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A Lincolnshire MP has welcomed the decision to award A-level students the grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm, after a government U-turn.

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It follows uproar after about 40% of A-level results were downgraded by exams regulator Ofqual, which used a formula based on schools' prior grades.

Ofqual chair Roger Taylor and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson apologised for the "distress" caused.

Gainsborough Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh, who earlier called for the change, told the BBC: “I’m very pleased. This is a vitally important issue. A lot of headteachers and the students who worked so hard and had been messed up by this algorithm. I’m delighted the government has done a u-turn."

Farmer Nigel Wright is accused of deliberately contaminating baby food in a plot to blackmail Tesco.

A total of 200 cannabis plants have been seized at a house in Grimsby, say police.

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Humberside Police raided the property on Elsenham Road earlier today and found the drugs and growing equipment.

A man has been arrested in connection with the find and remains in custody.

Two men have been charged with stealing bikes in Grimsby and Cleethorpes following a number of reports of thefts in the area.

An 18-year-old man from Grimsby is due to appear before the town's magistrates' court on 8 September.

Another 18-year-old man, also from Grimsby, will appear before the same court on 10 October.

Sgt Dan Healey, from the Grimsby East neighbourhood team, said: “We appreciate how frustrating it is when your bike is stolen.

“For some it’s a hobby they invest a lot of time and money into, and for others it may be their means of getting to work, school or college – which is why we do all we can to find those responsible for this kind of crime."

A Lincolnshire cider-maker has abandoned production for this year because of unsold stock due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Skidbrooke Cyder in Louth has 20,000 litres of cider remaining unsold because of the lockdown, preventing it from producing more.

Guy Williams, a partner in the business, says confidence isn't good in the pub trade at the moment and pubs don't want to overstock in case there is another lockdown.

He says: "At the moment we have about 20,000 litres tanked and ready for sale, which doesn't leave us any space for making cider this year.

"Of course, it would give us too much to sell for next year anyway. It's the perfect storm."

A man has died following a collision in South Holland.

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The 34-year-old was driving a blue Vauxhall Corsa at about 17:50 yesterday afternoon when it was in collision with a lorry on the A16 at Pinchbeck.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone who saw the Vauxhall Corsa before the collision, or who has dash cam footage, is being asked to contact Lincolnshire Police.

More than 100,000 people have signed up to take part in future NHS trials of a coronavirus vaccine - but more volunteers are needed, researchers say.

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They want as many people as possible to enrol, to speed up their efforts to find a safe and effective jab.

And they are particularly looking for more volunteers from the "high-priority groups" disproportionately affected by the virus - those belonging to ethnic minorities or aged over 65.

Volunteers can register online, external.

Kate Bingham, who chairs the UK's vaccine taskforce, said: "These trials are safe, please sign up.

"The quicker we get the clinical trials enrolled, vaccinated and get the results, the quicker we can get a vaccine."

A Lincolnshire MP has called for students in Gainsborough to have their A-Level grades reassessed.

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About 40% of A-Level results were downgraded after the exams regulator Ofqual used an algorithm based on schools' previous results.

Gainsborough Conserative MP Sir Edward Leigh said he had written to the schools minister after being contacted by David Allsop, the headteacher of Queen Elizabeth's High School, who said the results day was the worst in his 30-year career in education.

Sir Edward said the school had been hit particularly hard and he'd had several e-mails and letters from parents.

He said: "It seems to me ridiculous that this year's cohort has been marked down by an algorithm based on last year's results and this is the case I'm making to the minister.

"I think David Allsop has a very good case and I'm fully behind him. I think the whole thing should be reconsidered. The only thing we can probably do now is to accept teacher's assessments."

However, Sir Edward stopped short of calling for the education secretary Gavin Williamson to resign, adding: "I'm not the sort of person who immediately calls for political scalps. I personally think if he's been given a job to do, he should be allowed to finish it."

Police have made a fresh appeal for help finding the killer of Grimsby man Peter Craven, who died two years ago.

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Mr Craven, 48, was found dead in the front room of his home on Oxford Street in Grimsby on 14 August 2018.

He had been seriously assaulted and had suffered a fatal head injury.

Despite "tireless" efforts to find out who was responsible for his murder, Humberside Police say they have yet to find his killer.

Det Ch Insp Christine Calvert says the search for Mr Craven's killer is "still very much an active murder investigation".

"Peter’s family are devastated by his death. They deserve to know what happened to him and to see the person responsible brought to justice," she adds.

"Every bit of information you can provide – no matter how small – will help us to build up the bigger picture."

Anyone with information about Mr Craven's death is being asked to contact the Humberside force.

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Police are appealing for information after several arsons and suspicious incidents in the Lincolnshire Wolds at the weekend.

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The incidents were all reported to officers on Saturday evening, according to Lincolnshire Police.

They include several recycling bins being burned on Chapel Lane in Scamblesby and bins being set alight at Upper Glebe Farm in Fulletby, near Horncastle.

Men were also seen getting out of a van and approaching a bale stack while holding canisters at about 21:00 on Saturday on Bridge Road in Somersby, police say.

Meanwhile, a farm barn containing hay bales was deliberately set alight on Covenham Road in Yarburgh at about 22:30 the same night, according to Lincolnshire Police.

Anyone who saw any of these incidents, or who has information about them, is being asked to contact police.