League One play-off hopefuls Scunthorpe sack manager Graham Alexander after eight games without a win.

Morecambe and visitors Lincoln share the spoils in a goalless battle at the Globe Arena in League Two.

A Marc McNulty hat-trick helps Coventry boost their League Two play-off hopes with a comfortable win over Grimsby.

Scunthorpe and Rochdale battle to a draw in a combative League One contest at Glanford Park.

The RSPCA is investigating welfare conditions at 4 Paws Veterinary Clinic in North Lincolnshire.

Red Arrows engineer Cpl Jonathan Bayliss was a "friend to so many", says the team's leader.

The team's squadron leader records a video tribute to the engineer who died in an aircraft crash.

The top stories so far today from our Lincolnshire newsroom include:

• A new date's been announced for the postponed Lincoln 10k
• Red Arrows pay tribute to pilot killed in Anglesey crash
• Investigations continue at Killingholme kennels
• Petition stalls Toll Bar roundabout plans
• School for excluded children given the go-ahead in Lincoln

A total of 11 Humberside Police officers were spat at, kicked and slapped in series of assaults last night, the force has revealed.

Five officers were injured in one incident in Hull while they were dealing with a violent woman on Buckingham Street.

Another officer suffered a broken wrist, while two others were injured while dealing with a disturbance in Rochester Close, Scunthorpe.

The force says three others were also assaulted in other incidents.

Police are urging witnesses to come forward after a 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in an assault earlier this week.

It happened in Grantham town centre between 18:45 and 19:00 on Monday 19 March.

With the Mid-Lent Fair under way, police say the Market Place would have been busy so there will have been witnesses whose accounts could assist with the investigation.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact police.

A new date has been announced for Lincoln's 10k race after snow and icy conditions forced the event's postponement last weekend.

It will now take place on Sunday 1 July.

Participants will get an email confirming the new date, organisers say.

Hopefully there won't be any snow this time around...

Shoppers in Gainsborough will be able to get one hour of free parking from next week.

Image source, West Lindsey District Council

It's part of the council's plan to get more visitors into the town centre and it's also hoped it'll be a boost to traders.

The Red Arrows have released a video paying tribute to Jonathan Bayliss who was killed after a Red Arrows jet crashed in Wales earlier this week.

Cpl Bayliss, 41, was killed when the Hawk aircraft, which is used by the aerobatic display team, crashed at RAF Valley on Anglesey on Tuesday afternoon.

An archaeological dig at the site of the Grantham Southern Relief Road has uncovered some rather exciting discoveries.

Items dating back to Roman and Iron Age times, predating Grantham as a settlement, have been found by a team from Allen Archaeology.

They've unearthed fragments of pottery (pictured below) along with several carved stone objects including a saddle quern - a prehistoric tool like a pestle and mortar.

Image source, Lincolnshire County Council

Much earlier Mesolithic flints have also been discovered (pictured below), which could be as much as 8,000 years old.

The team has been carrying out the work since January to ensure any remains affected by the new road are protected and recorded before the road is built.

Image source, Lincolnshire County Council

A man on crutches is being sought by police in connection with the attempted abduction of a 16-year-old girl in North East Lincolnshire earlier this week.

Image source, Google

Humberside Police say it happened in the North Sea Lane area of Cleethorpes as the girl was waiting at a bus stop at about 08:20 on Wednesday 21 March.

She was approached by a man on crutches who tried to push her towards a white van - but she managed to get away.

The man is described as in his 50s, thin, about 5ft 9ins tall and wearing a black beanie hat, a black zip-up fleece and black tracksuit bottoms with white stripes on the legs.

This is the view that will confront BBC Look North's Peter Levy as he prepares to kayak across the Humber at the weekend to raise money for Sport Relief:

Peter will set off from Barton Haven at 10:45 tomorrow and will hit dry land again at Hessle Foreshore.

If you want to support Peter and donate to Sport Relief you can do it here, external.

Good luck Peter!

Stefan Pidluznyj
Local Democracy Reporter

The site of a former pub and cabaret venue in Lincoln is to be turned into flats after councillors unanimously approved the plans.

Two buildings will be built where the Wildlife pub on Birchwood Avenue stood before it was demolished in 2013.

Ryan Carruthers, of Venture Property Lincoln, used a crowdfunding page to raise almost £35,000 to buy the land.

The pub was a landmark and known for its cabaret acts which attracted large crowds in the 1960s.

The development will be named Desmond Court in honour of Mr Carruthers' grandfather who once performed as a singer at the venue.

Hundreds school children in Scunthorpe have been getting in to the Sport Relief spirit and making a right old mess at the same time.

More than 400 pupils from primary schools in the area took part in the colour run at the Appleby Frodingham Sports Ground, where they ran a mile while being pelted with powdered paint.

It's one of many events taking place in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire today to raise money for Sport Relief.

Boston town centre is getting a spring clean.

Image source, Boston Borough Council

In response to concerns about litter and cleanliness, the Boston Town Area Committee and the Boston Big Local are teaming up to fund two more street cleaners.

The team will focus on areas including litter bins, signage, weeds and graffiti.

Chewing gum removal will be another of their duties; for that the team will use a new state of the art chewing gum removal machine which is worn as a backpack and evaporates the gum.

This afternoon will be mostly dry with sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud.

The south-westerly breeze will ease.