It's nearly the end of January and across Lincolnshire there are already signs that spring is finally coming:

A man in Lincoln says he's had to repair his car four times in the past few weeks because of the state of Lincolnshire's roads.

John Robinson says potholes on some of Lincolnshire's roads are particularly bad.

He says one on Longdale Road in Lincoln is one of the worst in the county.

Lincolnshire County Council say it's been a particularly bad winter for potholes.

Do you agree? Have you seen a worse one? Email me your pictures.

The International Bomber Command Centre near Lincoln opens its doors to the public today.

The centre has been six years in the planning and building.

There will be an official opening of the site in April.

It will be a mostly dry and bright day across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire with variable cloud and sunny spells.

Here's Lisa Gallagher with the rest of your forecast:

There are questions being raised over the role of so-called grid girls at Cadwell Park race track.

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Women at the race track between Louth & Horncastle (pictured) walk out in front of drivers with promotional messages.

Their role has been called into question after it was announced that walk-on girls will no longer be used in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Some women's groups have called for an end to grid girls and Formula 1 says the practice is "under strong review".

Cadwell Park doesn't employ any themselves, but teams who come to the track do sometimes bring them.

Fans of Lionel Richie will be "dancing on the ceiling" to hear the US singer-songwriter is hitting the road in June for a string of gigs.

And he's kicking it off in Northampton!

His Franklin's Gardens gig on 1 June will be the first of a string of dates including stops in Perth, Hove, Lincoln, Shrewsbury, Leigh, Carlisle, Scarborough, Chesterfield and London, where Richie will play at Hampton Court Palace Festival.

The singer, famous for hits such as Hello and Dancing on the Ceiling, said he was looking forward to seeing "parts of the country I've never made it out to before".

Richie will no doubt be welcomed and embraced by the good people of Northamptonshire, and perhaps when he returns to the US he'll speak well of it to other stars such as Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who sort of promised to turn on the Christmas lights in Kettering, but didn't quite manage it.

More than a thousand people have signed a petition about changes to ticket prices at Scunthorpe's Plowright Theatre.

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Management have introduced a £1 booking fee per ticket on all tickets regardless of how they're bought.

The extra charge also applies to the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe.

A spokesman for the Plowright said because of a change in the law they can no longer charge a booking fee on cards without it being the same for people paying cash so they've reluctantly applied the same £1 fee.

The singer Jimmy Osmond has offered to take someone out for dinner in Skegness - if a 5ft poster of him is returned.

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The poster, advertising an upcoming show, went missing from the town yesterday just two days after being put up.

But the star says he'll treat someone to dinner if they return the poster to the Embassy Theatre - and they don't even have to be a Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool.

Firefighters in Grantham have been dealing with a major fire at a factory overnight.

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At its height, 50 firefighters and 10 engines were tackling the blaze at the Bairds Malt Building on Springfield Road in the town.

Nobody was injured, but Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say it was a tricky fire to deal with.

An elderly man who died in Waltham near Grimsby yesterday has been named as 80-year-old James Fish.

Police are trying to work out how he died.

A 28-year-old woman has been arrested and is in police custody.

Officers say his family is being supported.

Fans in Lincolnshire will be Dancing on the Ceiling in excitement as veteran R&B star Lionel Richie has announced his first show in the county this summer.

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It's at the Lincolnshire Showground, near Lincoln, on June 10.

The 68-year-old superstar says he'll play hits from his entire back catalogue, including 'Hello', 'All Night Long', and 'Truly.

Tickets go on sale on 2 February online and directly from the Showground.

Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

Good morning, it's Harry here to guide you through today's live news coverage.

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That's it from me today.

Breaking news, sport, weather and travel updates will continue overnight and we'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow.

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

• The UK's Digital Minister has admitted the Government needs to do better when it comes to rolling out superfast broadband across Lincolnshire.
• Nearly a quarter of a million pounds has been awarded to transform cancer services in the county.
• Lincoln's new bus station has been officially opened.
• Jimmy Osmond has 'gone missing in Skegness'.
• It's been announced that Paloma Faith will perform in Lincolnshire in the summer.

Detectives in Grantham are investigating two attempted robberies involving taxis in the town in the space of a week.

In both cases the driver was threatened with a knife.

No one's been hurt and nothing was taken.

An appeal's being made for information.

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

It looks like it will be a dry night for Lincolnshire, then a fairly cloudy day tomorrow.

Here's the latest forecast:

Crowds of volunteers turned out at the weekend to help clear litter from the beach in Cleethorpes.

It's part of a bid to make the area one of the first "Plastic Free Coastlines."

CCTV cameras have been installed in a Lincolnshire village to stop anti social behaviour.

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West Lindsey District Council says it's listened to concerns raised by residents in Hemswell Cliff near Gainsborough.

It's hoped the equipment will act as a deterrent.

The number of shoplifting offences in Louth has doubled over the past year according to police.

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There's been almost 200 incidents of shop theft over the last financial year and officers say it's mainly down to a number of travelling criminals.

Police have issued three Criminal Behaviour orders to try and target the problem.

BBC News Travel

There are still some delays on the road...

The council is consulting on plans to tackle the issue, including a plan to fine supermarkets.