Graham Alexander, manager of Scunthorpe United, has admitted that the side failed to sign Preston player Eoin Doyle in the Transfer Window.

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The Iron's manager (pictured) had hoped to sign the striker but he decided to join Oldham on loan instead.

Alexander says he’s confident the team have a strong enough squad to maintain their promotion push despite the loss of strikers Paddy Madden and Kevin Van Veen in January.

The manager says he didn't want to lose Van Veen but his contract ends in the summer so it made "good sense" for the club.

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Missed all the transfer deadline news overnight? Have no fear, here's a summary of our local signings.

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Lincoln City FC:

• The Imps sign Stevenage winger Tom Pett on a two-and-a-half year deal
• Defender Scott Wharton joins the team on loan from Blackburn
• Goalkeeper Ryan Allsop has also joined the Imps on loan until the end of the season
• Defender Callum Howe has left for Port Vale

Grimsby Town FC:

• The Mariners sign Simeon Jackson from Walsall
• Aston Villa defender Easah Suliman is on loan for the team until the summer
• Chris Clements heads to Forest Green Rovers on loan for the rest of the season

Scunthorpe United:

• Right-back Marnick Vermijl joins the Irons on loan from Preston North End
• Sam Mantom (midfielder) will leave the club on loan for the rest of the season

Boston United FC :

• Jack Withers has been signed to Premier League side Swansea City. He's been on Boston's youth team for two years but will return to the Pilgrims on loan

For more on all of the transfers around the country head to the BBC's dedicated page.

A 60-year-old man is in hospital with a serious head injury after an alleged assault on Lincoln High Street.

It happened at around 02:30 this morning.

Three local men have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.

Police are appealing for witnesses.

Lincolnshire has seen one of the biggest falls in the number of neighbourhood police officers in the country.

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BBC Figures show there are 145 fewer officers on the beat than there were five years ago.

The number of Community Support Officers has also dropped by 45.

Lincolnshire Police say that they've redeployed a number of staff members away from community policing and towards other posts.

The force says the changing nature of criminality towards online crime and the exploitation of vulnerable people needs to be tackled.

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Southend United sign Crystal Palace's Freddie Ladapo and add Tottenham's Shayon Harrison and Scunthorpe's Sam Mantom on loan.

Preston North End loan defender Marnick Vermijl to Scunthorpe United for the remainder of the season.

Lincoln sign Stevenage winger Tom Pett as well as Blackburn defender Scott Wharton and AFC Bournemouth goalkeeper Ryan Allsop on loan.

Grimsby Town sign Walsall forward Simeon Jackson and Aston Villa defender Easah Suliman on loan until the summer.

Forest Green Rovers sign Rotherham's Alex Bray and Grimsby's Chris Clements on loan for the rest of the season.

That's all from me today, but breaking news, sport and travel updates will continue right here throughout the night.

I'll leave you with five things we didn't know this morning:

• A funeral for a soldier who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder takes place at Lincoln Cathedral
• A teenage drug dealer is sent to a Young Offenders' Institution
• Lincolnshire County council tax payers are likely to face a 5% tax rise from April
• Humberside and Lincolnshire Police are planning to work together more often
• A contentious traffic lights proposal for a Grimsby roundabout gets the green light

A military funeral has been held for a soldier found dead at his home in early January.

A police chief's call to punish drivers for going 1mph over the limit has been criticised.

Chief constable Anthony Bangham, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead on road policing, says deaths and injuries would be cut if speeding laws were strongly enforced and the current 10% leeway scrapped.

But Pete Musgrave, chair of the Humberside Police Federation, says it's just not enforecable:

Police are appealing for information after a man stole pizzas from a supermarket in Boston.

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Lincolnshire Police say they want to speak to the man pictured after the theft from the Co-op on Argyll Street.

It happened at about 20:45 on Friday 26 January.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact police.

A teenage drug dealer who stabbed a man in Grantham five times with a "rambo-style knife" has been sent to a Young Offenders' Institution for 10 years.

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Lincoln Crown Court heard the stabbing happened after a fight broke out over a deal to sell crack cocaine.

Victim Kane Nagg intervened when drug user Kerry Askew accused Exo Bendo (pictured) and his drug dealer partner of short-changing her for the drug.

Bendo pulled the knife out of a bag and swung it around before stabbing Nagg several times.

Andrew Vout, prosecuting, said Mr Nagg shouted to his partner that he was dying and went dizzy as blood began to gush down his leg.

Bendo, 19, of Leybourne Drive, Nottingham, was sentenced to 10 years in a Young Offenders' Institution after admitting charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon.

Accomplice Callum Easson, 19, from Leybourne Drive in Nottingham, admitted two charges of conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin, to supplying cannabis and the possession of a sawn-off shotgun found in his wardrobe.

He was sent to a Young Offenders' Institution for a total of eight years.

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A crowdfunding campaign to repair a pub has been the most successful yet, according to Heritage Lincolnshire.

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The Old King's Head, in Kirton, near Boston, was in a dire state (pictured) when Heritage Lincolnshire took over care of the site.

But the organisation is planning a huge restoration of the building to turn it into a B&B, cafe, and shop.

Liz Bates, from Heritage Lincolnshire, says the restoration has been "really exciting" and has helped raise the profile of the project "hugely":

The Humberside and Lincolnshire police forces are discussing how they might work together.

The Lincolnshire force already works with other forces in the East Midlands in areas including firearms, traffic officers, police dogs, serious crime and forensics.

But Lincolnshire's Chief Constable, Bill Skelly, says he wants to see greater collaboration between the neighbouring forces:

The final go-ahead has been given to replace a busy roundabout near Grimsby with traffic lights.

The Toll Bar roundabout will be removed and replaced with traffic lights at a cost of £2.1m, a plan which has attracted opposition from local residents.

North East Lincolnshire Council says the scheme will improve safety by providing crossing points for pedestrians and cyclists and both reduce journey times and traffic queues.