Lincolnshire breaking news: Latest updatespublished at 07:38 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2020
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Investigation starts after High Toynton church tower collapse
Boston murder: Three appear in court over body found in drainage channel
Jobs at risk in Skegness and Spalding after Beales goes into administration
Two people taken to hospital after Spalding lorry crash
Extra patrols after woman sexually assaulted in Lincoln
Latest updates on Monday 20 January 2020
Lincolnshire breaking news: Latest updatespublished at 07:38 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2020
Work begins to install controversial Thatcher statuepublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
Preparations are underway to erect a £300,000 statue of Baroness Thatcher in her home town of Grantham.
Fencing has been put up around the site in St Peter's Hill where the statue is due to be mounted on a 10ft-high plinth.
A date for the unveiling has not yet been revealed but previously businesses owners were told to expect it early this year.
The sculpture was offered to Grantham after the original plans for it to be erected in Parliament Square in Westminster were rejected.
At a meeting last year councillors were told Thatcher's "divisive nature" may make it a potential target for vandalism.
Image source, PA MediaMarcin Stolarek death: Three in court over Boston murderpublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
Three people have appeared in court charged in connection with the death of a man found in a drainage channel in Boston.
The body of 46-year-old Marcin Stolarek, 46, from Poland, was discovered in South Forty Foot Drain, on Chain Bridge Road, on 12 January.
Lincolnshire Police said he died in a "sustained attack".
Adam Kaminski, aged 26 of Union Court in Boston, and 26-year-old Justyna Swiatelz, also of Union Court, are both charged with his murder while Adam Maksajda, 33, of no fixed address, has been charged with perverting the course of justice.
All three appeared at Lincoln Crown Court earlier where they were remanded into custody to appear at the same court on 21 February. A provisional trial date was set for 29 July.
Two injured in Spalding crashpublished at 16:28 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
Two people have been taken to hospital following a crash in Spalding earlier.
Police say a lorry and a car were involved in the collision on Commercial Road.
The road was closed all morning.
Investigation starts into cause of church tower collapsepublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
Investigations are under way into what caused a Lincolnshire church tower to collapse at the weekend.
The tower, at St John the Baptist, in High Toynton, near Horncastle, collapsed on Sunday morning. No one was hurt.
The fallen masonry in the churchyard has been cordoned off with police tape.
Quote MessageIn terms of the cause, we don't really know much about that. The weather has been changeable in the last few weeks, but obviously they've got to investigate and see what was behind that."
Reverend Charles Patrick, Rector, Horncastle Group
Beales goes into administrationpublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
One of Britain's oldest department stores, which has branches in Lincolnshire, has collapsed into administration.
Image source, GoogleBeales has shops in Skegness and Spalding.
KPMG has been appointed as administrators.
It is understood that there will be no immediate closures and stores will continue to trade.
In the year to March 2019, Beale Ltd reported a loss of £3.1m, up from £1.3m for the year earlier as costs swelled and sales dipped.
Beales's chief executive Tony Brown led a management buyout of the firm in 2018.
Lincolnshire's afternoon weather forecastpublished at 13:40 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
It will be a dry but fairly cloudy afternoon in Lincolnshire.
Here's the latest forecast:
Two hurt in Spalding lorry crashpublished at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
Two people have been taken to hospital following a crash in Spalding.
Image source, GooglePolice say a lorry and a stationary car were involved in the crash on Commercial Road.
The road has been closed all morning as a result of the collision.
Anyone who saw what happened is being asked to contact police.
From Blue Monday to Brew Monday in Lincolnpublished at 11:37 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
The Lincoln branch of the Samaritans is encouraging people to have a chat over a cuppa on what's been dubbed "Blue Monday".
Image source, GoogleMembers of the help organisation are handing out teabags at the city's railways station and at the University of Lincoln campus.
Today is said to be the most depressing day of the year.
'Scene of devastation' after church tower collapsepublished at 10:48 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
Harry Parkhill
BBC Local Live, LincolnshireI'm here at St John the Baptist Church in High Toynton, near Horncastle, where there's a scene of devastation.
The main entrance and the church tower collapsed on Sunday and there's a massive pile of rubble.
Thankfully no one was hurt in the collapse.
The church gates now have blue and white police tape on them as investigations continue into exactly what happened.
Lincolnshire's Monday weather forecastpublished at 09:39 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
It will be a dry day in Lincolnshire.
Here's the latest forecast:
Investigation starts after church tower collapsepublished at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
This is the dramatic scene near Horncastle after a church tower collapsed at the weekend.
It happened at St John the Baptist Church in High Toynton on Sunday.
No one was hurt in the collapse and investigations are under way, it's been confirmed.
Lincolnshire Police says officers will be carrying out regular checks of the site.
Extra patrols after woman sexually assaulted in Lincolnpublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020
Extra police patrols have been taking place in Lincoln after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted at the weekend.
The 19-year-old said she was walking near the Tentercroft Street car park in the city centre on Saturday morning when she was approached by a man and attacked.
Investigations are under way and officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.