Updates on Friday 21 July 2017
Save a Life hits its 10,000 target
Dispersal order put in place over the weekend in Lincoln
Three people escaped uninjured after a crash which saw a car overturn on the Ermine estate in Lincoln, external.
As reported previously, external, a section of Laughton Way near Redbourne Avenue was closed after the crash involving two vehicles.
Image source, The Lincolnite
Rod Whiting
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
A major route into and out of Lincoln will be closed this weekend.
Canwick Hill will be closed from 20:00 tonight until 05:00 on Monday.
It's to allow for work to be carried out on the International Bomber Command Centre being built nearby. Diversions will be in operation.
Image source, Place Architecture
Charlotte Wright
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
The police have secured a dispersal order for this weekend to tackle anti-social behaviour in Lincoln.
Officers will be targeting begging, street drinking and people using drugs.
It means the police can ask people to move on and not return to the area for 48 hours.
It comes into force tomorrow morning and lasts for 48 hours.
The scheme, prompted by a newsreader suffering a cardiac arrest, has now been extended until Christmas.
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Lucy Parry
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
After only three months BBC Radio Lincolnshire's campaign to get 10,000 people trained to perform CPR has reached its target!
In fact, we surpassed our target with 10,414 people trained.
The campaign was launched in April after Radio Lincolnshire newsreader Charlotte Wright's life was saved by a passer-by performing CPR.
Charlotte collapsed while out running in Lincoln in November 2016, after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Seven weeks later, she was back at work reading the news.
Quote MessageTo have reached the 10,000 mark in such a short amount of time is amazing. I still can’t quite believe what happened to me but I’m so happy that my experience has inspired people in Lincolnshire to learn this life saving skill.
Charlotte Wright
And it's not stopping there, the campaign will now continue to the end of the year to see just how many people in Lincolnshire can be trained.
Drop us an email for more details.
Scott Dalton
Presenter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Lincoln's first food bank summit is being held today with the aim of tackling the growing problem of food poverty.
Different groups, including supermarkets, religious groups, politicians and food banks are attending the event.
Organiser Caroline Kenyon says it's a chance for different groups to work together.
Quote MessageIt's a real source of sorrow to me and to many that we have so many food banks in Lincoln and there are lots of fantastic organisations that are working to help in this area but I wanted to bring everybody together.
Caroline Kenyon, Organiser
Issues discussed will include food waste, whether food banks have a good supply of varied and fresh food and how to support and educate the people who receive the food know how best to prepare it.
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Most parts of the county should see a dry day with bright and sunny spells, although cloud may be thick enough in places for the odd shower.
Here's my full forecast:
Hope Bolger
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
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Lincoln City complete the double signing of Peterborough pair Michael Bostwick and Harry Anderson for an undisclosed fee.
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Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
That's all folks!
The rolling feed of news will return at 8:00 tomorrow morning, in the meantime I'll leave you with five stories from the day:
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A man who admitted being involved in a high value raid of a jewellery shop in Gainsborough has been sent to prison for two years.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police30 year old Bruno Nikolik from St John's Terrace in the town acted as a lookout while another man stole jewellery worth £35,000.
The included a diamond necklace and five rings (pictured above).
It happened at Marshall's Yard on the night the Christmas lights were switched on last November. His accomplice hasn't been traced - and the items haven't been recovered.
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
If you've been hit by a flying mortar board whilst in uphill Lincoln today, you have students at Bishop Grosseteste University to blame.
It's one of their graduation days today... Time to feel incredibly old:
Image source, Bishop Grosseteste University
Image source, Bishop Grosseteste University
Image source, Bishop Grosseteste UniversityHarry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Police say a road in suburban Lincoln has been closed due to a crash.
Image source, Alan GlenisterLaughton Way, at a junction with Redbourne Drive has been closed.
Fire services, an ambulance and police are at the scene.
Alan Glenister, who sent us the picture above, says a car has flipped over after hitting a parked car.
Rob Makepeace
BBC Radio Lincolnshire sport
Gold Medal winning Shona McCallin MBE is hoping to recreate her Olympic success with a win at the Hockey World League tonight.
Image source, Shona McCallinThe Olympian is part of England's Women's Hockey team who've made it to the semi finals of the World Hockey League.
They take on the USA's team in South Africa this evening.
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A pilot scheme to attract doctors from overseas to work in Lincolnshire has been been praised as a solution to address the county's shortage of GPs.
Dr Radi Sultan, partner at the Ingham Practice in Lincoln which has been running the scheme, says "it's a very good programme that addresses this recruitment issue".
Just a few months ago Lincoln's A&E had to declare a "critical incident" due to the shortage of doctors.
Image source, Lincolnshire West Clinical Commissioning GroupNew recruit, Dr Mihaela Koroknai, (pictured above) joined the surgery after working as a GP in her native Romania.
Quote MessageIt was not a difficult thing to choose to do – it was a marvellous chance. I worked in London for three years but it is better here in Lincolnshire. It is more friendly, calm and a better environment to live in.
Dr Mihaela Koroknai
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A nightclub in Barcelona have extended their "sincerest sympathies" to the family and friends of a Lincolnshire teen who died after an event there.
Image source, Elrow, Barcelona19-year-old Alex Masterton had been at the clubbing event in the Spanish city and collapsed outside.
He was found by security staff and treated by on-site medical staff.
He was then transferred to a nearby hospital where he had a cardiac arrest and died.
Organisers Elrow say they're deeply saddened by "this tragic event".
Quote MessageWe extend our sincerest sympathy to the families and friends of the victim at this sad time and are supporting all authorities with their enquiries.
Spokesperson, Elrow Nightclub
Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Here's a look at the weather for the rest of the day with me, Paul Hudson:
Paul Hudson has the weather forecast for the next few days.
BBC Radio Humberside
Urgent action is needed at hospitals in Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole to tackle critical staff shortages in two departments, according to the Trust which runs the hospitals.
The Trust Board of Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust says it will look at options relating to the Urology and ENT departments next week.
Clinicians say urgent action is needed because both of these services are facing critical workforce challenges, which are set to worsen in the coming weeks.
Grimsby MP Melanie Onn says she's worried about the impact it will have on the local community:
Quote MessageMy main concern is not just that we don’t have enough people to do the jobs, but that it's impacting on patient safety and now it means that people in Great Grimsby are going to have to travel further for emergency treatment when it comes to Urology if this proposal is passed.
Melaine Onn, MP for Great Grimsby
William Wright
Drivetime Presenter - BBC Radio Lincolnshire
I've been speaking to Lincoln's new MP Karen Lee on the final day of work before parliament goes on its summer break.
She says it's been a surreal start to the job, but that everybody has been really friendly:
James Morton, who got a "sexual thrill" from strangling women, killed 16-year-old Hannah Pearson.
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