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A very mild afternoon with plenty of sunshine across Lincolnshire.

A top temperature of 23C (73F), but a moderate southeast wind will keep it cooler on the coast:

Rojs Avaliani, 37, murdered Tamara Sinakova, who was 25 years his senior, at their Scunthorpe home.

£12,500 could be spent on improving public toilets in Boston.

Image source, Boston Borough Council

If approved by the borough council later, the money will be spent on making lavatories more robust, and better protected from vandalism.

Loo entrance fees will also be put towards improvements, the council says.

The children of a 61-year-old murder victim have issued a heartfelt tribute to their mother after the Scunthorpe man convicted of her killing was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Image source, Humberside Police

Rojs Avaliani will serve a minimum of 17-years behind bars for the murder of his 61-year-old partner Tamara Sinakova.

After a seven-day trial at Hull Crown Court, Avaliani, of Tamar Walk, Scunthorpe, was found guilty yesterday of murdering his partner in the flat they shared together in the town in January.

Following the sentencing, Ms Sinakova's two children issued a statement, external:

"Losing our mum has been extremely painful and traumatic for us, especially given the nature of her murder. We are relieved that justice has been served.

“Our mum was the kindest, most loyal and selfless person we knew. She would always put herself last if someone needed help.

"She came to the UK to give us, her children, better prospects for the future, and she has been working very hard ever since. She built a life for herself, and enjoyed her work and friends.

“Nothing will bring our mum back, but we hope that he is kept away from society for as long as possible, as he is clearly a danger to those around him."

A man from Scunthorpe has been sentenced to life in jail for the murder of his partner.

Image source, Humberside Police

Rojs Avaliani, 37, of Tamir Walk, strangled Tamara Sinakova, 61, in January at the Scunthorpe flat they shared.

Sentenced at Hull Crown Court, Avaliani will spend a minimum of 16 years and 92 days in prison having spent 273 days on remand.

The carousel ride at Pleasure Island in Cleethorpes has finally been sold.

In March a man bid £180,000 for the historic ride at auction but then said he'd made a mistake.

Now a private buyer has paid a six-figure sum for the antique roundabout which has stood silent for two years.

Prestige Auctions says the ride will stay in this country.

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

A man who died following a crash on the A46 near Syston has been named by police.

John Lee, 33, died following a two-car crash on 23:40 on 27 September involving a black Volkswagen Golf he was driving and a silver Toyota Yaris.

The driver of the Toyota suffered minor injuries and was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary.

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A bomb discovered at RAF College Cranwell in Lincolnshire on Tuesday had been at the site since 1915, experts believe.

Image source, RAF

This tail unit is all remains after bomb disposal experts from RAF Wittering performed a controlled explosion on the device yesterday afternoon.

Contractors were shocked to discover the World War One bomb as they dug trenches along a new runway at the station.

Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

Today will be a dry and fine day with plenty of sunshine.

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Lincoln city centre was brought to a standstill this afternoon because of the discovery of a suspicious package which later turned out to be a bag of shopping containing electrical items.

Here's what happened this afternoon:

• At about 12:00, a "suspicious package" is discovered on a bus which arrived at Lincoln Central Bus Station
• Police are called and Lincolnshire Police close the streets around the bus station:

• At 12:35, police first reveal that the cause of the closure is the discovery of a "suspicious package"
• At 12:38, a 100m cordon is put in place around the bus station and the station itself is evacuated

• At 13:15, the cordon is expanded to include the nearby railway station, and eventually covers approximately 1 sq km of the city centre
• City of Lincoln council asks people who are parked in the car park near the bus station to move their vehicles out

• Shortly before 14:00, bomb disposal experts from the Royal Logistics Corps arrive at the scene (pictured below)

• At 12:43, Ch Insp Stewart Brinn says bomb disposal teams are "assessing whether or not there's any danger to the public at all"
• At 12:45, police say the bomb teams are investigating whether the package is a "viable device or not"
• At 14:38, Lincoln County Hospital says it will contact patients who missed appointments because of what they call "gridlock" caused by the incident
• At 15:24, the cordon surrounding the bus station is lifted and commuters make their way back to the railway station and bus station
• At a press conference, police say: "It's a bit of shopping with a bit of electrical equipment, and there's no intent on anybody's behalf to turn it into a hoax and it certainly wasn't a viable device."
• Roads are reopened, and Lincoln's traffic is back to normal just in time for rush hour

Miles away from chaos caused earlier today by a bag of shopping mistaken for a suspect device in Lincoln, a real bomb has been found at RAF Cranwell.

Image source, RAF

The unexploded World War One 16lb bomb was found during routine work at the RAF station.

Specialists from RAF Wittering's Explosive and Ordnance Disposal team performed a controlled explosion this afternoon.

Image source, RAF

An athlete from Lincoln who's taking part in the Invictus Games says she felt "dejected" and "ashamed" after being injured during serving in the Army.

Image source, ITV

Debbie O'Connell served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, but after a fall from her horse in a parade she was left with a paralysed arm and shoulder injuries.

Ms O'Connell says she felt she had to leave the Army as a result.

However, she says now she's been selected to compete in athletics and cycling events in the Invictus Games she feels she has her purpose back.

Police have issued an appeal after horses grazing on Lincoln's South Common broke free and were found "running on the roads and up the street".

Horses often graze in the area (pictured), but after midnight last night they had broken loose.

Police taped off the area after putting the horses back on the Common.

Officers are appealing for owners of the horses to come forward.

Volunteers at a church near Boston are counting the cost after thieves stole lead from the roof of Old Leake parish church.

Image source, Google

It's estimated it will cost about £10,000 to repair the damage caused.

It's believed the thieves struck the building at about midnight.

A suspicious package found on a bus which brought Lincoln to a standstill this afternoon was "a bit of shopping with electronic items in it", police have confirmed.

Chief Inspector Stewart Brinn, incident commander, said it wasn't a hoax or a bomb threat but was a "genuine mistake" by whoever left it on the bus.

A cordon, which was about 1 sq km wide at its height, was put in place after the discovery of the suspicious package at about midday.

Bomb experts from the Royal Logistics Corps (above) arrived at the scene at 14:00.

Fire and rescue teams, ambulance incident response teams and dozens of police officers were also in attendance.

The city centre cordons have now been lifted.

A cordon put in place around Lincoln central bus station because of the discovery of a "suspicious" package, has been lifted.

People with outpatient appointments at Lincoln County Hospital will be contacted to rearrange them after gridlock on the roads caused by a major incident in the city centre, the hospital has confirmed.

A "suspicious" package was found on a vehicle at the city's bus station at about midday.

One of the city's major routes, Broadgate, is closed (above).

The hospital has been allowing anyone who arrives late to their appointments to be seen anyway.

If patients don't make it to an appointment, or give up trying to reach there, the hospital says it will be in touch to sort another slot.

A significant portion of Lincoln city centre remains cordoned off this afternoon because of a major incident.

A "suspicious" package was found on a vehicle at the city's bus station at about midday.

Just to show the scale of closures, our reporter's been unable to capture them all in one video:

Bomb disposal experts are currently assessing whether a suspicious package found on a vehicle at Lincoln bus station is a "viable device or not", police have confirmed.

The package was found on the bus at the city centre bus station at about midday.

The area around the site has been evacuated, with approximately 1 sq km currently cordoned off.

Part of the centre of Lincoln has been evacuated after a "suspicious" package was found at the city's bus station.

Image source, Google/City of Lincoln Council

The 1 sq km area covers a large portion of the city centre's shopping areas, the railway station, the bus station and one of the main routes into the city (Broadgate and Pelham Bridge).

Bomb disposal experts remain at the scene where the package was discovered at 12:00 today.