Preliminary work's begun on a new footbridge over Brayford Wharf in Lincoln.

The plans, which were first mooted more than five years ago, have been controversial and were intially turned down by the City of Lincoln Council.

Network Rail says it's making progress on the footbridge, which will offer pedestrians a safe route with no need to wait at the level crossing barriers.

The City of Lincoln Council initially agreed to the plans as long as they included a lift.

Network Rail says there are no plans for a lift at the moment, but the design includes the possibility of building one in the future.

Three projects to improve roads in Grantham are set to take place this summer.

Work will begin on reconstructing the London Road-Wharf Road junction on Sunday 29 July, the junction will be closed throughout the project, which should finish on Friday 3 August.

The second project will replace the traffic lights at the junction of London Road and Bridge End Road. This project is expected to last four weeks.

Avenue Road and Stonebridge Road will be reconstructed. The carriageway between the B1174 St Peter's Hill and Sandon Road will be rebuilt, while the footpath between Castlegate and Welham Street will be resurfaced and new kerbing installed.

Work will take place during the daytime under a road closure, with diversion routes in place.

It's a big weekend of football at grass-roots level.

The finals of the FA People's Cup take place at England's training ground at St George's Park.

There are 18 different categories involved including - new for 2018 - futsal, which these guys are involved with..

See how Sala Soccer FC and all the other teams get on in the FA People's Cup finals with live streaming, and text commentary on Saturday 28 & Sunday 29, April on the BBC Sport website & app.

Lincolnshire is famous for vast fields of tulips, but this week Helen Mark meets people in the country who have a more personal relationship with flowers, including a family whose snowdrop wood is the location for a naming ceremony for their daughter, conducted by a Druid named Kevin. Helen contemplates the fading of memories with a Greek artist and choreographer, resident in Lincoln, who makes photographs using flower emulsions. There's a beekeeper who trains new recruits and packs her garden with as many flowers as she can to provide the bees with sustenance; a former IT manager turned English flower-grower and the only elderflower farmers in the UK.

Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.

Lincolnshire Police want information to help them find 21-year-old Szymon Janczewski.

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Szymon, from Spalding, has been missing since Friday 20 April.

If you know any information about his whereabouts you are being asked to contact the police.

Tickets for Florence and The Machine's gig in Scunthorpe go on sale this morning.

The band will play at the Baths Hall on Sunday 6 May.

Tickets go on sale at 10:00..

People from across the county will be coming to Lincoln dressed as their favourite sci-fi characters for the city's comicon , externalon Saturday.

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The event celebrates all things 'geeky' from TV and films.

Special guests at the Showground's Epic Centre will include Red Dwarf's Norman Lovett and Doctor Who actor Peter Purves.

Extra police officers will be on duty for Grimsby Town's home match against Notts County tomorrow.

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Humberside Police says it is working with the club in the build-up to the game, to prevent a repeat of the disorder seen at the Mariners' match with Port Vale in March.

Two men who were arrested in connection with a pitch invasion during the match on Saturday 10 March have been banned from attending the game.

The force says additional officers will be on duty in and around Blundell Park tomorrow.

Six-thousand hens are looking for new homes in Lincolnshire.

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They're from the commercial egg production sector, and would otherwise be killed and their carcasses sold for dog food.

Charity Fresh Start for Hens, external has taken them in and will be holding three collection points in Spalding on Saturday 12 and Saturday 19 May, in Kirton on Saturday 12 and Old Leake on Saturday 19 for people wanting a new pet.

A cloudy day on the way with outbreaks of rain.

Here's Owain Wyn Evans with the forecast:

It was an evening to remember last night for Lincoln City fans...

Managers Danny and Nicky Cowley have singed a new deal until 2022.

The brothers say the support their family have had from people in the city played a big part in renewing their contract.

The Imps have also announced that they plan to develop a new training ground near RAF Scampton.

One in three patients in Lincolnshire are turning to alternative NHS services, including A&E, when they can't get a GP appointment.

A survey, external of more than 1,000 patients was carried out by Healthwatch Lincolnshire.

Patients, it said, can wait three weeks or more for a non-urgent appointment.

However it suggests that problems accessing appointments are not as widespread as thought, but access to GP appointments in challenging on the East Coast.

The Lincolnshire East CCG which commissions GP services in that part of the county says eleven practices are coming together to work out of Louth Hospital and provide appointments on evenings and weekends.

Lincoln City boss Danny Cowley and assistant Nicky Cowley extend their contracts until the end of the 2021-22 season.

Joseph Rooney is the twelfth member of a family to be convicted for modern day slavery offences.

Our top stories today include:

• Lincolnshire man found guilty of modern slavery
• County sees rise in crime figures
• Street light switch-off makes people feel 'less safe'
• Cranes start demolition of Grimsby tower blocks
• Screen and gone: Grantham's sole cinema shuts its doors

The last of any showers should fade away this evening, leaving it largely dry overnight with some clear spells.

However, cloud will tend to increase after midnight.

More on the news that West Yorkshire-based discount retailer Poundworld is looking at closing about 100 of its 355 stores, putting up to 1,500 jobs at risk.

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Poundworld is expected to announce the terms of the Company Voluntary Arrangement next month and As well as closing stores it would try to get agreement from landlords to reduce rents.

The chain imports a lot of its stock and is having to pay more for it because of the fall in the value of the pound.

However, unlike most retailers Poundworld cannot pass on its cost increases to customers because its business model means it sells everything for a pound.

Poundworld employs about 5,500 staff and has its headquarters in West Yorkshire.

The company was formed in 2004, but it says it can trace its origins "back to 1974 and a market stall in Wakefield, West Yorkshire".

The company also has seven shops in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.

Several announcements are expected out of Sincil Bank this evening.

Lincoln City supporters are being invited to an open press conference, external from 17:30.

The club says it wants to share some 'very exciting developments'.

West Yorkshire discount retailer Poundworld is looking at closing about 100 of its 355 stores, putting up to 1,500 jobs at risk.

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The company is also considering an insolvency process called a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).

Like many retailers Poundworld has been hit by falling consumer confidence, rising overheads and the weaker pound.

Poundworld- based in Wakefield - is owned by private equity firm TPG Capital, which also owns restaurant chain Prezzo whose landlords agreed to a CVA last month.

The company also has seven shops in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.

There's slow traffic on the B1192 Langrick Road at New York due to an overturned diesel tanker between Dogdyke Road and Sandy Bank.

The road is due to be closed in the next few minutes, and will be closed well into the evening for vehicle recovery work.