The 16-year-old pedestrian was hit by a HGV in Osbournby, Lincolnshire, on Monday.

Villagers say they're shocked after a teenager was hit and killed by a lorry in Osbournby yesterday afternoon.

The incident happened on the A15 London Road just after 16:30 and involved a Scania HGV.

Parish council chairman Ray Pearson says Osbournby's been rocked by the news:

Police have said that a 14-year-old was also hurt in the collision, but her injuries are not thought to be serious.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A public inquiry into the Grantham Southern Relief Road's been delayed because of an administrative error.

Image source, Linconshire County Council

It was due to start today following objections from four public bodies, including Network Rail.

However, the government's planning inspector Martin Whitehead said it couldn't go ahead because there had been no notice of the inquiry along the route beforehand.

No new date has been officially set for the opening of the proceedings.

The families of service personnel from RAF Coningsby are making their way down to Kensington Palace for a very special event.

They're attending a party being hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, as their loved ones get set to be deployed overseas for Christmas.

Here they are leaving the RAF base this morning:

There's going to be plenty to keep young children entertained at the palace, with stalls where they can decorate stockings or snow globes, make crackers and create Christmas party kits.

Two Lincoln City players have been recalled from their loan spells at Maidstone United and Bromley respectively.

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Grant Smith (left) and Joan Luque both arrived at Sincil Bank in the summer from non-league football.

However, they headed to the National League between September and October.

A dog rescue centre in Lincolnshire says its future is uncertain after it was served with a noise abatement order.

Image source, The Ark

A complaint has been made about dogs barking at The Ark in North Somercotes, which has been in operation for about 30 years.

East Lindsey District Council has served the notice and Jon Challen from the authority says it will try to support the charity:

BBC Weather Watchers

You might have had to get the ice scraper out this morning before you got in your car.

We've had some proper frost today, but a bit of direct sunlight soon takes care of it.

These swans in Aubourn look a bit chilly though:

A 16-year-old girl has died after being hit by a lorry near Sleaford.

It happened just after 16:30 yesterday afternoon in Osbournby on the A15 London Road

Police are asking for anyone who saw the Scania lorry involved prior to the collision to contact them.

BBC News Travel

The A16 near Louth has been closed because of an overturned lorry near Burwell.

The road will be shut for the next three hours while the vehicle is recovered.

One person had to be cut free from the lorry and was treated by ambulance crews.

Community groups in Lincolnshire are celebrating after they were awarded more than £1m in National Lottery funding.

The cash, which is raised by players for good causes, is handed out by the Big Lottery Fund.

The Linkage Trust in East Lindsey is the biggest winner in the county.

It's been awarded £402,365 to provide a mobile sensory bus to help people with learning disabilities.

Development Plus in Lincoln is also receiving funds for the charity's work with people experiencing mental health issues.

Jubilee Church Life Centre will also get cash to provide an after-school music scheme in the Grantham and Stamford area.

A woman has flown out to Tenerife to help with the police search for her sister.

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Amy Louise Gerard, 28, originally from Cleethorpes, was last seen outside Irish bar Molly Malone's in Puerto de la Cruz in the early hours of Friday morning.

Ms Gerard works at Tenerife's Loro Parque marine theme park.

Her sister Chloe, from Sheffield, and her mum have flown out to help, but say so far they've had no updates from police.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has confirmed it's assisting the family of a British woman in Tenerife.

The items were taken from a locked display case during a Christmas market on Sunday.

Lincolnshire Police are asking for anyone who has seen Gary Muckleton or has information about his whereabouts to get in touch after he went missing from Sibsey yesterday afternoon.

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Officers say they're extremely concerned for the 52-year-old who is described as of medium build and 5ft 10ins tall.

It's thought he could be in his white Peugeot Expert van which has a registration number YR05 NXG.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to contact police.

At least 7,000 patients in Mablethorpe are to lose their dentist following an announcement that the town's only NHS practice is to close in two months.

Image source, PA

The surgery, at the Marisco Medical Centre on Stanley Avenue, has faced long-standing recruitment problems and will close in February.

But local residents say they're going to fight the decision.

Bupa Dental Care says it will help patients to find another practice and NHS England says it will write to patients to offer them advice too.

Secondary school tables just published show one in eight in England is below government standards.

Primary school league tables show pupils with special needs are dropping further behind their classmates.

The family of a Lincolnshire woman who has gone missing from a Spanish resort say they're working with local police to try and find her.

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Amy Gerard, 28, studies Animal Behaviour Science at the University of Lincoln, and has been working with killer whales at Loro Parque on the island of Tenerife.

But Amy, who is originally from Cleethorpes, disappeared after she was last seen outside an Irish pub in Puerto de la Cruz in the early hours of Friday.

Spanish police have released a missing persons poster appealing for help in finding her.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has confirmed it's assisting the family of a British woman in Tenerife.

A Lincolnshire man who assaulted a woman will not face jail after telling a judge he thought it was sexual "role play".

Dean Wilkins, 36, admitted slapping the woman's face but said that after meeting on an internet dating site two months earlier they often engaged in rough sex.

Following a night out when the pair both consumed alcohol and cocaine, the woman was seen running from Wilkins' flat in Venables Way, Lincoln, wearing only a bra and with injuries including a bloodied nose and red marks around her neck.

Before giving his ruling at Lincoln Crown Court, Judge Andrew Easteal said there were inconsistencies in both accounts and that the truth was hard to ascertain.

On Friday, Wilkins admitted a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm to the woman on 28 May.

Wilkins will be sentenced on 20 December.

BBC Weather

Any lingering rain will continue to move away to the east this afternoon to leave some bright or sunny spells.

A chilly night to come under long clear spells and just a little patchy cloud.

Remaining dry with gentle winds.

Steve Arnold's late penalty save helps Shrewsbury beat Scunthorpe in the second round of the FA Cup.