Breaking news, sport, travel and weather updates from across Lincolnshire.

Laura Hudson, aka Mermaid Twinkle, will represent Britain in a unique pageant in Egypt.

James Hanson's first-half double gives AFC Wimbledon's League One survival hopes a further boost as they win at relegation rivals Scunthorpe.

Chris O'Grady and Callum Lang net as Oldham beat Grimsby in their first game since Paul Scholes quit at Boundary Park.

League Two leaders Lincoln City drop two points at home to Sol Campbell's Macclesfield, who still slip to the bottom.

The baby boys, who are aged under one, were rushed to hospital in a life-threatening condition.

Nicholas Read, who played a goblin in the boy wizard saga, dropped his trousers at a seaside arcade.

A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving and possession of cannabis following a collision in the south of the county.

Two people were taken to hospital after two cars and a lorry collided on the A17 near Sutton Bridge this morning.

The road remains closed.

An actor, who appeared in Harry Potter and Star Wars films, has been given a 12-month community order and a curfew after admitting exposing himself at an arcade on the Lincolnshire coast.

Nicholas Read, 49, from Staffordshire, was dressed as a jockey when he pulled his trousers down in front of a penny push machine.

Lincoln Magistrates' Court was told he was drunk and thought the slot machine was a urinal.

He was given a 12-month community order and a curfew, after pleading guilty to outraging public decency.

He was filmed dropping his trousers and exposing his buttocks at the arcade on Sea Lane in Ingoldmells near Skegness, earlier this month.

There's just over a week to go until this year's Lincoln 10k road race.

More than 5,500 runners have signed up for the event, which is being held on Sunday 7 April.

Last year's event was held in July, at the start of the heatwave, after being postponed in March because of heavy snow.

The race has established itself as one of the most popular in the region because of the flat and fast course.

Hundreds of children are expected to take part in the mini and junior runs, which take place on Saturday 6th April.

Both events are run by the charity Run for All.

One of St Barnabas Hospice's longest serving members of staff is leaving the job.

Phil Brandon joined the charity in 1996.

He set up the organisation's successful lottery, which now has more than 11,000 members.

He's also been in charge of the charity's twenty five shops which, he says, have become an important part of the community.

Mr Brandon paid tribute to the charity: "We could not operate without volunteers; without them the whole thing would come to a standstill.

"They're so committed and want to make money for the hospice."

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A playing field association could be left with a £6,000 bill after thieves stole the head, external from a rocking horse ride.

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An actor who starred in Harry Potter and Star Wars has admitted outraging public decency.

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Nicholas Read exposed his buttocks in an amusement arcade in Ingoldmells near Skegness, earlier this month.

Lincoln Magistrates Court heard how the 49-year-old, who played an Ewok in the Return of the Jedi, and a goblin in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was caught at one of the 2p push machines in the arcade.

His defence claimed he thought it was a urinal.

Read had been struggling for mainstream acting work and had been hired by a stag party for the weekend.

The 49-year-old, from Cheadle in Staffordshire, admitted he was drunk.

The case has been adjourned for sentencing this afternoon.

Detectives want to trace this man who is in breach of a court order:

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Stephen Dent, 25, was last seen in the Lincoln area and has links across the county, police say.

If you know where he is, or have seen him, you're being asked to call 101.

Two cars and a lorry have crashed in Lincolnshire.

The emergency services are at the scene of the collision on the A17, just past Sutton Bridge.

The road is closed and motorists are being asked to avoid the area.

Lincolnshire hospitals overspent by £88m during the past year.

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been in financial special measures since 2017, when NHS Improvement stepped in to try and get spending under control.

The past year's deficit is within the limit set by regulators of £89.4m.

ULHT officials say the trust has faced major operational pressures this year, but added it can still improve.

The trust will now look to agree a deficit target of £70m for next year.

Police have released a man and woman, both in their 20s, who were arrested after twin boys were taken to hospital on Wednesday.

Officers say the infants, from Boston, remain in a serious condition in hospital.

A police spokesman said the couple had been released under investigation.

"This is clearly a sensitive case for the family involved," he added.

"We are working closely with the family at this difficult time to establish the facts of the matter."

A vigil is being planned to remember three teenagers who were killed in a car crash near Lincoln earlier this week.

The boys were travelling in a car which left the road at Welton Cliff on Monday night.

Their parents will make speeches and release balloons during an event in Lincoln city centre, tomorrow morning.

Three other people who were in the car when it crashed received minor injuries.

The police are appealing for witnesses.

Building work will start this autumn on Lincoln's new medical school, it's been confirmed.

The proposals were given the go-ahead by City of Lincoln Council earlier this week.

The five-storey building will be constructed on the Brayford campus and will include laboratories and lecture theatres.

The development is costing about £21m.

University officials hope it will encourage newly qualified doctors to stay in Lincolnshire.

Elliott Whitehouse scores the goal as League Two Lincoln upset Shrewsbury to win the Checkatrade Trophy final at Wembley.