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It will be a cloudy afternoon in Lincolnshire, but mainly dry.

Here's the latest forecast:

While Lincoln Christmas Market is now under way, the official opening won't take place until a little later:

Being central to the market, Lincoln Cathedral is also welcoming visitors as the Christmas season gets properly into swing - including one very famous cool character:

Police are appealing for witnesses after three men smashed into a shop in Sutton on Sea and stole a quantity of cosmetics.

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The raid happened at the Boots store on the High Street at about 02:35 this morning.

The men involved were last seen making their way along York Street after the burglary.

Anyone who saw what happened, or has any information about the theft, is being asked to contact police.

The finishing touches are being made to stalls ready for the opening of Lincoln Christmas Market later.

The event starts at midday.

Last December, fears of heavy snow showers on the Sunday saw officials shut it down early, meaning stallholders missed out on a full day of trading.

But City of Lincoln Council says it's not put people off coming this year.

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Plans to build more than 1,000 student flats in Lincoln have been approved by councillors.

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The accommodation will fill the former St Marks retail park and marks the start of a £150m redevelopment of the area.

Councillors on City of Lincoln Council had previously dismissed the designs as "bland", but have now approved the proposal, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Efforts are continuing today to find a former University of Lincoln student who is missing in New Zealand.

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22-year-old Grace Millane hasn't been seen since Saturday.

She was backpacking in the country and had been in almost daily contact with her family in Essex.

East Lindsey District Council has appointed a new chief executive.

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Rob Barlow, who has been the council's deputy chief executive since 2010, will take up the position with immediate effect.

Last month the BBC discovered confidential documents which listed the salaries and contact information of candidates who'd applied for the job.

The Information Commissioner's Office is investing the data breach.

BBC Weather

A cloudy, but mainly dry day for Lincolnshire.

Archaeologists carrying out work at Lincoln Cathedral have discovered the remnants of a 13th century road running beneath the grounds.

Image source, Chris Vaughan

The exact purpose of the road isn't known, but experts believe it could have been used to transport stone and building materials for the construction of the cloister.

The excavation also uncovered what's thought to be a late Saxon grave.

If confirmed it could lead to the location of Lincoln's Saxon minster.

Image source, Chris Vaughan

It's officially Christmas now as the Lincoln Christmas Market returns.

Image source, Visit Lincoln

Thousands are expected to travel from across the country and organisers will be hoping the weather plays ball this year.

in 2017 a large amount of snow was forecast for the Sunday, leading to the cancellation of the final day.

However, in typical British weather fashion, it never materialised - leading to some rather red faces at the City of Lincoln Council.

There's a number of road closures in effect across the city for the next four days - you can see the details here., external

Boston United Community Foundation has been given £40,000 of funding from The National League Trust.

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The cash, which will come over the next two years, will help the club to extend its grassroots opportunities and attract new people to take part from the age of three years old to over 65s walking football.

East Lindsey District Council says it's disappointed there will no longer be a dentist in Mablethorpe.

Bupa Dental Care announced at the start of the week that it will close in two months due to staffing issues.

About 7,000 people will be affected and the council says it wants the practice to assure them new services will be provided in the town.

About 900,000 cans of beer and 200,000 counterfeit cigarettes have been seized during a raid at an industrial estate in Grantham.

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Trading Standards has described it as Lincolnshire's largest ever single seizure of alcohol.

The operation, at the Alma Park estate on Rushton Road, involved Trading Standards, Lincolnshire Police and HM Revenue and Customs.

The alcohol is thought to have a street value of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Sgt Kim Enderby says it took hours to count and confiscate it all:

Police in New Zealand are looking for a former University of Lincoln student who went missing five days ago.

Image source, Millane Family

The family of Grace Millane grew concerned when she didn't respond to messages sent to her on her 22nd birthday on Sunday.

They say they speak to her most days and her silence is "completely out of character."

She was last seen by roommates at a hostel in Auckland. She'd previously travelled as part of a group through South America for six weeks but entered New Zealand alone two weeks ago.

She graduated from Lincoln University last September where she was a member of the hockey club.

Earlier the University's student union said on their Facebook page that all students were invited to watch a match "in solidarity for the search for Grace":

Image source, Millane Family

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It's rather grey and miserable across the county today, so let's cheer ourselves up by looking at some better weather, eh?

Both of these shots were taken by BBC Weather Watchers yesterday as the temperatures dropped and we got a clear, crisp winter day.

First Kirkby on Bain, where Weather Watcher Jonny took this one:

Image source, Jonny

This stunner from @LincolnInPhoto was taken at Hartsholme Park in Lincoln and sent to us through Twitter:

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Emergency services in Tenerife say the search for a missing Cleethorpes woman has been called off.

Image source, Policia Nacional

Amy Gerard, 28, who's a former student at the University of Lincoln, hasn't been seen for five days.

Yesterday, a body was recovered from the sea but so far no formal identification has taken place.

Ms Gerard's mother and sister are on the island after flying out from Sheffield earlier this week to join in the search to try and find her.

A council says its street cleansing team will have to clean up the "stinking, disgusting mess".

A man who sold illegal cigarettes on social media groups in Lincolnshire has been fined.

Image source, Lincolnshire Trading Standards

Karwan Salim Ahamed, from Peterborough, used fake profiles to sell the counterfeit cigarettes on groups based in the south of the county.

Lincolnshire Trading Standards ordered the 29-year-old to pay £5,000 costs and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

Joanne Hocking, a senior trading standards officer, says sellers should not think they can get away with it online:

Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash in which an 18-year-old student was hit by a car outside a Lincolnshire school.

The woman had to be airlifted to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham for treatment.

It happened yesterday afternoon on the Main Road in Welbourn, outside the William Robertson School.

The road was closed for some hours as a result.

Eliza Bill, 16, who was hit by a lorry as she crossed the road, was a "beautiful soul", her family say.