Grimsby Town sign former Lincoln City left-back Sam Habergham on a contract until the end of the season.

Cancer support workers in Lincolnshire say it's vital people get any symptoms which are causing concern checked out as soon as possible.

The warning comes after some patients in Lincolnshire have revealed they are too scared to go to hospitals for treatment due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Staff at the county's main hospitals says it's another challenge they've got to face as they try to reduce the numbers who've been left waiting months to start their chemo.

NHS leaders in Lincolnshire have hit back at claims the coronavirus vaccine roll-out in the county is being badly handled or communicated.

Earlier, the leaders of all of Lincolnshire's councils and the County Council signed a joint letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock criticising a "veil of secrecy" around the process.

The leader of South Holland District Council and chair of the Local Government Association took to social media to complain about a lack of plan for his area:

However, health bosses have said they're not trying to hide anything and have guaranteed complete coverage across the county when eight vaccination centres open next week.

Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group's Director of Nursing, Martin Fahy, says they've been ahead of the curve in many respects:

A Lincolnshire GP is urging people not to clog up the practice's phone line with questions about when they're going to get their Covid-19 vaccine.

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Dr Dave Baker, from the the Vine House Surgery in Grantham, says they've had lots of calls from people wanting to know when they're going to get the jab.

Meanwhile, the vaccine hub at the Meres in Grantham is looking to extend its opening times up to 10 hours a day, seven days a week, it's been confirmed.

BBC Weather

Today will be cloudy at times and cold with showers spreading from the north, a few of which could be wintry with a little sleet or wet snow mixed-in.

A few further showers into the early evening.

This evening, any rain, sleet or local snow showers will gradually fade away.

Turning dry overnight but cold with clearing skies.

Local patches of freezing fog by dawn as winds fall light:

It will be a dry, cold night in Lincolnshire. Here's the latest forecast:

The leaders of Lincolnshire's county councils and the county council have signed a joint letter to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock criticising the "veil of secrecy" surrounding plans for the rollout of Covid vaccines.

The letter, by Martin Hill, leader of Lincolnshire County Council and chair of Lincolnshire Outbreak Engagement Board, was sent on behalf of all the county's council leaders.

It asks Mr Hancock to be more transparent about the vaccine rollout programme.

In the letter, Mr Hill says local government is "very keen" to support the NHS.

He adds: "However, this support is very much being constrained by national edicts which are apparently preventing local managers from sharing details of their local delivery plans with us.

"As you are well aware, there will be an understandable demand from the public to understand when and where they can expect their vaccinations.

"To attempt to cover the plans in a veil of secrecy makes no sense to them or us, and will only undermine confidence and patience locally," he adds.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A lists of the Covid-19 vaccination hubs across the Greater Lincolnshire Region has been published by the NHS.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service says the list covers both hospitals and local satellite vaccination centres including doctors’ surgeries, sports centres and village halls.

The Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine will arrive at hundreds of GPs across the country in order to make it easier to protect care home residents and other vulnerable people against the virus.

Here is the list in full:

Hospitals: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust - Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital Boston. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust - Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital.

Community hubs: Lincolnshire - Franklin Hall Spilsby, Portland Medical Practice Lincoln, Rustons Sports and Social Club Lincoln, The Sidings Medical Practice Boston, Cliff Villages Medical Practice Navenby, Louth Hospital, St Mary’s Medical Centre Stamford, The Table Tennis Club Grantham Meres. North East Lincolnshire - Beacon Medical Practice Cleethorpes, Open Door Grimsby, Pilgrim Primary Care Centre Immingham, Scartho Medical Centre Grimsby. North Lincolnshire - Cedar Medical Practice Scunthorpe, Riverside Surgery Brigg, South Axholme Practice Epworth, The Central Surgery Barton.

People in Lincolnshire are being asked if they can 'make a difference' by donating an old computer to schoolchildren in the county.

Many haven't got access to their online lessons because they don't have a tablet or laptop.

One of Lincolnshire's top police officers says her team should get the coronavirus vaccine soon.

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Assistant Ch Con Kerrin Wilson says she understands there are lots of other key workers out there, but the force also needs to be able to keep doing its job.

She adds that unlike shops, the police force can't just close:

A Met Office weather warning has been issued for snow and ice later.

It includes Lincolnshire for this evening and tomorrow:

BBC Weather

Today will be cold and mostly dry with a mixture of bright spells and some banks of cloud.

Staying dry and cold into this evening. Gentle winds.

Tonight will be cold albeit with clear spells gradually giving way to increasing amounts of cloud.

A chance of some spots of rain or a few light snow flurries by dawn. Gentle winds.

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council has backed the authority's decision to raise council tax by 2%.

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The council announced the decision on Tuesday, saying the pandemic had put a huge strain on its services.

Councillors said a rise was needed so the authority can invest in the county's infrastructure as well as maintain day-to-day services.

Councillor Martin Hill says the money has to come from somewhere:

The affected churches faced a combined repair bill of more than £2m, a court hears.

We can see how the weekly death rate across Wales and England unfolded, up to Christmas.

A Lincolnshire head teacher has criticised the decision to allow vocational exams to go ahead this month, even though GCSEs and A-Levels planned for summer have been cancelled.

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The government has left it up to individual schools to decide whether they should take place.

Further education college leaders had complained this was unfair to students, saying they would face "stress" from taking exams in the lockdown.

The Department for Education said it recognised "this is a difficult time", but wanted to allow students who had prepared for exams and assessments to continue, including those who needed to take hands-on practical tests for qualifications for jobs.

However, Matthew Van Lier, head teacher of Haven High in Boston, says the move means staff have effectively been forced into holding them or risking damaging students' prospects.

Marcin Stolarek's body was found in a drainage channel in Boston on 12 January 2020.

People thinking of breaching new Covid-19 restrictions in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire are being warned by Humberside Police to stay home or risk being fined.

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As England goes into its third lockdown, Assistant Ch Con Chris Noble said the rules will be enforced if people ignore them.

In a statement, he said: “While I understand some people are frustrated, I urge people to consider very carefully how they respond to these latest precautions over the next few weeks.

"We will use enforcement when we need to, and we will be issuing fines to anyone who is responsible for a flagrant breach of the rules," he added.

Officers will be patrolling "hot spot" areas and will tackle anyone who is "blatantly breaking the regulations or showing disregard for health and safety", the Humberside force said.

Rob England
BBC England Data Unit

A few days into England's third national lockdown, the East Midlands as a wider area covering Lincolnshire has one of the lowest regional infection rates in the country - but it is increasing.

The area recorded about 280 positive cases for every 100,000 people as of the latest figures, the sixth highest out of England’s nine regions.

But in context locally, this was an increase of nearly two thirds on the previous week.

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Across Lincolnshire, South Kesteven had the highest infection rate of 412 cases per 100,000 people as of 1 January - this increased by a third on the previous week. North East Lincolnshire saw the lowest rate of about 168 cases per 100,000, one of the lowest in England.

South Kesteven saw the most people taking lab-based coronavirus tests as a percentage of the population in the latest week, with about 3% of people tested, although the number of tests seems to have fallen over the holiday period.

South Kesteven also recorded the highest percentage of positive lab-based tests, at about 14.3%. Experts have suggested a high positivity percentage means more testing is needed to detect undiagnosed cases in the community.

Hospital admissions do not seem to have changed dramatically over the last few weeks across Lincolnshire. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust had 202 beds with coronavirus patients as of 30 December, falling from 246 a month ago. Admissions at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust also fell over the same period.

Overall, there seems to be a mixed picture across Lincolnshire in terms of the impact of coronavirus. Cases are rising in most places, but rates - compared to elsewhere in England - are still relatively low, making it difficult to assess the impact on local NHS capacity.

BBC Weather

This morning there will be spells of rain and showers for a time.

Some sunny spells are likely at times later in the morning, but it will become cloudy with further scattered showers in the afternoon.

Tonight will be a calm and cold night.

Clear spells will bring a touch of frost to a few places, but cloud and some patchy fog will develop over night with little wind. The odd shower is possible.