A driver has died after a road traffic collision on the A1 near to Great Casterton. Police received a call at 11.18am today (Friday 1 May) following a report that an HGV, which was travelling on the southbound carriageway, had left the road and came to rest in a ditch. The driver of the vehicle, believed to be a man in his 50s, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles are reported to be involved. The southbound carriageway between Stamford and Great Casterton

Police have released the photograph of a man they want to locate after he failed to attend crown court. Rio Barnett, 19, has been charged with a number of drugs offences and failed to appear at Leicester Crown Court for a hearing. Barnett, of no fixed address, was charged with possession with intent to supply a class A drug (crack cocaine) and possession of cannabis on 5 March this year. He failed to attend a hearing on 20 April and a warrant has been issued by the court for

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