Brave daredevils are gearing up to launch themselves down a hill in homemade carts.
Image source, Coleby Downhill ChallengeThe annual Downhill Challenge takes place on 9 June in the village of Coleby between Sleaford and Lincoln.
Soapbox racers have hit speeds of up to 50mph over the years.
High street shopping isn't dead but the way people shop has changed significantly, the man in charge of regeneration in Hull has said.
Mark Jones comments come after House of Fraser announced yesterday it was closing 31 of its 59 stores, including those in Hull, Lincoln and Grimsby.
Mr Jones said despite the loss of big names there has been a growth in niche brands and independent shops.
Quote MessagePeople still like to see things, and touch and buy things, particularly unique and niche things, the crafts and bespoke clothes. It's almost going back to the pre-department stores days."
Mark Jones, Director of Regeneration Hull City Council
Anglian Water has said it will rid eastern England of plastic waste by 2030:
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The company, which provides water services across Lincolnshire, says it will form a coalition of businesses and authorities to tackle the problem.
Quote MessageThe scope of this taskforce goes beyond what people might traditionally think of as being the responsibility of a water company, but it’s important to our customers and the right thing to do. Saying it’s difficult is not good enough and we can’t do this alone, which is why we want to bring the right people together to better understand and tackle the problem from beginning to end."
Peter Simpson, Chief Executive of Anglian Water
A recycling firm has been fined £100,000 for breaking environmental and planning regulations after a fire at their site.
The fire at Barkston Heath burned for nearly a week in 2015.
Lincolnshire County Council says the fire was caused by "illegal storage of waste" spontaneously combusting because of the "long period of storage, the quantity and the nature of the wastes".
The Environment Agency and Lincolnshire County Council have welcomed the prosecution of Grantham-based MidUK Recycling Limited.
Quote MessageThe residents of Lincolnshire should not have to pay for emergency services attending the consequences of waste crime and I am pleased that we have fully recovered all these costs.
Eddy Poll, Lincolnshire County Councillor
Horncastle Town Council is to be given powers to decide on minor planning applications as part of a year-long pilot scheme.
East Lindsey District Council, which usually makes the decisions, is giving more power to locally elected people rather than letting council officers make decisions.
Town councillors will make decisions on household renovations, extensions and change of use applications.
District councillor Tom Ashton says it's an exciting step for local democracy.
Quote MessageThis is a pioneering project to bring planning decision making down to the most local level, we often hear from parishes and from people that they want a greater role in greater decision making in planning that affects their local area.
Tom Ashton, East Lindsey district councillor
There will be more trains pulling up at Lincolnshire's railway platforms in the future because of rules changes for the operator.
A document says the next operator will have to run extra services between Lincoln, Skegness and Nottingham.
The next stage of bidding for the franchise is underway.
Three companies have been shortlisted to run the services, Abellio, Arriva Rail and Stagecoach.
More than 100 schools in Lincolnshire are taking part in a conference today to come up with ways to tackle obesity.
Image source, Getty ImagesRecent figures show that Lincoln, Boston and South Holland are all above the national average when it comes to childhood obesity.
Today's programme will be held at Bishop Grosseteste University.
Marc Blackman from Inspire Plus, a Grantham sports charity, says we need to change children's lifestyles.
Quote MessageWe've had a lifestyle change, kids used to go on bike rides but now they're playing games on electronic devices and our eating habits have changed as well. A positive is the new sugar tax coming in and the money from that going into schools.
Marc Blackman, Inspire Plus
Pupils from Boston are taking part in the first Polish exchange programme of its kind.
Image source, Boston Borough CouncilBoston Grammar School has joined with a school in Poland for the project.
Organisers say it will help break down barriers and allow some children of migrants to see Poland for the first time.
Lucy Martin
BBC Weather
A mostly cloudy morning with some showers likely and limited amounts of bright or sunny weather.
Rather a lot of cloud will linger this afternoon but slowly, showers will tend to ease.
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Lincoln's comedy festival has been accused of having too few female comics in the line-up.
Image source, Comedy FeastThe festival (pictured) which begins today has more than 20 comedians taking part, but only three acts are female.
Jessica Fostekew, who is performing on Saturday night at Lincoln Castle, says that although progress towards equality is being made "it's not good enough" that comedy line ups are so male dominated.
Quote MessageThere's a lot to be done but there's a better climate than there's ever been before, and it's a really really positive place to work at the moment for women in terms of whow supported you feel by the other women doing it.
Jessica Fostekew, Comedian
The festival's organisers say that "equality, and not just in terms of gender, is incredibly important" to them.
They say they" understand that for equality to be achieved the world needs more female role models" but despite trying to book more female acts touring schedules didn't allow it.
Our top stories from Lincolnshire today include:
Updates on breaking news will continue through the night.
Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
A fine and sunny evening tonight.
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A vegetable picker was beaten to within an inch of his life by attackers who posed for photos with his unconscious body "as if he were a trophy", a court has heard.
Image source, Lincolnshire PoliceAlberts Volkausks, 44, was tied up and gagged during the attack in Boston, Lincolnshire, jurors were told.
Mr Volkausks, who died in hospital from serious injuries, was also urinated on, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Pavel Grunt-Meyer,30, Denis Kijakovskij, 28, Mindaugas Cerneckas, 29, Andrius Barauskas, 39, Tautvydas Vainolavicius, 20, Marjus Tomasevic, 19, and Donatos Dektiariovas, 37, all from Boston and deny murder.
The trial at Nottingham Crown Court is expected to last for eight weeks.
People have been giving us their reaction to the news that House of Fraser plans to close its Hull, Grimsby and Lincoln stores.
Kathleen Beanland, from Hull says there won't be "a real lot to go to" apart from major shopping centres and retail parks on the outskirts of the city:
Quote MessageWe're losing so many stores now because of all this online shopping. I like to come into a store, have a look round and see what I can buy. I think it's going to affect the city because it's one of our oldest stores. It's been here since I've been a child and I'm 67 now so I'm really gutted."
Kathleen Beanland
Alan and Judith Carter from Barton-upon-Humber were surprised by news of the closures:
Quote MessageReally shocked to see House of Fraser closing. Didn't think it would be this one. We thought the Grimsby one yeah because that's smaller but thought this one would've survived... we don't come very often."
Judith Carter, Barton-upon-Humber
Quote MessageEven though there's hardly anyone in it, it's a bit of a prestigious store for the centre of town. Years ago it used to be busy like every other shop before the days of internet shopping and eveything else. Time moves on and things have to change whether it's good or bad."
Alan Carter, Barton-upon-Humber
Jack Mennell who works at Bronx, an independent clothing shop opposite House of Fraser in Hull, is more positive and thinks House of Fraser customers may come to their shop:
Quote MessageHopefully they'll have some plans in place when they leave so we'll still get a good feed of people walking through the city centre."
Jack Mennell, Hull
Javar Mubarak and Khadija Elmami live in Hull and the couple think it's bad news:
Quote MessageA lot of my clothes are from here. I think it's the best shop in Hull. If it closes then I will just shop online."
Khadija Elmami, Hull
A new exhibition to celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage has been launched in Lincoln.
Image source, BGUVote100: A Lincolnshire View of Women’s Suffrage opened last night at Lincoln Central Library.
The exhibition celebrates Lincoln's contribution to women's suffrage and has a collection of original newspaper articles, Women's Liberation postcards and posters from across the county.
It's been curated by students and staff at Bishop Grosseteste University, external.
Quote MessageWe’ve been able to put together a historical showpiece with a really unique viewpoint that highlights how even small local activities could have a national impact."
Sian Hope-Johnson, MA in English student at BGU
Alberts Volkausks took an "absolute beating" from seven men who tied up and gagged him, a court hears.
Read MoreThe news that House of Fraser plans to close it's Grimsby store comes as another blow to the town.
Image source, GoogleMore than a quarter of shops in the town are vacant and the high street was recently named among the top five worst performing retail areas in England.
North East Lincolnshire Council says it will do what it can to support House of Fraser employees.
Quote MessageShould the House of Fraser plan be approved we will, of course, work with our key partners locally to help the staff find other employment. We are determined to keep working in partnership with our private sector partners and future investors to bring new employment opportunities to the area. Whilst there are challenges, external confidence in Grimsby remains high.”
Cllr Peter Wheatley, Portfolio holder for the economy,
The Environment Minister has agreed to a meeting with the MP for Cleethorpes after he raised the issue of protecting homes along the Humber from flooding.
Conservative Martin Vickers told the Commons that residents were still concerned about the safety of their homes following the 2013 tidal surge:
A food waste recycling trial in South Kesteven has collected more than three tonnes in the first two days.
Image source, South Kesteven District CouncilNearly 5,000 households are taking part in the trial.
Householders have been given a small, silver caddy-style bin for their kitchen, and a larger silver box with a locking lid, which can be kept outside.
Uneaten food and food waste goes into the small caddy, which is then emptied into the outside container.
A woman had to be rescued after getting her arm stuck in an arcade machine earlier today.
Fire crews were called to Fun Coast World at Ingoldmells this morning.
She was trapped for more than an hour after she tried to release a prize, a plastic ruler, from the machine.