Voting is under way in 54 constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber and seven in Lincolnshire.

Auctioneers in Scunthorpe have reported strong interest in the online sale of over 4,000 bottles of fine wine and champagne.

Image source, Eddison CJM Auction Centre

The bottles, worth about £80,000 in total, come from 3D Wines, near Boston, which went into liquidation in September.

When the sale was announced, Paul Cooper, from Eddisons auctioneers, said: "From a wine drinker’s point of view, 4,026 bottles of great wine going under the hammer just two weeks before Christmas is probably about as good as things get."

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Plans for a new Costa Coffee and KFC drive-through on the outskirts of Lincoln look set to be refused.

Image source, North Kesteven District Council

Developer Taylor Lindsey wants to build the site on Teal Park off the A46 bypass.

But North Kesteven planning officers say there are better, more accessible places for the development.

Image source, Taylor Lindsey

Officers also call the design of the proposed restaurants "cramped" and say they don't relate well to their surroundings or enhance the local area.

Taylor Lindsey has submitted a 490-signature petition and seven letters from local businesses in support of the application.

A decision is expected to be made next week.

Alan Wood was bound and tortured before he was killed in his Lincolnshire home, in October 2009.

A 24-year-old woman who died in a crash in North Lincolnshire last week has been named by police as Talia Roberts.

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Ms Roberts died in the crash on Ermine Street in Winterton on Thursday 5 December.

Humberside Police say Talia's family are "devastated" by their loss.

Witnesses to the crash are being asked to get in touch with police.

Staff who were dismissed without warning from a Lincolnshire bedding manufacturer are to receive compensation.

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About 200 people lost their jobs when Boston-based Fogarty went into administration in October last year.

Solicitors New Law Ltd, acting on behalf of 102 former employees, claimed Fogarty had breached the law by failing to undertake a consultation prior to dismissal.

A tribunal panel has upheld the claim.

Because the company has collapsed, the employees will receive eight weeks pay from the government's National Insurance Fund, with a maximum payout of about £3,500.

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Louth's first ever McDonald's restaurant is to open, after plans were approved by East Lindsey planning officers.

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EG Group will build the McDonald's, and a coffee shop, on land behind the Shell Filling Station on Bolingbroke Road.

The operator of the coffee shop hasn't been confirmed, but EG Group has partnered with Starbucks in the past.

Some local residents have raised concern about litter and the impact on cyclists and pedestrians.

The development will create about 85 full and part-time jobs, the applicants said.

New purple bins which only take card and paper are helping to increase recycling rates, according to Boston Borough Council.

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About 7,500 homes in Boston, North Kesteven and South Holland were given the bins in September as part of a year-long trial by the Lincolnshire Waste Partnership.

The aim is to stop card and paper being contaminated by other items.

Boston Borough Council says 98.5% of the paper and card collected has met the necessary standard, helping to increase recycling rates.

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for dash-cam footage of a crash in which a pedestrian in her 60s was seriously injured.

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The woman was injured when she was struck by a silver Vauxhall Corsa at the junction of Yarborough Road and Long Leyes Road in Lincoln, at around 07:45 on 27 November.

The force said her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Anyone with footage or who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Lincolnshire Police.

Detectives investigating the death of a man who was brutally murdered 10 years ago say they have received new information following a recent appeal.

Image source, Lincolnshire Police

Alan Wood, 50, was bound and tortured before he was killed in his home in Lound, near Bourne, in October 2009.

Following an appeal on the 10th anniversary of his murder, Senior Investigating Officer, Martin Holvey, said: "A number of people have contacted us with information including people who didn't speak with us in 2009.

"We continue to work on information provided to us and we've been able to eliminate some names from the investigation where members of the public had suspicions about particular individuals."

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He said they're also in the process of reviewing CCTV from 2009, showing a suspect using cash-points in Bourne and Stamford.

A reward of £50,000 has been offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

It's going to be a bright and breezy day today with sunshine for many of us but there could be a few showers in western parts.

Temperatures today will be around the 7C mark.

Overnight it'll stay largely clear but there may still be a few showers in the west:

Lincoln City and Boston United have paid tribute to former player Jim Smith, who has died aged 79.

Smith made more than 175 appearances for the two clubs in the 1960s and 70s and took his first steps in management with Boston between 1969 and 1972.

He went on to manage Derby County, Oxford United and Portsmouth, and among the highlights of his career were a League Cup final appearance with Queens Park Rangers in 1986 and promotion to the Premier League with Derby in 1996.