Keith Warner is alleged to have sexually assaulted five female pupils between January 2015 and April 2017.

A card stolen from a man in his 70s has been used on a spending spree in Skegness.

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Police say the man's car was broken into on Simpson Street in Spilsby and his card was stolen.

The thief then used it at various places in Skegness.

Police are asking for help in tracking down the man pictured.

Former Hull City and Southend United boss Phil Brown turns down the chance to replace Russell Slade at Grimsby Town.

A fire at a printing shop on Lincoln High Street was caused by an electrical fault.

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Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue have scaled down operations since the fire began at around 22:00 last night. At it's height, seven crews were involved in tacking the flames.

The printing room has been damaged by the fire, but neighbouring properties are largely undamaged.

No one was injured.

A decision on a major investment in the country's electrical infrastructure is due in the next few weeks.

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The Viking Link plans to import electricity from Denmark to Lincolnshire via a huge cable under the North Sea (pictured).

National Grid says that all the plans have been submitted for the cable to pass underneath Lincolnshire.

It will reach the UK underground near Sutton-on-Sea and surface at a huge substation planned at Bicker Fen, near Boston.

Churches in Lincolnshire are to receive a lottery grant to help tell their stories.

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A total of £48,800 is being given to the "Great Interpretations" project to make videos exhibiting the history of 36 churches across the Lincolnshire Wolds.

It's hoped the project will record "priceless treasures" and reveal interesting nuggets of history from their past.

Hundreds of KFC branches are expected to stay closed today after running out of chicken.

Two out of nine outlets across our region are open, one in Hull and one in Scunthorpe.

The company's been having delivery problems since Thursday.

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A coastal holiday home, which has been providing breaks for underprivileged children for over 120 years, is set to close.

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Leicester Children's Holiday Centre at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, is to shut so the charity can offer "more relevant" holidays for 21st century children.

Chairman Shaun O'Donnell, said: "We have visited several fabulous holiday centres around the UK and the facilities and activities they offer are wonderful and we agree are more relevant to modern children.

"People who have donated money or attended our events can rest assured that their money will be paying for holidays in 2018 and beyond."

Tributes are being being paid to a former Lincolnshire teacher who died with his grandson when their car was hit by a train.

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Will Hallett, 15, and Barry Hearnshaw, 72, died at a level crossing in West Sussex on Saturday.

Will's local school said that he "was an intelligent, high grade achiever, who aspired to be an airline pilot."

Mr Hearnshaw taught at Cordeaux High School and Deighton Close School in Louth before he retired.

His family said that he "gave so much to so many people - we know his passing will be a great loss".

A Scunthorpe mum will deliver a petition to Downing Street today, calling for specialist toilets for people with disabilities to be compulsory in all public places.

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Lorna Fillingham has gathered over 50,000 signatures urging the government to change building regulations so "Changing Places" toilets are included in future building plans.

These specialist toilets include a hoist and adult-sized adjustable changing bench.

The government says there are already more than 1,000 across the UK and it's helped fund a new website so people know where to find them.

More details are emerging of a serious fire at a printing shop on Lincoln's High Street last night.

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Originally seven engines were tackling the blaze which began at around 22:00 last night.

Crews from Saxilby, North Hykeham, Waddington and Lincoln were called to the scene.

There has been damage to the printing room but the neighbouring businesses appear undamaged.

The fire service says it's now scaled down the response to the fire.

A man hiding under the stairs at a fast food restaurant to see up skirts is one of two so-called up-skirting incidents reported to Lincolnshire police in the past two years.

In another incident a man was caught on CCTV taking pictures up dresses.

The act of looking up womens' dresses and skirts isn't currently recognised by a specific law, but campaigners say it's time that changed.

Lincolnshire's Police and Crime Commissioner says that the difficulty in recording the crime means the actual figure could be much higher.

Seven fire engines and their crews have been been tackling a blaze on Lincoln's High Street overnight.

Image source, Colin Brown

A fire broke out at a printing shop on the High Street at around 22:00 last night.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say there's been severe damage to the ground floor of the property but that no one was injured.

The cause of the fire is still unknown.

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More pupils are being temporarily excluded from schools in our region than anywhere else in the country.

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Ofstead figures show 43,000 children were excluded for a fixed term in the Yorkshire and Humber area, in just one school year.

North and North East Lincolnshire have some of the highest rates in the country.

Now school inpstectors are being asked to look into this and Ofstead has written to head teachers about the high numbers of pupils being kept out of school.

The top stories from across Lincolnshire so far today include:

• Police hunt for a man who groped a teenage girl in Cleethorpes

• There could soon be a ban on To Let signs in Lincoln
• A Lincolnshire council spent £400k on CCTV last year and it's still not up and running
• Out-of-hours GP services are coming to the Lincolnshire Wolds

• A fire service "curling" video is delighting Lincolnshire Winter Olympics fans

Staff at a dance school in Lincolnshire are looking for Billy Elliot wannabes to fill gaps in their ballet routines.

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Grantham Dance school DancePoint is short of male ballet dancers to accompany the girls in their shows.

Paul Chantry, from the school, says although they have some boy recruits, they want more male dancers to keep the others company.

He says despite the Billy Elliot effect it's still difficult to get boys interested in the art form.

A teenage driver has been arrested and released under investigation after the death of a cyclist in his 40s in Lincolnshire.

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The teenager was arrested for dangerous driving after the cyclist and car crashed on Saturday evening in Kellet Gate, Spalding.

A man in his 40s was taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, but died from his injuries.

Police are looking for witnesses.

A green campaign group is hoping to urge Lincoln's bars and clubs to go "straw-free" after seeing the impact of plastic pollution on the environment in the BBC documentary Blue Planet 2 (pictured).

Lincoln Friends of the Earth members say they were worried local bars and clubs would be "left behind" in the drive to be more eco-friendly, so have been campaigning to move to biodegradable drinking straws.

Liz Seymour, from the group, says the cost of swapping is only 0.3p extra per straw.

Friends of the Earth says a third of the venues its members have spoken to in Lincoln have changed to more green alternatives, but there's still a lot of work to do:

Patients in parts of the Lincolnshire Wolds are being promised they'll soon have extra access to GPs outside the usual hours.

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Doctors from various surgeries are expected to operate out of Louth Hospital from Monday 26 February.

Patients will be able to see a GP in the Urgent Care Centre in the hospital between 18:30 and 20:00 on weekdays and from 08:00 until 19:30 at weekends.

The appointments are all pre-bookable and patients should contact their own practice to access one of these appointments.

The practices taking part in this trial are:

• The James Street Family Practice, Louth
• Newmarket Medical Practice, Louth
• Tasburgh Lodge, Woodhall Spa
• The Kidgate Surgery, Louth
• The New Coningsby Surgery, Coningsby
• The North Thoresby Surgery, North Thoresby
• The Old Vicarage, Horncastle
• The Surgery, Market Rasen
• The Wolds Practice, Tetford
• The Wragby Surgery, Wragby
• Woodhall Spa New Surgery, Woodhall Spa.

It's hoped the service will reduce pressure on A&E and other hospital services.

A week after a vote of no-confidence in the Mayor of Boston, Brian Rush is standing defiant in his role.

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There were calls for Mr Rush to stand down after a post on Facebook was criticised for not being impartial.

Boston Borough council voted 21-2 in favour of ousting the UKIP mayor, but he's refused to quit.

The council says it will remove financial support for the post, but Mr Rush says he'll fund his own appointments, including paying for his own cab fares to official events: