BBC Weather

A cold and for some frosty start today with spells of sunshine.

It is then expected to become mostly cloudy with some patchy light rain or drizzle possible at times.

The Viking Link is a proposed 473-mile (761km) electricity cable across the North Sea.

Police and forensic officers are continuing to examine the scene of a fatal house fire in Kirton near Boston.

Two men, aged 24 and 32, and a 27-year-old woman, were killed in the blaze on Pear Tree Road on New Year's Day.

Two others have been released from hospital.

Lincolnshire Police are running a "domestic-related murder" investigation, and are not looking for anyone else.

The government has given the go-ahead to an electricity link between Denmark and UK, which will run through Lincolnshire.

The 473-mile Viking Link will come ashore near Sutton-on-Sea, and run underground for 40 miles to a substation at Bicker Fen near Boston.

Image source, East Lindsey District Council

Councillors in East Lindsey rejected the plan last May, over the proposed route and its impact on the Lincolnshire Wolds.

Now, the project will go ahead after an appeal was won by Viking Link.

Planning inspector, John Felgate said it would provide a "substantial benefit" to the UK's energy supply and help meet "essential national need" for electricity.

The Viking Link is a partnership between the National Grid and Danish firm Energinet.

Lincolnshire police believe thieves took advantage of keyless technology to steal a high value car in Bourne last night.

They say the owners of such cars should consider extra protection.

Delays are expected in Boston because of emergency work to fix gas leaks.

Image source, Google maps

Engineers started work at the A16/A52 Burton Corner roundabout this morning.

But Lincolnshire County Council says additional leaks were discovered, and work will continue into tomorrow morning.

Three-way traffic lights are in place.

A Lincoln mother is warning people to check the safety record of their white goods after her dishwasher burst into flames.

The dishwasher had been left behind by the previous resident when Ange Westbrook moved into her house in Lincoln in 2012.

When she looked into the safety record of the dishwasher afterwards, she found it had been flagged as a fire risk more than five years ago.

Lauren Griffin, from Manchester, is sentenced after absconding along with her brother.

A member of a county lines' gang who fled court has been jailed for dealing drugs on the streets of Grimsby.

Lauren Griffin, was one of eight people, mostly from Manchester, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin at a hearing last month.

Griffin's sentencing was delayed after she and her brother Billy Griffin absconded from Hull Crown Court.

The pair were later arrested in the Greater Manchester area.

Lauren Griffin was jailed for five years and 10 months.

Wildlife crime officers are investigating the shooting of a Marsh Harrier in the Barton-upon-Humber area.

Image source, Humberside Police

Police say a woman was walking her dog on the banks of the River Humber in September, when she found the injured bird.

Image source, Humberside Police

An x-ray later revealed the bird, which later died from its injuries, had been shot with a shotgun.

Humberside Police's Wildlife & Rural Crime Officer, PC Brandon Ward, said, "Marsh Harriers are spectacular birds of prey which we have the pleasure of having present in our area.

"The deliberate shooting of this bird along with the killing of any other birds of prey, will not be tolerated."

BBC Weather

A colder day with bright or sunny spells and patchy cloud.

There will be a further scattering of showers.

A Lincolnshire man has been conned out of his life savings, police say.

Officers say the the man, who is in his 70s and from Stamford, was duped into transferring £21,500 to fraudsters.

Detectives say this was an unusual "double scam", where two fraudsters work together.

One caller, claiming to be from BT, said the victim owed money for a bill.

The man became suspicious, but was then called by someone pretending to be from the National Crime Agency.

He told the man that his bank account had been hacked and that he should transfer his savings out to protect them.

The victim says he feels "completely abused" by the scam, which happened at the end of last month.

Lincolnshire Police say it has had reports of almost 300 telephone frauds over the past six months.

Shaun Hutson targeted shops in Cleethorpes and Grimsby using a knife and an imitation handgun.

Parking charges have been reintroduced at Grantham and District Hospital.

Technical problems with new number plate recognition technology have now been sorted out.

The system was introduced in November but the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust switched it off when people struggled to use the touch screen payment machines.

Machines were switched back on at Boston Pilgrim Hospital yesterday, but parking will continue to be free at Lincoln County until the end of the month.

Plans have been submitted for 115 new homes in Gainsborough.

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Gleeson Homes has applied to West Lindsey District Council to build the the two, three and four-bedroom homes off Middlefield Lane.

The developer says it will be a positive use for the unused, overgrown site at Dalton.

The police say a 38-year man struck by a car earlier this week has died.

Emergency services were called to Hale Road in Heckington at 21:45 on Monday.

The police say they want to hear from anyone who saw the pedestrian, a silver Hyundai Comfort, or a black VW Passatt prior to the collision, or the collision itself.

Lincolnshire MP, Nick Boles, has told the BBC he received a "death threat" last night, after he voted against the government in a Brexit-related vote.

Mr Boles, who represents Grantham and Stamford, was one of 20 Conservatives to vote against the Finance Bill - in a move designed to make it more difficult for the UK to leave the EU without a deal.

He said he’d received a message on his official website telling him to “prepare to die”, but dismissed those behind it as “sad cowards, sitting in their living rooms with nothing better to do".

The parking machines at Grantham Hospital are due to come back online today. It comes following weeks of problems with a new system.

Image source, Google

Fees at hospitals in Boston, Lincoln and Grantham were scrapped in November after a new number plate recognition system failed.

The machines were up and running at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital yesterday and are due to be fixed at Lincoln County by the end of the month.

A new TV documentary about the Red Arrows starts tonight.

Cameras followed the Lincolnshire-based team for a year as they prepared for the 2018 season and the RAF Centenary celebrations.

The Red Arrows: Kings of the Sky will be on Channel 5 at 21:00.

Mobile phone footage shows the dog jumping up at the pony, causing the rider to lose her balance.