Grantham man, 81, loses £10,000 in 'cruel' scam
Hospitals trust defends work to prevent cyber attacks
Thousands of homes to miss out on superfast broadband
New Scunthorpe United stadium plans in doubt
Newly released US files reveal Grimsby tip-off before JFK killing
Lincolnshire 'pumpkin cannon' becomes national attraction
Updates on Friday 27 October 2017
Sharon Edwards
Reporter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Perhaps someone up there is smiling on Lincolnshire today...
Reader Nigel Wass has sent us this photo of a cloud formation over Horncastle which he says looks like the "dove of peace".
Image source, Nigel Wass
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A cyber attack which caused delays, cancelled appointments and cancelled operations in Lincolnshire "could have been prevented", according to a government report.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe report, into the cyber attack in May, says that the NHS hadn't followed the government's cyber-security recommendations.
The attack left 6,900 appointments across the UK cancelled and left many hospitals resorting to using pen and paper to arrange them.
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A pumpkin cannon - yes, a pumpkin cannon - near Boston has become a national attraction.
The "Pumpkin Master Blaster" in Benington, which serves no purpose other than firing the orange fruit hundreds of metres in the air, has attracted visitors from as far afield as Liverpool and Swansea.
It's raising money for the NSPCC in Lincolnshire.
Here it is in action - it is best viewed in full screen :
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Thousands of homes in Lincolnshire won't be connected up to superfast fibre broadband because they're "too rural".
Image source, ThinkstockAbout £30m has been spent to bring superfast broadband to the county.
Officials say that although fibre broadband won't be provided to all properties, the county council is looking at alternative ways to provide high speed internet to the 10,500 homes not included in this roll-out.
Over the past four years 158,000 homes have been connected and 14,000 more will gain the connection over the next two years.
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Good morning from our Lincolnshire newsroom, it's Harry here with Friday's live coverage.
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Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Well that's it for our regular live updates for today, thanks for joining me.
I'll be back again from 08:00 tomorrow with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across Lincolnshire.
In the meantime, we'll update this page with breaking news overnight.
But I'll leave you with five things we didn't know this morning:
Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online
The "world's fastest car" goes through its first public tests ahead of a land speed record attempt in 2019.
Engineers hope the Bloodhound car will eventually reach a speed of 1,000mph.
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A British supersonic car that could reach 1,000mph (1,610km/h) has done two successful test runs in Newquay.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's called the Bloodhound and its nose was made by SHD Composite, a Sleaford company.
It reached 210mph (340km/h) in 8 seconds on a runway in Newquay in Cornwall.
Wing Commander Andy Green, a former RAF pilot who's been based in Lincolnshire, says it's more than just showing off.
Quote MessageIt's a unique opportunity to showcase Great British engineering and technology, and to reach out to our real target audience, the 10-year-olds out there who will be our scientists and engineers of tomorrow, and actually inspire them with the magic of the science and technology in the world's most extraordinary straight line racing car.
Wing Commander Andy Green, Driver of the Bloodhound
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Tonight's looking cloudy across the region with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, but drier weather with clear spells will spread south by the early hours. It'll feel chilly inland by morning, but cloudier near the Lincolnshire coast, perhaps with the odd shower.
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
The Queen may well be visiting Hull in just a fortnight or so but some parts of the region aren't so lucky.
The Lord Lieutenant cuts ribbons and makes speeches in her stead.
Accompanying him is Elizabeth Train-Brown, who has quite a skill:
A fire-breathing cadet is to help represent the Queen in the county
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Earlier we heard Grantham's MP say health bosses have recruited enough doctors to reopen Grantham's A&E overnight.
Well a medical director at the trust which runs the hospital says "we're not quite there yet".
Image source, Getty ImagesAlthough enough extra doctors have been recruited in order to safely staff the ward, the trust is concerned that not all staff are obliged to stay in the county.
Some of the doctors they've recruited are locum (temporary) doctors who aren't contracted to stay permanently.
But Dr Neill Hepburn says that a decision will be made on 7 November, and could mean the A&E department opens before Christmas.
Quote MessageWe're not quite there yet to determine whether we can do that safely, but it's certainly looking a lot much more optimistic than it was a few months ago.
Dr Neill Hepburn, Medical Director at ULHT
Rob Makepeace
BBC Radio Lincolnshire sport
Lincoln City FC has the highest average attendance of any football team in League 2, according to official football league figures.
It's the first season the team has been in League 2.
Image source, Lincoln City FCLincoln City's average attendance is 8,701 this season, the second highest is just 7,990 at Luton Town.
Many say the club's recent success is down to management team Danny and Nicky Cowley (pictured).
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Work on a barrier to protect 15,000 homes from the risk of flooding will start as soon as possible, according to the government.
A report into the barrier has now been received by the government, and the findings are being considered by lawyers.
If approved, the Boston Flood Barrier will be built by December 2019.
When the town flooded in December 2013 hundreds of people had to be temporarily re-homed.
The River Haven burst its banks, and residents described the water like a "tidal wave".
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A railway bridge in Grantham has made the top five for the amount of times lorries and buses have hit it.
The bridge on Barrowby Rd (pictured) has been hit by tall vehicles 90 times since April 2009.
Image source, GoogleThe crashes cause delays on roads and rails because engineers need to check the bridge is safe before trains can pass over it.
The bridge is the fourth most commonly hit by vehicles in the country.
Network Rail says 43% of lorry drivers they surveyed didn't know the size of the vehicles they drive.
Ross Easton, from Network Rail, says Grantham is a particular hot spot and it's causing huge traffic delays:
Quote MessageThree of the rail bridges there, on Barrowby Road, Harlaxton Road and Springfield Road have been struck over 130 times in the last five years, and it's caused the equivalent of nine days of delays to road users and rail passengers.
Ross Easton, Network Rail
Lucy Parry
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A ward at Lincoln County Hospital is still closed after the outbreak of a vomiting bug.
Image source, CDCTwo wards were restricted to new entries yesterday and one was closed because of a Norovirus outbreak.
One ward has since opened fully.
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
It's such a faff carving ghoulish faces in your pumpkin isn't it?
All that goo inside, the horrible stink, and then there's the ordeal of having to come up with a design.
Well, Lincolnshire Field Products, from Spalding, has come to the rescue with these beauties:
Image source, Ben HarrisThe pumpkin farm says they've grown a million pumpkins this year.
But only 250 of them are Franken-pumpkins.
Ben Harris from the farm says it's very time consuming, but surprisingly simple.
Quote MessageWe've got a mould and then select a plant with a uniform pumpkin on it with very little damage. We then place it inside the mould and leave it to grow. If we've got it right that pumpkin will grow inside the mould and form the face we see now.
Ben Harris, Pumpkin grower
Roy Hobson pleaded guilty to three counts of making more than 600 indecent images of children.
Read MoreHarry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
We're regularly hearing from Lincolnshire Police's drive to crack down on hare coursing after it redoubled its efforts this autumn.
The force's rural crime initiative, Operation Galileo, has led to arrests since it was launched.
But it seems they may have been rather keen in their approach.
Officers confronted people suspected of being hare coursers who turned out to be walking their dog in the sunshine.
Despite all the drones, off-road vehicles and hi-tech gadgets the force has deployed, it still relies on members of the public.
Lincolnshire Police say they were grateful for the call they received and urge the public to "remain vigilant" and to contact them if they see anything suspicious.
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
They may be out of circulation, but a Lincolnshire charity wants your old pound coins to make a 'Golden Runway' in honour of Bomber Command veterans.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe internation Bomber Command Centre wants you to dig behind the back of the sofa, in old money boxes and in unused winter coats to help contribute to the project.
Although the old coins have been replaced by new ones, charities can still bank the circular coins.
Organisers want you to head to the site, external for its next open day on 12 November to donate yours.
A former police officer has pleaded guilty to three charges of making more than 600 indecent images of children.
Roy Hobson, 66, from Wellington Street admitted the charges at Lincoln Crown Court this morning.
Hobson was also a director of and volunteered at Louth Riverhead theatre.
He was handed an eight-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.
A spokesperson at Louth Riverhead Theatre told us that the "board of the society has voted unanimously to suspend him" from work at the theatre.