Council leaders are told to review plans to underwrite a £100,000 unveiling ceremony for the statue.

One hairdresser in Grimsby says she is "devastated" by the latest national lockdown.

There's the chance of some snow showers in Lincolnshire tonight.

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The first Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are starting to be rolled out in Lincolnshire.

The jab is being given out at Boston Pilgrim hospital.

Dr Mi Joo Choi, who works in the intensive care unit at the hospital, was the first person in the county to receive it.

The trust which runs Lincoln County Hospital apologised for a delay in admitting patients.

Dr Mi Joo Choi said she was "extremely honoured" to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

Zane Powles dropped off 135 meals for children on the first day of the new lockdown.

Council tax in Lincolnshire looks set to go up, with the county council saying the coronavirus pandemic has put more pressure on its services.

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Lincolnshire County Council is planning to increase its share of the tax by almost 2%, despite saying it understands the pandemic has hit people's finances hard.

The extra cash will also help them the authority make improvements to roads and schools, according to council leaders.

As England goes back into a new coronavirus lockdown, experts say there's no evidence that the new more infectious variant of Covid-19 is in Lincolnshire.

People are being told to stay at home once more after Boris Johnson said the country must "pull together" to curb the new variant of coronavirus which he said had led to 40% more patients than during the first peak in April.

However, Tony McGinty, assistant director of public health in Lincolnshire, says there are no signs the new variant is affecting Covid-19 infection rates in the county.

David Brown was seen driving his lorry for 20 minutes during a cabinet meeting in September.

With increasing coronavirus infection rates and hospitals across the country under extreme pressure, it became inevitable a new lockdown would be introduced, the leader of Lincolnshire County Council has said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the new lockdown last night, starting with immediate effect, meaning people must now stay at home except for a few permitted reasons.

Councillor Martin Hill said: ""e realise this will be hugely difficult news for us all, for some more than others and I'm thinking particularly of those living on their own, older people and those with health problems."

The authority is now urging people to stick to the new rules:

BBC Weather

Another cold day today with a moderate northeasterly breeze, bringing patchy cloud and scattered showers, and brief bright spells between.

Showers will be a mixture of rain, sleet and hill snow.

Little change for this evening and overnight, with patchy cloud and scattered wintry showers continuing to feed in from the east.

Some showers falling as snow away from coastal areas. A cold night.

People in Lincolnshire are waking up this morning to the start of a new coronavirus lockdown, with everyone being told they must now stay at home except for a handful of permitted reasons.

England's rules, external are due to last until at least mid-February, with PM Boris Johnson warning the coming weeks would be the "hardest yet".

It comes after the UK reported a record 58,784 cases on Monday, as well as a further 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.

Announcing the lockdown, Mr Johnson said hospitals were under "more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic".

He ordered people to stay indoors other than for limited exceptions - such as essential medical needs, food shopping, exercise and work that cannot be done at home - and said schools and colleges should move to remote teaching for the majority of students until at least half term.

And he said all care home residents and their carers, everyone aged 70 and over, all frontline health and social care workers, and the clinically extremely vulnerable will be offered one dose of a vaccine by mid-February.

While the rules become law in the early hours of Wednesday, people should follow them now, the PM added.

It will be a cold, but mainly dry night in Lincolnshire.

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Take care if you're heading out in Lincolnshire this evening.

The Met Office has a yellow "be aware" warning for ice in place until 11:00 tomorrow morning:

At least 300 weapons were handed in during a 10-week amnesty, according to Lincolnshire Police.

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From 8 October until 18 December, secure bins were in place at police stations in Lincoln, Grantham, Boston, Spalding and Skegness for people wanting to dispose of a weapon or an item that could be used as one.

The amnesty allowed those who took part to dispose of the items without any questions being asked.

In total, 315 weapons or items that could be used as one, such as an old unwanted kitchen knife, were handed in.

Amongs these were various knives, machetes, knuckledusters an imitation firearm and a crossbow.

Two shotguns and an air rifle were also surrendered to police during the amnesty, according to the Lincolnshire force.

Around 7,000 doses of the new Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be given out to Lincolnshire GP surgeries this week, it's been confirmed.

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That's on top of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is already being administered throughout the county and which has so far been given to at least 6,000 recipients.

Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, became the first person to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine earlier today at Oxford's Churchill Hospital.

More than half a million doses of the vaccine are ready for use today.

Dr Kieran Sharrock, medical director of Lincolnshire's Local Medical Committee, says the rollout of the new vaccine comes at what's already a very busy time for surgeries.

BBC Weather

Another chilly day, and a northeasterly breeze will provide additional wind chill.

Patchy cloud and scattered showers will feed in off the North Sea, falling as sleet and hill snow with some showers.

Tonight will see patchy cloud and scattered wintry showers feeding in off the North Sea, falling as snow in the heaviest showers. Another cold night:

Drivers travelling between Louth and Grimsby can expect more disruption from today as one of Lincolnshire's main roads is closed for work on a roundabout.

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Station Road in New Waltham will be shut from about 09:30 until 14:30 for the next three weeks.

Improvements on the Toll Bar roundabout have been going on now for about six months.

North East Lincolnshire Council leader Philip Jackson says the works is "on schedule and on budget" for completion at the end of January.

"That will future-proof the roundabout in terms of increased traffic and also reducing congestion," he says.

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