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Here's today's top stories for Lincolnshire:

• "NHS failing people of Grantham" - Council leader
• Owner desperate to get dog back from RSPCA
• Fairground and steam memorabilia to go under the hammer
• Ross gears up for UK swim challenge
• Nigel the puma gets a new pad

Here's today's top stories for East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire:

• Union warns US steel tariffs could hit UK production
• Improvement still needed at East Yorkshire hospitals
• Owner desperate to get dog back from RSPCA
• Century-old chocolate to go under the hammer
• Fire crews pull donkey out of mud in Grimsby

Any isolated showers will fade away this evening leaving clear spells.

There will be some large areas of low cloud, mist and fog around tonight.

Lincoln City release winger Nathan Arnold, a key member of their 2016-17 National League triumph and FA Cup quarter-final run.

A Lincolnshire paramedic has attended a royal garden party at Buckingham Palace and said it was a "fantastic day" he and his wife would never forget.

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The event hosted by The Queen is designed to recognise those who have made a positive impact in their community.

Tony Davies, from Grantham, who was accompanied to yesterday's event by his wife Tara, was nominated for an invitation by his manager at the ambulance service.

Tony was said to have demonstrated all the values of the service despite experiencing a personal tragedy, losing his son last year.

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for information after a television and a computer were stolen from a house in Boston.

At around 19:30 on Tuesday 29 May the offender or offenders entered a house on Horncastle Road through an open window.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has again blamed Network Rail for ongoing problems on Northern rail services, which operate across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, after the RMT called for him to quit.

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He said Network Rail was "too late in finalising planned timetable changes", which have caused widespread problems since they were introduced on 20 May.

The RMT's general secretary Mick Cash said the minister should "get out" and described the situation as "carnage".

Since 18 May, Northern has aborted 2,200 services.

Northern has not been able to confirm suggestions an emergency timetable would be introduced next week.

A spokesman for the company said "no decision" had been made but it was looking at a "number of options" to address the problems.

An athlete from Grantham is attempting to become the first person to swim around the entire mainland of Britain.

Ross Edgley is setting off from Margate this afternoon.

He expects the challenge to take around 100 days to complete.

During that time he won't touch dry land - eating and drinking in the water and sleeping on a boat.

He's being training by towing a log behind him in the water in order to build up his strength.

He will be swimming 25 miles a day.

A new centre which will control all the shipping movements in the Humber is being officially opened this afternoon.

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The £5.2m Marine Control Centre at Grimsby Dock replaces the old Vessel Traffic Services Centre at Spurn Point.

It will look after 40,000 shipping movements across the River Humber each year.

Police are searching for a man who was captured on CCTV following an assault on another man in Lincoln on Sunday morning.

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The victim was punched in the face after he intervened in an argument between a man and a woman at 01:45 in St Martins Square.

The man, in his 20s, was left with a black eye following the attack.

An enclosure is being specially developed at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park, external to help Nigel the puma who has poor vision and deteriorating eyesight.

It's hoped the new sensory house will help him adapt to his eventual blindness.

The adapted enclosure will use smells to help Nigel know where he is and to find his way around.

The idea is to ensure Nigel's quality of life will remain the same.

It's hoped Nigel could be settled in his new home by early next year.

A dog owner is demanding the RSPCA return his pet after it and hundreds of other dogs were seized from an animal rescue centre by the charity.

A hundred and sixty animals were removed from Four Paws in South Killingholme in March.

Gavin Hamilton's, who has presented a letter of claim to the RSPCA, says he hasn't seen his dog Wally since they were taken.

A spokesman for the animal charity said they don't want to keep the pets any longer than necessary but said it had been a complex investigation.

Some of the animals seized had also tested positive for diseases not usually found in the UK, he added.

The RSPCA hopes to start reuniting dogs with their owners within "the next few weeks".

Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman in Skegness was the victim of a distraction burglary.

It happened at about 15:00 on Monday 28, when a man knocked on the victim's door and when the woman went to answer it she was pushed over.

The man then entered her house and said he could sort out drains, which the woman said she did not need.

He then pretended that he had the wrong address and left.

The woman later noticed that her purse had been stolen.

Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to contact police.

The top stories from across Lincolnshire so far today include:

• "NHS failing people of Grantham" - Council leader
• Lincolnshire community music charity celebrates 20 years
• Fire crews pull donkey out of mud in Grimsby

Low cloud, mist and fog may linger along the coast this afternoon but there will be some sunny spells inland.

It will stay mostly dry with just a slight risk of a shower.

Coronation Street actor Sean Wilson, who plays Martin Platt, will be in Lincolnshire tomorrow.

Image source, Lincolnshire County Council

He's the special guest for a community open day at Lincolnshire's Energy from Waste Centre, external.

The plant turns the county's rubbish into electricity, reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.

Sean will be talking about his career and how he reduces food waste.

A foghorn, steam engine, and old fairground rides are just a small part of a collection being auctioned in Lincolnshire tomorrow.

Image source, Cheffins

Rundles, who make and fix fairground rides in New Bolingbroke near Boston, are selling their expansive antique collection.

Items going under the hammer at Cheffins, external tomorrow include a peacock gondola (pictured below), which dates from 1900 and is from the Tussauds Collection of Fairground Art.

Image source, Cheffins

A union is warning US steel tariffs could mean foreign steel, originally destined for America, could be dumped into the UK market threatening domestic production.

The Community Union, which represents steelworkers at British Steel in Scunthorpe, said it was less worried about the impact of the tariffs on UK steel being sold in the US.

The levy of 25% on steel being imported into America could threaten a trade war.

The UK government has said it's "deeply disappointed" with the decision.