Inspectors find some improvements but raise "significant concerns" about the safety of services.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Plans for a new Gypsy and traveller site in Whaplode look set to get the go ahead.

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Applicant Mrs M. Compton is looking to site four pitches at Bleu Raye Farm, in Millgate.

Each pitch will house a single household and the site will accommodate space for a single static caravan or two smaller touring caravans, laundry and store facilities a shed and parking.

The applicant also plans to move an existing access further south and create a private access road.

Part of the site is allocated in the South East Lincs Local Plan as a proposed residential site for gypsies and travellers.

The application is recommended for approval, but South Kesteven district councillors will vote next week.

Andrei-Mihai Simion-Munteanu tells a court he felt "awful" after killing his mother.

A student has told a jury at Lincoln Crown Court that he killed his mum and her partner because "he is evil" and thought it would make him happy.

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Andrei-Mihai Simion-Munteanu, 22, of Lincoln Road, Branston, denies murdering the couple in July last year claiming it was manslaughter through diminished responsibility.

He was asked in court if he'd killed his mum Dr Leela Monti and her partner Robert Tully and he simply replied yes to both questions.

It also emerged that he'd taken the decision to kill them two weeks before he carried out the attack.

When explaining why he wanted to kill them, he said that he thought carrying out evil acts would make his depression go away but after strangling his mother it left him feeling awful.

Lincoln Crown Court has previously been told Simion-Munteanu had previously developed mental health problems and had spent time in a psychiatric unit.

The trial continues.

Two men and a woman have been arrested in Grimsby after police raided properties and found drugs and weapons.

One man and the woman were arrested on David Street in Grimsby. Another man was arrested on Mendip Avenue.

All three have been taken into custody on suspicion of the intent to supply drugs.

The weapons found at one property have been seized.

A man has been jailed for three years after he tried to steal money from a 67-year-old man in a vicious attack in Scunthorpe.

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Jason Dixon, 25, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Grimsby Crown Court after pleading guilty to robbery.

The court was told Dixon followed his victim, who was riding a mobility scooter at the time, to a cash machine last August and watched him withdraw £150.

Dixon then approached the man and asked him the time before grabbing hold of the money.

A struggle ensued, during which the majority of the notes were torn. Dixon then fled the scene.

The proposals included six sheds that would have housed up to 270,000 birds.

More people in Lincolnshire could be offered fertility treatment on the NHS.

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Patients are now being asked for their views on plans to give wider access to services, meaning more people - including transgender patients - would get the chance to have their sperm, eggs, or embryos frozen

Liz Ball, chief nurse for Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group, says it means more options will be available.

"It'll give people the opportunity, so if they are undecided at the moment whether they want children in the future, it will give a period of time for those preservations of freezing the eggs or sperm so...they can make a choice at a later stage."

There's been a sharp rise in the number of fines handed to parents in Lincolnshire for taking their children out of school during term time.

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More than 3,000 penalty notices were handed to parents for unauthorised absences last year - an increase of 37% on the previous 12 months.

The number of cases going to court has also increased from 28 to 217 in just a year.

Lincolnshire County Council says if a child isn't in school they'll miss out on learning and risk falling behind.

Managers says schools are now more familiar with the process for issuing a penalty, which has contributed to the increase.

A man was punched in the face and robbed while he was walking alone in Grimsby, police have said.

It happened on Alexandra Road at about 14:30 on Wednesday.

The victim turned around when he heard someone shout his name and was punched before cash was stolen from him, according to police.

The victim attended hospital for treatment for a serious facial injury.

Anyone who saw anything is being asked to contact Humberside Police.

There's uncertainty over whether a cycling festival in Lincolnshire will go ahead or not later this year.

Organisers of the Bourne CiCLE event claim it's not on this summer and tweeted: "Disappointing to report that the Bourne CiCLE Festival will not be going ahead in 2020.

"We are so grateful to the volunteers, cyclists, amazing SKDC leisure team, police, Lincs Highways and InvestSK team, all of whom contributed to a fantastic event."

But South Kesteven District Council says it hasn't made a final decision. , external

The authority says it might be difficult to arrange this year, but it's still committed to events such as Bourne CiCLE.

Pamela Brown, who runs a cafe in Bourne, says she'd be disappointed if it isn't taking place.

"It was a very successful weekend last year. I think for the wider town, it did bring a lot of people and brought more money to the town in terms of visitors, and small local businesses rely on that sort of thing," she says.

Middlesbrough midfielder Ben Liddle signs new two-and-a-half-year deal with the Championship club.

A motorist who admitted causing a fatal crash near to Cadwell Park is facing a jail sentence.

Charlie Ledbury, 25, of James Street, Grimsby, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Margaret Patrick by dangerous driving when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court.

He also admitted causing serious injury to Deborah Sukeforth by dangerous driving.

It follows the collision on the A153 at Tathwell last April.

Judge Simon Hirst told him: "You have pleaded guilty to not only serious offences but tragic offences that will affect very many people for a desperately long period of time.

"Please don't think that you will not receive a custodial sentence. You may very well do so."

Ledbury was granted bail and will be sentenced on 23 March.

The funeral of a World War Two veteran from Lincolnshire who helped an uprising against Nazi occupation will take place this afternoon.

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Jim Auton, who died aged 95 in January, is thought to have been the last British member of the Warsaw Air Bridge, which saw supplies dropped to Polish resistance fighters.

He was from Lincolnshire and lived near Louth.

As he had no known family, the service has been organised by the RAF Association in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Polish ambassador Arkady Rzegocki said he was "a brave and determined man".

Mr Auton's funeral will take place at Newark Parish Church at 13:00 and he will be buried in Newark Cemetery, close to the Warsaw Air Bridge Memorial, which he campaigned for and helped to plan in 1989.

Organisers planning a Heroes' Orchard in Grantham have set themselves a new fundraising target to help make the project extra special.

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The orchard will be near Wyndham Park and will create a living legacy for the district’s airborne and aviation heritage, with 75 trees to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Allies' victory in Europe in World War Two.

Although the original £12,130 target has been achieved, the Wyndham Park Forum has a wish list of extra features.

John Knowles, chairman of the forum, says: “It was amazing to hit our target with two weeks to go, and extra pledges have now come in, taking our target closer to £13,000.

"This is a long term legacy project and we will continue to fundraise even after the crowdfund appeal actually closes.

"There are many other things we can do to make this special project, even more special - things like extra interpretation boards, benches and community involvement and events."

A man has been found with a serious head injury in Spalding, but police do not know who he is.

Officers are trying to identify the man, who was found in Cedar Court at about 19:20 yesterday.

It's unclear how he received the injuries, but police believe he was assaulted.

A 43-year-old man and two women aged 18 and 40 were arrested in connection with the incident.

The man and the 40-year-old woman remain in custody. The 18-year-old has been released without any further action, police say.

Police have launched an urgent appeal to find a missing Lincolnshire man they are "extremely concerned" about.

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John Carl Davis, 56, is missing from North Coates in Lincolnshire.

The CCTV image (above right) is believed to show him on Bethlehem Street in Grimsby, close to Freshney Place Shopping Centre, at about 17:45 on Wednesday 29 January.

He was also seen near the war memorial in Holton le Clay at about 21:00 on the same evening.

That was the last sighting of him and officers say they are very concerned for his safety and well-being.

Mr Davis is described as 5ft 10ins tall, of heavy build and with long fair/ginger hair.

He was last seen wearing dark blue jeans, black slip-on shoes and a high-vis jacket. He may also be wearing glasses, police say.

These very fluffy Angora rabbits were rescued from a house fire in Louth.

Firefighters were called to a property on Wallis Road yesterday afternoon.

Nobody was hurt in the blaze and the rabbits were oblivious:

Four of Lincolnshire's local authorities are to share a £600,000 grant to help tackle homelessness.

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The money will help pay for a 14-strong team whose members will be tasked with reducing the number of rough sleepers in places like Grantham.

Those involved say the money will help some of the county's most vulnerable people.