Lucy Parry
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Police are trying to find a 43-year-old woman who's been missing from the Gainsborough area for more than a week and who may have been in North Lincolnshire.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

It's thought that Sarah Webb may be in the company of a man police describe as "a new friend".

A photograph of the two together has been released by Lincolnshire Police who say they want to know she's OK:

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Sarah is described as white with shoulder length brown hair.

Police say that in recent days she may have been in the North Lincolnshire area, including Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes.

If you've seen Sarah, or the man she may be with, you can contact police via 101, or the independent Missing People charity, external on 116 000.

Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter

Rifle through your pockets and break open your piggy banks. You've only got a couple of days left to spend your old £1 coins! From Monday the old round pound coin will no longer be legal tender.

But one Grimsby business owner's been telling me that that the new pound coin is going to cost him over £1,000.

Amir Kahn, who owns a launderette in Grimsby, says he's having to replace all the coin slots on his washers and driers and has not been offered any help with the cost of updating the mechanisms.

Mr Kahn says he considered closing and says small businesses will suffer.

Harry Parkhill
Windmill Correspondent. BBC Radio Lincolnshire

HRH Princess Anne is on her way to Lincolnshire to officially open the newly refurbished Heckington Windmill.

Over the last 10 years, £1.65m has been spent on restoring the mill.

Most of the mill's eight sails had to be replaced and many of the surrounding buildings were derelict when work began.

Hope Bolger
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

The 22 agencies involved in the search for mustard gas near Woodhall Spa have revealed sonar camera footage from their search of a lake at Stixwould.

Around 150 canisters have been found in Roughton Moor Wood and in the Stixwould lake over the last two weeks.

The canisters are thought to have been buried in 1945 as a means of disposal, although police say the crate containing ten canisters was put in the lake "more recently".

Three people have been arrested and released on police bail.

Hope Bolger
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

More than 100 canisters of mustard gas have now been found after searches of a lake and a wood in Lincolnshire.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Police and more than 20 other agencies including the Army, gave an update on the situation, which has seen 150 canisters of the toxic gas recovered, at a public meeting in Woodhall Spa last night.

Nearly two weeks ago, canisters were found in Roughton Moor Wood, and more canisters were found in Stixwould Lake.

Three people have been arrested and released on police bail.

Non-emergency ambulance drivers in Lincolnshire say changes to their terms and conditions will leave patients stranded.

Since Monday, new rules for Thames Ambulance Service volunteers were introduced, meaning drivers will no longer be paid for fuel used on the way to their first job, or returning from their last job.

The company says its drivers are "highly valued" and the new standards allow for accurate journey payments and ensure the quality of patients' experiences are safeguarded

But some volunteers say that 40 drivers have already quit over the new conditions.

Paul Gleeson, the leader of the Labour group on Boston Borough Council says "the whole system seems to be breaking down".

He says patients have already been left "abandoned" at Boston Pilgrim Hospital with hospital staff having to order taxis to take patients home, and he predicts these latest changes will cause even more problems.

David Sykes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Six fire engines were called to a building fire in Louth overnight.

Image source, Richard Hardesty

The blaze happened on Westgate at around 02:30.

As well as the fire engines from Lincolnshire, an aerial platform was deployed from Humberside Fire and Rescue.

The road is blocked and fire fighters are still at the scene.

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

A mild day with the chance of a little rain. Find out when and where with the full forecast with me below:

David Sykes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

It's Friday!

I'll be with you today to bring you all the latest news, weather, sport and travel from across Lincolnshire.

It's a nice day, and it should be an even nicer weekend, so if you've got any plans or anything else to share, I'd love you to get in touch.

Just send me an email, or a message on Facebook , externalor twitter, external.

A major decontamination operation is in place at two sites near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.

David Sykes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

That's all from me today.

I'll be back at 08:00 tomorrow to bring you all the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across Lincolnshire.

But before I go, here are five things we've learned today:

• People in Woodhall Spa will soon be updated on the investigation into mustard gas which was found nearby
• If you're a police officer, you can expect a present when you're expecting
• Jedward will keep performing for fans even when bottles are being thrown at them
• Louth Livestock Market has been saved and will undergo refurbishment
• And Lincolnshire's lonely swan finally has some friends

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

As the day comes to an end, it's not looking too bad this evening.

Dry with broken cloud with a fresh southwesterly wind.

Tomorrow, should be mostly dry and cloudy with some bright and sunny spells developing throughout the day:

Hula the lonely whooper swan is whooping for joy after being reunited with his friends after spending summer on his own at RSPB Frampton Marsh due to an injured wing.

A drug which has been linked to more than 100 deaths is being prescribed more in Lincolnshire than in most other parts of the country.

Pregabalin is prescribed for nerve pain, epilepsy and anxiety, but the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, external says it's been linked to 111 deaths in the last year.

Figures obtained by the BBC from the website Open Prescribing, external suggest that in July more pregabalin was prescribed per 1,000 people in the Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area than anywhere else.

The CCG says the usage is due to patient demographics in the area and the high prevalence of long-term conditions, requiring chronic pain management.

New images of the type of canisters containing mustard gas which have been found in part of Lincolnshire have been issued by police.

Mustard gas canisters were found in woodland near Woodhall Spa last week and a lake at Stixwould has also been searched.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Cordons remain in place at both locations as investigations continue.

A public meeting is due to be held at the Petwood Hotel in Woodhall Spa at 18:30 tonight, where officials from the police, district council and the armed services will update the public on the situation.

BBC News Travel

A crash involving at least four vehicles has closed the southbound lane of the A17, near Bicker Bar.

Police and ambulance crews are in attendance.

One woman is being treated, but her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

Following last week's discovery of mustard gas (pictured) in woods near Woodhall Spa, local residents are later expected to find out more about the situation at a meeting being held by the police, military and East Lindsey District Council.

But what exactly is mustard gas?

It was first developed in the early 19th century, but rose to infamy during World War One where it was first effectively weaponised and deployed by Germany at Ypres, Belgium, in 1917.

The Allies would follow suit and develop their own version.

Exposure to mustard gas results in blistering to the skin and lungs and while it can prove fatal it served more as an incapacitator during the war.

About 185,000 British and Empire service personnel were listed as gas casualties by the time the conflict came to end.

The use of mustard gas in warfare, along with other poisonous gases and biological weapons, was banned in 1925. However, its production and stockpiling was not

That perhaps offers some explanation as to why the canisters have been found near Woodhall Spa - an air station and army base were established there as late as the 1940s.

Despite the ban, it has been used in conflicts since. Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq used it against Kurds in the north of the country - and there is evidence so-called Islamic State has used it as well.

Gill Sennett
BBC Local Live

...BBC Look North's Abbie Dewhurst seems to think so:

Hope Bolger
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Babies born to Lincolnshire police officers and staff will now be given a baby box filled with essentials.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

The boxes are the latest in a series of wellbeing measures introduced by the force.

This new scheme was brought in after feedback from a frontline police officer who said she felt less valued when she announced her pregnancy.

The box itself can also be used as a cot and its contents include baby grows, muslins and a teddy bear in a police uniform.

David Sykes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

University of Lincoln Students' Union has apologised to pop duo Jedward after bottles were thrown at the pair during a performance last night.

The duo, whose real names are John and Edward, were performing at the Engine Shed at the University of Lincoln.

The Students' Union says it's appalled by the "unacceptable treatment they experienced", saying the students responsible have been identified and action will be taken.

Jedward weren't injured in the incident, and fans have taken to twitter to praise them for carrying on with the show "as bottles skimmed past their face for a solid 50 minutes":