Reprieve for children's services at Boston Pilgrim Hospital
15,000 home's plan approved in South Kesteven
North East Lincolnshire hit hard by drug and alcohol funding cuts
Live updates on Friday 11 May 2018
The top stories from across Lincolnshire so far today include:
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Transpennine Express and Northern Trains services are suspended between Doncaster and Scunthorpe and Doncaster and Goole due to a signalling problem:
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This afternoon is expected to be dry with further spells of sunshine at times.
Plans to update an animal rendering plant in Skellingthorpe, near Lincoln, could signal the end of controversial proposals to build an alternative site at Norton Disney.
Image source, DS DevelopingResidents in Norton Disney claim a new facility at Villa Farms would ruin the countryside and have held several protests against the plans.
Managers at DS Developing for Jerusalem Farm in Skellingthorpe say improvements at their site would provide an alternative to the controversial proposals for Norton Disney.
Lincoln Proteins Ltd submitted a planning application for the Norton Disney site last week.
Plans for 15,000 new homes, external in South Kesteven have been approved by councillors.
The local plan, approved by the South Kesteven District Council, external yesterday, includes 3,700 homes in Grantham as part of the Spitalgate Heath Garden development,
New homes are also planned elsewhere in Grantham and in Stamford, Bourne and the Deepings.
The plan will now be examined by the government's Planning Inspectorate.
Missing man Brendan Kavanagh has now been found.
He went missing yesterday from Lincoln County Hospital where he was receiving treatment.
Lincolnshire Police have thanked everyone for their help.
The trust which runs Boston Pilgrim Hospital says it's found enogh doctors to keep children's services running until the end of July.
The paediatric unit at the site was originally going to temporarily close on Monday 4 June.
Members of the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust board were at a public meeting in last night - along with campaigners and Matt Warman, the local MP - to discuss long-term plans.
Campaigners have said the meeting did not answer any of their concerns and they still need clearer answers about the hospital's long-term future.
Rachel Bray is campaigning against the closure because her son, Oliver, had a stroke seconds after being born.
She says he wouldn't had survived without the services at Boston Pilgrim and none of her worries have been addressed:
Quote MessageI fear that children are just going to die in the back of ambulances. The thought of it actually makes me feel physically sick."
Rachel Bray, Mother
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Police in Kosovo say they're hoping to adopt some working practices currently used by Lincolnshire Police officers.
Image source, Lincolnshire PoliceA delegation from Lincolnshire Police is in Kosovo this week to train officers in several areas including public order and safety.
It's all part of an EU project to help share best practice.
North East Lincolnshire is among the areas of England worst hit by cuts to drug and alcohol treatment funding in the past few years, new figures show.
Analysis by the BBC found £162m (18%) has been cut from treatment budgets in England since 2013-14 - with North East Lincolnshire Council seeing the second biggest cut in funding.
The BBC England Data Unit has analysed how much local councils in England budgeted to spend on providing treatment services, external, between 2013-14 and 2017-18.
Real terms budgeted spending on drug and alcohol treatment services in England fell from £877m in 2013-14 to £716m in 2017-18:
Work's continuing to repair a burst water main in Mablethorpe.
The A1104 Alford Road has been closed since yesterday near Grange Leisure Park.
Children's services at Boston Pilgrim Hospital will keep going until the end of July, it's been confirmed.
A lack of doctors meant that the hospital's paediatric unit might have had to close on Monday 4 June.
However, United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS trust bosses announced at a fiery public meeting last night that they had managed to recruit enough doctors to temporarily stave off the closure.
Parents and campaigners say they still need clearer answers about the hospital's long-term future.
The trust says it doesn't want to close paediatric services in Boston and is actively recruiting doctors in a bid to keep it open.
Housing and employment sites are planned for Grantham, Stamford, Bourne and the Deepings.
Read MoreFire crews tackled a "deep-seated fire" in the engine compartment of a train to London.
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Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night.
It'll stay dry and fine this evening, with plenty of late sunshine, followed by a dry and chilly night.
We can expect a fine and dry start tomorrow, but cloud is expected to thicken from the west later in the day.
Tourist attractions in Lincolnshire are being made more accessible to people with autism.
Visit England and the National Autistic Society have created a brochure, external which gives tips such as using quieter trails and times when sites are less busy.
It's estimated more than 8,000 people in the county are on the spectrum.
The condition affects how people see, hear and perceive the world.
The brochure and advice has been welcomed by people with autistic children.
Quote MessageGoing out for us is quite a military operation and takes a lot of planning a lot of thought goes into it. So we're probably already tired before we're even got out the door."
Emma Slack, Mother of two autistic children
A former driving instructor accused of kissing and groping five young women during lessons may have to face a retrial.
Keith Warner, from Leverton near Boston, was found not guilty on two charges of sexual assault.
But the jury at Lincoln Crown Court was dismissed after failing to reach a verdict on nine similar counts.
The 61-year-old had denied all the charges against him.
The prosecution is expected to return to the court on Friday after making a decision on whether to apply for a retrial.
Lincolnshire police are still trying to identify a homeless man who died last month.
Image source, Lincolnshire PoliceHe collapsed in McDonalds on Wednesday 11 April.
Officers say he was known as Elliott, was in his late 50s or 60s, and may have originally come from Carlisle.
Image source, Lincolnshire PoliceTwo deer that got stuck in railings in Grimsby have been released.
Image source, North East Lincolnshire CouncilThe RSPCA and Humberside Fire and Recue were called out earlier to help free them.
They had got trapped in railings near the King George V playing fields.
Workers on Northern train services will stage two fresh strikes on 24 and 26 May in the row over guards on trains, the RMT union has announced.
