The organisation which runs the Humber Bridge is considering selling naming rights to the landmark estuary crossing in a bid to help make money.

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The Humber Bridge Board has released its strategic plan for the next three years and hopes to increase the amount it can make from advertising and tourism.

New sponsorship and naming rights deals are among the ideas being considered as part of the plan.

David Nolan, from Hessle Town Council, says he has no issue with the idea of renaming or sponsoring the bridge to raise money.

But he says East Yorkshire and Hull residents are still likely to call the Humber Bridge by its original name even if it is rebranded.

"I think people will still call it the Humber Bridge, whether it's the Wonga or Shopacheck or whatever. I don't think it will matter to residents," he says.

A new home's needed for the Lincolnshire-based Museum of RAF Firefighting.

The museum, which has 50 fire engines as part of its collection, had to leave RAF Scampton last year.

Since then, it's been temporarily housed in a factory in Gainsborough but now it's once again looking for a new site.

A Grimsby estate where local residents say stolen motorcycles are being ridden through the streets at all hours of the day is to be targeted by police.

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Operation Storm also aims to tackle the problem of "intimidation and abuse" on the town's Nunsthorpe estate.

Sgt Darryl Caroline, from Humberside Police, said: "The aim of is to stop these issues in their tracks before they get out of hand."

A series of roadworks designed to improve congestion on one of Lincoln's busiest roads has finished.

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The Wragby Road/Wolsey Way project has caused lots of delays since it began in February.

As part of the roadworks, lanes have been lengthened and widened, footways widened, sections of carriageway in the area reconstructed and new pedestrian crossings built.

Lincolnshire County Council has thanked people for their patience while the work was carried out.

Girls in North East Lincolnshire are using socks and tissues as sanitary wear, a councillor claims.

The last of six high-rise tower blocks in Grimsby, scheduled for demolition, will begin to come down today.

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Over the past six months, the other five towers have been dismantled from top to bottom, leaving only Albion House.

The East Marsh site is expected to be cleared by November, although there are still no firm plans for the area's development.

A Grimsby man who moved to the United States says he's staying put in his house during Hurricane Florence.

Matthew Williamson has boarded up the windows of his home in Wilmington, North Carolina, got an electricity generator and stocked up on bottles of water.

He says he chose not to evacuate because "there is a good sense of community, everyone looking after each other".

Matthew added: "This will be the first hurricane I have encountered in the US, being from Grimsby, we don't ever see any weather like this, so it's gonna be an experience and hopefully we'll get through it safely."

Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a category two storm as it approaches the US but officials still warn of a "disaster at the doorstep".

Plans to build more than 1,300 student rooms as part of the redevelopment of St Marks shopping centre in Lincoln have been rejected.

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It's following criticism by planners of the design of the site, which would see ten buildings ranging from four to 10-storeys high.

Councillors said it had an American-style look and "harkened back to the 1950s and 1960s".

Approval's already been passed to demolish some of the shops already on the site - including the former Homebase, Lidl and Topps Tiles units.

The City of Lincoln Council made over £26,000 from a deal with Lincoln City to share parking on the city's South Common on match days.

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The council gets £2.50 of every £4 the club makes while managing the car park at Malandry Closes - an area on the edge of the common close to Sincil Bank.

The council will decide next week how to spend the cash which is ring-fenced to support the city's common areas.

Record temperatures helped encourage about 75,000 people to visit the outdoor pool at Woodhall Spa over the summer.

It's the highest ever number of visitors to Jubilee Park.

The pool closes for the season this Sunday, but managers say they hope they'll be able to open all year round in the future.

The temporary closure of more than half of the beds at a Lincolnshire hospital looks set to be permanent after the publication of a consultation into the site's future.

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The number of beds at Louth Hospital were cut in 2017 from 50 to 16 because of a fire risk.

At the time health bosses assured the public it was a temporary measure while work was carried out.

A consultation on the future of two wards at Louth doesn't include the option of reinstating the beds cut last year.

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A cool start to the day with a few localised mist or fog patches.

These will soon clear though, leaving sunny spells.

Sharon Hopkinson, who a Gainsborough pub, was convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin.

Tonight looks set to be dry with lengthy clear periods and a few patches of cloud, especially during the early hours.

A chillier night with the odd mist or fog patch forming too.

Applications for grants are now open to any group, individual or business in the Lincolnshire Wolds that wants to enhance its Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

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Projects must be within the AONB, or provide clear benefit to the protected landscape, its communities and businesses.

For any more information on the grants, just send an email , externalto the Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service.

Fancy something a little different?

Lincoln Cathedral is hosting a silent disco later this month.

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People at the Chapter House will wear wireless headphones to listen to the music rather than having it played through speakers.

Anyone between the age of 18-25 (ish) is welcome from 19:30, external.

A health watchdog says it wants to see more evidence of improvements made at the trust which runs Lincolnshire's hospitals, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Today United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust gave examples of how it has improved, after it was given a rating of requires improvement back in July, external and put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission.

Bosses said in particular, the trust is working on improving its safety and governance.

Jan Sobieraj, Chief Executive at ULHT, said he was pleased with the work so far but added there is more to be done.

"We are not there yet and we are not satisfied," he said.

"But overall what we are doing demonstrates that plans are working."

Chair of the Health Scrutiny Panel for Lincolnshire, Carl Macey, said the trust's ambitions were "commendable".

UHLT will remain in special measures.

Yesterday the comic actor Robert Webb, from Lincolnshire, received an honourary doctorate from the University of Lincoln, putting him in the company of John Sargent, Dambuster Johnny Johnson and Danny and Nicky Cowley.

And Webb's speech certainly entertained the crowds of graduates, parents and staff.

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Hospitals in northern Lincolnshire will remain in special measures, after failing to make the necessary improvements.

A Care Quality Commission report on Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole hospitals raised serious concerns about staffing levels and the rate of change at the trust which runs them.

The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Trust says the report shows that progress is being made.

It's been confirmed a 12-year-old boy's been hit by a car at Bracebridge Heath this morning.

It happened just before 08:00 on the A15 London Road.

He has been taken to hospital by ambulance with serious injuries.