Another cold day today with a moderate northeasterly breeze, bringing patchy cloud and scattered showers, and brief bright spells between.
Showers will be a mixture of rain, sleet and hill snow.
Little change for this evening and overnight, with patchy cloud and scattered wintry showers continuing to feed in from the east.
Some showers falling as snow away from coastal areas. A cold night.
A new coronavirus lockdown is the only option due to the threat Covid-19 continues to pose, a Lincolnshire MP has said.
Image source, Reuters/Phil NoblePrime Minister Boris Johnson announced the new lockdown last night, starting with immediate effect, meaning people must now stay at home except for a few permitted reasons.
Dr Caroline Johnson, Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, says she fears that "if we don't do something, the NHS could be overwhelmed in the next 21 days".
"At that point, you do have to say we need to do everything we can to prevent that from happening. We do not want people to die unnecessarily," she adds.
People in Lincolnshire are waking up this morning to the start of a new coronavirus lockdown, with everyone being told they must now stay at home except for a handful of permitted reasons.
England's rules, external are due to last until at least mid-February, with PM Boris Johnson warning the coming weeks would be the "hardest yet".
It comes after the UK reported a record 58,784 cases on Monday, as well as a further 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.
Announcing the lockdown, Mr Johnson said hospitals were under "more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic".
He ordered people to stay indoors other than for limited exceptions - such as essential medical needs, food shopping, exercise and work that cannot be done at home - and said schools and colleges should move to remote teaching for the majority of students until at least half term.
And he said all care home residents and their carers, everyone aged 70 and over, all frontline health and social care workers, and the clinically extremely vulnerable will be offered one dose of a vaccine by mid-February.
While the rules become law in the early hours of Wednesday, people should follow them now, the PM added.
It will be a cold, but mainly dry night in Lincolnshire.
Here's the latest forecast:
Take care if you're heading out in Lincolnshire this evening.
The Met Office has a yellow "be aware" warning for ice in place until 11:00 tomorrow morning:
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Scunthorpe United sign former Reading midfielder Jem Karacan on a deal until the end of the season.
Read MoreA Lincoln transport charity says it will help people get to their coronavirus vaccine appointments.
Image source, Andy Buchanan/Pool via ReutersLincoln Dial-a-Ride says it's stepping up plans to help people get to and from where they need to go to get the jab.
The charity says it's cut registration fees to help people get around.
Quote MessageIf you're a group or you're an individual and you live within the six-mile radius of Lincoln then you can join Dial-a-Ride. Outside that area, we do also have some volunteer car drivers."
Penny Hardman, Lincoln Dial-a-Ride
At least 300 weapons were handed in during a 10-week amnesty, according to Lincolnshire Police.
Image source, Lincolnshire PoliceFrom 8 October until 18 December, secure bins were in place at police stations in Lincoln, Grantham, Boston, Spalding and Skegness for people wanting to dispose of a weapon or an item that could be used as one.
The amnesty allowed those who took part to dispose of the items without any questions being asked.
In total, 315 weapons or items that could be used as one, such as an old unwanted kitchen knife, were handed in.
Amongs these were various knives, machetes, knuckledusters an imitation firearm and a crossbow.
Two shotguns and an air rifle were also surrendered to police during the amnesty, according to the Lincolnshire force.
Quote MessageI would like to thank everyone who took part in our amnesty – those who have handed in weapons or an item that could be used as one have helped to make our county safer. We will continue to take every opportunity to reduce the number of weapons in Lincolnshire and educate people about the dangers of choosing to own one, even if there isn’t an intention to use it in any way."
Det Ch Insp Amy Whiffen, Lincolnshire Police
Scampton Church has raised enough money to fund a new stained glass window commemorating the RAF.
Image source, GoogleThe nearby RAF base, which is home to the world famous Red Arrows, is due to close next year.
The station was also home to 617 Squadron as crews prepared for the Dambusters mission in World War Two.
Volunteers started the fundraising campaign in August 2019 and have now reached their target of almost £24,000.
Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses following the death of a cyclist who was seriously injured in a crash in Lincolnshire last week.
The 52-year-old man, believed to be a Romanian national, was hit by a car near Boston on Thursday night.
Officers said the man, who hasn't been named by police, was cycling towards the A17 on the A1121 Boardsides and was hit by a silver Ford Tourneo.
A 35-year-old woman arrested at the scene of the crash has been released with no further action taken.
A 30-year-old man has been released under investigation by police.
Lincolnshire Police said the man's family had been located following an earlier police appeal and officers are now asking anyone with dashcam footage to contact them.
Around 7,000 doses of the new Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be given out to Lincolnshire GP surgeries this week, it's been confirmed.
Image source, Steve Parsons/Pool via ReutersThat's on top of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is already being administered throughout the county and which has so far been given to at least 6,000 recipients.
Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, became the first person to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine earlier today at Oxford's Churchill Hospital.
More than half a million doses of the vaccine are ready for use today.
Dr Kieran Sharrock, medical director of Lincolnshire's Local Medical Committee, says the rollout of the new vaccine comes at what's already a very busy time for surgeries.
Quote MessageGP surgeries are absolutely snowed under at the moment. This is always a really busy time of year with slips, trips falls, colds, flus, all those sort of things, then add coronavirus to that. Also there's a significant wave of patients who didn't come during the first lockdown because they didn't want to disturb the doctors and they're now presenting."
Dr Kieran Sharrock, Medical director, Lincolnshire Local Medical Committee
People are being warned to take care in Lincolnshire this morning because of ice.
A yellow "be aware" Met Office warning for ice currently remains in place.
Footpaths in the Lincoln area are particularly bad, it seems:
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Another chilly day, and a northeasterly breeze will provide additional wind chill.
Patchy cloud and scattered showers will feed in off the North Sea, falling as sleet and hill snow with some showers.
Tonight will see patchy cloud and scattered wintry showers feeding in off the North Sea, falling as snow in the heaviest showers. Another cold night:
Drivers travelling between Louth and Grimsby can expect more disruption from today as one of Lincolnshire's main roads is closed for work on a roundabout.
Image source, GoogleStation Road in New Waltham will be shut from about 09:30 until 14:30 for the next three weeks.
Improvements on the Toll Bar roundabout have been going on now for about six months.
North East Lincolnshire Council leader Philip Jackson says the works is "on schedule and on budget" for completion at the end of January.
"That will future-proof the roundabout in terms of increased traffic and also reducing congestion," he says.
