1. How hot is it where you are?published at 10:24 British Summer Time 16 June 2022

    Compare the temperature in your area to other locations in the UK and around the world.

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  2. Lincolnshire breaking news: Latest updatespublished at 05:37 British Summer Time 2 July 2018

    Latest news, weather, sport and travel from across Lincolnshire.

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  3. Paraplegic kayaker beats lakes challengepublished at 00:03 British Summer Time 30 June 2018

    Andy Sutton paddled across the three largest lakes in England, Scotland and Wales.

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  4. Today's top storiespublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Today's top stories from Lincolnshire so far today include:

  5. Weather: Sunshine all the waypublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Feeling hot, hot, hot!

    This weekend's weather is looking lovely in Lincolnshire:

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  6. Police concern for missing manpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Police in Grimsby are trying to locate missing man Tony Pelton and say they're concerned for his welfare:

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  7. Coming up on Look North tonightpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

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    Here's a look at what coming up on Look North with me tonight:

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  8. Concern for welfare of missing Bourne manpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    There's concern for the welfare of a 47-year-old man who went missing from Bourne yesterday.

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    His family say they're concerned for the welfare of Matthew Hobson.

    He's 6ft 4in and of an average build.

    Police want him, or anyone who's seen him to contact them.

  9. Boston near the top in terms of solving crimepublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Boston has the second best figures for solving crime in the country, an in-depth five-year survey by The Times, external has revealed.

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    The paper reports that 20.1% of the town's crimes result in a conviction, the national average is 9%.

    Boston Borough Councillor Paul Skinner says it shows "the perception of crime in Boston is not matched by the reality".

    This is despite a number of high profile violent crimes in the town in the last year.

    Including the death of a man who was allegedly tied up in a chair and beaten up, and the murder of a disabled man by his neighbour last summer.

    A recent survey by Lincolnshire's Police and Crime commissioner showed perception of crime is much higher in Boston than other areas of the county, despite the level of crime being similar across Lincolnshire.

  10. Scunthorpe sign Mickleover forward Dalespublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Scunthorpe United sign Mickleover Sports forward Andy Dales for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal.

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  11. Watch: Fire breaks out at restaurantpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Four fire crews have been tackling a blaze at an Indian restaurant in Coningsby.

    Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say no-one was injured in the fire as the building was empty at the time.

    The smoke could be seen from the nearby RAF base and RAF Police and Lincolnshire Police secured the scene.

    An investigation into the cause is underway:

  12. Lincoln man to front heart campaignpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    A Lincoln man's been chosen to front the British Heart Foundation's latest fundraising campaign.

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    The charity will be asking people to face their fears and turn courage into cash next month.

    John D'Arcy, who suffered from a stroke and had heart problems, established an online forum to help others.

    He says it's because of this the charity want him to be the face of the campaign.

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    I started developing a website for stroke survivors, that's developed over the years its become very popular. Its got an online forum so that people can help each other. I found that people who know the most about strokes have had one themselves."

    John D'Arcy, Campaigner

  13. Hospital to keep children's servicespublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Children's and maternity services had faced closure do to a shortage of doctors and nurses.

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  14. Boston flood barrier moving aheadpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Work on a £100m flood barrier to protect Boston has taken a step forward.

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    Foundations for the barrier, which will protect 14,000 homes and businesses in the town from flooding, will start to take shape after the assembly of a special structure this week.

    The cofferdam (pictured) is designed to create a water proof seal in the centre of the Haven river.

    Water will be pumped out of the area to allow workers to start excavation work ahead of constructing the barrier.

  15. Watch: It's 'easy peasy' as the pea harvest gets under waypublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    If you regularly drive past the pea fields of Lincolnshire, you'll know the distinctive smell of the vining season.

    You'll also have seen the queues of pea vining machines parading across the fields at this time of year.

    The pea harvest is well under way now, and with 5000 acres of pea crops to de-pod they're only 20% of the way through:

  16. Footage of major grassland firepublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    The "tinder dry" ground was engulfed by fire which destroyed a large area of grassland near Gainsborough.

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  17. 'Punish a Muslim' letter accused appears in courtpublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    A man has appeared in court accused of sending a number of so-called "Punish A Muslim Day" letters.

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    David Parnham, 35, of St Andrew's Close in Lincoln, is accused of a total of 14 offences spanning two years, including one count of soliciting to murder.

    He is also charged with two counts of sending a number of letters promoting a "Punish A Muslim Day", capable of encouraging the commission of one or more of a number of offences.

    Mr Parnham faces a further five counts of sending a substance with the intention of inducing in a person a belief that it is likely to contain a noxious substance, five counts of sending a number of letters conveying a threat and one count of making a bomb hoax.

    He appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday, via videolink from HMP Wandsworth and was remanded in custody to appear at the same court on 5 October.

  18. Family wants 'lessons' learned over court deathpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    The family of a young mother who died after collapsing in a court building say they "hope lessons" will be learned following her death.

    Hayley GascoigneImage source, PA

    Hayley Gascoigne, 32, from Scunthorpe, had a cardiac arrest in the public concourse area of Hull Combined Court Centre on 26 January 2017.

    A coroner ruled yesterday she had died from natural causes.

    The two-day inquest heard a paramedic, who has since retired, admit he made mistakes when he attended the incident.

    Gary Long told the hearing he did not take a green bag with cardiac equipment to the incident, as he believed Miss Gascoigne had suffered a fit.

    Miss Gascoigne's family have said they were shocked no defibrillator had been available in the court building.

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    If anything good is to come from these sad events we sincerely hope that lessons will be learned and no-one else has to lose their life in such a shocking way."

    Terry and Kate Gascoigne, Miss Gascoigne's parents

  19. 'Progress' made on doctor shortages at Pilgrimpublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 29 June 2018

    Medical chiefs say progress has been made on the future of children's services at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.

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    The medical director of the trust which runs the hospital says "progress has been made" and they've come up with a new plan to help maintain services.

    The plan includes reducing the number of beds on the ward and downgrading the maternity unit so it only deals with low-risk births.

    He added the trust is still working on contingency plans in case the new plan doesn't work.