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Travel: Crash closes road in Scunthorpepublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
BBC News Travel
As well as the issues we told you about earlier on the A1 southbound near Grantham, there are also issues in Scunthorpe tonight:
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Appeal for help to find missing Nataliepublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Police say they're growing concerned for the safety of a woman who's been missing from her Lincolnshire home since last Thursday.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police
Natalie Flannagan, who's 24, was last seen in Scotter, north of Gainsborough, and was wearing a black jacket with white writing on the front and blue jeans.
Police believe she may be in the Scunthorpe area.
Streetlight report to go to ruling councillorspublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
A review of a controversial decision to switch off thousands of streetlights in Lincolnshire is to be examined by the county's decision makers, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
A meeting of Lincolnshire County Council's ruling executive committee will look at the report on Tuesday.
It was commissioned after the authority received thousands of complaints when half the county's 68,000 streetlights were switched off.
The report suggests the police keep a record of areas where crime and road safety is affected.
It also recommends allowing parish councils to be given the opportunity to pay for lights to be turned back on in their communities.
Emergency services stage overnight exercisepublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Police and other emergency services will be out in force in part of Lincoln city centre tonight as part of an exercise to test their response to a civil emergency.
Image source, Dave HItchborne/Geograph
Roads will be closed in the Monks Road area of the city.
Officers are keen to stress it is part of a general training programme and is "not in response to any specific intelligence or threat".
The exercise at the Lincoln College buildings on Monks Road will begin around 20:00 and should conclude around 04:00.
Police say they will release more details about the exercise tomorrow.
Travel: A1 crash causing jamspublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
BBC News Travel
This has been put out by Lincolnshire Police in the last few minutes - causing major problems on the A1 south of Grantham.
More as we get it:
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Football: League One clubs have offered for Woodyardpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Rob Makepeace
BBC Radio Lincolnshire sport
Lincoln City have received multiple bids from League One clubs for midfielder Alex Woodyard, according to sources close to the club.
All have been rejected as they have not reached the release clause in Woodyard's contract.
Woodyard has been a key player for the Imps under Danny Cowley, playing more than 100 times in two seasons.
Explorer's exploits highlighted in Spilsby tourism bidpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
A Lincolnshire market town is capitalising on its links with the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin in a bid to try and attract more visitors.
Image source, Getty Images
A walking trail is being created in the Spilsby area, where Franklin was born and grew up.
It's part of moves to make the Lincolnshire Wolds more of a tourist attraction.
Franklin became world famous for his attempts to discover the northwest passage in the Canadian arctic.
He and his crew disappeared on one of their expeditions in 1845.
Since then, there have been several attempts to locate his ships.
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It's a great shame we have not made more of it and I think the walk is a great opportunity to push the history of the town and really drive the message home of what Spilsby's all about."
Alan Chambers, Spilsby Business Partnership
Your Lincolnshire headlines this lunchtimepublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Here are the top stories from our Lincolnshire newsroom so far today:
- A woman's been rescued after getting trapped on a mudbank near Boston
- Skegness beach litter crackdown hailed a success
- Work on Grantham's multiplex cinema project is now under way
Weather forecast: A cloudy afternoonpublished at 12:59 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
This afternoon will see fog and low cloud hang around on the coast.
It will remain rather cloudy for most of us, but is expected to remain largely dry:
Cinema project taking shapepublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Work on a new multiplex cinema in Grantham is under way on land owned by South Kesteven District Council.
The authority's deputy leader, Kelham Cooke, appears to be keeping a close eye on what's happening:
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Medal call for WWII bomber veteranspublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Almost half of the 125,000 Bomber Command personnel lost their lives in World War Two.
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Susan Calman is 'loving' Grimsbypublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Comedienne Susan Calman has kept her promise and got an I love Grimsby tattoo.
Susan promised a Strictly Come Dancing audience she would get the tattoo if she and professional partner, Kevin Clifton, made it to the live show in Blackpool.
Kevin is of course famously from Grimsby and this tweet confirms the comedienne has kept her promise:
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Children create garden for cancer patientspublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
This group of pupils have been busy creating a garden for cancer patients to enjoy during their treatment.
Image source, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Staff at Lincoln County Hospital asked pupils from St Giles Primary Academy to create the new garden.
Members of the school’s eco council gave up their play times to raise more than £140 and then got stuck in to create the oasis of peace.
Image source, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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They really enjoyed a morning of planting flowers and learning about plant growth. We also talked about the positive impact the garden will have on our patients and how it will help to lighten their mood while having their cancer treatment.”
Marie Beck, Matron, Lincoln County Hospital
Rare birds ruffling feathers at Boston nature reservepublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Sightings of a rare bird have caused a stir among ornithologists who are flocking to a Lincolnshire nature reserve to catch a glimpse.
Image source, RSPB
The ruffs, named after their plumage and brightly coloured head tufts, are at RSPB Frampton Marsh nature reserve, near Boston.
Experts at the site say they're easy to spot with a pair of binoculars.
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They've got a big mass of fluffy feathers about their head and neck and what's really exciting is that they are doing mating displays. Normally, you have to go to places like Norway to see this, but it's happening right here in Lincolnshire."
Chris Andrews, RSPB
Skegness beach litter crackdown success hailedpublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
New efforts to tackle litter on Skegness beach have worked, according to council officials and bank holiday visitors.
The three-day weekend earlier in the month saw overflowing bins and rubbish left on the beach, leading to complaints.
But yesterday the local council put out extra bins and a business group handed out degradable plastic rubbish bags for visitors.
Alert after woman stranded on mudbankpublished at 08:30 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Fire crews and the coastguard were called out yesterday after a woman became stranded on a mudbank near Boston.
Image source, Lincolnshire Police
A specialist fire and rescue team was called out to Shore Road in Freiston at about 17:30.
A police drone (which took the picture above) was also used to assist the emergency services.
The woman's not believed to have been injured.
MP wants recognition for local beauty spotpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Conservative MP for Newark Robert Jenrick has said he will be asking Environment Secretary Michael Gove to consider making the Vale of Belvoir a national park after he announced a review into the country's network of parks over the weekend.
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Hospital improvement work prompted by Grenfell blazepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 29 May 2018
Work's under way at Lincolnshire's hospitals to make them safer following last year's Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.
Image source, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Hospital managers say projects worth £45m have been launched as a result of lessons learned from the fire in London in which at least 58 people died.
New fire doors, alarm systems, sprinklers and lighting are just some of the improvements being made at Boston Pilgrim Hospital (above), Grantham Hospital and Lincoln County Hospital.
Staff are also undergoing specialist training to be more effective during incidents.