Lincolnshire breaking news: Latest updates

Summary

New £2m roundabout for accident blackspot
Health boss steps down after CCG rated inadequate
'Record' fine for rogue landlord
Labour keeps city council seat
Clocks needed for art installation
Live updates on Friday 20 October 2017

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Harry Parkhill

Contaminated mustard gas soil to be removed and destroyedpublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 19 October 2017
Hope Bolger
Reporter - BBC Lincolnshire
Soil contaminated by a mustard gas find in Lincolnshire is to be removed and incinerated.
Dozens of canisters of the chemical weapon were found in Roughton Moor Woods near Woodhall Spa (pictured) on October 1.
East Lindsey District Council, which has taken over responsibility for the site, says the site is still cordoned off, and there's no fixed date for when it will reopen.
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Over the years.... the mustard gas has been in the ground in canisters. A number of those canisters degraded so there was some small leakage of material into the soil... It's not regarded to be a massive area by any means but certainly where that's happened we need to identify where that is and remove the soil."
Stuart Davy, Chief Executive, East Lindsey District Council
Tribute to man killed in A15 car crashpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 19 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A tribute to a 67-year-old who died in a car crash a week ago has described him as a "family man with a great sense of humour".
Guy Salmon was killed in a crash on the A15 near Bourne on 11 October.
Image source, Family Photo
The tribute, written by his family, says he volunteered at Nene Valley Railway, and at the local church where he gave "encouragement and company to those who were unwell or in need of a friend".
He was a retired teacher who "often spoke of the joy of being able to impart his (extensive) knowledge to children on all things regarding trains".
His family say he will be "greatly missed".
Christmas workshop to help retailerspublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 19 October 2017
Corazon Garcia
Newsreader - BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Christmas has come early for retailers planning for the festive period. A retail guru is to visit Lincoln to give them advice.
Image source, Visit Lincoln
Corin Birchall, who set up retail website Kerching, is delivering a two hour session to inspire shop owners in the city.
The 'Biggest Christmas Ever' workshops will include tips and tricks on how to attract shoppers, how to increase average spend and how to bring in new customers in the new year.
Queues for supermarket openingpublished at 10:05 British Summer Time 19 October 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Hundreds queued in the foggy morning in Skegness for the opening of a new supermarket today.
The store was giving away free bags of fruit and veg to entice punters.
Image source, Barry Robinson
And if that wasn't enough, they had Gold Medal Winning Olympian Shona McCallin to do the ribbon cutting.
Image source, Barry Robinson
Update on mustard gas find expectedpublished at 09:46 British Summer Time 19 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District Council is to give an update on the discovery of mustard gas in Lincolnshire.
About 150 canisters of the deadly gas (pictured) were found in Roughton Woods near Woodhall Spa over a fortnight ago.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police
Areas of woodland near the village have been closed off while a huge decontamination project takes place.
Benefits advice centre 'completely full'published at 08:50 British Summer Time 19 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Staff at a benefits advice centre in Grantham say they're being inundated with requests for help with the new benefits system Universal Credit.
Universal Credit, which aims to combine all the old benefits payments into one, is being phased in in the area after a series of hitches nationwide.
Image source, Grantham Foodbank
More than 50,000 people in Lincolnshire will be on the system when it's fully rolled out.
Nationally there have been problems paying claimants on time.
Brian Hanbury from the advice centre, which is based at Grantham Foodbank, says it's causing problems:
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Our advice centre is completely full, we are booked out for the next number of weeks. You've got to imagine a longlist, the aim is to try and get those people who are struggling to the top of the list so they can start getting some money flowing again and thus life starting again.
Brian Hanbury, Grantham Foodbank
Weather: Mist, fog and rainpublished at 08:35 British Summer Time 19 October 2017
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
There'll be some mist and fog this morning with a band of rain heading to the north throughout the day.
Here's my full forecast:
Good morning and welcome to Thursday's live coveragepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 19 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
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Judo instructor jailed for sex with teenpublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Jason Simpson repeatedly had sex with his victim, who fell pregnant at the age of 15.
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Goodbye: Five things we've learned todaypublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
That's it from me and the team here in Lincoln for today, but we'll be back from 08.00 tomorrow with live updates from across the county.
In the meantime, breaking news, sport and travel will appear here throughout the night.
Just before we go we'll look back at five things we've found out this Wednesday:
- Hospitals across Lincolnshire are failing to meet key targets according to a BBC study
- Plans for a floating restaurant are making waves on Lincoln's Brayford Pool
- A new combined fire and ambulance station is taking shape in Sleaford
- Defence ministers have reassured a local MP over the future of the Red Arrows in the county
- A Lincolnshire firm's giving British Steel an overall overhaul as part of a multi-million pound deal
Bye for now!
Give county more cash, communities secretary toldpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
We're constantly hearing how our councils haven't got enough money to provide all the services they used to.
But what are they doing about it? Well. this evening, the leader of Lincolnshire County Council, Martin Hill is meeting the communities secretary Sajid Javid.
He'll be joined by five Lincolnshire MPs to put pressure on the government to put up more cash after years of cuts.
Teens learn more about medical school opportunitiespublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
David Sykes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire's GP shortage could be solved by nurturing local talented students according to some of the region's top academics.
More than 100 sixth formers have been hearing how they can get into medical school.
Experts from Nottingham University have been at North Kesteven School at North Hykeham near Lincoln talking to teenagers from across Lincolnshire.
They say students from Lincolnshire are among the least likely to apply for places at medical school.
Watch: Rain dying out overnightpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
We can expect widespread low cloud during the evening with occasional rain.
Here's my full forecast:
New Sleaford fire and ambulance station takes shapepublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Earlier we told you about the new combined fire and ambulance station which is due to open in Eastgate, Sleaford, early next year.
But we only had an artists' impression to show you.
Image source, Gelder Group
Well, this is a picture taken by the building contractor the Gelder Group, which gives you a better idea of how it looks in reality.
Hospitals trust reacts to NHS Tracker figurespublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
We were telling you earlier how Lincolnshire's hospitals had failed against three key targets according to a new BBC study.
The online NHS Tracker tested hospitals performance in A&E, cancer care and planend care and operations.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust both failed to hit all three.
Image source, Getty Images
We've now had a statement from ULHT which says it recognises it has problems but work is ongoing to improve things:
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Over the last year we have seen a significant increase in pressure on all of our hospitals, at a time when we have had difficulty in recruiting doctors and nurses. We are currently in the early stages of delivering our winter plan which we are expecting to improve the timeliness of care and the overall experience of patients.
Simon Evans, Director of Operations ULHT
Full speed ahead for Scotsmanpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Here's a great video of Flying Scotsman after it left Lincoln this lunchtime heading for Sleaford and on to Peterborough.
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Woman 'pushed into bush' during street robberypublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Police are searching for a gang of three men who are alleged to have punched a woman in the face and shoved her into undergrowth before stealing her phone and cash.
Police say the 40-year-old victim was walking along Cleethorpes Road in Grimsby at around 11.00 on Monday morning when she says she was robbed.
One of the men involved was described as in his 50s, around 5ft 6ins, skinny, and with grey stubble. He was wearing a blue jacket and baseball cap.
The other men have been described as in their 20s and wearing blue jackets.
Anyone with any information can call 101.
Police car attacked with brickspublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Police had bricks thrown at their car after they went to investigate a case involving a stolen digger.
The miniJCB, which was stolen from Scunthorpe at around 22.00 yesterday, had been loaded into a white van and driven away.
It was discovered later on land in nearby Brigg - but when officers were called to the scene they were attacked.
Any information about the incident on Mill Lane in Brigg, should be passed to police on 101.
Hospitals fail on new health tracker measurespublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Corazon Garcia
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Hospitals in Lincolnshire have come out at the bottom of the table in a new BBC investigation designed to help you compare health services.
The NHS Tracker has been launched online today - but it paints a pretty miserable picture for staff and patients across the county.
Both United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs hospitals in Lincoln, Boston and Grantham; and Nothern Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, failed against a set of three key targets.
They were length of wait for A&E, planned operations and cancer care.
Reds' future safe at RAF Scamptonpublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 18 October 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
The Gainsborough MP Sir Edward Leigh has welcomed an assurance from the Government that the Red Arrows will remain in Lincolnshire
Sir Edward wrote to defence minister Tobias Ellwood earlier this year after hearing rumours the team may move to Robin Hood Airport, near Doncaster.
But this morning he's released this letter which he says puts his concerns, and those of his constituents to bed.
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The Red Arrows are an important part of Lincolnshire, which has a tremendous aviation heritage. To lose them would be a tremendous blow both to the local economy and local sentiment. I am very pleased they are here to stay.”
Sir Edward Leigh, Gainsborough MP