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The soon-to-be new Turkish owner of British Steel has been speaking to the Financial Times, external.

The Turkish Armed Forces Assistance Fund (known as Oyak) reached a tentative deal to buy British Steel out of insolvency on Friday and plans to take over British Steel, which employs 5,000 people, by the end of the year.

The FT reports that it plans a productivity drive that could lead to several hundred job losses.

Toker Ozcan, head of the mining metallurgy group at Oyak, said the immediate focus would be to boost output.

He declined to comment on the scale of possible job cuts but said that productivity at the company’s main plant in Scunthorpe was “very low” compared with other European steel producers.

“I am not focused on headcount but on productivity,” he said, adding: “We will take productivity to where it needs to be.”

Having saved Frank the badger from the evil Galaxon, the gang follow ARAGH's best tracker to a brand new dimension in search of the final missing ring.

Abellio, which will run the rail franchise for the next eight years, promises £600m of investment.

Michael Dawson strikes at last, while James Coppinger strikes again - among five things you may have missed from the EFL.

Scunthorpe share four goals with Crawley in a thrilling 2-2 draw at the Sands Venue Stadium in League Two.

Forest Green substitute Junior Mondal maintains their unbeaten start with a second-half winner in a dogged victory over Grimsby.

Lincoln make light work of struggling Southend to start the League One season with three successive wins.

Stephen the hedgehog's owners plead with thieves for his safe return after a van he was inside is taken.

Doctors thought Oliver Aisthorpe would not survive the illness.

A fundraising campaign to create a stained glass window dedicated to RAF Scampton has been launched.

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Work on the window, which will be constructed at Scampton Church, is expected to start next year, but £23,000 is needed to pay for its creation and installation.

The Revd Sue Deacon said the window commemorates 100 years of the church's connection to RAF Scampton.

She said: "The design is absolutely amazing. It's modern because we wanted to represent this generation. The sky is mainly blue but there are lots of panels with different colours which represents the crops that we grow in the Springline Parish which Scampton is part of.

"Scampton runway goes right through the middle, and then we've got the three iconic planes that flew from Scampton - the Lancaster, the Vulcan and, of course, the Red Arrows. They are on there together with the RAF badges. It's beautiful."

Pupils collecting their GCSE results from a Lincolnshire School next week will need to use alternative access because of a road closure.

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Repairs will start on Lincoln Road, Welton, on Tuesday 20 August.

It means William Farr School, on Lincoln Road, is offering alternative access arrangements for pupils collecting results on Thursday 22 August.

Works will then pause over the bank holiday weekend, followed by two evenings of night-time works, running from 19:30 to 06:30, on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 August.

The diversion route for the road closures will be via Lincoln Road/Honeyholes Lane/Ryland Road, and vice versa.

A quad driver has been seriously injured in a collision in Moulton Marsh.

Police are appealing for dash-cam footage after the incident on 20 July when an orange quad bike entered a ditch in the Red Cow Drive area between 18:00 and 18:30.

The driver of the quad, a man in his 20s, received serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Lincolnshire Police wants to hear from anyone who was in the area and who saw the quad to get in touch.

The last drop-in support session to help people in flood-hit Wainfleet is due to be held this weekend.

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It's been two months since heavy rain devastated the town and regular sessions have been held to give people a place to get help and advice.

Flood recovery link worker Lauren Marshall says she'll still be working in the community to help in any way she can as many local residents are still struggling.

"It's devastating to see the trauma. It's affected a lot of people. Some are quite positive about it and some are traumatised so it's really difficult to see," she says.

East Lindsey District Council say it's also looking at running further sessions with partners on an appointment basis.

Almost three years after the introduction of an overnight closure at Grantham A&E, campaigners say the service needs reinstating.

The move was originally brought in on a temporary basis because of severe staff shortages across the county.

Amanda Brunton, from Grantham, has told the BBC she called 111 in severe pain and and ambulance arrived at 19:00.

But Grantham A&E closed at 18:30 and she was instead taken to QMC at Nottingham, where there was a 12-hour wait to be seen.

She says: "I had no money with me. I was on my own and at 05:00 I was eventually seen and given pain relief. We really need our A&E back at Grantham."

The trust says it still has significant emergency care staffing issues and can't just reverse the decision.

A consultation is under way to help inform how the service will operate in the future, including options to downgrade the unit and turn it into a 24/7 Urgent Treatment Centre instead.

A woman who was wanted by police for failing to attend court has been found.

Mary Jane Jones, from Stamford, was arrested in Grantham at about 23.30 last night.

She will appear before Lincoln Magistrates' Court later, police say.

Thousands of motorbike fans are expected to head to Lincolnshire this weekend for the British Superbike Championships.

Action on the track at Cadwell Park near Louth gets under way today, with riders taking part in the opening practice sessions.

Cherry, a volunteer track marshall at the events, say it's always a great atmosphere: "The racing is phenomenally fast. With the manoeuvres and the overtaking it's probably one of the most exciting sports you could possibly watch."

A top international chef is in Grimsby today to help promote the town as a supplier of "speciality food".

Leeds-born Marco Pierre White, who gets fish from Grimsby for his restaurants, is visiting Alfred Enderby Smoke house to see its new mobile smoked fish catering boat.

The Smoke House is a 40-year-old former fishing boat and is due to start its new life as a mobile catering service later today.

Falling off donkeys, walking into noticeboards and getting friction burns from slides are just some of the things people have tried to claim compensation for from Greater Lincolnshire councils over the past five years, it's been revealed.

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Under a Freedom Of Information request to all the district councils, Lincolnshire County Council and North and North East Lincolnshire councils were asked for details of both successful and unsuccessful claims.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said Greater Lincolnshire councils have paid at least £263,246.89, but not all authorities could give all their figures so the final tally is likely to be higher.

East Lindsey District Council had the most claims at 52.

Of those who responded, the highest successful claim was from North Kesteven District Council which paid out £32,414 for a slip/trip or fall claim.

There was an unsuccessfully claim to the City of Lincoln Council for slipping on bird droppings.

Turkey's military pension fund has reached a tentative deal to take over British Steel.

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The Turkish Armed Forces Assistance Fund, known as Oyak, said it planned to take control of British Steel by the end of the year.

Accountants at its investment arm, Ataer, have exclusive rights to the insolvent firm's books, so that they can examine the state of its finances.

British Steel was put into compulsory liquidation in May.

It owns the Scunthorpe steel works where 3,000 people work and it employs another 800 on Teesside.

A man from Grantham who was caught with drugs in his car after being involved in a crash on the A1 has been given a nine-month jail sentence suspended for two years.

Adam Clayton, 29, of Broomwood Close, Grantham, was found staggering about and complaining about a pain in his back after the crash.

He tested positive for cannabis and officers found 57g of cannabis and more than £2,300 in cash in Clayton's car and bedroom in November 2017.

Officers also found a mobile phone containing text messages showing Clayton had been involved in selling cannabis.

Clayton admitted supplying cannabis and was given a nine-month jail sentence suspended for two years, with 100 hours of unpaid work.