Charlotte Wright
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Here are your top news stories from the Lincoln newsroom:

• Officers in Lincolnshire are continuing to search for a man who escaped - handcuffed - from police custody
• Two vandals who wrenched two of Lincoln's Knights off their plinths and dumped one of them in the river have been arrested
• Lincoln's MP Karen Lee has been appointed as the Private Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell
• Two Lincolnshire police officers have been recognised for their bravery and given awards at a special ceremony
• Organisers of this weekend's 1940s Festival in Woodhall Spa say its going to be bigger than ever

Charlotte Wright
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Police officers want to talk to this man about an armed robbery in Lincoln earlier this week.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

He's 24-year-old Nathan Huntington and may be in the Worksop area.

Police want to speak to him in connection with an armed robbery at Betfred Bookmakers in Woodhall Drive on the Ermine Estate on Tuesday.

Rod Whiting
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Organisers of this weekend's Woodhall Spa 1940s Festival say its going to be bigger than ever.

The event, which began six years ago as a small village attraction, pulled in around 40,000 visitors last year.

Image source, Woodhall Spa 1940's Festival

The event is run by volunteers who've had to employ a traffic management company to cope with expected demand.

Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Two Lincolnshire Police officers have been given bravery awards at a ceremony last night.

Sergeant David Wilson and Sergeant Iain McIvor were off duty when they came across an armed robbery at a jewellers in Newark.

Watch below the moment they took on the robbers:

They were both honoured by the Police Federation at a ceremony last night.

Image source, Police Federation

Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Karen Lee MP has been appointed as the Private Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell.

It's just over a month since she was elected as Lincoln's MP.

Martin Slack
News Editor, Lincolnshire

Two of Lincoln's Knights have been targeted by vandals overnight.

The sculptures on the city's High Street were ripped from their concrete plinths and one was thrown into the River Witham.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Police officers rescued the High Bridge Knight from the River Witham near Stamp End.

Two men in their 20s have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

New technology is being used at two "high risk" railway crossings in Lincolnshire.

People using smartphones near the crossings in Lincoln and Spalding, will be sent a message asking them to concentrate.

Image source, Google

Image source, Google

The crossings on Doddington Road in Lincoln and Mill Green in Spalding have been identified as "high risk" by Network Rail.

They say near misses involving young people increase significantly over the summer months.

Corazon Garcia
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

A manhunt is continuing for a man who escaped handcuffed from police custody in Boston.

Twenty-five-year-old Aurimas Butkys was being taken into the town's police station when he ran off.

He'd been detained in connection with an assault in Lithuania.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Supt Phil Vickers says they don't consider Butkys to be a risk to the wider public and anyone with any information is being asked to call Lincolnshire Police on 101.

Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather

It's looking like a decent day today, but there is the chance of catching the odd shower later on.

Here's my full forecast:

Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Good morning from Lincoln. It's Lizzie here with you until 18:00 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the county.

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Assault suspect Aurimas Butkys, 25, escaped as he was being escorted into Boston Police Station.

William Wright was described in court as a "dangerous individual" who abused his position.

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

That's it for Thursday - we'll be back tomorrow with more live updates from across the county. Meanwhile breaking news and travel will appear here overnight.

Just before I go, let's have a look back at five things we've found out on our journey through this day in Lincolnshire:

• Children might soon be able to drive a digger while their mum and dad shop in Spalding
• The Lincolnshire-based Typhoon aircraft is in line for a major revamp
• The new owners of a country estate built in the 1600s have plans to drag it into the 21st century
• Illicit cigarettes and alcohol have gone up in smoke in Lincolnshire - to make electricity
• The pea harvest has begun in Lincolnshire

Bye for now!

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

It's going be a decent evening - and fresher tomorrow. Here's my full forecast:

Jake Zuckerman
BBC Look North

An ex-police officer and scout leader has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and sexual assault of a boy under 13.

William Wright, who's 30 and formerly of Townhill Lane, Bucknall, Lincolnshire has already spent the last seven years in jail after being convicted of a string of child sex offences in 2011.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Wright was found guilty of a further eight counts of rape and sexual assault following a trial in May this year.

Sentencing him, the judge described Wright as a dangerous individual, and told him that he must serve at least a further 12 years in jail before he is eligible to be considered for parole.

Vicky Johnson
BBC Look North

It's emerged six children from the same primary school in Lincolnshire stand to be affected if the region's specialist heart unit closes.

Parents in Sleaford have been speaking out just days before the end of the public consultation over the Glenfield unit in Leicester.

They say if it shuts they'll have to travel much further.

The NHS says it needs to close the unit to ensure every patient gets the best possible care.

Simon Clark
BBC Look North

Scunthorpe's Jack Burnell has flown out to Budapest for the World Aquatics Championships.

2,500 athletes will be competing in more than 200 events over 17 days at five venues.

Jack will take part in the open water 10k race.

In 2016 Burnell was ruled out of the medals in Rio due to a 10k disqualification.

However, in March this year he won Gold at the Marathon swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

Now this is impressive - Boston Borough Council has shifted a load of flytipped waste in a day.

The council's just sent these pictures showing the before and after:

Image source, Boston Borough Council

Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

More than 152,000 cigarettes and tonnes of illegal alcohol seized during raids in Lincolnshire has today been burned to create electricity.

Lincolnshire Trading Standards says it's seized a total of 152,360 counterfeit cigarettes, 25kg of hand rolling tobacco and tonnes of illegal alcohol over the last 12 months.

Image source, Lincolnshire County Council

Image source, Lincolnshire County Council

Emma Milligan from Trading Standards says its all been taken to a specialist recycling centre, where the cigarettes are broken down and mixed with foodstuffs and enzymes to create gas which is then burned to produce electricity, and fed into the National Grid.

Police have just released this CCTV image in a bid to trace a man who may have information about a nightclub assault earlier this year.

The incident happened at Lincoln's Home nightclub back in February, external - when the victim was pushed from a bar stool injuring his back.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Officers say it appears the attack was unprovoked.

The man they believe may have information is described as being 6ft 3ins, of a large build, had short hair and was wearing a white shirt and jeans.