Lincolnshire breaking news: Latest updates

Summary

GP receptionists to give medical advice
Winter shelter for homeless closes over staffing problems
NHS staff stung by parking price hike
Police warn motorists over icy conditions
£12m Lincoln footbridge reopens
Updates on Friday 1 December 2017

Live Reporting

Lizzie Musham

Police search for man who absconded from open prisonpublished at 12:02 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Alex Rhodes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Police want to find this man who has absconded from an open prison near Boston.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police
Peter Sullivan, who was convicted of manslaughter over 30 years ago, has absconded from North Sea Camp open prison in Freiston, near Boston.
Police say he's not thought to be a risk to the general population.
Sullivan is described as white, 5’11”, slim build, with a grey beard and receding hair.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen him to contact them., external
Railway station 'one of least used in UK'published at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A railway station between Skegness and Boston is one of the least used in the UK, according to the latest government figures.
Image source, Google
Havenhouse station (pictured) was used by passengers just 106 times between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017.
It was the eighth-least used in the country being pipped to the dubious title by Barry Links railway station in Scotland.
Thorpe Culvert near Skegness had just 210 users in the same period.
If you fancy visiting a lonely railway station - here's your bucket list:
Gainsborough and Stamford NatWest branches to closepublished at 11:04 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Branches of the NatWest Bank in Stamford and Gainsborough are to close.
Image source, Google
RBS, which owns NatWest, is closing 259 branches across the country.
The state-backed bank says the move is because customers are increasingly banking online.
There is no date for the closures yet.
Winter shelter for homeless closes over staffing problemspublished at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A night shelter for homeless people in Boston will not operate this winter unless new volunteer helpers are found.
Image source, Google
The shelter at the Centenary Methodist Church in the town (pictured) has previously opened its doors to the homeless on cold winter nights.
But this year the church is struggling to find enough people to staff the shelter overnight:
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It's not going to open this year unless we get some more groups who would volunteer"
Rev Neil Vickers, Night shelter organiser
If you are willing to volunteer contact the church., external
NHS staff stung by parking price hikepublished at 10:05 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Staff at Lincolnshire's hospitals will have to pay more to park at work from today.
For some workers, prices will rise by more than a third.
The cost of a day permit will also go up to £1.20.
ULHT says difficult financial times means they've had to raise the cost rather than reduce patient services.
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It's wrong that porters, HCSW’s, housekeepers etc have to pay for parking, especially given public sector pay cap, this means it’s yet another reduction in their wages.
Karen Lee, Lincoln MP
Police warning after icy crashespublished at 09:36 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Corazon Garcia
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Police in Lincolnshire are warning drivers to be extra careful on icy roads after a number of crashes overnight.
The emergency services are on the scene of a collision at Tillbridge Lane in Scampton.
Fire crews have also been dealing with another on Market Rasen Road in Dunholme.
A vehicle also ended up in a water filled ditch in a crash on Chapel Lane in New Bolingbroke near East Kirkby.
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Obviously the gritting team will go out and do their bit but they're at the mercy of the weather. If the weather changes and it refreezes after they've gritted that can happen.
Lincolnshire Police
£12m Lincoln footbridge reopenspublished at 09:12 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A £12m footbridge, which closed after being open for just 18 months, is to reopen today.
The bridge on Lincoln's High Street (pictured) was closed by Network Rail in October to be resurfaced and strengthened.
There had been complaints about loose paving stones and puddles gathering on the multi-million pound structure.
Heart unit "saved the life of our son"published at 08:48 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A family from Grantham say they're "forever grateful" for the work a heart unit in Leicestershire does.
It follows the announcement that the unit at Glenfield Hospital will stay open.
Mike Weavers says the unit delivers "fantastic" outcomes.
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The unit in Glenfield basically saved the life of our son George two years ago now. For that alone it's somewhere that we're forever grateful for. But also he goes back for regular follow up treatment there as well so we know just how fantastic the outcomes they deliver are.
Mike Weavers
GP receptionists to give medical advicepublished at 08:32 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
From today, trained receptionists at a GP surgery in Nettleham, near Lincoln, will be asking patients what's wrong with them.
Image source, Getty Images
Staff on the desk at Nettleham Medical Practice have been trained to direct patients to the right kind of care to avoid wasting GPs' time.
The receptionists - or patient care advisers as they're being called - will ask for information about your medical condition and suggest a nurse, pharmacist, or GP if appropriate.
Watch: Today's weather forecastpublished at 08:18 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
It's a very frosty morning, so you'll probably have to de-ice your car this morning if you're heading out.
Here's my full forecast.
Good morning and welcome to Friday's live coveragepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage for Lincolnshire on Friday 1 December.
It's Harry here and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news, sport and travel from across the county.
Please get in touch and let me know what's happening where you are by email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.
Snow falls on England's east coast beachespublished at 18:23 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Parts of the east coast of England are witnessing snow settling for the first time in years.
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Five things we've learned todaypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
That's it from me today.
We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow with more updates from across the county as they happen.
In the meantime, breaking news, sport and travel updates will continue right here throughout the night.
Meanwhile, I'll leave you with five things we've learned today:
- Children's heart surgery for Lincolnshire patients is to continue in Leicester
- Lincolnshire could soon be getting its own medical school thanks to a joint bid by the Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham
- A Lincolnshire driver who caused a fatal crash while chatting on a hands free phone has been warned she faces a jail sentence
- Film lovers are to get more choice in Lincoln- it's been announced the Everyman Cinema chain will have a new multiplex in the city
- Gritters have headed out in the county as forecasters warn of icy conditions
Police appeal for information following fatal crashpublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Police want to speak to the driver of a dark coloured vehicle as part of their investigation into a fatal crash yesterday at Chapel St Leonards.
It happened on the A52 between Hogsthorpe and Skegness at around 08:00.
The crash was between a blue BMW and a white Vauxhall van - the driver of the BMW, a man in his 20s, died at the scene.
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I am directly appealing for the driver travelling behind the BMW car to give me a call. There are many reasons why they may not have got in touch already, but please ring and speak to us."
Sgt Dave Mitchell, Lincolnshire Police
Staying mainly cold and cloudy overnightpublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
BBC Weather
A few clear spells but generally cold and cloudy with wintry showers spreading further west.
Windy around the Lincolnshire coast.
Do you know who this man is?published at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Police want to speak to this man after a stolen bank card was used on several occasions in Lincoln.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police
Thecard was used in the Spar on Clasketgate, the Co-op on the High Street, the Premier Store on the High Street and other stores on Newark Road in Lincoln.
If you know who this man is then Lincolnshire Police would like to hear from you.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police
Scunthorpe library to temporarily relocatepublished at 16:21 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Jonathan Willis
BBC Look North
Scunthorpe's Central Library is to temporarily relocate while the current building undergoes a £1m renovation.
Image source, Science Photo Library
The building is getting a complete internal makeover to turn it into a community hub, bringing a number of services together under one roof.
Key library services will be re-located to the The Base in Scunthorpe, which is next to the library in Church Square.
The work is expected to be finished by the spring of next year.
Death crash driver was using hands-free phonepublished at 16:01 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
A Lincolnshire driver who caused a fatal crash while chatting on a hands-free phone has been warned she faces a jail sentence.
Samantha Ayres was on the wrong side of the road when she collided head-on with a motorcyclist.
The crash happened at Horsington last November.
David Kirk, 26, died at the scene.
Lincoln Crown Court heard that Ayres had been talking using Bluetooth technology for 20 minutes before the collision.
She was mid-conversation with a friend about a purchase of VW Campervan when she hit the rider.
The 34-year-old from Horncastle had denied causing death by dangerous driving but the jury took just an hour to return a guilty verdict.
Sentencing has been adjourned until next week.
Extra gritter runs planned for Lincolnshirepublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council say they will start gritting the county's roads this afternoon with an additional run planned for this evening.
The gritters treat almost 2,000 miles of Lincolnshire’s road network, including all A and B roads.
The freezing temperatures are expected to continue until mid morning tomorrow.
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We expect there to be freezing temperatures from this afternoon right through until mid-morning tomorrow, and there’s a strong possibility of snow in places, particularly in the Wolds and on higher ground."
Darrell Redford, Lincolnshire County Council
Lincoln - London train frequency increase planspublished at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Plans to increase direct train services between Lincoln and London are still on schedule to begin in 2019.
That's despite major changes to the way the East Coast Mainline will be run.
The Department of Transport has announced plans to end the current franchise early to create a new East Coast Partnership.