Lincolnshire breaking news: Latest updates

Summary

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

Live Reporting

Harry Parkhill

Decision expected in weeks on Grantham A&Epublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
In a couple of weeks we'll know whether Grantham A&E will reopen overnight.
Health bosses say they'll make a decision on 7 November.
Grantham's MP says the hospital trust should "deliver on their word" after A&E closed overnight last year because of a lack of doctors.
The trust running the hospital says it's successfully recruited four more permanent staff members and temporary staff.
But there's still the concern that A&E rotas might be left unfilled:
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Before we can fully reopen A&E, we need to ensure we can cover all our A&E rotas in order to provide the level of service required"
Dr Neill Hepburn, Medical Director - United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust
Arson attack on boat at Saltfleetpublished at 11:14 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Arsonists have targeted a boat at Saltfleet, near Mablethorpe.
Image source, Google
The boat was set alight in the early hours of 9 October on Haven bank in the village (pictured).
Police are appealing for witnesses., external
More estate homes to be demolishedpublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
A social housing provider plans to demolish more flats in on Immingham's Washdyke Estate.
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Man seriously injured in car crashpublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Two men have been injured in a car crash at Tetney, near Grimsby.
One man, in his 40s, was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary with serious injuries.
Another man was also injured, though not as seriously.
A grey Alfa Romeo and a silver Peugeot 303 were involved in the accident at 18:30 yesterday.
Police are appealing for witnesses., external
Lincolnshire park nominated for best park awardpublished at 09:31 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A village park in Lincolnshire has been nominated as the best park in the country by The Fields in Trust association.
Image source, Trip Advisor
Jubilee Park in Woodhall Spa (pictured), has been nominated for its "big attractions and great support".
The park is run as a charity but is entirely self sufficient with no public funding.
The winner is decided by a public poll, so if you want to support the park click here., external
Lincolnshire part of 1,000mph carpublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A British car which hopes to make a world land speed record starts its first public trials today.
It's hoped it will hit 1,000mph when finished in 2019.
And when it does, a piece made in Lincolnshire will cross the line first.
The nose cone is made by Sleaford company SHD Composites.
Enough staff to open Grantham A&E overnightpublished at 08:56 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Alex Rhodes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Health bosses have recruited enough doctors to reopen Grantham's A&E overnight, according to the town's MP.
He says that the hospital trust now has to "deliver on their word" after closing the A&E overnight because of a lack of doctors.
Image source, Nick Boles
A letter from the MP to the Chief Executive of United Lincolnshire's Hospital trust urges him to reopen the ward.
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I feel very strongly that they communicated clearly to the people of Grantham that they had taken this unfortunate decision because staffing had become unsafe. Now it is back to a level it is safe. It is time to deliver on their word and to reopen.
Nick Boles, MP for Grantham & Stamford
Councils paying over the odds for petrolpublished at 08:35 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Three councils in Lincolnshire are paying staff more than they need for petrol expenses.
Image source, Getty Images
East Lindsey, North Kesteven and South Holland district councils are paying staff above the HMRC's recommended rate of 45p per mile.
Both North Kesteven and East Lindsey pay their workers 65p per mile and South Holland pays 52.2p.
The TaxPayers' Alliance, who discovered the figures, estimate that thousands of pounds is spent on petrol unnecessarily.
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This is taxpayers' money and I think taxpayers get very frustrated when they hear about councils cutting back on services or bin collection, and then they hear that staff are receiving all of these perks that are above and beyond what is advised.
Chloe Westley, The Tax Payers' Alliance
East Lindsey Council responding by saying it is actively working to reduce its mileage costs through the use of pool cars.
South Holland District Council and North Kesteven Councils say their petrol costs are set independently and that they don't think there's an issue with how much they pay.
Weather: A cloudy and cool daypublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
A bright start, but there will be rain and cloud on the way for most of us.
Here's my full weather forecast:
Good morning and welcome to Thursday's live coveragepublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 26 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Good morning from our Lincolnshire newsroom, it's Harry here keeping you company through Thursday's live coverage.
I'll be bringing you regular news updates, and all the latest sports and weather.
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No action over fans 'bra search row'published at 22:06 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
Supporters' group alleged fans were treated like "animals" during the League Two clash.
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Five things we learned todaypublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Well that's it for our regular live updates for today, thank you for your company.
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:
- The boss of Lincolnshire's air ambulances says she's disappointed by the five year delay to plans to build a new helipad
- Wards at Lincoln County hospital are restricting admissions after the spread of a vomiting bug
- Plans for £7.2m investment in Cleethorpes have been unveiled
- A woman who had 19 miscarriages has set up a support group to help people going through the pain of losing a baby
- 'Missing' puppies from Lincolnshire have been found in Kent, and reunited with their owner
Art workshops teach about loan sharkspublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
Hope Bolger
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A classroom full of teenagers has been learning about loan sharks by creating their own artwork.
Graffiti and drama workshops are being taught to 16-year-olds to raise awareness of borrowing from dubious lenders.
Image source, Street Style Surgery
It's estimated that 310,000 households in the UK borrow from illegal money lenders every year.
The social housing provider Acis is working with Street Style Surgery and the illegal money lending team to teach youngsters about the issue.
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The kind of issues we're looking at in these sessions like loan sharks, money management and financial literacy are things that not all young people learn about in school and they're incredibly important life skills"
Steph Brocken, Street Style Surgery
Weather: Cloudy night, rain laterpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Dry during the evening with clear spells, and light winds.
It should gradually turn cloudier during the latter part of the night with perhaps some light rain in places by dawn.
Missing girl has been foundpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
A 16-year-old from Spalding who went missing has been found.
Lincolnshire police say she is safe and well.
Woman who had multiple miscarriages sets up support grouppublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
Jo Makel
BBC Look North
A North Lincolnshire woman who had 19 miscarriages has set up a support group to help other people who going through the pain of losing a baby.
Gemma Barron who lives near Owston Ferry says she was left feeling it was her fault that she miscarried so many times.
She now wants to give other families the support she says she did not have., external
Air ambulance chief disappointed at hospital helipad delaypublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
The Chief executive of the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance says there is disappointment that plans for a new helipad at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham have been delayed by five years.
Image source, Nottingham University Hospital Trust
The hospital is a major trauma centre for patients in Lincolnshire.
Karen Jobling, from the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire air ambulance, says the new helipad would be closer to A&E and save time.
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It would save two to three minutes on getting the patient into A&E and we all went to get poorly patients into hospital just as soon as we can"
Karen Jobling, Chief Executive at Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance
Warnings over firework safety as Bonfire Night loomspublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
As Bonfire Night approaches East Midlands Ambulance Service and Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue have issued a warning about the dangers of fireworks.
Image source, Lincolnshire County Council
To warn people about potential accidents one paramedic has also spoken of the time he was called out after a child was hit in the face with a firework.
Ben Shepherd, emergency medical technician at East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), says he was "utterly shocked" when he found that a child's eye was impaled by a firework.
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Sadly, even with the treatment available, the little boy lost the vision in his eye and was left with significant scarring to his face"
Ben Shepherd, Emergency medical technician at East Midlands Ambulance Service
Wards closed because of norovirus outbreakpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
Lucy Parry
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Three wards at Lincoln County Hospital have had admissions restricted to stop the spread of a vomiting bug.
Patients on three wards of Lincoln County Hospital are suffering from norovirus (pictured).
Image source, CDC (Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)
One ward has been closed and two others are restricting admissions.
The trust running the hospital says it's just a precaution to prevent the spread of the virus.
They say not to come go to a hospital if you have had diarrhoea or sickness in the last three days.
Louth Hospital may include GP servicespublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 25 October 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Yesterday I mentioned that Louth Hospital won't be fully operational until spring, because of fire safety concerns.
Health bosses have said they're looking at also including GP services at the site.
Image source, ULHT
Lincolnshire's Community Health Services NHS Trust, which runs services at the hospital, has been given national funding to explore ways of working closer with local GPs.
Chief Executive Andrew Morgan says the idea, which is in early stages, is for a "hub or expanded urgent treatment centre".
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It's an exciting proposal that we've come up with with the GPs about how you better join up what we do"
Andrew Morgan, Chief Executive of Lincolnshire's Community Health Services NHS Trust