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Households across Lincoln are being encouraged to go green this Christmas and help to support their local hospice with their tree-cycle campaign.

On Saturday 7th January, St Barnabas Hospice will collect and recycle unwanted trees in return for a donation.

The hospice will be collecting trees in parts of LN1, LN2, LN3, LN4, LN5 and LN6.

To arrange a collection and donate to the hospice book in at www.charityxmastreecollection.com

Patients and visitors will be able to park for free today at Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole hospitals during visiting hours.

The car park barriers at the three hospitals, which are run by Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, will be raised between 11am and 8pm.

Visitors are reminded that the hospital Park and Ride from The Parishes in Scunthorpe town centre will not be running on Christmas Day.

Deborah Garvie is policy officer for Shelter - she says the charity is calling on the Government to do more to support working families who are struggling to keep their homes.

A fresh warning has been issued after a bogus police officer conned an 86-year-old Beverley man into handing over £9,300.

The incident happened on Tuesday, September 6, when the victim received a call from a man claiming to be working for the fraud squad.

The caller told the victim there had been suspicious activity on his account and advised him to withdraw his money immediately and provided details of a ‘safe’ account to pay it into.

The matter has been reported to the bank and Action Fraud and an investigation has been launched.

Officers from the Humberside Economic Crime unit have today reiterated advice on how to avoid falling foul of similar conmen.

The basics include:

• Never give out bank or personal details to strangers

• Don’t had over money or transfer funds to unknown accounts

• If you believe you have been called, hang up and use another phone to call police. Don’t use the same phone immediately as the offender may be maintaining the connection.

If you are called as part of this scam, make a note of the details – including the number the bogus caller has rung from – and call 101 or Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.

Series six of ITV's The Martin Lewis Money Show heads to Leeds on Sunday and Monday to film at the Trinity shopping centre.

Martin Lewis, who founded the Money Saving Expert website, will spend both days answering questions on money matters and the potential effects of Brexit on your finances.

He'll be there from 1pm to 5pm on Sunday and 11am to 5pm on Monday.