More police officers will be on patrol around Grimsby after what police are describing as a night of "mindless vandalism".

Fifty windows were smashed at the Fishing Heritage Centre alone, with shops and cars also targeted in the town:

BBC Weather

This afternoon, the cloud will lift and thin, allowing for spells of afternoon sunshine.

It will remain dry too with just a light breeze.

A wristband which can detect when its wearer falls or has an accident and then send for help has been invented by a Lincoln entrepreneur.

Image source, Tended Protect

22-year-old Leo Scott-Smith received money from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund to create the technology.

The 'Tended Protect, external' learns your usual movement pattern, and if any abnormalities are detected the device will vibrate, if you don't respond an alert will be sent to your emergency contacts with a live link to your GPS location and health information.

He says it can be used by anyone from bikers and hikers, to people working at height.

One of Lincolnshire's top police officers has joined the debate on inflatables on Lincolnshire's coast.

Supt Phil Vickers is urging the supermarket to stop selling them.

It comes as other traders in the town, which is known for strong coastal winds, agreed to stop selling the toys in response to people being swept out to sea on them.

But Aldi, which opened in the town last year, has continued to sell a range of inflatables despite being challenged by a former mayor.

The supermarket chain said it encouraged customers to use the items safely.

A night of "mindless vandalism" in Grimsby is being investigated by Humberside Police.

Officers responded to several reports of youths wearing balaclavas and smashing windows around the town late last night and early this morning. Some were seen riding scooters or motorbikes.

Shop windows, cars and the National Fishing Heritage Centre were all targeted.

One teenage boy has been arrested and officers are reassuring people that the incidents will not go unpunished.

Towngate East in Market Deeping is closed in both directions due to an accident between a car and a tractor.

Councillors have been described as "local heroes" after denying an oil firm more time to stay at a well site in North Lincolnshire.

Egdon Resources submitted the plan to extend their time at the site in Wressle ahead of controversial plans to drill for oil at the well but according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, external members of North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee unanimously turned down the extension application, despite a further proposal already being submitted.

Egdon have lodged the proposals for a third time to continue drilling at the site following the council twice rejecting the plans but local campaigner Melanie Dale says they'll continue to fight Egdon Resources at Wressle:

Thanks to a £100,000 grant Lincoln Dial a Ride has expanded its fleet.

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The money has come from the Big Lottery Fund and has allowed the charity to get three new specially adapted buses.

The service operates around Lincoln and the surrounding area, taking people with mobility problems and to appointments they would struggle to get to without the service.

Campaigners say their battle to reinstate full children and maternity services at Boston's Pilgrim hospital will continue.

A reduced service came into force yesterday.

For the next few months, high risk births and children needing more than 12 hours of observation will be transferred elsewhere.

It's due to a shortage of doctors.

Humberside Police says it's making good progress in tackling anti-social behaviour in Scunthorpe following recent criticism of the state of the town centre.

Some people say criminal behaviour has been going unchallenged, but the police say they are working with the community to improve lives.

Insp Paul French says his team is succeeding in stopping the drug dealers and disrupting antisocial behaviour and aggressive begging.

Police have appealed for witnesses to a sexual assault on a teenage girl in Lincolnshire.

Officers say it happened in Tattershall Bridge when the 17-year-old was attacked between 13.30 and 14.00 on 19 July.

Detectives say they want to hear from anyone who saw a man with brown scruffy hair and a bike with a trailer which had a Jack Russell dog inside.

A man in his 40's has been arrested in connection with the incident and is currently on police bail.

One person was rescued from a flat fire in Lincoln last night.

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Two fire crews were called to Ingleby Crescent, on the Ermine estate, just before 19.00 where they found a sofa on fire.

Firefighters said the blaze was caused by smoking materials.

The resident in the flat had to be given oxygen.

A cafe started by volunteers in Barton upon Humber has been so successful it's given them a job.

The Viking Resource Centre on the Caistor Road estate runs loads of community events, and every Thursday its breakfast club serves affordable meals to raise money for other services.

Kid's meals are on offer for just £1.

Sarah Staves (pictured) is now employed at the centre after volunteering her time for years.

BBC Weather

Rather cloudy at first this morning, and although mainly dry, the odd light shower is possible.

Through the day, the cloud will slowly lift and thin, allowing for spells of afternoon sunshine.

A rock-hunting game, which started in Beverley, is taking off in Grimsby and Cleethorpes as a creative aid to relaxation.

Sally Beaton McIntosh founded the Beverley Rocks, external concept on Facebook.

Her page, which encourages people to decorate rocks and hide them, now has 21,215 members.

The idea took off and spread to other towns and villages.

Now, pebbles painted with colourful pictures or uplifting messages have been hidden in People's Park in Grimsby to encourage conversations about mental health.

It was organised by the NEXUS mental health youth forum, a partnership project with NAViGO Health and Social Care CIC and various youth projects.

Louis Morgan attacked his girlfriend and tried to kill her neighbour during an "uncontrollable rage".

League One side Scunthorpe United sign former QPR midfielder James Perch on a two-year deal.

Officers in Skegness are appealing for witnesses after a man was hit over the head in an attempted robbery.

It happened just before 15:00 yesterday afternoon on Algitha Road.

The victim was approached by a man dressed in black, wearing a tracksuit and a motorbike helmet.

This evening will be dry with some late spells of sunshine.

After dark it will stay dry with clear spells.

A man has been sentenced to 25 years following an unprovoked, brutal and sustained attack on two women.

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34-year-old Louis Morgan from Immingham was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court today.

He was given two consecutive 10 year sentences, one for each victim, plus a five year extension for dangerousness.

Morgan attacked his then partner delivering brutal blows and kicks to her body and stamping on her head, leaving her motionless and unconscious on her driveway on 12 February.

Part of the attack took place whilst Morgan was holding the victim's four-year-old daughter under his arm.

When a neighbour intervened to challenge him, Morgan turned on the 66-year-old woman.

In a violent rage, he smashed his way into her house, screaming at the top of his voice and stabbing her repeatedly with two knives.

Morgan pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to offences relating to the two incidents.

The Crown Prosecution Service said both were lucky to escape with their lives.