Summary

  • Lincolnshire slavery gang found guilty by court

  • Gerbils abandoned in Walesby Woods at Market Rasen

  • Car crash survivor thanks 'First Responders'

  • Tata Steel awaits court judgement over toxic gases

  • Lincoln gears up for 1940s weekend

  • Gin Festival begins in Lincoln

  • Man threatened by 'masked gang' on bridge

  • Updates on Friday 11 August 2017

Live Reporting

Hope Bolger

  1. Child arrests down by 18% across county

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    Lincolnshire Police arrested 18% fewer children last year than in 2015, according to figures released today.

    child arrestThinkstock

    The Howard league for Penal Reform, who published the numbers, say that child arrests have dropped by nearly a thousand since 2011.

    Last year, 913 children were arrested by Lincolnshire Police, down from 1,117 the year before.

    Figures from five years ago show that 1,911 children were arrested by the force.

    The figures match the national trend, which show that a quarter of a million children were arrested in 2011 and 87,525 last year.

    For the sixth year running, we have seen a significant reduction in child arrests across the country. "

    Frances Crook, Chief Executive of The Howard League for Penal Reform

  2. Gardening gone wrong

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    A weed burner has set light to more than was intended in Lincoln.

    Our reporter spotted this while out reporting earlier:

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  3. Appeal for missing Boston man

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    Police want a 35-year-old man who may have been missing for three weeks to get in touch with his family.

    Sebastian Majkowski was reported missing on August 3, but police say he was last seen when he visited his sister in their home town of Boston around three weeks ago.

    He is described as being 5ft 10in, short and with very short light brown hair.

    If you've seen him get in touch with the police.

    Missing manLincolnshire Police

  4. James Bond style weapons in new museum

    Hope Bolger
    Reporter, BBC Lincolnshire

    A lipstick with a blade embedded in it, shoes with a knife at the front - they sound like they'd fit more happily alongside Q's gadgets than in a museum.

    They are among the exhibits in a former police station which has reopened as the Gainsborough Crime and Punishment Museum:

  5. Girl, 12, assaulted on Grimsby pathway

    A 12-year-old girl has been assaulted on a path in Grimsby on Saturday night.

    Humberside Police say the girl was walking towards Littlefield Lane in the town, when an unknown man joined the path from the field and tried to grab her around the waist.

    The girl pushed the man away and ran off. She was unhurt in the incident.

    Officers are asking for anyone with information to get in touch.

  6. Gainsborough model agency 'received ransom demand'

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    A ransom demand for around a quarter of a million pounds was sent to a Lincolnshire modelling agency after a 20-year-old woman on their books was drugged and bundled into a car in Milan.

    chloeayling

    Chloe Ayling (pictured above), who's signed to Gainsborough glamour model agency SuperModel, went to Milan to attend a photoshoot.

    Italian Police said she was attacked by two men on arrival, then drugged and abducted.

    Phil Green, who runs the agency confirmed to the BBC that he had received a request to pay £250,000 as a ransom.

    Lukasz Herba, aged 30, has been arrested in Italy.

  7. Your headlines this lunchtime

    Corazon Garcia
    Newsreader - BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    These are the stories making the news across Lincolnshire this afternoon:

    • The decision to close Grantham's A&E overnight won't be reviewed by the government
    • There's been a rise in drug-related deaths in North Lincolnshire
    • 18% fewer children were arrested in Lincolnshire last year than in 2015
    • Work to keep vehicles from Lincoln's High street begins
    • A Lancaster bomber from Lincolnshire is to be raised from the bottom of a Dutch lake
    • Elmo the Albino seal has died after washing up on a beach near Skegness last week

  8. Elmo the Albino Seal dies

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but an Albino seal which washed up on a beach in Chapel St Leonards on Friday has died.

    SealNatureland Seal Sanctuary

    Natureland Seal Sanctuary in Skegness took him on Friday, they said he was underweight, with wounds to his face and flippers.

    Despite being treated by a vet, the little guy died last night.

  9. Lancaster bomber to be raised from lake

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    A complex operation to release a Lancaster bomber from its watery grave begins today.

    The Avro Lancaster from Lincolnshire based 61 Squadron has been submerged in a Dutch lake for 75 years after being shot down during a bombing run in 1942.

    Avro LancasterLeemans Special Works

    The Dutch company recovering the aircraft, Leemans Special Works, says the wreckage is largely complete.

    The plan to recover it involves damming the lake before Dutch Royal Airforce, explosives experts and an aircraft recovery team from Leemans attempt to remove the aircraft.

    The company says everything is being done to find the missing Canadian tail gunner F.J.Cooper who went down with the bomber decades ago.

    F.J.CooperLeemans Special Works

  10. Drug-related deaths on the rise across region

    Katy Austin
    BBC Look North

    Former drug addicts have spoken out to warn users of class A substances that they're risking their lives.

    Last year saw a large increase in drug-related deaths across Hull and northern Lincolnshire, partly due to an increase in synthetic drugs.

    Authorities are using an antidote drug to try to stop addicts from dying, but there are warnings some new substances are getting stronger.

    Last week, the National Crime Agency said that at least 60 people have died in the UK in the last eight months after taking the strong painkiller Fentanyl - with the majority of those in the Yorkshire and the Humber region.

  11. Overnight A&E closure to stay

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    The decision to close Grantham A&E at night won't be reviewed by the health secretary.

    United Lincolnshire Hopsitals Trust, which runs the hospital, has closed the A&E nightly since August last year due to a lack of staff.

    Hospital sign

    The changes were referred to the secretary of state in November 2016 and were then passed to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP), which scrutinises changes in the NHS.

    The report from the IRP says the closure can now no longer be called "temporary" and it constitutes a "substantial variation in healthcare provision" for the area.

    Lincolnshire County Council Leader Martin Hill says the result is disappointing.

    The fear that this 'temporary closure' would be anything but temporary, has proved to be entirely founded. It is unacceptable that Grantham district has had a substantial change to hospital services for over a year without proper consultation or planning. I would urge NHS partners to start that process urgently so that local people can have some certainty about the future.

    Martin Hill, Lincolnshire County Council Leader

  12. Improvements - and inconvenience - ahead for Lincoln High Street

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    New stone paving and new seating is on the way for the bottom of Lincoln's High Street.

    Work begins today to improve the area south of the level crossing (pictured).

    artists impressionCity of Lincoln Council

    But with it comes inevitable delays.

    The work is due to take at least two months to finish.

    We obviously ask for patience from people during the course of the project, but we are doing everything we can to minimise any disruption"

    Colin Davey, Councillor

  13. Premier League scouts eye up Lincoln centre-half

    Su Whitaker
    BBC Radio Lincolnshire sport

    Speculation is growing over the future of Lincoln City centre-half Sean Raggett after the team made its Football League debut over the weekend.

    footballGetty Images

    A number of scouts from other clubs, including at least one from the Premier League, are thought to have been watching the player on Saturday.

    Lincoln City drew 2-2 against Wycombe Wanderers on their return to League Two.

  14. Charity struggles to raise money for homeless shelter

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    A charity attempting to raise £1.2m for a homeless shelter in Lincoln says it may have to delay building because of a lack of funding.

    Rough sleeper

    The Nomad Trust says there's been an increase in the number of rough sleepers and beggars in Lincoln city centre and the shelter would help alleviate the problem.

    But the charity has only raised a third of the total it needs.

    We had hoped to be looking at laying the first brick in April 2018, but because of our fundraising we may have to review that.

    Simon Nicoll, The Nomad Trust

  15. Today's forecast: Sunny spells ahead

    Lisa Gallagher
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    Let's have a quick look at the weather forecast for the next few days:

  16. Good morning and welcome to Monday's live coverage

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    Good morning. It's Harry here, bringing you all the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates from across Lincolnshire until 18:00 today.

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