicles while the work is carried out but remain open for pedestrian access.

Trains have started moving again on the East Coast Mainline between Grantham and Newark after services were brought to a standstill earlier.

A tree had caused damage to the overhead lines:

People looking for a job in Lincolnshire are being told there's been a huge surge in demand for couriers, security guards and care workers in the county.

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It comes as data from the employment website Adzuna shows a 50% drop in the number of roles advertised in Lincolnshire between April and July compared with the same months last year.

Employment advisors say despite the gloomy news, there are new opportunities:

Plans for a new community of over 3,000 homes near Lincoln have gone on show, with local residents now being asked for their views.

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The blueprint for the Canwick and Bracebridge Heath area, external would see the creation of a District Centre and Local Centre, as well as new employment land, and several new primary and secondary schools, according to North Kesteven District Council.

The aim is for developers to begin and complete building the community within the next 16 years, the council adds.

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Damage to overhead wires between Grantham and Newark North Gate is causing disruption to journeys on the East Coast Mainline.

LNER say Network Rail engineers are on route to the site but have warned of possible delays and cancellations to services.

It said the damage, caused by "part of a tree", is likely to cause disruption until at least 14:15, external.

Lincoln's newest cinema opens its doors today.

The Everyman Cinema's opening in Lincoln's Cornhill had been delayed because of the coronavirus.

Its opening comes as the city's Business Improvement Group says footfall is returning after being suppressed by the lockdown.

More than 1,000 properties are currently without power in Lincolnshire.

Western Power says nearly 900 are off in the Coningsby area.

Meanwhile, more than 250 are also affected around Lincoln.

Two workmen have been injured after a car drove over a hole in the road while they were working in it, police say.

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Lincolnshire Police said the two men were injured when the car drove down Chapel Street, in Market Rasen at about 14:05, despite it being closed due to gas works.

The force said their injuries are not believed to be serious.

Lincolnshire Police have confirmed they've found a wanted man they were searching for.

Officers had earlier said Daniel Taylor, 27, was wanted as a result of a "breach of notification requirements" following his release from prison.

Nigel Wright put metal shards in baby food in an attempt to extort £1.4m from the supermarket.

The new owners of Spalding United say they want to raise the club through the ranks of non-league football.

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Fashion company AK Holding, which owns the Yours and Bad Rhino brands, has just taken over the Tulips.

New CEO Leigh Porter says their plans include putting in new infrastructure.

Police are appealing for help to find a wanted man in Lincoln.

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Lincolnshire Police say they are searching for 27-year-old Daniel Taylor as a result of a "breach of notification requirements" following his release from prison

It is thought that he may be in the Lincoln city centre area.

Anyone who sees him is asked to contact police.

A sheep farmer from Lincolnshire has been found guilty of planting baby food laced with shards of metal in stores as part of a lengthy blackmail campaign against Tesco.

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Nigel Wright, 45, from Market Rasen, hatched a plot to get rich by deliberately contaminating jars of Heinz baby food between May 2018 and February 2020, the Old Bailey heard.

He sent dozens of letters and emails to the supermarket giant in a bid to extort £1.4m in bitcoin, jurors were told.

The court heard as a result of the letters, Tesco issued a recall of 42,000 jars of Heinz baby food and 140,000 jars of Cow and Gate baby food.

When Wright was tracked down to his family home outside Market Rasen police found photographs of contaminated baby food on his laptop - with some the same flavour as the Rochdale jars.

Officers also recovered some £100,000 in bitcoin which had been sent by undercover officers during the investigation.

A jury found Wright guilty of two counts of contaminating goods and three counts of blackmail for demanding cryptocurrency from Tesco in exchange for revealing where the contaminated food had been placed.

He was also convicted of a further charge of blackmail for allegedly demanding £150,000 worth of bitcoin from a driver with whom he had had a road rage altercation.

Mr Justice Warby listed the case for sentence on 28 September and asked for a psychiatric report on Wright to be prepared ahead of the hearing.

He warned the defendant he faced a "lengthy custodial sentence".

Dredging will soon begin on the river which flooded homes and farmland in Wainfleet last summer, it's been confirmed.

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An independent report said the relief channel to the River Steeping broke its banks because of heavy rainfall.

It also said pockets of silt and out of date flood defences were partly to blame.

The preparatory work has already started in readiness for dredging to begin in two weeks.

Work to install a gate in a canal lock in Lincolnshire has finally happened after months of delays caused by the coronavirus.

Karen Rice, the project leader from the Canal and Rivers Trust, says volunteers were "itching to get going" to install the gates, which weigh over two tonnes each, in the lock gate near Grantham.

The milestone is part of a project which hopes to eventually restore a canal route between the town and Nottingham. Parts of the route have been inaccessible for nearly a century.

Ms Rice project leader said it was "so frustrating for everyone to put everything on hold" for several months because of the pandemic.

The project is funded by the Canals and Rivers Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund and aims to showcase the history of the route as well as restore it using traditional techniques.

A theatre in Skegness says dozens of jobs are at risk at the venue as a result of the "devastating" impact of coronavirus on the entertainment industry.

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The Embassy Theatre, which employs between 35 to 40 people depending on the time of year, says it has lost about 95% of it's annual £1.3m income as a result of the pandemic.

Theatre manager Pollyanne Trapmore-Shaw said the venue, which regularly pulls in thousands of people during the summer, had been forced to cancel its entire 2020 calendar of events after closing its doors in late March.

In a statement posted online, external she said that, even when allowed to reopen, social distancing would mean the capacity would be reduced from more than 1,000 to between 100 and 300.

Ms Trapmore-Shaw said: "We've spent weeks and months exploring all possible options but now the Embassy Theatre has been forced to begin a redundancy consultation.

"It wasn't an easy decision but we've had to start this process in the hope that we can save at least some jobs and begin to look forward."