Luke Woolfenden's goal just before half-time sends Ipswich Town to the top of League One with victory over Lincoln City.

Two goals from Ollie Palmer and another by Ashley Nadesan give Crawley a battling home win over Grimsby.

The medal has only previously been on public display in London and has not been seen since 1992.

Plans for a £28m animal rendering plant near Lincoln are expected to be rejected after attracting hundreds of objections.

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Lincoln Proteins Ltd wants to relocate its operation from nearby Skellingthorpe to Norton Disney.

But, Lincolnshire County Council planning officers have recommended the development is turned down, external.

According to council documents 904 objections have been sent to the authority.

Among those to object is Ken Sadler, chairman of the Bomber County Gateway Trust.

The trust is currently building a steel Lancaster bomber memorial close to the proposed site.

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He said: "We're building something that is visual and should be seen by 34,000 motorists a day on the A46.

"The visuals are everything to us and if the application were to go through, there would be a factory 100-times bigger than what we are building and it would obliterate t he view completely."

The applicant says it's "reviewing the new information" with a final decision due to be made next month.

Lincolnshire Police say new direct train services to Lincoln from London could make it easier for dealers to sell drugs across the county.

So called "county lines" gangs use dedicated phone lines and couriers to move drugs from big cities to smaller towns.

Dt Sgt Andrew Kirk says they'll be watching the trains carefully:

"Lincoln is opening up, its main train lines are going to become more direct and regular from London and the south, and that will bring with it ease of travel.

"Therefore we will work with colleagues and British Transport Police to make sure we are aware of that gateway into our city so we're not taken advantage of even further."

Mablethorpe's former Boat Shed will reopen in April as a "Men’s Shed".

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The former lifeboat shed, on Victoria Road, had been used for community events until it closed two years ago.

Now crucial repairs and improvements are taking place, including new installing windows and a new boiler.

The Men's Shed project helps men to socialise and learn new skills in a community environment.

The first of 68 new Fast Response Vehicles will be rolled out across Lincolnshire and the East Midlands in the coming weeks.

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The Skoda Scout vehicles are part of East Midlands Ambulance Service's fleet replacement programme.

They have a number of new features such as low-volume sirens when the handbrake is on, the option of a reverse camera and high specification vehicle and lighting warning systems.

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Each car will also be supplied with a lifting cushion and compressor to help prevent the need for an additional double-crewed ambulance where possible.

This is the moment an RAF Typhoon jet carrying the wings of famous Dambuster pilot Guy Gibson performed a flypast over Lincoln.

The Dambusters' raid on 17 May 1943, launched from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, saw experimental "bouncing" bombs used to break two important dams deep within Nazi Germany.

Nineteen planes and 133 men took part in what was codenamed Operation Chastise, with eight planes lost and 53 crew killed during the raid which was led by Wing Cdr Gibson:

A collection of coins commemorating the 2012 London Olympics, author Beatrix Potter and scientist Charles Darwin have been stolen from a house in Scotter.

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The 50p and £2 coins were taken along with a gold ladies watch and six gold rings during a break-in at a house in Gainsborough Road.

Lincolnshire Police say the incident happened between 10:00 and 13:30 on 21 January.

The force has asked for anyone who has been offered any of the items or has any information about the burglary to come forward.

Gillingham sign Lincoln City forward John Akinde for an undisclosed fee, reuniting him with boss Steve Evans.

Lincoln MP Karl McCartney has been dubbed an "armchair expert" after he accused Lincolnshire County Council of taking too long to re-open the city's bypass after a crash.

Traffic came to a standstill yesterday after a car transporter crashed into the central reservation on Wednesday evening, spreading fuel and debris across the road.

Amid traffic delays as repair work was carried out on Thursday morning, causing major disruption on Lincoln's roads, the Conservative MP tweeted:

Responding, Lincolnshire's head of highways, Richard Davies, says the MP doesn't understand the problems engineers face.

The bypass, between the Carholme and Riseholme roundabouts, remains down to one lane in each direction today as repairs continue.

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A £50m takeover of British Steel by Chinese firm Jingye has received backing from trade unions, including Community, Unite the union and GMB.

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British Steel employs about 4,000 people at its plants in Scunthorpe and Teesside.

In a joint statement, the unions said discussions with the Chinese industrial firm had been "extremely challenging", but acknowledged "if the business is to survive, change is required".

They also said that Jingye intends to reduce overall headcount at British Steel, with up to 500 jobs at risk.

They added: "This is not something the unions could endorse and we have consistently made the argument the business needs to ensure the plant can be run efficiently and safely."

Earlier this week, the government said it "believes the Jingye transaction will complete in the coming weeks."

Archaeologists unearth a priest buried alongside his "tools" in a "rare find".

"Game-changing" X-ray body scanners are to be installed in 16 of the most challenging prisons, including Lincoln.

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The instant internal images can reveal concealed weapons, mobile phones and drugs, the Ministry of Justice said.

Their installation at 10 other prisons in 2018 saw a drop in violence and the number of failed drug tests.

The £28m scheme is part of a £100m spend on improving prison security.

HMP Leeds governor Steve Robson said the installation of a body scanner at his jail about a year ago had been "a real game changer", as more than 300 items of contraband had since been detected.

Jails in Birmingham, Wandsworth, Liverpool, Bedford and Exeter are among the other prisons to get the new scanners.

It could take three more days to finish repairs to the central reservation on part of the A46 Lincoln bypass following a crash on Wednesday night, it's been confirmed.

The road, between the Carholme and Riseholme roundabouts is down to one lane in each direction after being closed for most of yesterday causing 'unprecedented' traffic disruption.

The work has to be carried out after a car transporter crashed through the barrier on Wednesday night.

Lincolnshire highways manager Richard Fenwick says it's been difficult to deal with.

"People have said they hadn't seen anything like it for 25 years. We're set up to respond to normal emergencies, but it was just a unique scenario.

"The extent of the damage caused meant we haven't been able to respond within an hour or two."