A 23-year-old man from Scunthorpe is believed to be the first blind British man to reach the summit of Europe's highest mountain.

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Jack Garner faced winds of more than 50mph, windchill of -37C (-35F) and a longer stay than usual on the 18,510ft (5,642m) Mount Elbrus due to extreme weather conditions.

In 2007, at the age of 11, Mr Garner lost his sight over the course of several months due to a genetic condition.

Mr Garner says the loss of sight was "traumatic", but challenges helped him cope so he set his sights on eventually climbing Mount Elbrus.

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Mist will soon clear to leave a dry and fine day with plenty of sunshine and patches of cloud.

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A Lincolnshire church tower will be draped in thousands of knitted poppies later to mark the upcoming centenary of the end of the First World War.

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St Andrew's at Kirton in Lindsey will be draped in a camouflage net covered with the poppies.

Volunteers from the Royal Artillery are expected to raise the cascade which will be on display until 12 November.

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A cloudy and dry night for Lincolnshire.

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A driver has had a lucky escape this evening after a crash on the A180.

There are currently queues of just over three miles up to the scene on the eastbound side:

Police are trying to trace two men who tried to break into the house of 72-year-old man in Cleethorpes.

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The men peered through the man's windows and tried to break a door handle at the house on the Belvoir Park estate on 29 September at about 19:45.

The man shouted at the would-be burglars and they ran off.

The government has been accused of disregarding Lincolnshire's military heritage over plans to close RAF Scampton.

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Karen Lee, the Labour MP for Lincoln, has been debating the future of the RAF station at Westminster.

She told MPs that protesters were "queueing down the High Street" to sign a petition against the plan to sell it off.

The proposed sale would see the famous Red Arrows having to find a new home.

Bridge Street in Boston remains closed this evening following an earlier gas leak and fire.

Utility companies have been on the scene.

Some shop owners had reported hearing a "loud bang".

The road has been closed to allow repairs to be made.

A special task force is being set up in Lincolnshire to encourage people to exercise more.

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According to new figures, 40% of adults aren't active enough.

In some parts of the county the figure's even higher.

The task force say being active, especially in retirement, will bring huge benefits to people's physical and mental health.

A senior Lincolnshire politician wants Margaret Thatcher's face on the new £50 note.

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A petition to see Britain's first female Prime Minister honoured on the new note has attracted thousands of signatures.

County Councillor Richard Davies, who represents Mrs Thatcher's birthplace of Grantham, is promoting the idea.

Six men have been charged with assaulting Humberside Police officers in what police say was a "weekend of violence".

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In total, 11 members of staff were injured in a number of separate incidents.

In once case an officer was strangled and bitten by a dog.

The six men have been charged with a range of offences including assault.

A man and woman are accused of killing 53-year-old Caroline Fisher in Lincolnshire in July.

Network rail has confirmed work on a new footbridge in Lincoln city centre will start later this month.

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The multi-million pound project at Brayford Wharf East, near the university, had been expected to start yesterday, but will now get under way in two weeks time.

The bridge will cross the existing level crossing.

It's designed to stop people jumping the existing barriers at the crossing.

Two of the most dangerous roads in Lincolnshire will get a share of government money to make them safer.

£100m will be spent nationally - the A18 from Laceby and the A631 from Market Rasen will both benefit.

Better visibility at junctions could be among the proposed improvements.

A main sponsor is needed for the Lincoln Santa Fun Run.

The event, which has been running for 13 years, sees thousands of Father Christmases running around Lincoln for charity.

Lincoln Rotary are behind it, but say it's become more expensive to organise.

It will be a cloudy but dry afternoon in Lincolnshire.

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Members of a Lincolnshire charity will be visiting seven schools, a cub pack and a group of brownies today to teach them life-saving CPR.

It's all part of the European-wide Restart A Heart Day.

By the end of the day, the LIVES charity hopes to have educated about 2,000 youngsters.

A man and woman from Sheffield have appeared in court charged with the murder of a 53-year-old woman in a seaside bar fight in Lincolnshire earlier this year.

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Caroline Fisher (pictured), 53, from Eastwood in Nottinghamshire, died on 21 July after a fight outside Buzz Bar in Ingoldmells the day before.

Leon Wadsworth, 31, of Milnrow Road, Sheffield, and Hayley Fletcher, 31, of Paper Mill Road, Sheffield, appeared at Lincoln Magistrates' Court charged with murder.

Mr Wadsworth also faces a second linked charge of assault causing actual bodily harm to a man on 20 July 2018.

Both defendants were remanded in custody and are due to appear before Lincoln Crown Court later today.

Thieves have stolen two horse trailers from a Lincolnshire animal charity.

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The theft at Bransby Horses took place on Sunday night.

One trailer has since been found, but the second is still missing.

The closure of RAF Scampton will be debated in Westminster today.

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Karen Lee, the MP for Lincoln, will be leading the discussion.

It was announced in July that the site, which is home to the Red Arrows, will be closed and sold off in four years time.