The top stories from across Lincolnshire so far today include:
More protests will take place later about controversial plans to replace a roundabout at New Waltham with traffic lights.
Image source, GoogleThe long-running dispute over Toll Bar will once again come up at a council meeting tonight as Conservative councillors ask why a school crossing patrol hasn't been put in place.
Campaigners, who believe the replacement plans aren't necessary, plan to protest before the meeting.
Teachers in Boston are being shown how to help their students develop an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Image source, Boston Borough CouncilThe borough council is investing £40,000 in the idea.
Teachers are being challenged to build soapbox and electric vehicles, to show them how to make the subject fun for their students, at an event today.
Boston has won a gold medal in the East Midlands in Bloom Awards - coming top in the large towns category.
They also received recognition in four other areas at an awards ceremony at the Lincolnshire Showground yesterday.
Prizes went to the art deco garden in Central Park, the floral piano and soldier display in the Stump grounds, the Willoughby Road Allotment Association and the garden volunteers at Fydell House.
A man, in his 80s, injured in a crash yesterday has died in hospital.
The man was seriously injured in the collision between two vehicles in Swineshead at about 16:00 yesterday.
Police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
A new assessment area will be in place at Boston Pilgrim Hospital from next month.
Ambulance patients will be diverted away from A&E into the new emergency unit, where a team of medical staff will assess patients and send them to the best ward.
It's thought about a third of patients will avoid accident and emergency altogether - helping relieve winter pressures.
A new 52-bed medical unit and 54-bed surgical unit are also being created as part of the £1.8m investment.
A £635,000 sewage pipeline in Horncastle will be finished in mid-November, according to Anglian Water.
Image source, GoogleThe project, to construct half-a-kilometre of new pipe, started in August and has been adding to roadworks problems in the town.
Traffic restrictions are in place at Langton Hill (above) and Anglian Water says any further disruption will be minimised to help residents and emergency services in the town.
Georgina Burnett
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Dry with clear periods at first but cloudy later, with rain in places.
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A report on rail chaos which caused delays and cancellations on services across Yorkshire earlier this year has identified who was to blame.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) blamed a lack of "responsibility and accountability" for the problems and said passengers were "badly treated".
Network Rail, the Department for Transport and rail operator Northern are all accused in the report of making mistakes which contributed to the collapse of services.
The ORR says hundreds of trains were cancelled following the introduction of a new timetable in May, made worse by over-running maintenance work.
Its report concludes that engineering and planning concerns were put ahead of passengers, while Northern failed to provide accurate information when disruption occurred.
Andrew Haines, boss of Network Rail, said: "A whole system approach to timetable planning must be the way ahead and we have already started on that path."
Mainly dry this evening with clear spells.
It will then cloud over through tonight with spells of rain pushing in from the west, mainly after midnight.
A light to moderate southerly wind.
A new course at the University of Lincolnshire has been set up as a direct response to the shortage of paramedics in the county.
About 50 front-line ambulance staff working across Lincolnshire leave the East Midlands service every year, but it's hoped this course will change things.
And it's proving popular - 22 students beat off competition from more than 400 applicants to start the degree in paramedic sciences.
Health bosses hope when they graduate they'll stay on in the area afterwards.
Lincolnshire Police say 40 trees have fallen across the county.
Gale force winds caused by Storm Ali have been felt across the county and are expected to continue into tomorrow.
A tree has fallen in Tawney Street in Boston, causing the closure of the road:
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There are more down on the A157 at South Elkington and Welton le Wold.
Another has fallen at the B1195 Main Road at Hundleby.
Welham Street in Grantham has a tree branch hanging precariously.
On the A1 Southbound a sign has blown off at Colsterworth and is causing problems.
The B1398 Main Road at Cammeringham also has a tree down.
Emergency services are working to clear the roads and are advising drivers to be careful.
Tesco has unveiled its first branded discount store today which is called Jack's.
Up to 15 stores will open over the next year with one in Immingham opening on Thursday:
Chief executive Dave Lewis claimed Jack's - named after Tesco founder Sir Jack Cohen - would be cheaper than Aldi or Lidl.
Jack's stores will sell 2,600 products - far fewer than the 35,000 carried by a Tesco supermarket - with 1,800 branded "Jack's".
A Lincolnshire vineyard claims it has doubled its harvest this year thanks to the high summer temperatures.
Somerby Vineyards normally produces around five tonnes of grapes per hecatre, this year they expect to get at least 10 tonnes.
Ed Templeman from the vineyard says the perfect conditions also brought the harvest forward by almost a month.
Students from Lincolnshire who opt to study medicine at the University of Lincoln Medical School from next September are being offered a cash incentive.
Image source, University of LincolnAs part of the university's commitment to get more students from Lincolnshire, those beginning the six-year course will be offered £500.
Quote MessageWe want to encourage local students to study medicine here in the county. There is a real need for us to address future projected shortages of doctors by offering first class training, developing local talent and then encouraging our medics to stay here in Lincolnshire."
Professor Mary Stuart, Vice Chancellor of the University of Lincoln
Anyone interested in studying medicine at Lincoln can find out more at an event this weekend at a Medicine Insight Day, external.
An ATM has been repeatedly attacked in Grantham in the early hours of this morning.
It happened at about 02:30 at the Co-op store on Princess Drive.
Image source, Lincolnshire PoliceA grey Audi was seen leaving the area and was later stopped by officers on the A17, shortly after it crashed into the roundabout at the Stapleford junction.
One man, who was injured in the crash, has been arrested.
Lincolnshire rider Sophie Wells has won gold for Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games in America.
The 28-year-old, from Lincoln, won the para-dressage event in North Carolina on her horse C Fatal Attraction with a score of 75.429%.
The rider previously took golds in both the London and Rio Paralympics.
Windy for the rest of the day, although winds should start to ease from around mid-afternoon onward.
There will be the chance of a few showers, but much of the afternoon will be dry with sunny spells.
The top stories from across Lincolnshire so far today include:
The Humber Bridge is closed to high-sided vehicles as strong winds are making it dangerous to cross.
Highways England closed the bridge for a time yesterday, before reopening it eight hours later:
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