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It will be a mainly dry night in Lincolnshire.

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People in Lincolnshire will benefit from two freeports - one will cover the Humber region and the other will be based at East Midlands Airport.

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the eight freeports he announced in the Budget on Wednesday could help economic recovery by making it easier and cheaper to do business in regions, as well as creating jobs.

The freeport model works by allowing companies to import goods tariff-free and only paying once it is sold into the domestic market, or exporting the final goods without paying UK tariffs.

East Midlands Airport's managing director Claire James said the news would "shine a spotlight on a part of the country which has so much to offer investors, existing businesses that wish to grow, and the supply chains that are linked to them".

Maria Machancoses, director of Midlands Connect, called it "fantastic news" and said they would work with local authorities to make sure the site is well connected to trade locally, nationally and internationally.

A "marine energy park" on the Humber first announced a decade ago gets a "leg-up" to start building.

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It will be a fairly cloudy and cold day in Lincolnshire today.

Tonight, it will turn dry and the low cloud looks set to persist for much of the night:

The list of places in England receiving funds is dominated by the north west, Yorkshire and Midlands.

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The Humber region will be one of eight sites in England where a freeport will be located, it has been confirmed.

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Pledged in the Conservative Party 2019 manifesto, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in his Budget speech that the Humber region as well as East Midlands Airport, Felixstowe and Harwich, the Liverpool City Region, Plymouth, Solent and Thames and Teesside are all set to benefit from the post-Brexit status.

Mr Sunak said the "special economic zones with different rules to make it easier and cheaper to do business" would come with simpler planning, cheaper customs - with favourable tariffs, VAT or duties - and lower taxes, with "tax breaks to encourage construction, private investment and job creation".

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Barclay, quizzed about freeports by MPs last month, said he had expected the locations to be announced in "the spring", with the first freeports "ideally operational by the end of the year".

The freeport model works by allowing companies to import goods tariff-free and only paying once it is sold into the domestic market, or exporting the final goods without paying UK tariffs.

Further announcements are still expected on freeports within the devolved administrations, with the manifesto committing to creating 10 in total in the UK.

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Tonight will be cloudy with the risk of a few scattered showers.

However, it should stay largely dry.

A cold night with light winds, and some mist or fog patches:

People are being urged to stick with coronavirus restrictions even if they've had their Covid-19 vaccination.

Lincolnshire Resilience Forum said it remained important that everyone continues to follow the rules:

A seal sanctuary in Skegness says it will only escape financial ruin if visitors are able to return over the summer.

Natureland has been rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned and injured seals since it was founded in 1965.

However, the attraction has been forced to close for the first time in its history due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The centre rescues up to 70 seals every year and each one costs about £2,000 to rehabilitate.

Leyton Orient mark Jobi McAnuff's first game as interim manager with a 1-0 victory against rock-bottom Grimsby Town.

It will be a cloudy end to the day in Lincolnshire.

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All Lincolnshire's Covid vaccine sites are continuing to offer people their jabs, officials say.

The reassurance comes after it was reported some people believed the major hubs were slowing down their operations.

The organisation which runs Lincolnshire's vaccination sites said due to demand and supply of the vaccine, not all its sites are open every day.

It will be a cloudy but dry day in Lincolnshire.

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There'll be some mist around in Lincolnshire overnight.

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Lincolnshire County Council has confirmed 87.8% of children have been given a place at their first choice secondary school.

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The authority says the figure is likely to be higher once an appeals process has taken place.

More than 8,000 pupils will be starting at secondary school in September.

People with suspected lung cancer are being seen quicker and receiving faster treatment in Lincolnshire, according to a hospital trust.

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A new project was piloted in 2019 and has now been rolled out at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.The project means patients receive the results of their chest X-rays within 24-hours.

If they then need a referral for a CT scan it should come within 48 hours.

Patients referred for chest X-rays from their GPs previously had to wait for two to three weeks for their results or to be referred for further tests.

Lincolnshire Police has handed out almost 700 fines for breaching coronavirus restrictions since the start of the pandemic.

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The most recent fines issued were to two men found hiding in a shed in Lincoln. Officers did not believe the one man who told them he'd never heard of coronavirus.

The force said in the early days of the pandemic fines were only issued as a last resort, but that has now changed.

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Today, patches of fog and low cloud will linger, and it will be a rather dull and grey day.

Tonight will continue cloudy and dull, with further low cloud and fog developing:

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Mark Beck nets his first league goal since September 2019 to secure Harrogate a home triumph over struggling Grimsby.