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

The story of Gwyneth Jones' emotional trip to the grave of a soldier was read by his relatives.

Scunthorpe's climb up the League Two table continues as they come from behind to beat Port Vale at the Sands Venue Stadium.

Northampton climb to fifth in League Two after seeing off Grimsby Town at the PTS Academy Stadium.

The Market Deeping club was inundated with donations after vandals ruined "a life's work".

Volunteers have been left heartbroken, after vandals caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to a woodland classroom near Louth.

The room is used to teach children about the countryside.

Vandals ransacked rooms, and damage to the plumbing has caused the the building in Ashby cum Fenby to be flooded.

It will be out of action for several months.

Nothing was stolen but the toilets and kitchen have been damaged.

The stage is set in Lincoln, ahead of the city's Christmas light switch on this evening.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire's Scott Dalton and Su Whitaker are doing the honours, alongside actors from a pantomime in the city.

Late night shopping for the city also begins this evening, and carries on every Friday until Christmas.

Entertainment is promised from 17:00 onwards and the switch on itself is at 19:00.

One of Lincolnshire's most senior clergy says she's bringing in lawyers to try secure her return to work.

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The Dean of Lincoln, the Very Reverend Christine Wilson (pictured), took a voluntary leave of absence from Lincoln Cathedral last April as part of a Church of England inquiry.

She says she is desperate to resolve the issue so she can return to her ministry.

But she says she is concerned the investigation will drag on after the complaint involved was ruled "void and invalid" by the church's president of tribunals.

She says this will leave the Cathedral without its most senior member of cathedral staff for a further period of time.

She says that she has maintained a dignified public silence, but claims her representations to the church about her position have been "disregarded".

Both the Cathedral and the Church of England have yet to comment.

Lincolnshire fire and rescue's training facility in Waddington is an "absolutely brilliant" place for rescue dogs to train at, according to the UK's International Search and Rescue teams.

The team have been at Waddington's facility today with 12 dogs and their teams to practice rescuing people from earthquakes and other natural disasters.

The team use people pretending to be trapped under rubble to recreate disasters the international team go to.

Lindsay Sielski, the canine coordinator on the team, says that the conditions are perfect for testing extreme situations.

Some of the training scenarios include a 20m pile of rubble the dogs have to smell people through, which she says proves the dogs can be effective in disasters.

About 40 protesters are outside the Keadby 2 power station near Scunthorpe demanding that local workers be employed in part of its construction.

Unions say a Spanish firm has been awarded a contract to build a boiler at the power station and plans to use workers from Spain.

But the company behind the work, SSE, says it is supporting local jobs at Keadby 2.

SSE says it continues to work with its principal contractor Siemens to maximise local benefit and employment opportunities, while ensuring it has the right skillsets to deliver the project.

More needs to be done to protect low-lying areas from future flooding, the Environment Agency says.

About 200 homes, shops and restaurants are to be built in Gainsborough as part of a £1.5m investment.

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West Lindsey District Council says its proposed Riverside Gateway project will also include leisure facilities alongside the houses and shops.

The authority says it's currently talking to the landowner and Homes England to try and speed up the project.

A man in a hoodie and jogging bottoms is wanted in connection with the theft of two trees worth £500 in Lincolnshire.

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The unusual theft of the potted trees happened on Wednesday 6 November at old Fendyke in Sutton St James.

Police say the suspected thief was driving a Silver Mondeo with its licence plates taken off.

They're appealing for anyone with information about the theft.

A car garage in Lincolnshire has been fined £12,000 for fitting brake discs to a car which weren't safe to drive.

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Motosave Limited, trading as Wilko Motosave, on Southolme in Gainsborough, pleaded guilty to two charges during an investigation in 2018.

An investigation found that the mechanics hadn't cleaned anti-rust grease from the brakes before being fitted on a car.

Magistrates said the company wasn't "keeping a regular assessment of mechanical staff" and said it's impossible to know how many sets of brake discs had gone out greased.

The company has been fined £12,000 for two charges under product safety regulations and under consumer protection laws, according to Lincolnshire Trading Standards officers.

A man in his 70s has died after being involved in a car crash on the A52 near Grantham.

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The crash, which happened near the Osbournby junction and involved two cars, happened at about 16:20 yesterday evening.

A man and woman were also taken to hospital after the crash.

It's understood that their injuries aren't life-threatening.

Police are appealing for witnesses.

Flooding in a Lincolnshire village has been "devastating" for business, a pub landlord has said.

A stretch of the A46 at Holton Le Moor, near Market Rasen, has been closed for a week after heavy rainfall.

Motorists have been facing lengthy diversions because of surface water and a drainage pipe under the nearby railway has been blocked.

Graeme Sellers, the owner of the Hope Tavern, says he "can't believe" how many cars have become stuck in the water.

He says: "I just hope now that they've gone, people on site actually get on and repair it, so it doesn't happen again."

A burst river bank in Lincolnshire which caused 1,500 acres of farmland to be flooded two weeks ago still hasn't been repaired.

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The Environment Agency (EA) says work repairing the Barlings Eau riverbank will start "as soon as conditions allow".

Officers say work to seal the breach in the river at Short Ferry, near Lincoln, is a priority, and a dedicated EA team is working on the issue.

Farmers had criticised the agency for a lack of action over the breach.

Canine rescue teams are in Lincolnshire today to practice rescuing people from earthquakes and other natural disasters.

Twelve dogs and their handlers will search collapsed buildings at a site at Waddington training facility (pictured) for people pretending to be trapped.

Lindsay Sielski, canine coordinator for UK International Search and Rescue, says there's no room for mistakes when it comes to rescuing people.

Ms Sielski says the dogs "search and find survivors in collapsed and partially collapsed structures".

A man who strangled a former Lincoln University student and stuffed her body inside a suitcase has been found guilty of murder.

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Backpacker Grace Millane was found buried in bushland outside Auckland, New Zealand.

During a two-week trial at the city's high court, the defendant, 27, had claimed she died accidentally during "rough sex".

Ms Millane's parents David and Gillian wept in the public gallery as jurors convicted their daughter's killer.

He showed no emotion as the verdict - reached after about five hours of deliberations - was read out.

Justice Simon Moore said the defendant would be sentenced on 21 February next year.

Mr and Mrs Millane, who had flown to New Zealand to attend the trial, said the verdict would be "welcomed by every member of the family and friends of Grace".