Police are investigating following the discovery of the chemicals on the Lincolnshire coast.

Another wind farm could be up and running off the Lincolnshire coast by 2030.

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The turbines off Lincolnshire's coast would be able to generate 1500mw of power, enough to provide energy to 1.4 million homes.

It's part of a new wave of offshore farms being planned.

Although at early stages in the planning, the wind farm would be to the east of The Wash on Lincolnshire's coast.

Emergency service workers and volunteers should be next in line to get Covid vaccines, according to Lincolnshire's police and crime commissioner.

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Marc Jones, an elected official who scrutinises the county's police force, says "it's really important" front-line staff are prioritised "once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated".

Mr Jones said: "Often it's officers that we're asking to get called out for safety, or to visit vulnerable people or to attend incidents whether it's on the road or the home, and we absolutely rely on them to come into close contact."

Meanwhile, 96% of those aged 75 in Lincolnshire have been given their first Covid jab.

70-year-olds are now being told to request a jab if they haven't already had one.

People over 65 are now also being offered the vaccine.

But many front-line NHS workers have already been vaccinated, and there are now calls for other professions like teachers and other front-line workers to be protected.

BBC Weather

A cold day today but it is expected to be dry with plenty of sunny spells throughout the day.

A few patches of cloud around at times. Moderate easterly winds.

Tonight, it will be cold with clear spells developing for much of the night.

Easterly winds are expected to strengthen as well.

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Daniel Jaines

More than 165,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Lincolnshire, according to the latest NHS data.

The new total of 165,971 means 38,365 jabs were given out in the last week.

But that's fewer than the previous week by 1,841.

Ninety-six percent of people aged over 80 in the county have now had their first jabs.

A fire has broken out at Grantham bus depot.

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Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say a number of buses have been set ablaze.

Four crews are tackling the fire which started at around 16:00 at the depot on Tollmache Road South.

Local photographer Roger Mortis says the smoke from the fire can be seen across the town.

More than 25,000 watch as an eclectus parrot egg hatches at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park.

Around 500 people in Lincolnshire have been waiting over a year for a hospital appointment according to figures from NHS England., external

This time last year, no-one had been on the waiting list that long.

Andrew Morgan, chief executive of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the county's biggest hospitals, said the backlog has been caused by the strain the coronavirus has put on hospital staff.

Across England, year-long waits for routine appointments are at their highest in 13 years.

Mr Morgan said the wait times show the impact of what "they've had to cope with, but just as importantly what the impact and implications have been of a pandemic".

He added that "the quicker we get out of the pandemic the quicker we get back on to those people on that list, because those are real people with real problems, in pain, discomfort and distress."

Police are escorting suspected hare coursers out of the county, after a rise in incidents.

Over 1,000 reports relating to hare coursing have been made to police in the last three months, compared to 1,048 in the whole of last year's season.

In response Lincolnshire Police have issued a dispersal order, which means any suspected hare coursers will be forced to leave the county and arrested if they return.

In previous years officers have confiscated dogs and vehicles to try and stop the illegal hunting.

Police say people hare coursing cause damage to the countryside; threaten and attack farmers and rural communities; and funds crime.

A Lincolnshire Travel agent said it was "astonishing" to hear a government minister tell people not to book a summer holiday this year.

Grant Schapps, the transport secretary, yesterday said "please don't go ahead and book holidays" because "we don't know where we'll be" by the summer.

He also suggested booking a holiday in England was unwise, putting a dampener on Skegness beach holidays this year.

Mark Brewer, the Managing Director of Imp Travel in Lincoln said the comments are "so damaging for the industry".

He said most holidays booked at the moment are flexible bookings to take into account the uncertainty around Covid-19.

Boris Johnson said more clarity for travel and new lockdown rules will come in a coronavirus exit plan to be published on 22 February .

BBC Weather

Today will be another cold day with easterly winds persisting.It will be a dry day with sunshine for many, with just a few patches of cloud in places.

It will be another cold night with easterly winds persisting, leading to a risk of frost and ice.

Thousands of people from around the world watched a parrot hatch from an egg at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park last night.

The Lincolnshire Wildlife Park, formerly The Parrot Zoo, had been filming the eclectus parrot egg live on social media since Monday evening.

Across the whole time it was live the stream was seen by millions of people.

At one point TV presenter Gok Wan was watching.

Park owner and self proclaimed parrot fanatic Steve Nicholls says the bird is doing well.

"It's brilliant this morning he's got his head down. He'll be quite useless for about 10 or 12 days so there'll not be much to see, other than the fact we have to start feeding him."

The latest data shows Covid infection rates across Lincolnshire are falling, and most areas are below the England average.

The number of cases in each of our districts has dropped in the past seven days.

Only South Holland and South Kesteven have rates of Covid infection above the England average.

The average rate of infection in England is 202.1 per 100,000 people.

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Gritting teams say they're worried as lows of -9C are predicted in rural parts of Lincolnshire overnight.

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Darrell Redford, who's in charge of gritting teams for Lincolnshire County Council, says some of their forecasts are predicting "-7 or even up to -9 degrees celsius".

The effectiveness of salting the roads reduces once temperatures drop below a certain temperature.

Their efforts are further hampered by flurries of snow which wash salt off the road as they melt.

Lincolnshire County Council say they are repeatedly gritting the main roads of Lincolnshire and will continue until the cold snap ends.

A Lincolnshire brewer is having to throw away 8,800 pints (5,000 litres) of real ale every two weeks because of lockdown restrictions on pubs.

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Beer at Batemans Brewery in Wainfleet is cask conditioned so they have to keep making it, otherwise the active yeast used would die.

Stuart Bateman, owner of the brewery, says it's "heartbreaking" to see the beer wasted.

Current coronavirus lockdown rules mean pubs and restaurants are closed except for takeaway food and non-alcoholic drinks.

Batemans owns and supplies nearly 50 pubs across Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire.

Stuart Bateman says "people can't wait for pubs to reopen" and that "they'll be ready" when they are allowed.

BBC Weather

Cloudy at times and continuing very cold, although winds should be weaker.

There will be further snow showers, sometimes heavy and prolonged.

Snow showers will weaken later in the day.

Snow showers ending in the evening and then skies will clear.

Winds will be light and it will be very cold.

About 100,000 pigs are stuck on UK farms as a result of the pandemic and new rules, officials say.

It will be a cold night in Lincolnshire with the chance of a snow shower.

Here's the latest forecast:

Snow and ice has caused more than 50 crashes in Lincolnshire in the last 24 hours.

Roads are still hazardous in many parts of the county, despite them being gritted.

Darrell Redford is in charge of Lincolnshire's team of gritters and says there is some good news though.