Tributes have been paid to a Grimsby-born racecourse worker who died in an incident at one of the UK's most well-known tracks.

Stephen Yarborough was fatally injured when he was run over by mobile starting stalls before the fourth race at Haydock on Friday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to reports that a male employee on the racecourse had been hit by a starting stall coupled up to a tractor.

The death is thought to be the first fatal incident of this kind since the mobile starting stalls were introduced on British racecourses more than half a century ago and Merseyside Police are investigating.

Hope Bolger
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

If you're in the Grantham area at the moment, I suggest you take a look into the skies.

Image source, The British Gliding Association

In a bid to promote the sport, members of the British Gliding Association are visiting 13 gliding clubs across the country over two weeks, and today they're at the Buckminster Gliding Club, external.

They'll be filming as they go, making individual promotional films for each club.

The project, called Glide Britain, external, wants to improve understanding of gliding and raise the level of participation in the sport.

The club's chair, Christopher Morton-Fincham, says he hopes it'll draw in new members:

The Lincolnite

A former soldier who was once shot in the head while fighting in Afghanistan is set to run 196 miles from Holyhead to Lincoln, external to raise money for a cystic fibrosis charity.

Iain Maynard, who is also affectionately known as Fridge Man after running two 10km races with a fridge on his back, will set out on the four-day run on September 6.

Image source, The Lincolnite

Two US fighter jets and an RAF tanker aircraft came within seconds of a mid-air crash near the Skegness coast, a report has revealed.

The pilot of the RAF Voyager tanker claimed one of the US F-15s flew as close as 50m (160ft) before roaring past to avoid a collision.

The tanker pilot claimed he could the feel turbulence from the F15 flying at 402mph as it boosted its speed.

The Airprox Board, external blamed the near-miss on a military air traffic controller becoming distracted by a phone call.

A suspected arson on Barkhouse Close near the seafront in Cleethorpes on Friday night is being investigated by Humberside Police.

Police say a flat was set alight but no one was injured.

Anyone with information is being asked to come forward, external.

Laura Foster
Journalist, BBC Look North

A Lincolnshire woman says she can't believe how lucky she's been after she was nearly decapitated when a piece of metal flew off a moving lorry last week.

Image source, Grantham Journal

Teacher Katie Addison-Snart was driving just south of Grantham on the A1 during rush hour on Tuesday 18 July when a piece of metal went through her car windscreen and hit her in the head.

It only just missed her four-year-old son who she was dropping off at nursery before work.

It's understood that the metal flew off the back of a lorry, hit the bonnet of one car, went underneath another car before crashing through the windscreen of her car.

Image source, Grantham Journal

She was left with a fractured skull, eye socket and cheekbone and had to have metal plates put in her head.

At the moment she's still having serious headaches and it's not yet known whether she'll be able to see again.

She says she's most thankful for the fact her son was left with only a scratch on his arm.

Caroline Bilton
Journalist, BBC Look North

A man from Lincolnshire is urging the farming industry to stop "cutting corners" when it comes to health and safety.

Image source, Thompson Family Photograph

James Thompson's father, Jim (pictured), was killed after his car was pierced by a piece of farming machinery which hadn't been properly secured.

JE Dale Farmers Limited at Market Rasen has now been fined £75,000 after admitting breaking health and safety laws.

Mr Thompson says the incident was totally avoidable and says he doesn't blame the tractor driver, who was 19 and had only only worked for the firm for a few days:

The Crown Prosecution Service says the incident shows the tragic consequences of failing to follow the correct procedures.

Two members of a drugs gang which supplied cocaine and heroin worth £350,000 into Grantham have been jailed.

Berkay Rakici, of Stockton Road, Edmonton, North London, and David George, of Peregrine Road, Luton, acted as couriers to transport drugs from their homes.

The pair had denied the charges.

George, 27, has been sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court to three years in jail, while 24-year-old Rakici faces a four-and-a-half-year jail term.

Nine other gang members were jailed last week.

Alex Rhodes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

A message about being "scam aware" is going on the buses in Lincolnshire.

Trading Standards Officers are talking to passengers on the Skegness to Lincoln route today:

Emma Milligan, from the Trading Standards team, says it's about reinforcing their advice on avoiding being ripped off:

More on the news that plans for an ambitious multi-million pound plan for Greater Grimsby have been unveiled.

North East Lincolnshire Council says much of the proposed redevelopment is focused on underused areas around the Alexandra Dock waterfront, from the town centre to the Port of Grimsby.

If successful, the Town Deal is likely to be phased over the next 10 years and will be subject to consultation with the public and other interested parties.

Remember the "Anywhere but Skegness" woman?

In an advert for the National Lottery, people were asked where they would go if they won a big cash prize and Leeds woman Gina Parkin said: "Anywhere but Skegness".

There was a big backlash from people and businesses in the resort who weren't very impressed at her comments and it resulted in her being shown around the town by the mayor this weekend.

Gina says she had a great time - seeing the donkeys, the beach and the pier as well, it seems, as some of Skeggy's bigger cats:

Efforts by a Lincolnshire MP to improve motorway service stations in England have been welcomed by the AA.

The Transport Minister and MP for South Holland and the Deepings, John Hayes, has formed a group to upgrade them.

The AA says revamping services will encourage motorists to rest instead of driving while tired.

Katie O'Halloran
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Archaeologists from across the world are digging for Anglo-Saxon treasure near Louth.

The team is headed up by the University of Sheffield and is entering a fourth week at the trench in Little Carlton.

The team is trying to answer some of the remaining big questions about how people lived in the era.

BBC Weather

If you're popping out to grab some lunch I suggest you take a brolly.

Patchy rain is expected through the afternoon, with western parts brightening up and becoming dry.

Police in Grimsby are appealing for help after a man was attacked and left with head injuries in the town centre last month.

Image source, Google

The man was assaulted near The Bank pub on Bethlehem Street at about 05:00 on Sunday 23 July.

A 27-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm has been released from police custody under investigation.

Anyone who saw what happened or has any other information about the attack is being asked to contact police.

Hope Bolger
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Earlier I mentioned a new pop-up shop to help visitors wanting to follow the Lincoln Knights' Trail which consists of 36 sculptures and marks the 800th anniversary of the Battle of Lincoln, external.

Image source, Lincoln BIG

In some more, less happy, knight-related news, the group behind the trail is asking people not to clamber on top of the sculptures.

The group says revellers were spotted at the weekend climbing on the fibreglass figures - despite notices warning people not to.

Sarah Corrigan, from Lincoln Business Improvement Group, says it's a real pity:

Jill Archbold
Journalist, BBC Look North

Plans for the regeneration of Greater Grimsby have been revealed, with North East Lincolnshire Council saying the aims of the project over the next 10 years are:

• To grow the local economy by more than £216m per year
• Create up to 5,400 jobs across the Enterprise Zones and other key employment sites
• Build 7,700 new homes
• Increase North East Lincolnshire’s contribution to the UK economy
• Transform the "place offer" through the development of a new higher education presence, waterfront housing, cultural and leisure facilities

Hope Bolger
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire Police are wanting help identifying these two men following a burglary at a property in Skegness earlier this year.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

A handbag was stolen from the property on Richmond Drive on Monday 3 April, with credit cards from the bag then being used at the Spar shop on Drummond Road.

If you know who these men are, you're being asked to contact police on 101.

James Piekos
Reporter, BBC Hull and East Yorkshire

Major new plans to embrace Grimsby's maritime heritage and transform the town centre are expected to be unveiled by North East Lincolnshire Council later.

The Greater Grimsby Project will build on work already under way at Riverhead Square, taking in the newly acquired Victoria Mills.

It's thought the project could be worth up to £216m to the local economy and could create 5,500 jobs.

Council leader Ray Oxby says he hopes it will bring a major boost to the town:

A dispersal order was put in place in the centre of Lincoln at the weekend after repeated concerns over anti-social behaviour, it's been confirmed.

That order has just expired and police say a total of 21 dispersal notices were issued, three arrests were - one for breaching the order, one for begging the supply of drugs and one for the supply of drugs.

Ch Insp Steve Williamson says the reaction from local people and traders has been "fantastic":