NHS staff are worried patients aren't making GP appointments because they are assuming practices haven't re opened following lockdown.

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Officials say patients can contact their local surgery as normal and get advice or book a video consultation.

Lincoln GP Dr Sunil Hindocha says "Part of that confusion is as people are coming to the front door, in the past the doors were completely open, now we have to close them and vet and triage people at the door and see patients in a staggered way, so maybe that has led to some of the confusion."

A campaign is launching to find new foster carers in Lincolnshire for refugee children.

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'Place to Call Home' is a partnership between councils across the East Midlands, including Lincolnshire County Council, seeking to recruit 40 foster carers and supported lodgings providers across the region.

The digital campaign will include a chance to hear from foster carers and an opportunity to take part in a question and answer session.

Councillor Patricia Bradwell OBE, executive member for children's services at Lincolnshire County Council, said: "Lincolnshire is a through-route from many ports on the coast, and if the police become aware of children within our border, we have a duty of care as the local authority."

At the end of March 2019, there was 310 young unaccompanied refugees who were in the care of local authorities in the East Midlands.

Wildlife experts are planning to restore 50 hectares of land in Bourne and transform it into a visitor attraction

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The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is going to buy 'Bourne North Fen' from a local farmer.

It can then become home to a wide variety of wildlife, linking up important nature reserves and creating multi-purpose wetland.

The plans would boost Lincolnshire's endangered fenland habitats by 30%; supporting species to return to the area such as bittern, crane, swallowtail butterfly and greater water parsnip.

A Lincolnshire brewery is worried new government restrictions on the pub and hospitality industry is putting customers off visiting.

From last Thursday, all pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality venues in England had to start closing at 22:00, to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

The sector was also restricted by law to table service only.

Stuart Bateman runs Batemans Brewery, which has around 30 pubs in Lincolnshire, and says "The government is using the industry just to highlight the fact that people have got to take this very seriously, again."

He's worried that customers don't believe it's worth visiting their local because they will have too many rules and regulations to follow.

The government says there's evidence the curfew has a beneficial effect on the spread of the virus.

We may be at the end of September but temperatures remain in the teens across Lincolnshire today.

It's forecast to be dry for most of today but there is a possibility of showers as we move further into the afternoon.

You can find out a fuller forecast for where you live here.