Lincolnshire breaking news: Latest updates

Summary

Parking row in Gainsborough after £100 fines
Future of Lincoln's walk-in centre to be discussed
Lincolnshire schools return to longer summer holidays
Updates on Friday 16 June 2017

Live Reporting

Paul Russell and Hope Bolger

Clinton Sentance 'will be risk for foreseeable future'published at 11:07 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
The life sentence given to a man from Gainsborough who carried out terrifying knifepoint robberies in the town has been welcomed by police.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police
Clinton Sentance, 36, admitted targeting pensioners in their homes.
He tied them up and threatened them with a knife.
The judge jailed him for life with a minimum of 10 years.
Detective Inspector Mark Kirwan says Sentance needs to be off the streets for a very long time:
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This individual in my view will always be a risk. This allows the state, probation and the police to control him as much as possible because I foresee him being a risk to the public for the foreseeable future.
Mark Kirwan, Detective Inspector
Lincoln landscaper shortlisted for national awardpublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
A landscaper from Lincoln has been shortlisted for a top prize in a national competition for being a so-called "trade hero".
Addam Smith brought together a group of about 50 builders and tradesmen called Band of Builders who helped to renovate the home of a friend, Keith Ellwick, who had terminal cancer.
Mr Smith's been nominated in the Trade Hero category of the Building Better Communities competition.
Claire Harding, one of the competition's organisers, says a lot of people nominated Mr Smith:
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They were saying all kinds of wonderful things about Addam and the work that he does and is doing to set up band of builders. They felt compelled to support him because he got lots of tradesmen from across the area to pitch in and do their bit."
Claire Harding, Building Better Communities competition
Parking row in Gainsborough after £100 finespublished at 10:18 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Lucy Parry
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
There are calls for signs at Marshall's Yard car park in Gainsborough to be changed after drivers were hit with £100 parking fines.
Three drivers claim they've been hit with fines after arriving just before 18:00 and paying for four hours.
They stayed longer, but believed they didn't have to pay more because signs state restrictions end at 18:00. If they'd arrived after, it would have been free.
Local businessman John Hal, who knows the drivers affected, says the sign should be reworded to make the situation clear:
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It's all right them saying we've got to cover ourselves for people abusing it, but that's a nonsense because that means if they'd waited until after 18:00 they could've abused it. That's the silly part of it...absolutely ludicrous."
John Hal
The site is run by Creative Parking Solutions, which hasn't responded to the BBC's request for a response, but Marshall's Yard says customers should read the one of the 25 signs outlining parking policy:
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We are sorry to hear that one of our customers has had this experience when visiting our centre. The car park at Marshall's Yard is managed by a separate company and we have worked hard with them to ensure that we operate a fair policy in line with many town centre car parks in the region."
Marshall's Yard
Learn CPR to save a lifepublished at 09:51 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Paul Russell
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
The BBC Radio Lincolnshire campaign to get 10,000 people to learn CPR has moved a step closer.
Almost 4,700 have now been taught the life saving skill.
You can get involved by emailing savealife@bbc.co.uk
Future of walk-in centre to be discussedpublished at 09:27 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
David Sykes
Reporter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Lincoln's new Labour MP, Karen Lee, will meet health managers today to discuss the future of the city's only NHS walk-in centre.
There are plans to close it and replace it with extended GP opening times.
Around a hundred people use the centre on Monks Road every day, but the Clinical Commissioning Group says most don't need treatment.
Changing term times... backpublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
David Sykes
Reporter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Three Lincolnshire schools which tried having shorter summer holidays have gone back to the original timetable.
Tall Oaks Academy Trust in Gainsborough made the changes a few years ago because it thought it would improve attendance and give parents more flexibility with taking leave.
But it saw increased costs to keep the schools running over the holidays and problems for parents.
Executive head Sue Wilson explains:
The headlines this morningpublished at 08:27 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Corazon Garcia
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Here are the top stories from the Lincolnshire newsroom this morning...
- Lincoln's new Labour MP, Karen Lee, is meeting health bosses today to find out more about the planned closure of the city's only NHS walk-in centre
- A man who targeted pensioners in a series of knifepoint robberies in Lincolnshire is starting life in jail
- Three Lincolnshire schools which tried out having shorter summer holidays have gone back to the original timetable
Weather: Today's forecastpublished at 08:07 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Cloudy but warm today...
Good morning, welcome to today's live coveragepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Paul Russell
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Hello, it's Paul in Lincoln here, ready to bring you all the very latest news, sport, travel and weather updates from across the county until18:00.
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Five things we've learned todaypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Paul Russell
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Well that's it from me today, we'll be back tomorrow from 08:00.
Updates will continue here throughout the night.
Before I go, here are five things we didn't know this morning....
1. A man who carried out what have been described as outrageous and chilling crimes in Gainsborough has been jailed for life
2. City of Lincoln Council is reassuring residents of local tower blocks that safety checks are up to date and fire safety is reviewed regularly
3. A cyclist in his seventies has died after falling from his bike in Skegness
4. A 27-year-old soldier from Sleaford says he desperately needs a stem cell donor because he has a rare form of blood cancer
5. And Lincolnshire has two new blue plaques to celebrate BBC Music Day
Tonight's weatherpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
A warm night in Lincolnshire:
Rogue traders at work on Lincolnshire coastpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
If you live in the Skegness area you're being warned to be vigilant because of rogue traders operating in the resort.
Two men in a white van are offering to do garden work, police say.
They're then demanding more than the agreed amount, or not carrying out the work they've been paid for.
New look High Street in Lincolnpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Paul Russell
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
An artist's impression of what the bottom of Lincoln's High Street will look like in the future...
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Police say victims could have diedpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A man who carried out what have been described as outrageous and chilling crimes in Gainsborough has been jailed for life.
Clinton Sentance targeted pensioners in their own homes over two days in March.
He tied them up and threatened them with a knife.
The 36-year-old from Tennyson Street admitted three charges of robbery and has been told he will serve a minimum of 10 years.
Lincolnshire blue plaque tribute to Sir Neville Marrinerpublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
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With the news that a special blue plaque has been unveiled in tribute to world-renowned conductor Sir Neville Marriner at his birthplace in Lincolnshire, did you know?:
- Born in Lincoln in 1924, Sir Neville studied at the Royal College of Music and the Paris Conservatoire
- He started his musical career with the London Symphony Orchestra and went on to establish the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville was widely honoured for his work, which includes recording the soundtrack for the 1984 film, Amadeus
- He became the oldest conductor to lead at the Proms, in 2014 at the age of 90
- He died in October 2016, just months after being made a Companion of Honour by the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace
Robber targeted elderly victims at homepublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Two victims aged 75 and an 88-year-old woman were targeted in their own homes by Clinton Sentance.
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Pensioner dies after falling from bikepublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Paul Russell
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A cyclist in his 70s has died after falling from his bike in Skegness.
The air ambulance was called to a beach track off Buckthorn Avenue at around 10:30 today.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
Two new blue plaques for the countypublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Melvyn Prior
Presenter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
BBC Music Day has left its mark in Lincolnshire!
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"Outrageous and chilling" robber jailedpublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A man form Gainsborough has been sent to prison for life for a spate of robberies, including one where a 75-year-old man was tied up and threatened at knifepoint.
Clinton Sentance of Tennyson Street admitted three charges of robbery in the town in March this year.
The 36-year-old has been told he'll serve a minimum of 10 years.
The judge at Lincoln Crown Court called his crimes 'outrageous and chilling'.
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Praise for local RAF personnelpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 15 June 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
The Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has praised the work of RAF personnel in Lincolnshire who are carrying out a major training exercise in Romania.
Typhoons from RAF Coningsby will perform air policing missions alongside the Romanian Air Force this summer.
It's because of continuing tensions with Russia and nine other NATO countries are also part of 'Exercise Noble Jump.'