Photos of the white stuff in Lincolnshire!published at 14:27 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
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Photos of the white stuff in Lincolnshire!published at 14:27 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Image source, BBC Weather WatchersBid to establish a medical school in Lincolnshirepublished at 13:54 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio LincolnshireA joint bid has been submitted for a new medical school in Lincolnshire.
If successful, the bid from the University of Lincoln and University of Nottingham will see medical students studying locally rather than having to move out of the county.
The two universities say it will increase the number of doctors and nurses in Lincolnshire.
Quote MessageThis will offer important opportunities to widen access to medicine targeting local students"
Spokesperson, University of Lincoln
It looks like more snow is on the way!published at 13:32 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Cloudy at times with sunny intervals and showers of hail, sleet and snow in places.
Children's heart surgery to STAY in Leicesterpublished at 13:01 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Breaking
Rob Sissons
East Midlands Today ReporterChildren's heart surgery will continue at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.
Proposals to relocate services to other centres around the country were modified following a lengthy public consultation.
NHS England said the reprieve was conditional on the unit making sufficient improvements to meet required standards.
The announcement follows a lengthy campaign to keep children's heart surgery in Leicester.
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End of twitter postConcern over visitor numbers at Donna Nook seal colonypublished at 12:01 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, LincolnshireA parish councillor has expressed concern over the number of people visiting the seal colony at Donna Nook.
It is currently the pup season and over one weekend the area attracted 12,000 people.
So far this year the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust says around 45,000 people have visited the site.
Now work has begun on visitor management plans for next year.
Quote MessageSomebody at some point is going to get hurt. If you need an ambulance you're not going to get one because it's just gridlocked, it's been horrendous this year"
Alwyn Drewery, Vice Chairman of North Somercotes Parish Council
County force helicopter response times 'among slowest'published at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, LincolnshireThe response times for Lincolnshire Police air support service are among the slowest in the country.
A report by HM Inspector of Constabulary details the findings after looking at forces across England and Wales.
Figures in the report suggest it takes just over 51 minutes for a police helicopter to arrive at the scene of an emergency in Lincolnshire.
This means the force has the third-slowest response times across England and Wales.
New cinema plans revealed for Lincolnpublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio LincolnshireLincoln is to get a new cinema.
Image source, Everyman CinemaIt has been announced an Everyman Cinema will be part of the regeneration of the Cornhill Quarter.
Film lovers will have four screens to choose from and have access to a roof terrace bar and restaurant.
Quote MessageWe’re looking forward to coming to Lincoln. It is such a vibrant city with an incredible heritage and we are proud to become a part of the Cornhill Quarter."
Crispin Lilly, CEO of Everyman Cinemas
Cyclists waiting for fobs to access station facilitypublished at 10:46 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Corazon Garcia
BBC Radio LincolnshireSome cyclists wanting to use the bicycle storage hub at Lincoln Central railway station can't get fobs to access the facility.
The hub opened last year offering nearly 200 bike spaces and changing room facilities.
Image source, East Midlands TrainsQuote MessageLincoln desperately needs this kind of facility as does the county in my opinion and you don't encourage cycling if you don't have somewhere for cyclists to leave a bike"
William Horwood, Cyclist
East Midlands Trains said they had provided 300 fobs - "well in excess of the 196-space capacity of the cycle hub".
Quote MessageWe have further fobs on order from our supplier and as soon as they are available we will let customers know"
Spokesman, East Midlands Trains
Work begins on hedgehog hospitalpublished at 10:21 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Paul Murphy
BBC Look NorthBuilding work for a new hedgehog hospital based near Scunthorpe will begin this morning.
The hospital will cost about £350,000 and claims to be the only one of its kind in northern Lincolnshire.
The owners are hoping it will help save the falling population of hedgehogs in our area.
Frank Pett is the owner of Andrew's Hedgehog Hospital and says it will take about a year to build.
Quote MessageWe would like to have a full range of facilities available in North Lincolnshire, so hedgehogs receive the best possible care and treatment. We want to save the population and put as many as we can back into the wild.
Frank Pett, Andrew's Hedgehog Hospital
The snow's hit Lincolnshire!published at 09:47 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, LincolnshireThe Lincolnshire coast looks to be getting a dusting of the white stuff!
Keep sending us your snowy pics by email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.
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End of twitter postIt's decision day for the children's heart centre at Leicester Glenfield Hospitalpublished at 08:37 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, LincolnshireA decision is expected today on the future of a children's heart unit which treats young people from Lincolnshire.
NHS England wants to shut the centre at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester because it isn't meeting standards.
Campaigners have been fighting to keep the unit open.
The decision is expected early this afternoon.
Watch: We could see some of the white stuff today!published at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look NorthSunny spells after a frosty start, but wintry showers spreading westwards during the day, with some snow accumulations, mainly over hills.
Some places may escape the showers. A biting northerly wind developing with coastal gales possible.
Here's my full forecast:
Join us for today's live coveragepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, LincolnshireGood morning and welcome to Local Live for Lincolnshire on Thursday 30 November.
I'm Lizzie and I’ll be with you until 18:00 with all the latest news, sport and travel from across the area.
Please get in touch and let me know what's happening where you are by email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.
Gate guardian bomber plans unveiledpublished at 19:20 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2017
The Lancaster would be erected on top of a column on the A46 between Lincoln and Newark.
Read MoreBomber command centre opening delayedpublished at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2017
The centre, dedicated to the personnel of Bomber Command, had been due to open in September.
Read MoreFive things we've learned todaypublished at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2017
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, LincolnshireThat'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:
- The body of a man has been recovered from The River Welland in Spalding
- Investigations are being held into a fatal crash on the A52 near Skegness
- A full size replica of a Lancaster Bomber could soon welcome visitors to Bomber County
- More than 200 soil samples from a Lincolnshire woodland are being analysed for traces of deadly mustard gas
- Lincoln will soon be home to a new coffee school
Lancaster Bomber replica plans 'at an early stage'published at 17:27 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2017
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio LincolnshireA full size replica of a Lancaster Bomber could soon welcome visitors to Bomber County.
Plans have been revealed for land off the A46 near Newark.
Image source, Bomber County Gateway TrustKen Sadler from the Bomber County Gateway Trust says the idea's at an early stage:
Quote MessageWe'd like to hope that we can get some structural engineering help to help design it and then some fabrication help in order to construct it and of course some funds to make sure that we can do it properly."
Ken Sadler, Bomber County Gateway Trust
Great Grimsby MP tells government to get behind improvement planspublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2017
Tim Iredale
Political editor, East Yorkshire and LincolnshireGrimsby MP Melanie Onn has called on the government to put its money where its mouth is, in order to help improve the local economy.
North East Lincolnshire Council has plans to help create thousands of new jobs and homes as part of the Greater Grimsby town deal.
The government says it supports the scheme, as part of their industrial strategy, but the Great Grimsby MP has called on them to get fully behind the plans.
Driver dies after falling in to ditchpublished at 16:37 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2017
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio LincolnshireA man who crashed his car into a telegraph pole in Lincolnshire has died after falling into a dyke.
He fell down a steep bank after he got out of the car.
The man was rescued from the water but died later in hospital.
The police say it happened on Station Road at Eastville near Boston last night at around 19:40.
Donna Nook seal colony attracts 45,000 visitorspublished at 16:16 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2017
Martin Slack
BBC Local Live, LincolnshirePlans are being made to reduce congestion caused by people visiting a seal colony on the Lincolnshire coast.
Donna Nook has attracted 45,000 nature lovers this year causing disruption to the local community.
Council officials and the police have been discussing measures to try and reduce the problem for next season.
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