Lewis MOntsma scores the winning goal as Lincon win at Crewe in the first round of the Carabao Cup.

Morecambe need a penalty shootout to book their place in the second round of the Carabao Cup following a draw at Grimsby.

League Two side Grimsby Town sign Bristol City winger Owura Edwards on a season-long loan.

Debut goals from Zak Mills and Theo Robinson earn Port Vale a place in the second round of the Carabao Cup with a 2-1 win at Scunthorpe.

Scunthorpe United's EFL Cup game against Port Vale will go ahead despite an Iron player testing positive for coronavirus.

Ben Jacklin believes the often-misunderstood insects deserve more respect.

A van driver is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the collision.

Police investigating a crash in Lincolnshire last month in which a motorcyclist was killed say they want to trace the occupants of a car who may have vital information.

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A man in his 60s died when his motorbike collided with a Kia Sportage car on the A151 at Corby Glen, between Grantham and Bourne, near the Swayfield junction, at about 12:15 on the afternoon of Sunday 9 August.

Officers say the occupants of a small red - or possibly grey - car may have seen what happened and are urging them to get in touch..

Parts of the East Coast Main Line are to be closed next year as major work is carried out, Network Rail has said.

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Work has already started on parts of a £1.2bn upgrade, which is aimed at improving reliability and punctuality for passengers.

Replacing track on the approach to London King's Cross station is to take place from 1 March for three months, resulting in some services being disrupted.

LNER, Great Northern, Thameslink, Hull Trains and Grand Central services will all see reduced peak services, with passengers being asked to travel at quieter times.

As well as a redesign of the track going into King's Cross, a new tunnel is to be built near Peterborough to move freight trains.

That work is set to take place in January.

More details of the new-look timetables are to be released in the coming months, Network Rail added.

Residents in a village near Skegness have held a protest this afternoon against the number of cars and caravans clogging up the main road.

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Traffic through Orby is frequently slow-moving or at a standstill as thousands of visitors head to the seaside resort six miles away - and residents are campaigning for a bypass.

One of the organisers of today's action, Stuart Earle, says people in the village are "becoming prisoners in their own home".

"The traffic is horrendous and getting steadily worse. On the bank holiday, there was nine hours of slow-moving traffic going through the village," he adds.

Lincoln City sign midfielder Remy Howarth on a one-year deal, plus Alex Palmer and Callum Morton on loan from West Brom.

A coronavirus mobile testing unit is being set up at the University of Lincoln in preparation for an influx of students for the new academic year.

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Health officials in Lincolnshire say there's concern about the risk of infection once students, who'll be coming from across the country, arrive in the city to start their studies.

Lincolnshire's Director of Public Health, Professor Derek Ward, says he's been working closely with higher and further education providers to give them advice and support.

Professor Ward says: "The unit means we can test people very locally, because of course students tend not to have a car, so it's more difficult to get to the [Lincolnshire] Showground. We've secured that from the government which is really good news for the county."

The testing site at the Lincolnshire Showground is still in operation but is being scaled back, it's been confirmed.

A former Lincolnshire care home is being turned into supported living apartments for older people

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Linelands (pictured), in Nettleham, near Lincoln, has been boarded up since it was closed eight years ago.

More than 8,000 people signed a petition against Linelands' closure in 2010, but it was eventually shut in 2012.

However, Lincolnshire County Council, which owns the property, has now teamed up with a local housing association to create 30 flats for elderly people.

The authority's Social Care Portfolio Holder, Patricia Bradwell, says: "This kind of accomodation is something that older people really like."

There's been a big rise in the number of people sleeping rough on the streets of Lincoln since coronavirus restrictions have eased, according to a homeless charity working in the city.

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The Let them Eat Cake Group says many of the people it helps have complex problems and say they feel safer outside than in accommodation provided by City of Lincoln Council.

Marianne Foster, from the organisation, says at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, they were seeing "probably four or five" homeless people in the city's streets.

"Last week we were seeing 17 - and we're at 20-plus this week," she added.

Two Lincoln taxi drivers have tested positive for coronavirus.

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Direct Cars say both drivers have stopped working and are now self-isolating.

The firm's General Manager, Reagan Crow, says she took action as soon as she was told: "One of the drivers had a pain in his chest and felt a bit warm. The other driver was just feeling a bit under the weather.

"We've been in touch with Track and Trace. Neither of the drivers have worked since they started feeling under the weather. We're just waiting to hear what is next."

Lincolnshire's Director of Public Health, Professor Derek Ward, said the firm had acted "really responsibly".

Temporary lorry parks and inspection posts could be built in Hull, East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire without local approval under new rules.

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The government has made an order which grants planning permission to build in 29 council areas across England ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December.

It would allow lorries to be checked and inspected before leaving the UK to travel to the EU and beyond.

The government said the lorry parks would contribute to "an orderly transition to the new system of controls to secure the border".

They would help to address the impact coronavirus may have had on port operators' ability to provide the necessary infrastructure themselves in time for the end of the transition period, the government added..

The parks will be allowed to stay in place until the end of 2025.

Police have renewed their appeal for help finding a teenager from Lincolnshire who's been missing for just under 40 days.

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Officers say they're now "extremely concerned" for Hoang Nguyen, 15, from who was reported missing from North Hykeham on Sunday 26 July.

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It's thought he may have travelled to Leicestershire or London and police are also asking people in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to share their appeal for help finding him.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to contact Lincolnshire Police or the independent Missing People charity, external.

BBC Weather

A largely dry start with some sunny spells.

It will cloud over as the day progresses, with patchy rain possible in places.

A breezy day with westerly winds.

Any patchy rain and cloud looks set to push away south-eastwards, leaving it largely dry with clear spells for most of the night.

It will be a chillier night:

A man's been arrested in connection with an assault and robbery in a Grantham street in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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Police were called to Guildhall Street at about 12:40 yesterday after a 19-year-old man was pushed and his wallet was stolen.

A 27-year-old man has since been arrested and bailed in connection with the incident.

Anyone who saw what happened is being asked to contact Lincolnshire Police.

Officers say they'd particularly like to speak to a cyclist who stopped at the scene to help the victim.

Lincolnshire's coronavirus testing capacity has been reduced, it's been confirmed.

The move is said to be in an effort to help other areas with higher Covid-19 infection rates.

Tony McGinty, Lincolnshire's deputy director of public health, says it's nothing to worry about.

"I don't think we're going to miss any outbreaks and we do still have testing available," he says.