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Lincolnshire's top stories today include:

• A man has been convicted of assaulting a police officer after a National Front Rally in Grantham last year
• It's claimed the removal of CCTV cameras on a Boston estate could lead to an "infestation of crime"
• An extraordinary meeting is being held at Skegness Town Council, in response to the potential closure of Pilgrim Hospital's children's ward
• A petition's been launched to scrap a District Council logo change which has cost £5000
• An EU law is in the spotlight because it could mean "curtains down" for theatres in the region

Keith Warner denies eleven counts of sexual assault on five women during driving lessons.

Sodden ground at Jubilee Park in Woodhall Spa has led to the cancellation of a festival this weekend.

Image source, Home and Garden Festival

The Home and Garden Festival in the village was expected to attract thousands of visitors, and had 80 traders booked in.

The event was intended as a pilot festival for other events in Lincolnshire, the East Midlands and Yorkshire.

The organisers say they're "very sorry" that the event can't go ahead, but they say it will be rearranged.

A 43-year-old man has been convicted of assaulting a police officer after a clash at a National Front Rally in Grantham last year.

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Benjamin Wood, from Robertson Road in Bristol, was given a 12 month conditional discharge, fined £300 and ordered to pay half of the court's costs.

He was convicted of assaulting a police officer and using threatening or abusive words or behaviour with intent to cause or provoke violence at Lincoln Magistrates Court.

It's understood that Wood was there to oppose the rally in August last year(pictured).

The Police officer assaulted was not seriously injured.

Grimsby Town goalkeeper James McKeown says he would "love" to stay at the club but is not sure if he will be there next season.

The trial of a Lincolnshire driving instructor has heard he told a pupil he would give her a kiss if she got a theory test question right.

Keith Warner from Leverton near Boston also put his arm around the woman and sent inappropriate messages on Facebook.

The 61-year-old denies 11 charges of sexual assault involving five women.

Guy Martin's replica World War One tank will be in Lincoln this weekend.

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The tank featured in a Channel 4 programme last year, external, but was stopped from driving up Lincoln High Street because of health and safety concerns.

Lincoln is famously the birthplace of the tank, the first was made by William Foster and Co Ltd in 1915., external

But despite not being allowed to drive along the cobbles, the tank will be on show at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life this weekend.

It's expected to arrive at around 18:00 tomorrow evening.

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Money saved by removing CCTV cameras from an estate in Boston will be spent on anti-social behaviour officers in the area.

The Lincolnshire Housing Partnership withdrew £20,000 worth of voluntary funding for the cameras.

It's been claimed that the move could lead to an "infestation" of crime in the area.

Boston Borough Council says the cameras won't be re-introduced because it can't justify spending council tax payers money on CCTV for one area of the town.

Bridget Lloyd from the Lincolnshire Housing partnership says the money will be put to good use though.

Long running CBBC programme Blue Peter is celebrating its 60th Anniversary with a special competition linked with Lincolnshire's Red Arrows.

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The children's programme has been on air since 1958, so they've decided to team up with the RAF who are celebrating their 100th year.

The live programme, which airs this evening, will feature presenter Lindsey Russell (above, and below left) taking a back seat in one of the famous aerobatics displays as well as the launch of a secret competition.

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Police are trying to make contact with the family of a man who died from natural causes in April.

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The man, who is believed to be called Elliot, died after collapsing in McDonald's in Boston.

He's thought to be in his 50s or 60s and slept rough in the area near the fast food restaurant and Aldi supermarket in the town.

Police say he may have family in the nearby village of Wrangle.

They've released the E-Fit above in the hope that someone who knows him can help identify him., external

A petition has been launched to "scrap the unnecessary rebranding" of North Kesteven District Council.

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The petition, external, set up by a district councillor, calls the exercise a "waste of council funds".

It's estimated that £5,000 has been spent on the new logo (pictured, left) to replace the old logo (pictured, right).

The council says the logo would be phased in, so the cost to the taxpayer would be minimal.

Council documents say the current logo's "nuanced detail is indistinguishable in some electronic and digital uses" and "the detail of the internal lines and structure make it difficult to engrave".

But it's argued that the new logo and rebranding isn't required.

New EU laws would mean having to replace all the lights and equipment at New Theatre Royal in Lincoln.

Fishing communities still have "lingering doubts" over the government's commitment to them, the Conservative MP for Cleethorpes has said.

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Martin Vickers MP has urged ministers against further Brexit concessions and asked for "absolute assurance" about the government's approach during Commons questions to the Department for Exiting the European Union.

The UK will effectively remain subject to the EU's Common Fisheries Policy during the 21-month transition after Britain leaves in March 2019, which prompted MPs to voice concerns.

Fishermen had wanted the UK to regain full control over its waters immediately after the country formally leaves the EU.

But it was suggested in negotiations that EU fishers could have access to the UK's waters in exchange for a free trade deal with the UK, something the UK fishing industry has called "absurd".

Responding to Mr Vickers, Brexit Minister Steve Baker said the government "fully understands and recognises" the importance of fishing.

A meeting about the future of Boston's Pilgrim Hospital is due to be held in Skegness this evening.

The meeting intends to discuss the impact on the town of the potential closure of children's services at the hospital.

Skegness Council is considering whether to write to the health secretary about the matter.

It comes as a public meeting about the ward is being organised by a Boston-based campaign group next week.

The group, SOS Pilgrim Hospital, external, says it's "absolutely crucial" that people raise their voices and express their concerns about the potential closure.

The hospital trust says it's considering five options to deal with a "severe shortage of doctors and nurses" which led to the cancellation of all non-urgent children's operations in February.

The trust said "none of the options are ideal".

There are plans to close a packaging plant in North Lincolnshire with the loss of over seventy jobs.

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Austrian firm Mondi says its Scunthorpe factory is no longer viable and wants to stop all manufacturing there later this year.

A 45 day consultation with staff has begun.

Last July the company announced redundancies as it downsized the business.