Nigel Wright is accused of deliberately spiking supermarket baby food in a £1.4m blackmail plot.

Police want to speak to this man as part of a murder investigation in Boston:

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Gediminas Vaitkus, 43, died on 2 August following an assault in Red Lion Street on 28 July.

Lincolnshire Police had earlier appealed for help to trace this man:

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Officers believe both men may have witnessed the incident.

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A Spalding coffee shop has lost its licence after being caught holding a party during the height of the coronavirus lockdown.

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All the lights had been switched off when police officers arrived at Rafael's Coffee Shop on Westlode Street on 20 June following reports that customers were inside.

Officers found 20 people eating, drinking and playing music.

Licence holder Jorge Carmezin said he had not opened for financial gain and had been hosting a child’s birthday party, but admitted he was wrong to do so.

South Holland District Council panel ruled Mr Carmezin's licence should be revoked due to a "blatant disregard for the guidelines in place".

The cafe has 21 days to appeal at magistrates' court against the loss of the licence.

Councillor Anthony Casson, portfolio holder for public protection, said: “Lockdown has been incredibly difficult for businesses and individuals across the district and nationwide who have been forced to close and face a loss of income due to the tough, but necessary, regulations in place.

"When the vast majority have followed these rules perfectly, despite the potential personal cost, it is important that we take steps against those who break them, potentially putting public health at risk."

Rafael's Coffee Shop, in Spalding, hosted a child's birthday party during the coronavirus lockdown.

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After multiple delays to the reopening date, Lincoln Odeon on Brayford Pool will finally be returning - and it is on the same day as its new competitor, the Everyman cinema in the Cornhill, external.

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Investigations are continuing after a man was stabbed and seriously injured in a Lincolnshire village earlier this week.

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It happened at about 19:30 on Monday night on Howell Road in Heckington.

The 32-year-old victim was stabbed in the chest and behind the ear and was taken to hospital for treatment for his injuries, which are not believed to be life-threatening.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident, police say.

Anyone who saw what happened, or who has information about the stabbing, is being asked to contact Lincolnshire Police.

A fossil hunter from Lincolnshire has found a bone which experts believe belongs to a previously unknown species of dinosaur.

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Palaeontologists at the University of Southampton believe four bones found at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight last year belong to a new species of theropod dinosaur related to the Tyrannosaurus rex.

They've named it Vectaerovenator inopinatus.

One of the bones was found by James Lockyer, from Spalding, during a visit to the island.

"It looked different from marine reptile vertebrae I have come across in the past," he said.

"I was searching a spot at Shanklin and had been told, and read, that I wouldn't find much there.

"However, I always make sure I search the areas others do not, and on this occasion it paid off."

David Turner died in hospital on 19 May, three days after he was found with a head injury in Lincoln.

A man's been charged with the killing of a 50-year-old man in Lincoln earlier this year.

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David Turner (pictured) died three days after being found with a head injury on 16 May after an incident near the University Bridge.

Adnan Mehmed, 38, of Park Street in Lincoln, has now been charged with Mr Turner's manslaughter, police say.

He has been released on bail and is due to appear before Lincoln Magistrates' Court in October, according to Lincolnshire Police.

Have you seen Danielle Dodd? She's gone missing from Lincoln with a young child and police are trying to find her.

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It's believed Ms Dodd may be in the Spalding area after having taken the 13:30 train there from Lincoln on Tuesday.

She has a four-year-old girl with her, police say.

Anyone who has seen Ms Dodd, or who has information about here whereabouts, is being asked to contact Lincolnshire Police.

Two mothers found metal in Heinz baby food as a result of Nigel Wright's £1.4m plot, a jury hears.

The safety of workers in the food processing industry during the coronavirus pandemic must be a priority, a Lincolnshire MP has said.

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Sir John Hayes, Conservative MP for South Holland and the Deepings, says he's in close contact with public health officials after recent rises in Covid-19 infections in neighbouring counties.

The Bakkavor dessert factory in nearby Newark is testing its entire workforce following a spike in coronavirus cases in the last few days.

Sir John says he'll be keeping a close eye on the situation in Lincolnshire:

A Lincolnshire allotment group says they're in big demand and that their waiting lists have tripled since April.

Plots on Willoughby Road in Boston have been increasingly hard to come by since lockdown began.

Paul Collingwood, who's on the committee there, says they're particularly popular with doctors and nurses who need some relaxing time out:

Lincoln re-sign Tottenham's Timothy Eyoma on a season-long loan and bring in fellow defender Adam Jackson from Hibernian for an undisclosed fee.

Armed officers have been deployed in part of Lincoln after what police say is a report of a youth holding "what may have been a firearm" in the Tower Drive area (pictured).

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Police say they received the call at about midday today and the force helicopter has since been seen over various points in the city.

The report remains "unconfirmed", according to Lincolnshire Police.

Armed officers were spotted going into the Arboretum but have since left.

A police spokesperson says: "There will be a continuing police presence in the area as we continue to investigate this incident."

A woman in her 80s has died from the injuries she suffered in a collision last week in Tetney.

The crash, involving a blue Suzuki Alto and a white Mercedes van, happened on the A1031 Humberston Road at about 10:00 on Friday.

The woman was a passenger in the Suzuki. The drivers of both vehicles were also taken to hospital for treatment.

Police are still appealing for witnesses.

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Men with their trousers down, youths leaping between rooftops and people spitting and throwing items from the roof are just some of the incidents which have recently taken place at Lincoln’s council-owned car parks, according to a new report.

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The report includes a full breakdown of 706 incidents which took place across the facilities between January and December last year and 211 incidents between January and 15 July this year.

They include:

• Two males caught on the stairwell with their trousers down
• A teenage girl sliding down a fourth floor bannister who fell off and landed on the second floor

• Seven youths causing antisocial behaviour, including throwing a shopping trolley
• An incident involving youths throwing manhole covers

Documents before councillors say antisocial behaviour issues have "manifested across the city centre and have become a recurring problem, particularly within our multi-storey car parks".

City of Lincoln’s Police Scrutiny Committee will next week examine plans for a Public Space Protection Order aimed at giving the council and its officers further tools to tackle antisocial behaviour in the city's car parks.

If given the go-ahead, the order will cover the Lucy Tower (pictured), Broadgate and Lincoln Central multi-storey car parks.

The Gainsborough MP Sir Edward Leigh has called on the government to allow football fans to go back to non-league matches.

He's tweeted that The Northolme, which is where Gainsborough Trinity play, has enough capacity to allow social distancing. Sir Edward says he will ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden to look at the situation.

The man in charge of seven Lincolnshire schools says the government is right to press ahead with plans to get children back to class after they were closed due to coronavirus.

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David Hampson, head of the Toll Bar Multi Academy Trust, says he "understands" people's concerns, but warns of a "massive impact" if children don't return to school in September.

Mr Hampson's comments come as the Education Secretary says there is little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in schools.

Gavin Williamson says the government is being guided by the best science as it accelerates plans to reopen schools to all pupils in England next month.

He has suggested an upcoming study would support the government's position on reopening schools.

Mr Hampson says if children don't go back to school soon, the country will face the problem of a "lost generation".

He adds: "The whole economy is going to collapse. Let's be honest, parents going to work rely on their children being in school."

A total of 400,000 cubic metres of sand has been pumped onto Lincolnshire's beaches recently, according to the Environment Agency.

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The sand helps protect 20,000 homes, 24,000 static caravans and 35,000 hectares of farmland between Mablethorpe and Skegness.

The Environment Agency says the work is vital in protecting the coastline.

The annual replenishment work has just finished after it was delayed for two months because of the coronavirus pandemic.