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This morning will be dull. Around noon a band of heavy rain will push in from the west.

However, that will quickly clear to sunshine and isolated showers in the afternoon. Feeling chillier.

Through this evening, any isolated showers will die away, leaving a dry night with clearing skies and easing winds.

It will be quite chilly with a touch of frost possible in places:

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This evening, showery rain will continue to push in.

Rain will clear later in the night, but it will be often cloudy.

Continuing breezy and mild:

Police say the journey was "not essential" and put people at "real risk".

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Lincolnshire Police receive around 250 Covid-related calls a week over alleged lockdown breaches, force bosses have revealed.

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Ch Supt Paul Timmins answered a question about groups of young people congregating near the River Slea, in Sleaford, and breaching lockdown during a Facebook live Q&A on Tuesday.

He said the force received around 40 calls a day for Covid-related issues and that police do “go through each and every single one”.

“Where we get reports of those sorts of activities...we do risk assess and have a proportionate response to them,” he said.

Ch Supt Timmins added this did not just mean enforcing incidents but figuring out why they occurred - for instance “family set-up issues that might mean the children feel better being outdoors.”

This included working with partners such as local authorities or Trading Standards for advice and guidance.

That way, he said: “We’re able then to provide a really decent quality service to that individual [and] can provide them with the right outcome rather than just saying, sorry it’s not our problem.”

Test and trace officers are planning to visit people in north east Lincolnshire who haven't taken up the offer of a coronavirus vaccine to find out why.

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Council officers will carry out doorstep visits to offer support to people who are self-isolating and to answer questions from those who haven't yet had the jab.

Margaret Cracknell, portfolio holder for health, wellbeing and adult social care at North East Lincolnshire Council, said: “The officers are predominantly there to make sure that those people who are self-isolating at home have got the necessary support.

"They’re also going to be contacting local residents who have been offered the vaccine but have not engaged with the NHS to book an appointment.

"This is just to make sure they are OK and to answer any questions they might have about the vaccine.

“The vaccine is our best chance at fighting off this disease and reducing the numbers of people ending up in hospital as a result of its effects.”

BBC Weather

This morning, a band of rain will push in from the west, soon clearing eastwards. This will leave the afternoon dry with sunny spells for a time, before cloud begins to build in. Breezy, but mild.

This evening, showery rain will continue to push in. Rain will clear later in the night, but it will be often cloudy. Continuing breezy and mild.

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It will be a dry night in Lincolnshire.

Here's the latest forecast:

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Schools in Greater Lincolnshire have lost more than £20,000 after a lettings firm went into administration.

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Schools Lettings Solutions (SLS), which rents out school facilities, went into administration last year, leaving over 300 schools nationally £4m out of pocket.

They include the David Ross Education Trust, with 11 schools across Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, which has lost out on £17,212.

A list posted to Companies House revealed the business also owed £2,474.75 to Beacon Academy in Cleethorpes, and £1,000 to Clifton Promotions, whose owners run a dance academy in Grimsby.

A spokesperson for the David Ross Education Trust said: "Like a number of academy trusts, we worked with SLS to manage our sports facilities bookings. This relationship was limited to just three of our academies.

"As soon as we had notification of the firm going into administration, we were in touch with the administrators to make a claim and that process is ongoing."

The Times reported that some schools said children were likely to go without books, trips or supplies.

When the company went into administration, it blamed the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown when schools were forced to close and team sports were banned.

Daniel Taylor, of Fortis Insolvency, which was appointed as the administrator, said at the time: “The directors initially took steps to try and protect the business and jobs by using the furlough scheme, although they have been unsuccessful in raising funds from Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.

“With all the current uncertainties which exist, and the tapering of the furlough scheme in the coming months, there really is no option but to close the business.”

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Health bosses in Lincolnshire have praised a “phenomenal achievement” after a third of the county's eligible population was vaccinated against coronavirus.

Derek Ward, Lincolnshire County Council’s director of public health, said the latest good news regarding Covid-19 included around 55,000 rapid PCR tests carried out a week, as well as a further 16,000 asymptomatic tests completed so far.

The county’s infection rate also continues to fall, with Lincolnshire currently hovering around 120 cases per 100,000 people — one of the lowest in the whole of the Midlands, compared to the England average of 158.

Mr Ward said “broadly speaking” about 200,000 people had been vaccinated out of approximately 630,000 of the population aged over 60.

“It’s really positive news, getting through a third of the eligible people in the couple of months since we’ve been vaccinating, considering we were starting from scratch, is a phenomenal achievement,” he said.

The government confirmed on Monday that those over the age of 65 and the clinically vulnerable were now being offered a coronavirus vaccine.

BBC Weather

It'll be cloudy and breezy this morning, with a period of rain. Rain will clear to the east, and a dry afternoon will follow. Mild again today, with temperatures into double figures.

A few showers are expected this evening, perhaps heavy but passing through swiftly. The night will then be dry, with variable amounts of cloud. A mild night.

Two new testing centres have opened in northern Lincolnshire for key workers to get rapid coronavirus tests.

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The sites at Grimsby Town Hall and the Knoll in Cleethorpes are open to people who have to go out to work despite current lockdown restrictions, with a focus on identifying those who are asymptomatic.

A further site in Immingham could also be opened in the future, subject to demand.

Philip Jackson, Leader of North East Lincolnshire Council, said: “These tests will help us to identify coronavirus cases in those without symptoms that we wouldn’t have known about otherwise."

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There'll be some cloud around in Lincolnshire to end the day and then a milder night compared to recently.

Here's the latest forecast:

Developers want to demolish an existing plant in Skellingthorpe and build a modern facility instead.

Charlie Smith has been nicknamed 'Car Park Charlie' by parents Harriet Hanson and Adam Smith.

Public health officials in Lincolnshire are considering using fire stations as coronavirus testing sites, it's been confirmed.

Council buildings could also be used as test sites under moves to expand asymptomatic screening for Covid-19 across Lincolnshire.

The sites will be used to test public sector workers before later being opened up to the general public.

Smoking materials caused three house fires in Lincolnshire over the weekend, the county's fire service has said.

As a result, it's renewing warnings for people to take care to put cigarettes out fully and never to smoke in bed:

Today will be a very mild day, with temperatures into double figures. It should be dry, with some brighter skies developing this afternoon.

Dry this evening, before a band of rain passes through overnight. Turning dry again later in the night, with variable amounts of cloud.

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Grimsby Town sign midfielder Giles Coke after overcoming issues related to his registration.

Another container of chemicals has washed up on a Lincolnshire beach, the fifth since yesterday morning.

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Officials at East Lindsey District Council say a dozen birds and other wildlife died after the first container was found on Chapel St Leonard's beach yesterday morning.

Two more have now been found at Skegness Beach, and one each at Mogg's Eye and Anderby Creek.

Officials say they "aren’t able to guess where these have come from or what damage they may have caused along the way".

A spokesperson added, "It is sad to think they have made their way into the ocean through dumping or other means and have drifted on the North Sea."