Breaking news, sport, travel and weather updates from across Lincolnshire.

The competitors will be taking part in acrobatic, combat and various racing competitions.

Cases of self-harm at Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre increased from 181 in 2017 to 217 in 2018.

Everton score two late headers to beat Lincoln in a thrilling EFL Cup second-round tie.

Nathan Worrell is accused of race hate offences relating to the publication of far-right material in Grimsby.

The Happy Mondays' show in Lincoln has been cancelled.

The band - known for hit Step On - was due to end its Greatest Hits tour at the Engine Shed on December 21.

A community rail project in Lincolnshire has been shortlisted for eight awards.

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Poacher Line Community Rail Partnership has been recognised in the ACoRP Community Rail Awards in categories including most enhanced station buildings and surroundings, and outstanding volunteer contribution.

The awards will take place in Telford on 3 October.

Three men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of drug offences after suspected drugs and cash were found at a property in Scunthorpe.

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Police officers carried out a warrant on Merlin Road at about 20.30 yesterday.

The men, aged 42, 36 and 45, and woman, aged 34, were arrested at the property and remain in custody as inquiries continue.

A woman who keeps ponies in Benniworth has told how last night's thunderstorms devastated her farmyard, leaving her petrified.

Parts of Lincolnshire experienced flash flooding last night following heavy rainfall and thunderstorms.

Lisa Osborne said the wind suddenly got up at about 20:00 and huge hailstones suddenly started to fall.

She said: "It was horizontal blowing in the wind. You couldn't have walked outside in it, it was absolutely horrendous, it was like a tornado had hit the farmyard.

"It had gone through the pony field, it had lifted the field shelter up and smashed it against the hedge. It's taken half the side of the extension on the house, the roof, all the fascia boards came off.

"The big heston bales have been blown over in the cornfields. The farmyard, the crew sheds, one wall has totally been blown down. Trees came down in the driveway and in the pony field. It just caused absolute devastation. It was like the end of the world for quarter of an hour.

"We were petrified, we didn't really know what was happening."

A Lincolnshire MP has branded the Prime Minister's decision to suspend Parliament 'undemocratic'.

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Opponents of Boris Johnson have describing his decision to suspend Parliament days after MPs return to work next week as "a dark day for UK democracy".

The move comes a few weeks before the deadline for the UK to leave the EU, and reduces the time MPs will have to pass laws to stop a no-deal departure from the EU on 31 October.

Karen Lee, Labour MP for Lincoln, said: "The people living in this country are used to living in a democracy, and their MPs being their representative and to shut their MPs out in this way tells you everything.

"I think actually what it tells you is that he doesn't really have the confidence of what he's doing. He obviously feels he has to steamroller it through.

"I think it's utterly wrong."

Police are hunting for a convicted rapist after he failed to comply with his probation conditions.

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William Clawson, 27, was released from prison on 13 August after serving a seven year sentence for rape and a number of other offences.

Lincolnshire Police said Clawson poses "a significant risk to women and should not be approached".

It is believed he could be in the Lincoln or Gainsborough area.

The force has urged anyone who has any information about his whereabouts to report it "without hesitation".

Work has started on the University of Lincoln's new £21m medical school.

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Contractors are flattening land on the Brayford Campus to make way for the five-storey building.

The medical school, which is expected to be finished in 2021, will house a range of facilities including lecture theatres, laboratories and a dedicated science library.

Deputy Vice Chancellor Toby Wilkinson said: "It will have all the latest state of the art technology, so students not only learn the basics of how to be a doctor, but how to practice in a rural county like Lincolnshire."

Police are investigating reports of a woman being raped on the beach in Cleethorpes.

Officers were called just after midnight on 22 August after a woman was found on the beach near to Central Promenade in a distressed state.

Humberside Police have described the attack as an "isolated incident" and appealed for witnesses to come forward.

The force said it was keen to trace the occupants of two cars parked on Central Promenade on the night of the attack.

A public meeting is being held in Boston tonight to look at tackling antisocial behaviour in the town.

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Police said last month that there had been a significant fall in reports of people drinking alcohol on the streets in the town.

But people say they are still concerned about the issue.

Maxine Stones, who helped to organise the meeting, "There's lots of drinking on the streets, there's drunks, there's drugs. This town is a pretty town, it's a lovely town, and the locals are lovely but it's all getting bypassed. We feel like we're a dumping ground and it's not right."

The meeting will take place at The Sportsman, Rosebery Avenue, at 19:00.

An 18-year-old woman was taken to hospital with a slight bleed on the brain following an assault in Cleethorpes, police say.

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The incident happened in Dolphin Gardens on Sea Road at about 05:30 on Sunday.

It was reported that the woman was knocked unconscious after being assaulted by a man.

She has now left hospital where she was being kept under observation by medical staff.

Humberside Police have arrested a suspect who was nearby at the time in connection and he’s been released under investigation.

The force is now appealing for witnesses.

The description of the man is that he was white, 5ft 10ins tall, wearing a green jacket with an orange logo and he walked with a limp.

Police have tracked down a stolen motorbike in Grimsby - thanks to a trail of compost left behind on a pavement.

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Officers were approached by a woman in Milton Road yesterday who said her Yamaha motorbike had been stolen on Monday, along with some hedge trimmers and three bags of compost.

One of the officers then spotted a trail of compost and followed it to a nearby property where the stolen items were recovered.

Humberside Police said two youths are due to be interviewed in connection with the incident.

A cyclist has suffered minor injuries after he was knocked off his bicycle by a motorist who failed to stop.

The collision happened on the A15, just south of the A153 roundabout in Quarrington, at 11:30 on Sunday.

Officers are trying to identify the offending vehicle, which is believed to be an 11 plate, small blue car.

Anyone with information should contact Lincolnshire Police.

Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall over parts of Lincolnshire last night caused flash flooding in some places.

Fire crews attended 11 incidents where they had to pump water away from properties and roads, including in Rookery Lane in Lincoln, Louth, Ingoldmells and Leverton.

In Wainfleet, which was devastated by flooding in June, a week's worth of rain fell in one hour.

And, in Hull about a thousand homes lost power for a while.

A Lincolnshire cheese maker which prides itself on traditional methods is about to welcome a new robot into its team.

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Lincolnshire Poacher, based near Alford, says the robot will help them to turn the cheese truckles.

Co- owner Tim Jones says it’s essential to embrace new technology.

"Everything is made by hand here, but I think embracing technology is important. Finding people to do very physically difficult work is increasingly hard and as our workforce gets older that's going to become more difficult."

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Plans to convert three former air raid shelters into luxury holiday lodges have been rejected by West Lindsey District Council.

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According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Mark Simmonds Planning submitted the application to the authority for land off Blyton Road, in Laughton.

Under the proposals one Stanton air raid shelter would be fully restored while a further three would be converted for holiday accommodation.

A total 20 lodges would be created on the site in Laughton Woods.

Developers said the new holiday site would help bring tourism into the area and benefit the economy, but council officials said the proposals were in an “isolated and unsustainable” location and did not “relate to an existing visitor accommodation site”.

The authority added that the plan would not preserve the heritage value of the site.