Health bosses are "on track" for all Lincolnshire care homes to be offered the vaccine by Sunday.

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Lincolnshire's care home staff and residents should have all had their first Covid jab by this weekend, it's been confirmed.

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Martin Fahy, the county's director of nursing, says three quarters of residents and staff have already had the jab.

Lincolnshire’s health services had been “at great guns” since the start of the vaccine roll-out, he added.

"We’re on track to complete all our care homes by this weekend, so we’re really excited about that," he told BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

More than half of people aged over 80 in Lincolnshire have had their first Covid-19 jab, it's been confirmed.

A total of 24,253 people in their 80s and above have been vaccinated in the county so far - that's 52% of the county's population of people in their 80s.

Meanwhile, figures show that 8% of Lincolnshire's adult population have had the jab - 49,633 people in total.

The figures include the first two weeks of vaccination, up to 17 January, so do not include people who've been jabbed at the mass vaccination centre which opened in Boston this week.

A Lincolnshire pub landlady says she's "gutted" at a scientist's suggestion pubs and restaurants may not open until May due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Dr Marc Baguelin, a scientist who advises the government, told the BBC opening pubs and restaurants would cause a "bump in transmission" of Covid-19.

Lesley Hunter took over as landlady of The Ship Inn in Horncastle in December and it's stood empty every day since (pictured).

She says: "May just feels such a long long way away".

BBC Weather

Today will be chilly but mostly dry and sunny although an isolated shower cannot be ruled out towards this evening.

Brisk westerly winds will gradually ease.

The risk of one or two isolated showers this evening but otherwise a dry night is expected with broken cloud.

Turning cold. Gentle winds:

Mel Kerr, a nurse in Lincoln, said the pandemic had thrown "complications, stresses and pressures" on staff.

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It will be a dry but cold night in Lincolnshire.

Here's the latest forecast:

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A total of 49,633 coronavirus vaccination doses have so far been administered in Lincolnshire, new government figures show.

The breakdown of the figures for Lincolnshire includes:

FIRST DOSE TOTAL: 46,935

• Under 80s: 22,682
• 80+: 24,253

SECOND DOSE TOTAL: 2,698

• Under 80s: 1,136
• 80+ :1,562

Nearly two million people in the UK have received their first dose of the Covid vaccine in the past week, figures show.

By the end of Tuesday, 4.61 million people had received their initial jab, up from 2.64 million the week before.

There's been a rise in the number of people in Lincolnshire found to have the new variant of Covid-19.

A total of 60% of all positive cases of the infection in Lincolnshire in the first week of this year contained the new variant of the virus, it's been confirmed.

Andy Fox, a consultant on Lincolnshire's Public Health Team, says viruses are always changing:

Lincolnshire has not received the amount of rain originally predicted during the height of Storm Christoph, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.

Three flood warnings for the River Witham remain in place and North Kesteven District Council says river levels are still rising in their part of the county.

However, Norman Robinson, from the EA, says: "We were expecting probably double the amount of rainfall we actually received, so we received quite a bit of water.

"That is now getting into our river systems which are coping very well."

Three flood warnings are currently in place in Lincolnshire this morning.

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The warnings - which mean immediate action should be taken as flooding is expected - are all for the River Witham between Lincoln and Boston.

However, Lincolnshire seems to have escaped the worst of the rain caused by Storm Christoph which has badly affected other parts of the country.

BBC Weather

This morning will be dry with patchy cloud, but spells of sunshine in any breaks in the cloud.

This afternoon it will turn cloudy for many. There will be strong westerly winds throughout the day.

Overnight the winds will begin to ease.

Any cloud will clear to the east to leave a dry night with clear skies.

It will be rather chilly with frost developing in places:

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There are still warnings that there may be flooding in Lincolnshire overnight.

Heavy rain is predicted across the county late this evening and into the early hours.

There are still flood warnings in place across Lincolnshire, particularly in areas near the River Witham and its tributaries:

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Some people in Lincolnshire say they're frustrated after being told to travel nearly 80 miles for their second Covid-19 jab.

Several people who are trying to book jabs at the new mass vaccination centre in Boston (pictured) have been in touch with BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

Both the initial jab and the booster jab, which takes place 12 weeks later, have to be booked at the same time.

Geraldine, from Horncastle, called saying she tried to book hers and arranged the first jab, but then was told the second could only be in Sheffield.

She is classed by the NHS as extremely vulnerable and says: "In April, we might not be well enough to go to Sheffield."

Dylan Taylor, from Boston, says it's been a "frustrating experience" trying to book a jab for his mother after having similar results.

He says: "Understandably, mum doesn’t want to travel to Sheffield. She’s a bit worked up and wants to know why she can’t have it locally."

GP Adrian Van Biljon, who's been administering the vaccines in Grantham, says there are two systems for administering the jab - one run by local GPs and surgeries, the other by NHS England.

NHS England says: "Options will be offered based on distance and appointment availability."

Photos taken inside Skegness's Grosvenor Hotel showed a group drinking and smoking, police say.

River levels across Lincolnshire are slowly dropping, easing fears over flooding due to heavy rainfall today.

But the Environment Agency is still concerned about 30mm of rain forecast to fall in Lincolnshire over the next 36 hours.

Flood warnings are in place for parts of Lincolnshire, mainly connected to the River Witham and its tributaries.

River levels on the River Witham have been steadily dropping since a peak at midnight last night, external.

Rain is expected across the whole of Lincolnshire from about 14:00 today.

Over a quarter of January's average rainfall is expected to drop in Lincolnshire over the next day and a half, causing flood concerns across the county.

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Environment Agency (EA) experts say "nowhere is immune" from flooding in the county over the next 36 hours.

Heavy rain is expected from this afternoon into tomorrow and it's thought as much as 30mm of rain could fall.

The five-year average rainfall for January is 114mm.

Flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected and people living nearby need to be prepared - are currently in place along the River Witham which runs between Lincoln and Boston (pictured).