Mothers of babies with Down's syndrome reveal the pressure they felt to terminate their pregnancies.

Lincoln went top of League One after Jorge Grant's penalty sealed victory over Ipswich who finished the game with 10 men.

Carlisle earn a gritty draw at Grimsby to extend their unbeaten run to five league matches.

People who are members of the new groups who qualify for a free flu jab are being asked to be patient as supply catches up with demand in Lincolnshire.

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The flu jab programme has been expanded this year to include the 50-64 age group, households of people who are shielding and children in the first year of secondary schools.

The Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) says there will definitely be enough doses for the traditional at risk groups - and then it will be extended to those who've newly qualified.

About 100 new jobs are being created in Lincolnshire, it's been confirmed.

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The jobs are for staff to help with next year's census of the UK population.

The temporary roles are being advertised by the Office for National Statistics.

David Plummer says he dropped his bid to halt the "extraordinary legislation" to allow for talks.

Shop workers on the Lincolnshire coast say they're facing abuse for asking customers to wear a face covering.

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Gill Thomas, who works at Peter’s Newsagents in Skegness, says: "I won't repeat what they say, but they are quite nasty.

"When I go home from here I think what a stressful day that was, again. It gets you down after a bit," she adds.

It's been three months since the new rules on face coverings came in and Lincolnshire Police say they have only handed out one fine in that time.

Lincolnshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones says officers aren't bouncers, and it's their job to educate the public rather than just give out penalties.

The recruitment process for Lincolnshire's new Chief Constable has restarted after the last attempt was scrapped.

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Paul Gibson was unveiled as the "preferred candidate" for the £143,000-a-year job last month.

However, Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones said Mr Gibson's appointment could not go ahead due to "procedural problems".

The job's now been re advertised with a closing date for applications of 9 November.

Tonight marks a momentous occasion in the history of BBC East Midlands Today as Dominic Heale presents for the very last time.

The broadcaster joined the programme in 2000 and was regularly paired with Anne Davies,

Before that he presented Central News.

He says: "It’s been a joy and a privilege to work for BBC East Midlands Today. I owe so much to the team behind the programme.

"They’re the best in the business and I shall miss them enormously.

There has been another rise in coronavirus cases across Lincolnshire, the latest statistics show.

In Lincoln, the figures are up sharply, with the number of Covid-19 infections now standing at 177 per 100,000 people - that's up 65 on the previous week.

The number of infections has risen in every district apart from West Lindsey and South Kesteven, where they have fallen slightly.

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More students have been fined for having parties which broke coronavirus restrictions.

Nottinghamshire Police said one had even been advertised as a ticketed birthday party and had door security outside the house.

It comes days after four students were fined £10,000 each for hosting a party at their house in Lenton.

More fixed penalty notices were issued but for a lesser amount due to there being fewer than 30 people involved at each party, police said.

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Two of the parties were next door to one another, near Broad Street (pictured) - one of them had been advertised as a ticketed birthday party, police said.

A third party was shut down on Church Avenue in Lenton and the fourth party was on Hamden Street.

A University of Nottingham spokesperson said the majority of its 35,000 students were following the rules.

"Under our student code of conduct there are serious consequences for any students who breach the restrictions, including disciplinary action, fines and campus sanctions," a spokesman said.

A spokesman for Nottingham Trent University said: “Where we have evidence of any breaches, students will face immediate disciplinary action that may include further fines or expulsion.”

This weekend's closure of Greetwell Road is no longer needed as the Lincoln Eastern Bypass work is progressing well, it's been confirmed.

Lincolnshire County Council says favourable weather and good progress on-site is behind the decision.

It's expected Lincoln's new bypass will be open by the end of the year.

Some Lincolnshire businesses say they fear the effect on trade if Nottinghamshire is moved into the highest level of coroanvirus restrictions.

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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said conversations with "local leaders" in Nottinghamshire - which could see the county go into tier three - were ongoing.

Helen Lower, who runs The Plough pub in Swinderby, just three miles from Lincolnshire's border with the county, says 80% of her customers have a Nottinghamshire postcode.

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Eight out of nine Greater Lincolnshire Conservative MPs voted against a plan to extend free school meals over the school holidays.

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Labour called for the provision of hot food for children to carry on until Easter 2021, however the motion was defeated by a majority of 61.

Leading the vote, Labour’s shadow education secretary Kate Green said more than 1.4 million children benefit from free school meals nationally.

Almost 900,000 of those eligible were now in areas subject to tougher COVID-19 restrictions, she added.

Her counterpart, education secretary Gavin Williamson, however, said the government was in a different position.

“Free school meals are and always have been about supporting children with a meal to help them when they’re at school or currently at home learning,” he said.

“But it is our support through universal credit and our comprehensive welfare system that supports families.”

The Lincolnshire MPs who voted against the plans were (all Conservative):

• Karl McCartney, Lincoln (vote cast by Stuart Andrew on his behalf)
• Victoria Atkins, Louth and Horncastle Gareth Davies
• Grantham and Stamford Sir John Hayes
• South Holland and the Deepings
• Caroline Johnson, Sleaford and North Hykeham (vote cast by Stuart Andrew on her behalf)
• Sir Edward Leigh, Gainsborough
• Matt Warman, Boston and Skegness
• Martin Vickers, Cleethorpes

The only MP to vote for the plans was Scunthorpe Conservative MP Holly Mumby-Croft.

Greater Grimsby MP Lia Nici and Brigg and Goole’s Andrew Percy did not vote.

There are no official plans to suspend care home visits in Lincolnshire despite a rise in coronavirus cases, according to the county's public health team.

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Concerns had been raised after Gloucestershire advised all its homes to suspend visiting.

That move comes despite the county currently being in tier 1, the "medium" level of alert - which is the same as Lincolnshire.

Health officials have told the BBC they won't be issuing blanket advice for care homes in the county.

Terry Atkinson is charged with five counts of indecent assault dating back to the 1980s.

The A1 has reopened in Lincolnshire.

The road has been shut since earlier this morning after a crash involving a lorry and a tractor.

A collision which has closed the A1 in part of Lincolnshire is "a challenging incident", police say.

The force says it's using "new arrangements" to get the traffic moving again following the crash.

It happened at about 06:20 this morning between Grantham and Colsterworth: