Police are appealing for help to locate this man in connection with a report of a robbery in Lincoln earlier.

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At about 11:00 this morning, a man entered Cibus on Newland Street, Lincoln, and made threats to the shopkeeper before taking an amount of cash from the till.

He then left the store and was seen heading towards the High Street, police say.

He is described as white, about 5ft 7ins tall, with a heavy build, crooked teeth and an English accent.

He was wearing a grey hoodie with the hood up, white trainers and light-coloured fingerless gloves, according to Lincolnshire Police.

Anyone who can identify the man in the CCTV image above is being asked to contact police.

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The appointment of Lincolnshire Police's new Chief Constable could finally be confirmed later.

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A meeting this evening will be asked to appoint Chris Haward, who was named as the preferred candidate by Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones.

Mr Jones had originally picked a different candidate, but the recruitment process had to be re-run because of what were described as "procedural complications".

Det Ch Insp Stewart Miller does not deny using the phrase, but claims he did not intend to be racist.

Two people are being sought by police in connection with a spate of recent robberies in Lincoln.

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Danielle Mitchell, 35, and David Enright, 37, are both being searched for by Lincolnshire Police, who officers they could still be in the Lincoln area.

Detectives say they are "concerned about the ongoing risk they pose towards the more vulnerable people of our community".

Anyone who has information about their whereabouts is being asked to contact Lincolnshire Police.

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Up to 500 new jobs are going to be created in Lincolnshire with the announcement of a new plant-based meat factory.

Plant and Bean wants to set up its new base in Boston.

Edwin Bark, from the company, said, like it or not, the change to eating less meat is a change everyone needs to think about making to help save the planet:

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People are more likely to catch coronavirus at one of Lincolnshire's hospitals than at many other hospitals in the country, new data suggests.

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The Telegraph has reported that more than 10,000 people nationally caught the virus while in hospital for other illnesses, external between 1 August and 29 November.

In Lincolnshire, a total of 29.5% of patients who've had a positive test for Covid-19 at either Boston Pilgrim Hospital or Lincoln County Hospital picked it up while they were in hospital, according to the Telegraph's figures.

That puts United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) in the top 10 for hospital infection rates in the country.

Responding to the figures, ULHT chief executive Andrew Morgan told BBC Radio Lincolnshire it is a problem.

The trust's hospitals face "overcrowding of A&E, lack of side rooms, having to move patients around the site", Mr Morgan says.

"Yes, it's something we work really hard on, but figures are figures."

Lincoln City have a home tie in Round 3 of the EFL Trophy.

They'll take on fellow League 1 side Accrington Stanley, with the Imps just three wins from Wembley.

The match will be played in January:

Two men have been arrested during raids carried out by police in Lincoln as part of a new operation to rescue children who are victims of sexual and criminal exploitation.

On Wednesday, seven warrants were carried out at several addresses in Portland Street in partnership with Trading Standards and Environmental Health, according to Lincolnshire Police.

A man in his 20s and a man in his 30s were arrested as a result of the raids which are part of what's known as Operation Vigilance, the force adds.

Ch Insp Phil Baker, leading the operation, says: "Tackling child exploitation is a vital and complex task."

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A Lincolnshire coronavirus survivor who spent a month fighting the virus in hospital says he won't be spending Christmas with his family.

George Barker from Sibsey near Boston, became extremely poorly in the spring.

He has only just recovered and is back at work, but says it's still too risky to meet up with his relatives.

He said: "The kids have newly had babies and they don't really want to take a chance, I think we'll just be having a quiet one.

"I don't think people are taking it seriously. They're just thinking it won't happen to them, but I've seen it happen to lots of people.

"I think it should be compulsory that people should wear masks in the streets because you can walk by people and get their breath on the way by."

A University of Lincoln student has been given a £10,000 fine - the highest possible - for holding a party in breach of coronavirus restrictions.

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Lincolnshire Police were called to an address on Newland in Lincoln last Friday and found the party in "full swing".

Ch Supt Jon McAdam said: “It seems the organiser had decided to ignore the rules and regulations set out by the Covid-19 legislation, which says that gatherings of more than 30 people are not allowed.

"When we got there, there were at least 70 people. It was a clear breach of the rules."

Ch Supt McAdam added that the Lincolnshire force only uses its coronavirus powers "as a last resort".

"But in a situation such as this, in a time now when it’s quite clear everyone knows the rules, there was no way we could have done anything other than hand out the maximum penalty."

A spokesman for the University of Lincoln said they deplored the "irresponsible" behaviour of the students involved.

The university took the matter extremely seriously and had launched an internal investigation, he added.

Over six miles of new shared footways and cycleways have been built as part of the new Lincoln Eastern Bypass, according to Lincolnshire County Council.

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New foot and cycle bridges have been built over Hawthorn Road, Greetwell Road, Bloxholm Lane and the South Delph alongside the River Witham. Crossing points have also been constructed at each of the new bypass roundabouts.

The new paths and bridges have also been built with all non-motorised users in mind, including horse-riders, and a new underpass has been built at Lincoln Road, the council says.

Councillor Richard Davies says: "All of this new infrastructure will help support Lincoln's new transport strategy.

"One of our goals is to get residents and visitors to leave their cars at home and travel more sustainably when possible.

"Hopefully, the new infrastructure we've built as part of the bypass scheme will encourage more people to do just that by providing more options for getting into and around the Greater Lincoln area by foot or cycle without having to use fast and busy roads."

The new bypass is set to open by the end of the year.

Police are appealing for witnesses after two motorists were left seriously injured in a crash near Lincoln at the weekend.

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The two-vehicle collision happened on the B1398 near North Carlton at about 07:00 on Saturday.

The vehicles involved were a blue Ford Focus and a blue Vauxhall Meriva. The Ford was heading towards Tillbridge Lane and the Vauxhall towards Lincoln, according to Lincolnshire Police.

Both drivers, a man in his 30s who was driving the Focus, and a man in his 50s who was driving the Meriva, were taken to hospital after suffering serious injuries, though they are not believed to be life threatening, police say.

The road was closed for about five hours.

Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or who has dash cam footage of what happened, is being asked to get in touch with Lincolnshire Police.

Over £1m will be used to build 16 accommodation units in Lincolnshire to help prevent homelessness, it's been confirmed.

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The funding has been secured by East Lindsey District and Boston Borough Councils as part of the government's Covid-19 response.

The units will be delivered through the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme, making accommodation available longer term for those who have been accommodated during the pandemic and for current and future rough sleepers.

A total of £443,800 will be used to create six units of accommodation in East Lindsey and £739,297 will deliver 10 units in Boston.

They will be available for occupation by March 2021.

Police are appealing for witnesses following an illegal organised car meeting in Market Deeping at the weekend.

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Around 200 cars were at the Northfields Industrial Estate and in the Halifax Drive area (pictured) at about 20:00 on Saturday evening before leaving when officers arrived.

Police say they're grateful to the people who reported the meeting, which was a breach of the government’s current coronavirus guidelines.

Officers say they will be looking at any offences for this breach or offences under the Road Traffic Act, as some vehicles were taking part in what's known as "drifting".

Anyone who saw what happened, or who has dash cam footage of the event, is being asked to contact the Lincolnshire force.

Be bright and be seen...

That's the message from Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership which says cyclists, riders and people out walking can be at risk while out in the dark.

The Road Safety Partnership is now urging people to make sure they're visible to drivers.

John Siddle, from the partnership, says it's worth people putting some thought into their clothing:

A tawny owl which was stuck in a pipe inside a kitchen in Spalding has been rescued.

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Officers from the RSPCA were called after a homeowner heard scuffling behind their kitchen wall and then spotted an owl through a hole above their kitchen cabinets.

RSPCA inspector Kathleen Burris was called to the property, on Mayfair Drive, on Friday, 4 December along with a crew from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Insp Burris said: "This poor owl had fallen down an old chimney in the kitchen and was trapped in a pipe.

"We could see the poor fella through a hole in the kitchen but it was too tight for the owl to squeeze through.

"We carefully tried to open the space in the kitchen, but he dropped to the bottom of the pipe. We then had to remove a few bricks on the outside wall which gave us enough space to break the pipe and get him out."

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The owl has since been checked over by a vet and has been released back into the wild, Insp Burris added.

Tommy Smith's first-half header secures Colchester their first away victory of the season in a 1-0 success at Scunthorpe.