Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 January 2017

Live Reporting

Harry Parkhill

  1. Campaign against £1m plans for 'pointless' community hub

    Richard Madden
    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    A community group is campaigning against plans for their village to borrow hundreds of thousands of pounds to build a "pointless" community centre.

    Artist impressionSkellingthorpe Parish Council / Core Architects

    Skellingthorpe Parish Council is borrowing nearly £1m to build the new centre, library and cafe because they say they'll be needed when more houses are built in the area.

    Protesters say that local taxpayers will be lumbered with the debt on their tax bill.

    A lot of it is virtually pointless... this is unnecessary money being spent."

    Roy Bennett, Protester

    The Parish Council says "it is definitely not a vanity project" and that the plans will not be a "massive burden to taxpayers in Skellingthorpe".

  2. Rail strikes causing delays

    Rail passengers travelling across Lincolnshire and the north of England can expect delays because of a rail strike.

    Railway

    Members of the RMT union working on Northern Rail are walking out because of an ongoing row over driver only trains.

    A revised timetable and replacement buses are in operation.

  3. Watch: Weather forecast for Monday

    Find out what the weather looks like for today after a cold and frosty start:

  4. Work begins on Boston Flood Barrier

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    Preparation work on the biggest infrastructure project Boston has ever had begins today.

    The £100m flood barrier for the town was approved by the government just before Christmas.

    flood barrierEnvironment Agency

    The project is hoped to protect 14,000 homes from flooding.

    In 2013 hundreds of homes were flooded after a tidal surge.

  5. Man on the run from open prison

    A convicted burglar has absconded from North Sea Camp prison near Boston.

    Peter mcgladeLincolnshire Police

    Peter McGlade (pictured) jumped over a wall just after 18:00 yesterday.

    Police officers have used a drone, dog support unit and air support to search for him.

    McGlade is described as being 5ft 5in tall, with brown hair and a scar on his right hand.

  6. Good morning and welcome to Monday's live coverage

    Harry Parkhill
    BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

    Good morning!

    I hope you've had a lovely weekend, I'm here to guide you through today's Lincolnshire news.

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