Road safety campaigners say reducing speed limits isn't the way to make Lincolnshire's roads safer.

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A new report for the Department for Transport, external suggests a 5% cut in speed limits would reduce road deaths, especially in rural areas.

But road campaigners say it could have the opposite effect.

Lorry driver Scott told the BBC "it would make it worse" on roads like the A15 north of Lincoln.

"Driving at 50 all the way down here you're going to have a lot more people overtaking on bends and brows of hills," he said.

"The only way to solve the problem down here is to dual carriageway it the whole way."

Police advice has led to the kick-offs for the Grimsby Town v Lincoln City's matches being brought forward.

The two local derbies, which happen on Saturday 18 August and Saturday 19 January will now kick off at 13:00.

There have been violence at clashes between the two local teams in the past.

Members of a green-fingered group behind floral displays in Boston say they're "deeply saddened" after one of their newest planters was vandalised and set alight.

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Boston in Bloom, whose efforts will be judged for a national competition next week, says the new planters were installed only a few weeks ago in the town's market place.

Following the vandalism, they've now had to be replaced with flowers from another of the three-tiered planters around the market square (pictured below).

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A doctor's surgery in Saxilby has become one of a growing number of practices in Lincolnshire to use technology to reduce missed appointments.

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The Trent Valley Surgery is using a simple text system to make cancellations simpler for its patients.

Paula Bacon, practice manager at the surgery, says it's saving a lot of time for patients.

"It's helpful to us and I know why other surgeries are using it, because they have quite high rates of 'Did Not Attends'. That's one of the reasons we've done it.

Government plans to give British fishermen a greater share of the fishing stock when we leave the EU can't come soon enough, according to the Conservative MP for Cleethorpes.

The comments, by Martin Vickers MP, come after the environment secretary Michael Gove said the UK would be in the "driving seat" in quota negotiations once the UK leaves the EU's Common Fisheries Policy.

Mr Gove told the BBC that from 2021 the UK would control fishing access to a 200 nautical mile "exclusive economic zone" around its coastline.

Managing Britain's waters will ensure the country gets a fairer share of fishing opportunities, according to Mr Vickers.

Claims in the national papers of a looming "crisp crisis" have been greatly exaggerated, according to farming organisations.

The reports claim North Lincolnshire crisp maker, Pipers, which is based in Elsham, near Brigg, is concerned about having enough potatoes after bad weather earlier this year.

According to the Daily Star, external, the so-called "Beast from the East" has left Britain with a shortage of potatoes.

Meanwhile, in the Sunday Times, external, the boss of Pipers spoke of a possible "crisp crisis".

However, some farming organisations don't agree.

The NFU and AHDB Potatoes have told the BBC a surplus from last year, together with irrigation, means our potato crop is safe.

But the crisps could be smaller as there's been less growing time this year.

Pipers has been unavailable for further comment.

More now on the story we mentioned earlier - the first results from that trial of food waste recycling in South Kesteven.

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Nearly 5,000 are taking part in the year-long pilot across the district.

The scheme, which converts waste into green energy, could be rolled out to other areas if successful.

The council is delighted with how it's going.

A new report for the Department for Transport suggests speed limits are cut on single carriageway roads in rural areas like Lincolnshire.

The report suggests a 5% cut in speed limits would reduce road deaths - especially in rural areas.

But it's been met with some opposition - with road safety groups and drivers saying slower vehicles could lead to more accidents.

Police have appealed for witnesses to an assault on a man in his 70s in June.

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The man was accused by a woman of deliberately bumping into her outside Argos on Lincoln High Street on 16 June at about 14:00.

The woman, who had a pushchair with two children in it, then hit the man.

He was left with a split lip and black eye.

His wife was with him and the woman also assaulted her.

This woman was believed to be wearing a bright orange top.

Lincolnshire Police have asked anyone who saw the incident to contact them.

More than 25 tonnes of food waste has been collected from homes in the first month of a recycling trial.

South Kesteven Council, external says that's enough to produce energy to boil 100,000 kettles.

The scheme, which converts waste into green energy, could be rolled out to other areas if successful.

Nearly 5,000 homes are taking part in the trial across the district.

Low cloud will retreat to the coast by mid-morning.

Then mostly dry, and although bright at times, cloud will slowly thicken, enough perhaps for a shower later.

Warm again, but cooler on the coast.

The top stories from across Lincolnshire so far today include:

• Government vows to look into Lincolnshire slavery case
• Hospitals in Lincolnshire still need improvement, according to inspectors from the Care Quality Commission
• A cinema in Boston is appealing for information after a person was caught on CCTV throwing bricks at the building
• A mysterious 400-year-old object is discovered in one of the towers of Lincoln Cathedral
• Flight rehearsals take place over Lincolnshire for the RAF centenary flypast

Plenty of evening sunshine, but patchy cloud affecting the coasts initially will steadily drift inland overnight. Winds staying light.

A fairly murky start tomorrow, but through the day the cloud will lift and thin, to allow for some good, sunny spells for most.

The Savoy Cinema in Boston is offering a £1,000 reward to find out who's responsible for smashing three of the building's windows.

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It happened just before 05:00 on Saturday, with CCTV showing a person throwing bricks at the back of the cinema.

Management at the cinema are appealing for anyone with any information to get in touch with police.

The equivocation of electrification was another "blow" for people in the north, says Lucy Powell MP.

The government has pledged to urgently investigate why a man who was held as a slave for 26 years in Lincolnshire is being fined for a crime he was forced to commit by his captors.

Eleven members of the Rooney family were jailed last year for almost 60 years for modern slavery offences.

The man in question pleaded guilty to being in a disused nightclub in Leeds where he was found stripping metal.

Other victims of the Rooney family had similar convictions for theft quashed, but this man, who suffers from learning difficulties, now faces a new challenge to clear his name.

Up to 100 aircraft representing the RAF across the decades will take part on 10 July.

Police are appealing for information to help them find 22-year-old Jordan Gray.

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He hasn't been seen since 25 June in Grantham.

He has links to the town but could have moved into another county, officers say.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to contact police.

A man held as a slave in Lincolnshire for 26 years is still being chased for a £165 fine for a crime he was forced to commit by his captors.

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Eleven members of the Rooney family were jailed last year for almost 60 years for modern slavery offences.

During the court case, it was revealed they compelled their victims to steal for them.

The man was found and pleaded guilty to being in a disused nightclub in Leeds where he was stripping metal.

Other victims of the Rooney family had similar convictions for theft quashed, but this man, who suffers from learning difficulties, now faces a new challenge to clear his name.

Both the Attorney General's office and the Ministry of Justice say intervening is not their place.

The BBC has spoken to the man's sister, who wants to remain anonymous:

Lincolnshire Police say they will look into the matter urgently.

A mysterious 400-year-old object has been discovered in one of the towers of Lincoln Cathedral.

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It's thought it might be a "Clock Jack" - a wooden knight about 3ft tall which is believed to have once been a part of a clock at the cathedral.

Fern Dawson, the cathedral's collections and engagement officer, found the mystery item during an audit.

After reading up on what it might be, she stumbled upon an image captioned "Clock Jack or striking man believed to be from a clock in Lincoln Cathedral".

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After a search in the online archives at Oxford's Bodleian Library, this sketch was found (above) which illustrates an animated clock at the cathedral.