Eleanor Maslin

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Reform's Andrea Jenkyns elected Lincolnshire mayorPA MediaDame Andrea Jenkyns moved to Lincolnshire when she was seven and studied at Grimsby College and University of LincolnReform MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns has secured a resounding victory to become Greater Lincolnshire's first elected mayor. Dame Andrea won in every area of the county except one with a total of 104,133 votes. Rob Waltham, for the Conservative Party, came second with 64,585 votes.

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Bat weighing less than a 20p coin nursed back to lifeLincolnshire Wildlife TrustThe pipistrelle bat, named Joseph, was stuck in a trap inside a museum and weighed only 3.9gA bat that weighed less than 20p coin after getting stuck inside a museum has been nursed back to life and released into the wild. James Simpson, who runs Lincolnshire Bat Rescue (LBR) with his wife Julie, rehabilitated the male pipistrelle after it became trapped in a glue trap inside the Joseph Banks Centre in Horncastle.

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Image caption, Flowers were placed at the scene of the crash at North RaucebyA woman has been summoned to court following the deaths of two teenagers after a crash involving two cars. The 17-year-old driver of a black Ford Fiesta and his 18-year-old male passenger died in the collision on Newark Road in North Rauceby, near Sleaford, on 20 June last year. Two other passengers were injured.

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Image source, NHS Humber Health PartnershipImage caption, Unseen Buddies Episode 1 – Going for an EEG is the first video released by Hull Royal InfirmaryA hospital has launched an animated video to help explain procedures to children with special educational needs and disabilities. Staff at Hull Royal Infirmary worked alongside animation company Get Animated Medical to create a video about going for an electroencephalogram (EEG), which involves attaching sensors to measure brain activity.

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Taking aid to Ukraine 'changed things inside me'Ian RussellIan Russell (right) and Bob Dutcher travelled to Ukraine earlier this monthA man who has delivered aid to Ukraine four times said his experiences had "changed some things" inside him. Ian Russell, 35, from Coningsby, Lincolnshire, said he had supplied 20 tonnes (20,000kg) of aid to families, animals and people on the front line since his first trip in 2023.