One cider producer says trade has gone off a "cliff edge" since lockdown in March.

A total of 25 schools in Lincolnshire have reported positive coronavirus cases -three more than yesterday, health bosses have confirmed.

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Andy Fox, a public health consultant for Lincolnshire said: "All schools are taking action to limit the potential spread of the virus, with some pupils and staff self-isolating as a precaution where necessary."

Schools affected include:

·Bourne Westfield Primary

·Lincoln College

·Bardney Primary School

·Cranwell Primary School

·Queen Elizabeth High School, Gainsborough

·Gonerby Hill Foot Primary School

·Hackthorn Primary School

·Kesteven and Sleaford High School

·Lincoln UTC

·Ellison Boulters Academy, Scothern

·Ermine Academy, Lincoln

·Tower Road Academy, Boston

·William Farr School

·Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School

·Branston Community Academy

·Bourne Abbey Primary Academy

·Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Horncastle

·Lincoln Christ's Hospital School

·Priory City of Lincoln Academy

·St Helena's Primary School, Willoughby

·Spalding Grammar School

·Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, North Hykeham

·Bluecoat Primary School, Stamford

·Somercotes Academy, North Somercotes

·The Deepings School

The volume of surgeries taking place in Lincolnshire hospitals is still at 60% of its pre-lockdown figures, the boss of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has said.

Andrew Morgan, chief executive of the trust which runs Lincoln, Boston and Grantham's hopsitals, has apologised for the "delays that have been experienced" and has stressed they're trying to get everything back to pre-covid levels "as quickly as possible".

BBC Radio Lincolnshire has heard from patients who were due to have operations in April but have still not had them rearranged.

Listen to BBC Radio Lincolnshire commentary of Gainsborough Trinity v Whitby Town.

A man has died after a motorbike and grey Jeep collided on the Partney roundabout on the A16 yesterday afternoon.

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The motorcyclist, a 58-year-old man from the area, was pronounced dead at the scene.

No-one in the Jeep was injured in the collision, which happened at around 16:30 yesterday.

The road was closed for more than five hours while police investigated the causes of the accident.

Officers are appealing for witnesses or dash cam footage of either vehicle in the moments before the incident.

A new high-tech training facility allowing pilots in flight simulators to interact with each other despite being up to hundreds of miles away has been completed at RAF Waddington.

The £8m facility will mean teams from around the country can train together in "operationally realistic situations".

The newly-refurbished hangar has now been handed over to RAF Waddington’s Air Battlespace Training Centre, which will run the facility.

The next step is to fit-out of the simulator equipment.

The RAF station is one of the UKs busiest, with surveillance missions, drone pilots and airbone intelligence aircraft being based there.

From 2022 it will also be home to the Red Arrows, the RAF's aerobatics team, after RAF Scampton is decommissioned.

A new Boston school for children with additional needs will include hydrotherapy pool, sensory rooms and dedicated therapy spaces.

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The Boston Endeavour School, which will cost £13.2m, is being built on area near the old site of Kitwood Boys School and the Rochford Campus of Boston College.

The new school is to replace the old John Fielding school in the town, which the headteacher says is becoming "cramped" and oversubscribed.

Richard Gamman, headteacher of both schools, says the new school will have an extra nine classes, will be able to accommodate 75 additional pupils and will have more facilities for them.

The school helps children aged between four and 19 who have a variety of additional health, behavioural and educational needs.

Dr Gamman said: "The problem we have at the moment is we're a very small site and just able to accommodate 65 pupils... and a lot of young people from the local area end up having to travel by taxi to Spalding to Horncastle or Spilsby just because we don't have enough space in the town."

Plans to introduce free parking for eco-friendly cars are being considered by a Lincolnshire council this week.

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South Kesteven District Council is considering plans to give free parking to cars which emit zero emissions.

The plan is to offer it to cars which feature a new green number plate which has been rolled out (pictured) to highlight cars with low emissions.

The idea is being considered at a council meeting on Thursday.

Paul Bodell appeared in court in Lincoln charged with the murder of Paul Barnett in Skegness.

Work to remove silt from a river which broke its banks and forced hundreds of homes to be evacuated has begun.

The Wainfleet Relief Channel Burst its banks in June 2019, causing damage to 88 homes in the Wainfleet area (pictured).

The Environment Agency, along with Drainage Boards and local authorities have spent the last year working out how to protect the town from future flooding.

One of the methods is removing silt from the river bed to allow water to pass through more quickly.

The Environment Agency says that in places the silt levels are 44cm higher than they should be.

High silt levels increases the height of the river, and cause more weeds to grow, further slowing down the river.

The action was repeatedly called for in the immediate aftermath to the flooding in 2019 but the environment agency say they've had to survey the river and formulate other plans for preventing future flooding.

The dredging, which uses a boat which pumps silt from the bed of the river into a man-made lagoon (pictured), is expected to take about two months.

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The number of coronavirus cases in Lincoln has doubled in Lincoln and parts of North Lincolnshire in the last week, according to new data.

Latest figures from Public Health Lincolnshire show that there are now 55 cases per 100,000 in the city, compared with 27 per 100,000 last week.

Meanwhile, North Lincolnshire's and North East Lincolnshire's cases have risen from 34 to 67 and 17 to 43 cases per 100,000 people respectively.

North Kesteven District council's case numbers have nearly doubled from 17 to 33 cases per 100,000 people.

Elsewhere in the county, East Lindsey and South Holland districts reported small rises from 16 cases per 100,000 to 19 for East Lindsey and 4 per 100,000 to 8 in South Holland.

West Lindsey's number of cases has dropped from 25 to 24 per 100,000, while Boston has had the lowest number of cases in the county.

They reported seven cases per 100,000 in the week up to the 18 September, but had five cases in the week ending 25 September.

Jubilee Park in Woodhall Spa has thanked customers for their support but says they don't have the money to keep running in the colder months.

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The heated pool season at Jubilee Park has now finished for 2020.

Staff say their long-term aim is to keep the pools open all year round.

But, as a small local charity they don't receive any funding towards their running costs and at the moment not enough swimmers are using the park to make it financially viable.

They've thanked all their customers and say donations have kept them going through what has been an incredibly tough year.

BBC Weather

Cloud and any early showers will clear away to leave it largely fine and dry with plenty of sunshine for most under the influence of high pressure overhead.

Tonight will stay mostly dry with clear spells tonight but a weather front will edge in from the west overnight, bringing increasing amounts of cloud during the early hours.

A 37-year-old has appeared at Lincoln Crown Court accused of murdering a man in Skegness last week.

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Paul Bodell, 37, of Grosvenor Road, Skegness, is charged with murdering Paul Barnett ,45, as a result of an incident in the town on Tuesday, 22 September.

Mr Barnett was found seriously injured in Grosvenor Road and was pronounced dead at the scene.

No charge was put to Mr Bodell at today's hearing and there was no application for bail.

He was remanded in custody to appear back before the crown court for a plea and trial preparation hearing to be held on 26 October.

The MP for Gainsborough says Parliament needs to be "fully involved" in any future decisions about a national lockdown.

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Sir Edward Leigh interrupted a speech by the health secretary Matt Hancock in parliament this afternoon to ask for closer parliamentary scrutiny over restrictions in England.

It follows concerns from a number of MPs , externalwho say they're worried about how some rules - including the limiting of pub and restaurant opening hours and the ban on meetings of more than six people - are being imposed.

Sir Edward said "If the first duty of government is to keep people safe, will he remember that the first duty of Parliament is to hold government to account. I know he wants to take public opinion with him, but will he also make sure he takes Parliament with him."

In reply Matt Hancock said they'd already started a process to keep Parliament involved by having regular statements and debates and daily calls with ministers.

Grimsby's next two fixtures are called off as players and staff are self-isolating after a positive coronavirus test at the club.

Mihai Birtu, 23, is accused of 21 offences relating to a spate of lead thefts from churches.

A Cleethorpes man has been jailed for two years after being being found guilty of touching a child under the age of 13 in Tattershall in 2018.

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Michael Taylor, 33, of Fairview Avenue, will also be placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years and given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.

The offence took place in August 2018.

Investigating Officer DC Sarah Potts said: “I would like to pay tribute to the bravery of the complainant. Taylor’s refusal to admit guilt meant she was put through a full trial. I hope that this conclusion gives her some closure to a harrowing ordeal."

A charity fundraiser is trekking through Lincolnshire today wearing armour weighing four stones (25kg).

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Lewis Kirkbride is on a solo march of 300 miles from York to Hastings. His heavy costume is inspired by what was worn by soldiers during the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Today he will travel from Epworth to Gainsborough, on day four on his 20-day challenge.

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Lewis, from Durham, hopes to raise awareness and donations for a men’s mental health peer support organisation called ManHealth, after suffering from anxiety and depression himself.

He said: “Men still aren’t asking for help or talking when they need to. It can feel like we are alone with nowhere to turn when mental health services and communities around us are struggling to support these men – but I want to show that people are willing to listen."

In the last few weeks there have been several instances of photographers damaging the fence at the Lincolnshire airbase as they try to capture the perfect shot.

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Personnel from RAF Coningsby say they are very grateful for the support they receive from the aircraft enthusiast community and have thanked everyone who takes the time to come and visit.

In a statement posted on social media, they add "We take any attempts to damage the integrity of our security very seriously, and would ask if anyone sees any suspicious behaviour or damage being caused to contact RAF Police."