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Last Post at funeral of Red Arrows engineer
Search for South Kesteven ticket holder of £9.5m lottery jackpot
Communities rally to save Lincolnshire pubs
Tickets for Proms at Drill Hall will be 'at a premium'
Live updates on Friday 20 April 2018

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Police crackdown to cut number of serious crashespublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Efforts are being stepped up to help reduce the number of serious crashes on Lincolnshire's roads.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police
The police are focusing on what they call the Fatal 4, speeding, drink driving, using mobile phones behind the wheel and not wearing seat belts.
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Over the next nine months we will be taking a zero tolerance approach to the ‘Fatal Four’ (and other driving offences) in an attempt to reduce the number of collisions on our roads and the numbers of casualties."
Sergeant Mike Alford, Lincolnshire Police
It's amazing what a bit of sun does!published at 16:12 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
BBC Weather Watchers
The blossom's out... the mowers are out... and most importantly the sun's out!!
Image source, Weather Watchers
Lancaster bomber sculpture set to be approvedpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Stefan Pidluznyj
Local Democracy Reporter
Plans for a giant sculpture of a Lancaster bomber by the side of the A46 between Newark and Lincoln are due to be approved next week.
North Kesteven District Council's planning sub-committee has been given a recommendation to approve proposals for the full-size art installation on land at Brills Farm just off the A46 in Norton Disney, in Lincolnshire.
The Bomber County Gateway Trust is hoping to bring the project to fruition this year - the 100th anniversary of the RAF.
The 85ft (26m) structure would be mounted on a steel frame to give the impression that it is in flight.
Image source, Bomber county gateway trust
Man appears in court over Boston stabbingpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A 20-year-old man from Boston charged in connection with a stabbing in the town has appeared before Magistrates.
Rafal Grochowski of Willoughby Road was arrested following an incident in West Street in the early hours of Saturday morning.
No plea was entered and the case has been sent up to Lincoln Crown Court.
A man in his 20s is being treated for serious injuries.
An arrested teenager has been released under investigation.
Lincolnshire woman to swim in shark-infested waters for charitypublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Amanda White
BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
A woman from Lincolnshire is part of a team of swimmers planning to travel through some of the world's most dangerous waters.
Clare Wookey from Market Deeping will be taking on the Seven Oceans Challenge which will involve her swimming through shark-infested waters with her team mates.
The women are part of an open water relay team and they've already completed the Ireland to Scotland leg.
Clare is raising money for the Leicester Renal Unit and with her friends has broken the Guinness World Record for the first leg, the second is off the coast of California.
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it is a mental challenge but we only live once and why not go out with a bang?!'
Clare Wookey, swimmer
Memorial unveiled to Lancaster Bomber crewpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
A memorial to a Lancaster Bomber crew, who crashed in the Netherlands in World War Two, has been unveiled.
Image source, Omrop Fryslan TV
Relatives of the men who died, flew to Holland to attend the ceremony.
The memorial has been created where the Lancaster, which was part of Lincolnshire's 61 Squadron, crashed after coming under enemy fire.
The site is now part of a national park.
Lincolnshire sees 30% drop in hare coursing incidentspublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Latest figures from Lincolnshire Police show there's been a 30% drop in hare coursing incidents over the last year.
Image source, Getty Images
In 2017/18 1,365 incidents were reported by residents compared with 1,965 in 2016/17.
In the last year police have seized 76 dogs being used for hare coursing and 45 people have been arrested or reported for summons.
Another 58 people were served with dispersal notices, forcing them to leave the county.
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We have had to raise our game to tackle what had been an increasing problem in Lincolnshire and these figures show our commitment to tackling rural crime. Criminals no longer see Lincolnshire as an easy target as they know we will seize their dogs which are worth thousands of pounds to them.'
Deputy Chief Constable Craig Naylor, Lincolnshire Police
Your headlines this afternoonpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
These are the top stories across Lincolnshire
- There are fears over the sighting of an Asian Hornet in Lincolnshire
- We're told to expect cuts to NHS services in the county if there's no big funding injection
- And a man's charged in connection with a stabbing in Boston
'Beast from the East' cost £250,000 to salt roadspublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Salting Lincolnshire's roads during the "Beast from the East" weather system cost the county more than a quarter of a million pounds.
Latest figures from the county council show the authority has used almost three-times as much salt this year as in the previous winter after the severe weather.
The report says they did have an emergency contingency budget following several mild winters, but there was still an overspend.
Councillor Richard Davies, Executive Councillor for Highways and Transport, said it was important that the council acted in order to keep the county moving.
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Even before the Beast from the East hit this had been one of the most difficult winters we've had to deal with for some time"
Coun Richard Davies, Lincolnshire County Council
Council ready to buy land used by resort's show peoplepublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Land in Mablethorpe used by travelling show people is set to be sold to the local council.
The plot on Seaholme Road is owned by Anglian Water.
It's used in the summer months by people who work on the coastal amusements.
East Lindsey District Council says buying it will help ensure that continues.
A decision is due to be made on Wednesday.
Lancaster Bomber sculpture 'set for approval'published at 12:48 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Local Democracy Reporter
Plans for a Lancaster Bomber sculpture welcoming visitors to and from Lincolnshire is set to be approved by councillors next week.
Image source, Bomber County Gateway Trust
North Kesteven District Council's Planning sub-committee has been given a recommendation to approve proposals for the full-size art installation on land at Brills Farm just off the A46 in Norton Disney.
The vision for Lincolnshire's answer to the Angel of the North was revealed in November 2017, with The Bomber County Gateway Trust hoping to bring the project to fruition this year - the 100th anniversary of the RAF.
Over 30,000 drivers a day would pass the monument to Bomber Command if it is given planning permission.
The 26-metre long sculpture would be mounted on a steel frame to give the impression that it is in flight.
Your weather forecast for the afternoonpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
A mostly dry day with patchy cloud and sunny spells.
Moderate southwest winds and a maximum temperature of 15 deg C (59 deg F).
Arthur's got a message for youpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Meet Arthur from North East Lincolnshire. Looks fairly fit and healthy doesn't he?
Image source, NHS England
However, the 66-year-old was shocked to discover he was pre diabetic following a routine blood test, external.
Arthur is now part of the National Diabetes Prevention Programme, external which gives advice on eating healthily, being more active and losing weight.
Arthur’s wife Carol, was encouraged to attend the course with Arthur, so they could both learn how to alter cooking and eating habits and make lifestyle changes.
Arthur says he couldn’t have done it without her and is now urging others to take steps to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes, external.
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My wife was really supportive and encouraging throughout all the sessions"
Arthur, Retired business owner
Facebook tops list of sites used by online groomerspublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
An NSPCC investigation has found that Facebook and apps owned by Facebook were used in the majority of on online grooming cases investigated by Humberside Police last year.
Image source, NSPCC
The anti-grooming law of 'Sexual Communication with a Child' came into force in England and Wales one year ago.
In the first nine months of it being in force there were 1,628 crimes recorded in England and Wales, and police revealed what platform was used in 956 cases.
In the Humberside force area there were 50 crimes with the youngest victim recorded as a seven-year-old.
Facebook was used in 18 cases while the Facebook owned app Whatsapp was used in one case.
The second most-used app was Snapchat, used in seven cases.
The NSPCC's Chief Executive is calling on the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, to bring in a mandatory safety code to regulate social networks.
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Mr Hancock could be the person who makes the internet a safer place, for every child now and in the future. We hope he seizes the chance to do that.”
Peter Wanless, Chief Executive, NSPCC
Asian hornet spotted in Lincolnshire croppublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
An Asian hornet which preys on honey bees has been found in a cauliflower grown in Boston.
Image source, PA
The insect which is smaller than the UK's native hornet could cause serious damage to honey bee colonies.
Work is now underway to find any nests.
Bee keeper Fred Parker from Horncastle says if you disturb a nest the hornets can sting you to death:
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if you see a nest it's best to keep away from it and notify the National Bee Unit and they will send out special people that are trained to deal with them and then they fumigate the nest, come back a day or two later and fumigate it again and they cut it down and burn it.'
Fred Parker, Bee keeper, Horncastle
GP warns increasing debt could see NHS services cutpublished at 11:17 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Unless funding increases NHS services in Lincolnshire will be reduced - that's the message from GPs in the county.
They say the public will have to decide what treatments they still want to be available.
Health services in the county, including hospitals and Clinical Commissioning Groups, have overspent by an estimated £89m.
Managers say they're already making savings with the aim of reducing the deficit.
But Dr Kieran Sharrock, who represents Lincolnshire's GPs, says in order to save money some NHS services could be cut.
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I think realistically unless funding increases the system in Lincolnshire will have to cut its cloth accordingly, services will be shrunk within the acute sector within the hospitals, prescribing will significantly be reduced by GPs and there will be a debate with the public about what services don't you want to have anymore'
Dr Kieran Sharrock, Lincolnshire GP
Gamekeeper guilty of fox welfare offencepublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
The fox was allegedly being kept captive so it could be hunted.
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MoD experts return to mustard gas sitepublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Gas canisters were found at the Roughton Moor site, near Woodhall Spa, last year.
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Blooming marvellous in North East Lincolnshirepublished at 10:28 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Two towns in our area, battling it out to win a Britain in Bloom award will feature in a new TV programme that starts tonight.
The people behind Grimsby and Immingham's attempts will feature in tomorrow night's episode.
The series begins on BBC Two tonight at 18:30.
UPDATE: Water restored to most houses north of Lincolnpublished at 10:04 British Summer Time 16 April 2018
Lizzie Musham
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire
Anglian Water says the majority of houses affected by a burst water main north of Lincoln this morning now have a water supply again.
The main villages affected were Branston, Washingborough and Heighington.
Only 10 properties still need to be connected and they expect to be done so in the next hour.
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Thankfully we've have had a good and swift turnaround but a pretty rubbish start to a Monday for the people in those villages and we're really sorry about it'
Holly Goodchild, Anglian Water