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An investigation is under way after an allegation of assault in Lincoln by a police officer.

There is growing concern for the safety of missing Grimsby man Darren Clark (pictured).

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The 41-year-old has not been seen since he left home yesterday morning to go into the town centre and Freeman Street.

The alarm was raised when he did not pick up his children from school as planned.

Police say he has never been missing before and this is completely out of character, external.

If you’ve seen Darren or have information about where he is, please call Humberside Police on 101, quoting log number 450 of 17 April.

It may not have seemed it in the last few weeks, but Lincolnshire is one of the driest parts of the country in terms of rainfall.

Because of that, Anglian Water is considering spending a large amount of money to try and prevent droughts in the county, particularly in the fens.

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One of the potential solutions is to build a large reservoir in the fens somewhere (no locations have been identified yet), and to invest hundreds of millions in a network of pipes to transport water from the banks of the Humber to the fens.

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There are traffic problems on Sleaford Road in Boston after an accident near the junction of Roseberry Avenue.

It's thought that three vehicles are involved.

It's causing long queues of traffic on the main routes into town.

More on this as we get it.

A Lincolnshire police officer has been suspended after being accused of assault.

The force says an "active investigation" is under way into the circumstances surrounding allegation.

Detective Superintendent Suzanne Davies says "An investigation is currently under way after an allegation of assault was made in relation to a serving Lincolnshire Police officer.

"That officer has been suspended from duty while this investigation is carried out.”

A Lincolnshire food stall owner says it's "bad business" to use anything other than environmentally-friendly packaging for products.

Curry Jacks, a jacket potato and curry stand in Lincoln's market, uses corn starch packaging for the food (pictured).

The packaging is completely biodegradable.

Stall owner Fiona Duerden says she made the decision because "consumers want a better option for the environment".

Branches of Lloyds bank are to close in three of Lincolnshire's towns.

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The banking firm has announced measures to close 49 of its branches across the county, Alford, Mablethorpe and Coningsby branches (pictured) are among those earmarked for closure.

It'll cause 1,230 job losses, though the group says it's creating 925 jobs and existing staff will be redeployed where possible.

County Councillor Colin Davie described the speed of change on the high street as "accelerating daily" and the closures as "very sad news".

Lincoln City climb back into the play-off places with a goalless draw against promotion-chasing Wycombe at Sincil Bank.

Here are the stories making headlines this evening:

• Police are appealing for help to catch two houseboat thieves
• A cinema in a Lincolnshire town is to close after 35 years
• A town will get new GP services 18 months after its surgery closed over patient safety concerns
• A school's been told it could lose its Government funding after a poor Ofsted report
• There are new calls to abolish North and North East Lincolnshire and return to traditional Lincolnshire

Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night.

Lincolnshire Police have just released this picture of Terrie Diment, who's wanted after a theft in Grantham.

Police say they want to talk to her in connection with a burglary in Woodbrook in the town in which a purse was stolen.

If you know where she is, call police on 101.

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Earlier today we told you about the houseboat that was stolen from Saxilby, near Lincoln yesterday and then dumped near the city centre in a terrible state.

Well, now pictures have emerged which show two youths driving the boat along the River Witham.

The pictures show the pair close to the City of Lincoln Council's Stamp End depot, and have been supplied to us by the boat's owner Sean Chambers.

It's thought the photos show the pair on the final stages of their six-mile tour from Saxilby all the way through the city before stopping at the locks at Stamp End.

Police have appealed for anyone who saw the boat on its way through Lincoln yesterday teatime to come forward.

A primary school in Lincoln has been warned it could lose its Government funding.

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St Giles Academy was judged inadequate by Ofsted inspectors last December and has been sent a warning by the Department for Education.

In a statement, headteacher David Milner says the school could be handed to another academy trust to run. He said they're working hard to improve.

A primary school is set to expand to cope with an increased demand for places.

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Monks Abbey Primary School, in the Monks Road area of the city has been oversubscribed for the last three years.

A plan's been drawn up by officials which would see the number of pupils on the registers rise by just over 100 over the next few years.

If the proposals are agreed it would take the school to 500 pupils.

This will cause major problems on one of the busiest roads in Lincoln city centre:

A Romanian man has been charged with two counts of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour in connection with reports of a man following women in North East Lincolnshire.

32-year-old Cosmin Toaba, of Coningsby Drive, Grimsby, is due to appear before Grimsby and Cleethorpes Magistrates Court on 29 May.

Here are the top stories from our Lincolnshire newsroom this afternoon:

• GP services will return to a Lincolnshire town after almost 18 months
• A cinema in Grantham is to close after 35 years
• New calls for North and North East Lincolnshire to be abolished

An inquiry into North Linconlshire Council's attempt to buy land near the M180 has been called for by Labour councillors at the authority.

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According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service the council tried to buy the 500 acres of land known as Vale Farm in Broughton in September 2017 for £4m.

A proposal to build 140 affordable homes on the site and create 250 jobs was part of the purchase but the council had a revised offer rejected by owners Jerry Green Dog Rescue in December.

Opposition councillors raised concerns over the transparency of the negotiations but the ruling Conservative group says they were transparent.

Leader of the Labour group, Councillor Len Foster, will put forward a motion to launch an independent inquiry on Friday.

Sean Chambers' home, with rescue dog Cheech on-board, was ransacked and dumped six miles away.