Nearly 100 new ambulances will be added to the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire fleets as part of the NHS's 70th Birthday celebrations.

Both the Yorkshire and the East Midlands Ambulance Trusts have received a £12.49m pound funding boost from the Department of Health and Social Care, external.

Dr Steven Dikes, deputy medical director of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, says it's a significant investment.

Fitness fanatics in Lincolnshire with a penchant for keeping their town clean have taken to the streets "plogging".

Image source, Sleaford Be Litter Free

The trend, whose name comes from combining "Picking Litter Jogging", originally comes from Scandinavia.

Groups in Sleaford went for a "plog" last night and collected cigarette ends, children's toys and even a toilet seat.

A motorcyclist has died after his bike collided with a car at Leasingham, near Sleaford, last night.

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The man, who was in his 50s, died at the scene.

His passenger, a woman, was airlifted to hospital in Nottingham.

Campaigners from Grantham unhappy at what they say is the downgrading of services at the town's hospital are expected to hand a petition in at Downing Street later.

Overnight A&E at Grantham was closed two years ago and and now the minor injuries unit could shut.

The SOS Grantham Hospital group has organised today's trip after a series of protest marches through the town (above).

Three Kenyan policemen have been charged with the murder of the son of a Lincolnshire lord.

Image source, Monson family

Alexander Monson, 28, son of Lord Nicholas Monson, was arrested for allegedly smoking cannabis in the Diani beach resort in May 2012.

He was found dead in his cell after being detained during a night out.

Naftali Chege, Charles Wangombe Munyiri and Baraka Bulima all denied the charge when they appeared at the High Court in Mombasa on Thursday.

They have been detained until 19 July pending a ruling on their application for bail, according to the Reuters news agency.

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A man forced to commit a crime while being held as a slave has his conviction quashed.

Warrant Officer Nathan Hunt suffered "sleeplessness and nightmares" after serving in Afghanistan.

The top stories from across Lincolnshire include:

• An inquest has heard that a solider, who served with Prince Harry, killed himself after suffering years of nightmares about his battlefield experiences
• A man held as a slave in Lincolnshire has had a conviction quashed after being forced to steal by his captors
• The county's gritters have been out to spread grit on roads melting in the heat
• The charity who run a theatre in Boston are expanding their operation to include a heritage centre and ice cream parlour
• It's happy birthday to the NHS and to the first Lincolnshire baby born on its 70th birthday

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

Tonight will be dry with broken cloud.

The minimum temperature will be about 12C (54F).

There'll be a light and variable wind.

The heatwave's continuing - with more high temperatures expected at the weekend.

With that in mind, Buddy the dog, from Gainsborough, shows us how he keeps cool:

To celebrate 70 years of the NHS, we asked two Lincolnshire nurses - one of 52 years standing and another who's still training - what they think of the health service.

Here's what they had to say:

Happy 70th birthday to the NHS!

Here's what the health service means to some people in northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire as it celebrates its anniversary:

A man was racially abused and head-butted in broad daylight in an assault in Lincoln which police say was a hate crime.

It happened at about 15:45 on Tuesday 3 on Tritton Road, near the Nosy Parker pub.

The victim was driving down the road when passengers in a nearby car shouted racist abuse at him.At a traffic light they got out of their light blue Renault Corsa and headbutted the man through his car window.

Police are appealing for witnesses.

A man who was held as a slave in Lincolnshire has had a conviction quashed after previously being fined for a crime he was forced to commit by his captors.

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The man, who hasn't been named for legal reasons, was being chased for a £165 fine for the crime.

He was convicted in 2012 at Leeds Magistrates' Court of stealing metal from a disused nightclub the year before.

He committed the crime while being held by 11 members of the Rooney family (pictured), who were jailed for modern slavery offences at Nottingham Crown Court in September.

After the passing of the 2015 Modern Day Slavery Act, enslaved victims who commit a crime can have their convictions quashed.

Meet Tyler... He was born just after midnight and is the first baby born in Lincolnshire on the 70th birthday of the NHS:

Clearly, he didn't want to miss the birthday celebrations - he was born six weeks early at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital!

A soldier who served with Prince Harry in Afghanistan killed himself after suffering years of nightmares about his battlefield experiences, an inquest has heard.

Lincoln-born Warrant Officer Nathan Hunt protected Prince Harry as part of a desert reconnaissance unit in Helmand province in 2008, and was later mentioned in dispatches.

Army records showed WO Hunt, 39, suffered with dark moods earlier in his career but the inquest heard his mental condition changed after he witnessed a vehicle being blown-up during his first Afghanistan tour.

His wife, who spoke in the inquest said, "I do believe Nathan wanted to end the nightmares and decided to end his life that night."

The hearing, at Lincoln's Cathedral Centre, concluded that Nathan John Hunt did "as a result of putting a ligature round his neck".

Colleagues told a coroner WO Hunt was not properly qualified to clear improvised explosive devices and suffered post traumatic stress disorder after his tours of duty.

Thousands of motorcyclists are expected to descend on Boston later for the town's annual Bike Night.

Image source, Edward Cooper

It's a chance for riders from the county and beyond to get together and talk bikes.

Organisers say the weather, and the universal appeal of bikes, could mean a record attendance.

A £67m investment for Grimsby has been approved by the government.

Ministers visited the port earlier to sign off the agreement.

The town deal could see more than 8,800 new jobs created and nearly 10,000 new homes built in Greater Grimsby.

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

The dry, settled weather will continue into this afternoon with more sunshine.

Winds remaining light.

Highs of 27C (81F).