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A huge heap of rubbish has been dumped in a Lincolnshire village - just 10 miles from the site were 20 tonnes of commercial waste was fly-tipped earlier this week.

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The latest incident, described by one councillor as "the largest fly-tip I have ever seen", was found near Fulbeck.

It comes in the same week a giant mound of plastic waste was dumped in a farmer's field in Norton Disney.

North Kesteven Council says it is investigating both incidents in conjunction with the Environment Agency.

Of the latest bout of fly-tipping, cabinet member for Commercial and Operations, Dr Peter Moseley said: "It is an example of appalling antisocial behaviour and disrespect for both our environment and local residents.

“If we can bring people to account for this despicable act against our countryside, I hope the legal process will support our aim to stamp this out by issuing the most severe penalty available."

Anyone who has any information about either incident is asked to contact the council.

The A1 is reduced to one lane in Lincolnshire. Emergency services are on the scene.

Scunthorpe's Church Square is to be transformed into an "urban park" after North Lincolnshire Council secured £1m of government funding.

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The plans include new lawns, seating areas and walkways connecting High Street, the council offices, the Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire and other buildings around the square.

The money has been made available to the council as part of the government's £3.6bn Towns Fund set aside for investing in regeneration projects.

Council leader Rob Waltham said: “This cash is a welcome boost to the collective efforts being made to grow our economy as we emerge safely from Covid-19.

“As we move forward safely and securely, this investment will make a significant difference to the emerging plans for our county town. Creating a place of beauty in the heart of the town will be the next huge step forward we take.”

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Lincoln Christmas Market will return next year "bigger and better" council bosses have pledged after being forced to cancel this year's event due to coronavirus.

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City of Lincoln Council announced earlier that it would be cancelling the 2020 Christmas Market on safety grounds.

Simon Colburn, the council's Assistant Director for Health and Environmental Services, said the authority would use the time to plan for 2021.

"What we will do with the time is plan to be back bigger and better next year and we will look for some options to keep the spirit of the Christmas market alive and to support traders and businesses this year," he said.

"We had some great plans for this year and we will roll them over to next year and spend some time thinking and planning around what the market looks like and as always we try and deliver the favourites and the best of things that people like and improve on those things that don't work quite so well."

Marian Thomas, 85, had planned to move from Cleethorpes to be with Michelle Teale in Leicester.

Coronavirus infection rates in Lincolnshire have risen slightly according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

The newly published data shows that in the week ending 5 July the rate per 100,000 people tested was 3.5 in Lincolnshire, up from 3.2 the previous week.

The rate has also risen in North East Lincolnshire from 1.9 to 2.5 while in North Lincolnshire the rate remained at 3.5

Nationally, Leicester saw a drop in the infection rate (141.3 to 116) while Rochdale recorded the second highest rate in England at 32.7 - down from 35.

The Red Arrows have been granted permission to perform after completing an annual assessment, known as Public Display Authority (PDA).

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The Lincolnshire-based Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team would usually have completed the assessment overseas due to better flying conditions but as a result of the coronavirus pandemic it was carried out from their base at RAF Scampton.

Squadron Leader Martin Pert said: “The fact we’ve been able to attain PDA just a month later than originally planned demonstrates the flexibility, ingenuity and resilience – of the whole Red Arrows team and our supporting military colleagues across the RAF – in the face of such unprecedented circumstances.

“We hope, despite not being able to display across the country in same way as other years, the very fact we continue to inspire future generations through novel online campaigns, social media and other activities brings comfort to every one of those in the UK who in some way support and follow the Red Arrows."

Council bosses say it would be impossible to maintain social distancing at the four-day event.

A intensive care nurse has been reunited with her family after spending 10 weeks apart during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Zoe Wilkinson, who works at Boston Pilgrim Hospital, decided to isolate herself from her three children, two of whom have asthma, to keep them safe.

She said: "At the time I thought it would be a couple of weeks, but as the weeks were going on it got harder and harder."

An appeal to the public to help find a man wanted over a domestic violence offence has been issued by police in West Yorkshire.

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Mark Hopkins, 48, from Pontefract, is wanted on suspicion of assault.

Police say despite extensive inquiries and checks on a number of addresses they've been unable to find him.

The force says Mr Hopkins is known to the South Kirkby area and may have travelled to the Louth area of Lincolnshire.

Anyone who knows where he is or with any information which could help find him is asked to contact police.

Council bosses say Lincoln's Christmas Market was cancelled over concerns about social distancing and fears of importing coronavirus into the city.

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Explaining the decision to cancel this year's event, Simon Colburn, Assistant Director for Health and Environmental Services at City of Lincoln Council said social distancing would be "just impossible".

"Being an outdoor event does reduce the risk significantly but there are large areas of the markets that are indoors, we have several marquees and other indoor areas around the market and that is a significant issue," he said.

"Even outdoors the significant amount of people, the density of people, means that it really would be impossible to implement social distancing in any form.

"[Also] only around half of the people that attend the market are from Lincolnshire the other half travel from all over the country and in fact all over the Europe and around the world so what we don't want to do, what's really important, is that we do not import the virus into Lincoln."

BBC Weather

It's going to stay mostly cloudy today with the chance of catching a few showers at times, although there will be plenty of dry spells. A few brighter intervals may break through occasionally.

It will remain cloudy this evening, again with the possibility of the occasional shower

Outbreaks of rain will then develop overnight, some sharp.

Lincoln's Christmas Market has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's been announced this morning.

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City of Lincoln Council said it had made the "difficult decision" to ensure the safety of all those who would be visiting and operating the market.

The market has taken place in the city since 1982 and in recent years has seen more than 200 temporary stalls in the city for four days of trading, attracting around 250,000 visitors.

As well as the the market not running, the council have also announced the Christmas lights switch-on will also not go ahead.

Simon Colburn, Assistant Director for Health and Environmental Services at City of Lincoln Council said: “This has not been an easy decision to make, but the health and wellbeing of staff, traders, residents and visitors is of upmost importance to us."

Plans to invest more than £1m in upgrading CCTV across North East Lincolnshire have been unanimously approved by cabinet.

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According to report, external the existing CCTV system is more than 20 years old and has issues around outdated technology, coverage and transmission.

The report says investing in the system in Grimsby, Immingham and Cleethorpes will help prevent and detect crime, increase public safety and improve security for people and property across the borough, though some campaigners had dismissed the plans as a "waste of money".

Speaking at a meeting last night council leader Philip Jackson said: "Clearly just over £1m is a major investment in the system across the borough, but it's an important one.

"Clearly our old system is getting very outdated and was not really up to the task anymore.

"Because of the improvements we will be able to bring about in reducing crime, fly-tipping and other environmental crimes I would imagine we should be able to save that amount of money quite easily over the lifetime that we will be paying back that £1m of capital money.

"I think it's a financial investment as well as making North East Lincolnshire a safer and better place for people to live."