Lincolnshire breaking news: Latest updates

Updates will continue on this page over the weekend.

I'll leave you with five things we've learned today:

• The non-emergency ambulance service is once again under fire after to failing to meet performance targets

• A man from North East Lincolnshire has been found not guilty of inciting racial hatred
• A Lincolnshire mum is appealing for information over the death of her son, who was killed in Lincoln prison
• A silver screen revival is underway in the county, with a number of projects in the works
• Jewellery worth around £15,000 has been found in a chest of drawers by a Louth auctioneers

Have a good weekend.

Archaeologists are on site for phase two of the £81m Grantham Southern Relief Road.

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When complete, the relief road will link the A52 at Somerby Hill to the A1. It's hoped it will reduce congestion in the centre of Grantham.

This evening will be dry with clear spells, which will allow temperatures to dip and allow some frost to settle.

On Saturday rain will spread eastwards becoming drier in the afternoon.

Sunday will be very mild but cloudy and windy, with rain at times.

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Peter has the latest...

The Crown Prosecution Serivce and Humberside Police have issued statements, after Joshua North, from North East Lincolnshire, was found not guilty of inciting racial hatred, after posting a social media comment about the travelling community.

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Humberside Police says it take reports of hate crime seriously and where there is sufficient evidence it will charge someone and put them before the Courts.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) also supported the view that there was sufficient evidence and a realistic prospect of conviction.

Quote Message: The role of the CPS is not to decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence but to make fair, independent and objective assessments about whether it is appropriate to present charges for a jury to consider and we respect their decision.” from Crown Prosecution Service

The role of the CPS is not to decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence but to make fair, independent and objective assessments about whether it is appropriate to present charges for a jury to consider and we respect their decision.”

Earlier we reported that Cleethorpes woman Lesley Jayne Mooney had been sentenced to two and a half years for selling class A drugs and handling stolen goods.

Police have released this footage of the raid on Mooney's house:

Outside court this afternoon there was relief and anger after 25-year-old Joshua North was found not guilty of inciting racial hatred over a social media comment he made about the travelling community.

It took the jury an hour to find Mr North from North East Lincolnshire not guilty.

Shay Clipson who represents the travelling community said she was disappointed with the verdict and that Joshua North was lucky the jury accepted his defence.

However speaking outside Joshua North said he was relieved the ordeal was over and his solicitor James David Gray was disappointed with the way the case was handled.

A power cut is affecting the Humber Sea Terminal at Immingham.

More details as we get them.

A man who walked out of Boston Magistrates’ Court before he was sentenced has been found and charged by Lincolnshire Police.

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A 25 year-old man from North East Lincolnshire has been found not guilty after being accused of inciting racial hatred.

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Joshua North, seen above in the grey suit with glasses, said that the negative comment he made on social media about the travelling community was an ironic joke.

Today a jury at Grimsby Crown Court found him not guilty.

The mother of a man who died while he was an inmate in Lincoln prison is appealing for information about the circumstances of his death.

Samuel Harrison suffered a serious brain injury during an incident at the prison on 11 September last year. He never regained consciousness and died two weeks later.

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Now his mum wants anyone who may have more information about the day he was injured to come forward.

Quote Message: I have lost my son and his children their father and his family and friends just want to know the truth about the circumstances that have led to him being injured so we can start to try and understand why he died." from Mother's appeal

I have lost my son and his children their father and his family and friends just want to know the truth about the circumstances that have led to him being injured so we can start to try and understand why he died."

Police have confirmed that they're treating the case as murder.