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

A student from Alford is using her A-Level art project to encourage people to start talking about mental health in the farming community.

Image source, Amy Hancock

Amy Hancock, 18, has grown up in the agricultural community and says she understands the pressures in the industry.

She's spent two years creating the piece which shows a boiler suit in a large frame and compares the profits between farmers and supermarkets.

Amy is hoping to break down the stigma surrounding mental health.

She said it can be quite difficult when things go wrong after dedicating your life to something.

She added: "There are lots of statistics to show there are rising problems within farming and agricultural industries with mental health."

Volunteers and supporters who rebuilt and now operate the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway have marked the 10th anniversary of its re-opening in Skegness.

Image source, Dave Enefer/LCLR

To mark the occasion an iced "cake" - which was actually a piece of old railway sleeper - was fed into the steam locomotive 'Jurassic' at the Walls Lane Station by the Mayor of Skegness, Councillor Mark Dannatt.

Image source, Dave Enefer/LCLR

Two men suffered serious facial injuries in an altercation in Cleethorpes.

Humberside Police said the incident happened in a car park off Osbourne Street at about 04:00 on 7 July when a group of people started fighting.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of assault and GBH following the incident, he has been released under investigation whilst inquiries continue.

The injuries are not life-threatening.

A Lincolnshire council is investigating after 20 black bin liners of chicken carcasses were discovered in two laybys.

The enforcement team at East Lindsey District Council is appealing for information after the discoveries in Spilsby and Swaby:

A notice to people to boil water before drinking it in parts of Lincolnshire has been lifted.

Anglian Water was advising people in Horncastle and the Lincolnshire Wolds to take precautions after tests revealed a drop in water quality over the weekend.

The company now say the water is safe to drink:

New technology has been installed at Lincoln’s Lucy Tower Street car park in a bid to make parking in the city centre faster and easier

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The City of Lincoln Council has upgraded all pay and display machines at Lucy Tower Street to allow for faster payments, along with a more reliable connection to ensure card payments are available at all times.

The new machines have a contactless option for fast payments, and the car park, along with many others, also allows for PayByPhone online payment.

Health visitors have gathered outside the county council offices in Lincoln after walking out in a dispute over pay.

Members of the union Unite have started 48 hours of strike action.

They say health visitors in Lincolnshire haven't had a pay increase since 2017 when their contracts were transferred over to Lincolnshire County Council from the NHS.

But Heather Sandy, the council's Interim Director of Education, says they've got a competitive pay structure in place.

She said: "What the union is doing is comparing it to the pay increase the NHS has had, and we haven't been able to apply that cost increase to the statutory paying conditions, but we have got a competitive pay structure which actually goes beyond the NHS if they transfer across."

Scunthorpe United complete the free transfer of former Plymouth Argyle midfielder Yann Songo'o.

Aberdeen sign Scunthorpe United midfielder Funso Ojo in a £125,000 deal after beating off competition from Hibernian.

A ceramic mosaic created by a community group in Leasingham over two years is to be unveiled at the village hall later this month.

Image source, ArtsNK

Each individual tile of the piece, which will be displayed at Leasingham Village Hall's wildlife patch, was shaped and glazed by members of a local gardening group.

The mosaic will be unveiled on 26 July.

Image source, ArtsNK

People living in the Lincolnshire Wolds are being advised to boil their tap water.

Image source, Press Association

Anglian Water issued the warning at the weekend for almost 2,000 homes and businesses in Horncastle and the surrounding area.

The company says water should be boiled and left to cool before being used for drinking, cooking and brushing teeth. It should also be boiled before being given to pets and livestock.

It is still fine to use for washing, bathing and flushing toilets.

The warning comes after tests at their treatment works showed it wasn't up to their 'usual high standard.'

Anglian Water says it's working to get things back to normal but hasn't yet explained the cause.

Staff from the firm will be delivering bottled water to vulnerable customers.

A police station and surrounding buildings had to be evacuated after a member of the public brought in a hand grenade.

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Lincolnshire Police evacuated Spalding Police station and all homes within 100 metres on Sunday after the device was handed in at about 11:20.

Army bomb disposal experts were called to the scene but, upon examination, discovered the grenade was a "dummy".

A cordon put in place around the area was lifted at about 12:40.

The force said: "Apologies for any inconvenience, but better to be safe than sorry."

Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

Good morning, it's going to be a dry and fine day for most of us with temperatures reaching 23C in places:

Four teenagers have been charged after thousands of pounds worth of model railway exhibits were destroyed.

Image source, MARKET DEEPING MODEL RAILWAY CLUB

The display by Market Deeping Model Railway Club was hit at Welland Academy in Stamford, Lincolnshire on 18 May.

Police were called to the school early in the morning after the exhibition set up for later that day had been wrecked.

The boys, three aged 16 and one aged 15, have been charged with criminal damage and are due to appear at Lincoln Youth Court on 19 August.

The teenagers cannot be named for legal reasons.