Visitors to the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast are being urged to take extra care over the Easter holidays.

The RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) is advising people to respect the water and and remember sea temperatures are still very cold.

Advice includes checking weather and tide conditions and carrying a means for calling for help should something go wrong.

The organisation is also warning that lifeguard season begins later in the spring and that beaches currently aren't manned.

RNLI lifesavers assisted 154 people in Yorkshire and 104 people in Lincolnshire last year.

People are being urged not to call the Coastguard if they see any seals on beaches.

The agency says it's getting a lot of calls about the seals, but in almost all cases the seals are simply resting and should be left alone.

Coastguard officials say if a seal's genuinely injured, call the RSPCA.

Villages outside Lincoln will be included in the new community lottery for good causes in the city.

The Lincoln Community Lottery is open to people living up to six miles away from the city centre.

City of Lincoln council's executive approved the extension at a meeting yesterday.

It said that up to £20,000 could be raised for community groups within the first year of the lottery.

Players get to choose one deserving cause per ticket from an online list.

Half of the money from the ticket will go to the selected cause, with a further 10% to a central pot allocated by the city council.

Tickets will cost £1 each and weekly prizes in the online-only lottery will range from £25 to £25,000.

One man has been rescued from a fire at a property in Scunthorpe.

Twenty firefighters were sent to the scene on Cole Street at 08:19 this morning.

Crews rescued the man from the first floor window of the property and he was treated by paramedics.

There are no further details at the moment.

The Princess Royal is visiting Lincolnshire today.

Princess Anne is due to see the new National Coastwatch station at Skegness and North Sea Camp Prison at Boston.

Humberside Police will soon have a roll out of body cameras throughout its force.

It's something civil rights groups have concerns about but Assistant Chief Constable Chris Noble from Humberside Police says there are benefits:

Earlier we told you that a cancer conference is taking place in Lincolnshire.

Patients and clinicians are coming together to drive improvement in cancer services and treatment in the county.

The Cancer Fighters - a singing group of women from Lincolnshire who have all been affected by cancer - will be special guests with members talking about their own stories.

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There's been more reaction to the news that Thames Ambulance Service (TASL) has been stripped of its patient transport contract in North Lincolnshire.

The move comes after months of criticism, with patients raising concerns about frequent delays or ambulances not arriving at all.

TASL also runs non-urgent transport for Hull and Lincolnshire.

The NHS North Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) says it now intends "to commission a new service".

Thames Ambulance Service says it's "disappointed" with the decision and says improvements were being made.

TASL adds that despite this, the team will continue to work with the CCG to further improve the service for patients.

Poems and positive messages will be played from speakers on the Humber Bridge today in a bid to raise awareness of mental health issues.

The idea is part of the HeadStart project which aims to tackle issues affecting young people and highlight the support that's available.

The speakers will play messages and poems written by young people.

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The A46 is currently closed westbound due to a lorry having a tyre changed between the Riseholme and Carholme roundabouts.

Police are awaiting recovery of the lorry which has had a tyre blowout.

Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

A cloudy and wet start to the day with outbreaks of rain, heavy at times.

There'll be moderate westerly winds and a top temperature of about 11C (52F).

Watch my full forecast here:

Health bosses are looking for a new company to take patients to and from hospital in North Lincolnshire after Thames Ambulance Service was stripped of its contract to provide non-emergency patient transport.

The move has come after months of criticism, with patients raising concerns about frequent delays or ambulances not arriving at all.

Thames Ambulance Service was ordered to make improvements to its service following an inspection by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission.

Thames Ambulance says it's disappointed with the decision and improvements were being made.

The firm also has contracts to provide patient transport service in other parts of Lincolnshire and Hull.

A cancer conference taking place in Lincolnshire later, external could lead to "drastically improved" care for patients, it's being claimed.

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The summit is taking place in Woodhall Spa and will bring together more than 50 doctors with patients to focus on ways to improve the county's care.

The organisers say it's an opportunity to understand the latest treatments, how they encourage people to attend screenings and how they support people to live with and beyond cancer.

Amelia Bailey, who had breast cancer, says it could make a huge difference:

The NHS in North Lincolnshire is to strip the firm of its contract and "commission a new service".

Alex Rhodes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

The top stories from across Lincolnshire so far today include:

• Lincolnshire is to get almost £3.5 to repair potholes and strengthen the roads
• Carved stone objects and Mesolithic flints are among the ancient items discovered as teams carry out excavations near the A1
• A Boston boxer is delighted after taking the British light-heavyweight title over the weekend
• A Lincolnshire windmill is weeks away from being returned to its former glory
• Lincolnshire Police want your nominations for your "snow heroes"

Clouding over with rain later. Minimum temperature 4C (39F).

Here's the full forecast:

More now on Boston boxer Callum Johnson's win over Frank Buglioni at the weekend.

As we told you earlier, Johnson's had a long road to recovery after being sidelined because of injury a year and a half ago.

His dad also passed away at a similar time, a man Johnson says who was instrumental to his boxing career.

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He told BBC Radio Lincolnshire that the hardships he's faced made victory on Saturday all the sweeter:

Johnson beat Buglioni by TKO after the referee stopped the match in the first two minutes of the first round.

Four of the region's MPs were to hold talks with Thames Ambulance Service, the under-fire private company that runs patient transport services across Northern Lincolnshire.

The firm has come in for criticism over transport delays and is still failing to meet its targets.

Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin, Grimsby MP Melanie Onn, Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers and Andrew Percy, MP for Brigg and Goole, were to talk with the chief executive of Thames Ambulance Service today.

Investigations are underway into a robbery at a shop in Grimsby this afternoon.

Police were called out just after 14:00 to reports of a robbery at the shop on Legsby Avenue in the town.

A man is said to have threatened staff and demanded money.

Officers are looking for a man described as slim, 6 ft tall and wearing a blue hooded top and dark jeans with a handkerchief over his face.

The Lincolnite

Tasty treats and a lot of laughter is in store for Lincoln comedy feast ticket holders when the event returns for a second time, external at Lincoln Castle.

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