Criminal damage has been caused to a car parked in Stamford Road, Market Deeping.

The Market Deeping Neighbourhood Policing Team say the incident was noticed on December 22 but could have been caused on December 19 when laughing and noise disturbed the occupants.

The car was parked in a gated driveway. If you saw or heard anything suspicious between these dates please contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 and quote incident 202 of December 22.

A dog and seven puppies were stolen from St Johns Fen End, near Wisbech, overnight on Tuesday.

The thieves broke into a kennel at an address on Trinity Road between 8pm on Tuesday night and 2am.

A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, black in colour with white marks on her face, and her four one-week old puppies were taken. The puppies, three male and one female, are black-and-tan in colour.

Three female Pug puppies were also stolen; they are 10-weeks-old and fawn in colour with black faces.

The dogs are worth several thousand pounds and police would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information concerning their whereabouts.

Anyone with information should contact PC Adam Oliver at King’s Lynn Police Station on 101 (calls 15p) or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

As local hospitals continue to face severe disruption due to norovirus and high attendances, Lincolnshire’s four Clinical Commissioning Groups are urging people to stay away from hospital wherever possible.

Working in conjunction with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), which manages Lincoln, Boston and Grantham hospitals, the CCGs are keen to get the message across to people that they should not visit hospital, even to see family and friends, unless is it absolutely necessary.

“In addition to the pressure A&E is under, our local hospitals are also dealing with high attendances and an outbreak of norovirus, the latter of which is particularly affecting Lincoln County Hospital,” explains Tracy Pilcher, Chief Nurse, Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group.

“ULHT needs all of us to help it manage the situation and the best way the public can help is by staying away from hospital and using other sources of information, such as NHS 111, local pharmacies, walk-in centres and minor injuries units, for healthcare advice.”

In an effort to contain the norovirus outbreak, ULHT has also restricted visiting at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston and Grantham and District Hospital for anyone tempted to visit.

Potentially serious for people who are already ill or those with long-term conditions, symptoms of norovirus include diarrhoea and vomiting. Good hand hygiene can help limit the spread of infection and whilst people usually recover without treatment in 24 – 72 hours, it is important to stay away from work, school, college or social gatherings until symptom free for at least 48 hours.

Most cases of diarrhoea clear up after a few days without treatment, however, it can lead to dehydration, so you should drink plenty of fluids (small, frequent sips of water) until it passes. It is very important that babies and small children do not become dehydrated. You should eat solid food as soon as you feel able to. If you are breastfeeding or bottle feeding your baby and they have diarrhoea, you should try to feed them as normal.

In terms of alternative sources of healthcare and information, local pharmacies are able to provide a wealth of confidential and expert advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and complaints. In addition, NHS 111 can support when medical help is needed fast but not in an emergency and is available 24/7 365 days of the year.

Police swooped on a house in Pinchbeck following an anonymous tip-off and found cannabis plants in a grow tent, magistrates heard.

Ruth Snodin, prosecuting, said Church claimed that a Traveller had come to his door in Spalding and asked him to look after some cannabis plants and Church took them because he feared he would get “a pasting” if he didn’t agree.

She said Church also stated he thought he would only have to look after the plants for a couple of days and it would make his life easier if he agreed to take them.

Mrs Snodin said in the early hours of October 21, police received anonymous information about a potential cannabis grow.

Police went to the address in Pinchbeck and spoke to the occupants.

Mrs Snodin said Church was present when police arrived and he confirmed then that he had taken cannabis to the address and showed police a grow tent containing ten large plants.

She said Church admitted the plants and the associated equipment were his and the people living at the address had nothing to do with it.

Church, of Acacia Avenue, pleaded guilty to producing 16 cannabis plants, a class B controlled drug, when he appeared before Boston magistrates yesterday (Wednesday).

He was ordered to do 150 hours unpaid work as part of a year-long community order and must pay a £60 victim surcharge and £40 costs.

Mrs Snodin said told magistrates the explanation Church had put forward in interview “was not plausible”.

But solicitor Neil Sands, mitigating, said Church engaged in the offence as a result of coercion or pressure.

He said Church entered an early guilty plea, fully cooperated with police, had no previous similar convictions and there had been no subsequent convictions while he was on bail.

A man who admitted drink-driving while he was disqualified will be sentenced later this month.

Aivars Jakobsons (20), of Bourne Road, Spalding, also pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and driving without insurance.

All four offences were committed on December 4.

Boston magistrates yesterday (Wednesday) ordered a pre-sentence probation report and bailed Jakobsons to return to court on January 20.

A Gosberton man accused of escape from lawful custody will have his case heard at Lincoln Crown Court.

Guy Mantle (22), of Whitehall, is accused of three other offences in Donington on the same day, October 17 – criminally damaging police handcuffs, driving a Ford Transit in Market Place otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance.

Boston magistrates yesterday (Wednesday) bailed him to a crown court hearing on January 27.

I’d like to reply to the misleading information in the letter from district councillor Paul Foyster in the Spalding Guardian on December 17.

He refers to Mr Flindall’s “campaign against the proposed withdrawal of funding for transport to Spalding Grammar School”.

I understand Mr Flindall has set up a petition on the 38 degrees website asking Lincolnshire County Council to drop plans to withdraw the entitlement of free school transport for grammar school pupils in Lincolnshire.

This isn’t, and has never been, the intention of this review and I would like to clarify the work that Lincolnshire County Council is currently undertaking on grammar school transport.

In response to a petition received by Lincolnshire County Council asking for certain areas of the county to be included in designated transport areas, I asked the children and young people scrutiny committee to undertake a review on grammar school transport.

A task group consisting of nine councillors was set up to look at the current transport policy and whether any changes were needed.

As part of this review, the task group recently invited a selection of stakeholders, including parents and school staff, to meet with councillors to further their understanding of how the policy is currently working and whether there are any issues or concerns, and to ask for any suggestions on how the policy could be changed to make it clearer, fairer or better.

At the end of the review, the task group will produce a report setting out its findings and conclusions, and put forward some recommendations to the executive committee for its consideration.

This report, which will be publicly available, will be considered by the children and young people scrutiny committee on March 4 and then by the executive committee on April 5.

I would like to reiterate that this is a review of the current policy by councillors.

It is not a formal consultation and there are currently no proposals to change the existing grammar school transport policy.

Firecrews from Lincolnshire have been stood down and sent home after assisting with the floods in North Yorkshire.

Swift water rescue crews from Sleaford, Spalding and Gainsborough were mobilised after the floods hit the York area on Boxing Day and have been on site at Tadcaster helping protect infrastructure and assisting residents and businesses stranded by the flood waters.

The town’s ancient bridge dramatically collapsed under the weight of the River Wharfe’s flood water.

Group Manager Tim Joyce, who is at the county’s central command centre, said: “We’ve had a crew from Spalding in the York and Leeds areas since Boxing Day, rescuing people and animals from their homes and taking them to safety. For example, we’ve rescued a number of people and their pets from narrow boats in Leeds City Centre, as well as helping to keep vulnerable people safe in York.”

Tadcaster Bridge collapsed exposing gas pipes and prompting fears of an explosion. Nearby homes were evacuated but residents have since been allowed back.

Lincolnshire emergency services have reported an extremely busy night coping with New Year’s Eve revellers.

An East Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “In the first six hours of 2016 we received over 1,000 calls. At the busiest time we received a new call every 18 seconds. We usually get an average of 2,000 calls in 24 hours on a normal day.”

He added via Twitter: “We received 81 calls in the first 30 minutes after midnight, 177 calls in the first hour and just under 400 calls in the first two hours.”

Chief Inspector Phil Vickers, who was on duty overseeing operations overnight for Lincolnshire, said it had been a quiet, good natured evening up until midnight with only around 100 999 calls all day and just 16 people in custody in the county (14 males and two females), but within an hour or so of the chimes of midnight things got very busy.

He said: “In the first 50 minutes of 2016 Lincolnshire Police Force Control Room received 51 urgent 999 calls.”

By 5.20am on New Year’s Day the force had 42 detained in custody.

He said the majority of those in custody were as a result of drink-related assaults and drink or drug-related driving arrests. He saw this as particularly disappointing after the ongoing campaign to deter drivers from taking drink or drugs.

Ch Insp Vickers had a big thank you to the Special Constables working overnight, bolstering the service with their dedicated efforts and thanked the ambulance and fire service for their efforts too.

He added that the first call of 2016 was a complaint about fireworks being let off in the street. People were also releasing sky lanterns, despite repeated warnings about the damage they can do to crops, rural buildings if the burning lights land among them and injury to livestock if the fallen parts are eaten.

There have been a number of new babies already born in the county in 2016 so far on New Year’s Day (Friday).

At Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital, the first to arrive on the labour ward was little Jessica Isla Wand, at 34 minutes past midnight, weighing in at 6lb 14oz.

A midwife on the maternity ward this morning told The Standard that both baby and mum, Emily, of Donington, were doing well and were hopefully heading home later today after Jessica’s dad had returned from a few hours sleep.

Rachel Brompton of Sleaford gave birth to her first baby, Archie, at 1.48pm this afternoon. He weighed in at 8lb 11oz.

Gulsevim Gunduz of Kirton gave birth to little girl, Elif, shortly beforehand at 1.14pm. She was also her first child and weighed 6lb 15oz.

Finally, Jelena Cwikla of Spalding gave birth to baby boy Tymon at 6.57pm. He weighed in at 7lb 5oz.

At Lincoln County Hospital there had been six babies delivered.

Darren Clawson on the labour ward said they had delivered the first baby in the county at 14 minutes past midnight and mother and baby had already headed home. “We always beat Boston, hands down,” joked Mr Clawson.

There had been three other babies from Lincoln, one from Bassingham and one from Skellingthorpe.

My family and I have lived in Spalding for nearly 20 years and, since moving to our present home, the whole of the town has changed dramatically.

The amount of rubbish left on the streets is amazing. I have been trying for years to get South Holland District Council, local councillors and MPs to make an effort to get the town tidied up, so that we can enjoy a pleasant rural town.

Just the other week, we went to Bourne Road to buy some meat from a local butcher.

Having parked, we were faced with negotiating a heap of detritus that had been dumped on the footpath.

On returning home, we found another heap in Grosvenor Court.

The district council does not seem to be able to get a grip on the problem, which is exacerbated by the use of black and green sacks instead of refuse bins.

It leads to people putting sacks of rubbish out on the street when they are full, rather than putting them out on the collecting day.

Another major issue with the district council is the apparent lack of will to tidy up derelict buildings and properties in the town.

Current eyesores include the old Post Office building in The Crescent, the Bull and Monkey in Churchgate, Drydens in Hall Place, and Paul Taylor DJC, the mobility shop, Brennans Bar, all in Winsover Road.

The whole area between Market Place and the Crescent with entry via Gore Lane is a total mess, with broken walls, derelict car parking areas and rubbish – you name it, it is there.

The same can be said of the area behind the gentlemen’s club in Broad Street.

I live in a lovely house in Green Lane, but we are blighted by inconsiderate late-night revellers, who dump their takeaway rubbish from the town centre on to our driveway and frontage.

I regularly pick up two or three carrier bags full of beer cans, takeaway cartons and foreign cigarette packs (with no UK duty paid).

In fact, we just seem to be the right distance away from town centre takeaways to have all their rubbish dumped on us.

To tackle the problem, I have asked the district council to provide some rubbish bins along Green Lane, but have had no response.

Maybe the problem is that Spalding does not have a town council, which might be more interested in looking after the interests of Spalding, instead of the district council, which, for its sins, has to look after an area stretching from Market Deeping to Sutton Bridge.

Freedom of speech allows David Barfoot to criticise John Hayes, our local MP, in his letter in the Lincolnshire Free Press on December 15.

It also allows me to completely disagree with him.

The variety of posts held by Mr Hayes shows versatility, not incompetence – the latter would result in a return to the back benches, not the appointment to his present, vitally important, responsibilities.

As for Mr Hayes being a so-called yes man, what about wind farms, which he has not been afraid to speak up on?

It’s my privilege to know Mr Hayes – we live in the same village – and I am absolutely confident that he has the security of our nation very much at heart.

I would also add that, as a constituency MP, he is second-to-none, as shown by the number of his constituents who appeal to him for help and advice with all their problems.

“We feel very aggrieved – these are dangerous times for local government.”

That was the message from Lincolnshire County Council leader Coun Martin Hill as he expressed anguish at the scale to which shire authorities such as his own are being squeezed in Government support grant by comparison with more heavily populated authorities.

For 2016-17, the support grant will be £70.35million – a lower figure than was expected – prompting a controversial proposal to increase council tax by 3.5 per cent, the maximum permissible.

At a media briefing, the leader complained: “Inner London boroughs, for instance, will proportionately be receiving twice as much as us. Nothing is impossible but I don’t see how we can achieve the costs savings we are expected to make. We are shouldering too high a burden, and we will continue to lobby in the hope of a rethink.”

The county council’s total budget for 2016-17 will be £476million, of which 50 per cent will be met by council tax income.

Of the remainder, 22 per cent will come from business rates, 23 per cent from Government support grant, three per cent from other grants and five per cent from reserves.

On a wryer note, Coun Hill suggested that Lincolnshire should declare itself a “foreign port” and seek monies from the Government’s overseas aid budget: “That’s an area where Whitehall expenditure is increasing,”he declared.

Despite his gripe, the leader of the Conservative-controlled council said he continued to support the Government’s ongoing commitment to ensure the country lives within its means.

The county council tax increase for next year will be between £20 and £100 depending on the property band. For Band D, it will be £43.

However, the total could be even higher, depending whether district councils such as South Holland also decide to raise their precepts.

The maximum increase allowable for them would be only two per cent. If they were mindful to increase their precepts by a higher amount, they would be obliged to put the matter to a referendum.

Where the cash cuts are likely to fall

Despite the likelihood of an increase in the precept set by the county council, there will still be widespread cuts to services.

The details of where these will fall have not yet been finalised, but the following areas are among those likely to be affected to a greater or lesser extent:

• Highway maintenance including grass verge cutting

• Community safety, including police community support officers

• Road safety initiatives

• Adult frailty care

• Safe and healthy children strategy

• Fire and rescue

• Environmental protection

• Street lighting

• Economic regeneration

• Information Technology management and support

• Legal services

• Library and information services

• Coroner service

• Sexual health services

• Prevention and treatment of substance misuse

The controversial issue of staff redundancies will also come under the spotlight, but this will inevitably involve consultations with trade unions as well as the individuals themselves before any information is made public.

Quizzed about the likely number, LCC’s chief finance officer David Forbes told the Press briefing: “We don’t know.”

At a Lincolnshire County Council media briefing an assurance was given that although heavy cuts are being proposed, £14.9million will be retained in an emergency reserves coffer.

This is likely to be ringfenced whatever the financial pressures the authority experiences in the day-to-day running of services.

This special fund is in case monies are required for some out-of-the-blue event such as a weather catastrophe or a series of hefty insurance claims. However, along with some (but not all) other councils, the Lincoln-based authority has, in recent years, bowed to Government pressure by spending more and more of its other “reserves” to support its statutory commitments to the community.

“It is not appropriate to hold large amounts of cash when services are being reduced,”explained council leader Coun Martin Hill.

As a general rule, the council puts aside between 2.5 per cent and 3.5 per cent of its annual budget as money to be used only in unforeseen emergency circumstances.

• At the meeting Council leader Coun Martin Hill was unable to provide much fresh information on medium-term proposals for devolution – in other words more co-operation between the various tiers of local government to share or merge services.

Even if this happens, he claimed that the outcome would only be “fiscally neutral”– in other words, not much money would be saved.

Neither is the county council expecting to benefit much from any increase in population as the result of the building boom.

Although there would be an increase in council tax income, there could be pressures down the road – particularly if an increase in the number of retired people living in the county starts to put additional pressure on adult care services.

The ongoing financial squeeze is likely to accelerate Lincolnshire County Council’s efforts to offload surplus properties such as redundant schools in order to raise capital receipts.

Finance chiefs will also continue to scrutinise its portfolio of farms and other landholdings if there is a prospect of selling some to builders or developers.

According to executive director for finance Peter Moore, the hope is to rake in some £47million over the next two or three years.

Some of this is likely to be set aside for redundancy payments to those county council staff – the numbers are not yet known – who face the prospect of losing their jobs.

But both he and portfolio holder for finance Coun Marc Jones cautioned that asset disposal was not as easy or straightforward as it seems.

For instance, some farmers had long-term tenancy agreements with the rents they pay providing a steady source of income .

This would be lost to the council if they were sacrificed to secure a one-off capital receipt.

Council leader Coun Martin Hill noted that the council had “vast swathes” of farmland which offered little, if any potential for development.

Council tax rise will not be confirmed until February meeting

The county council’s proposal to raise council tax by 3.95 per cent will not be confirmed until a meeting of the full council on February 19.

Before that there will be extensive consultations, including at least one public meeting.

The issues will also come under the spotlight at a meeting of the executive at county hall on January 5.

I live at the top of Stonegate, Spalding. Three times I have watched the road sweeper go as far as the junction of Love Lane and Stonegate, only to stop and go on his way.

There are lots of leaves that are now wet and slippery in Stonegate. Why do Halmergate and Church Street get all the cleaning and yet we don’t?

There are a lot of elderly people who live down here and they are frightened of slipping on the leaves. I have called the council three times regarding this and still nothing has been done. I’m hoping that if they see this, they might actually do something.

As a result of cuts to the local government budget imposed by this Tory government, it appears that Lincolnshire County Council is contemplating discontinuing the provision of free transport for our grammar schools.

This must be vigorously opposed, as it means that grammar school education, which was meant to be free for all, will become, in rural areas, the preserve of the selected few.

Labour councillors will oppose the move, but we also need the support of the broader public to make sure that the best value education is available to all local children, regardless of their economic background.

I am also calling upon the Conservative Party’s county councillors and the MP John Hayes to help to retain free school transport.

I read with interest your front page report (Cash offer for court house) in the Lincolnshire Free Press on Tuesday, December 15.

I often walk past this fine building, and feel it would be such a shame for it to deteriorate into another eyesore in the centre of town – we have enough of those already.

Having seen the building stand empty all this time, I feared another part of our town was being left to rot, so it was heartening to read of the consortium’s offer to purchase it.

As for its use. I have heard several suggestions about a hotel or bar, but I would personally love to see it transformed into a community hub.

It could incorporate the Citizens Advice Bureau, Tulip Radio and the tourist information centre, alongside aspects of Ayscoughfee Hall Museum.

I would be interested to know what the local community wants from this project.

Whatever becomes of it, hopefully we will see the right outcome for this lovely building.

The following decisions have been made by magistrates at court hearings. In all drink-drive cases the legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood or 107 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine. Addresses of defendants published here are taken from the legal records held by the magistrates’ courts. V/S means victim surcharge; C/C/C means criminal courts charge.

Boston Magistrates’ Court

November 30

Adam Beeson (23), of Bridgewater Lane, Pinchbeck. Possession of diamorphine (Spalding). £120 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs, £180 criminal courts charge, drug to be forfeited and destroyed. No separate penalty for failing to surrender to custody.

December 2

Asta Zilioniene (45), of Ayscough Avenue, Spalding. Drink driving (Spalding). £225 fine, £22 v/s, £85 costs, £150 c/c/c, disqualified from driving for 20 months.

Ainars Lapsa (41), of Joy Paine Close, Boston. Drink driving (Kirton Holme). 18 weeks prison sentence, suspended for 24 months, 60 hours unpaid work, Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, £80 v/s, £85 costs, £150 c/c/c, disqualified from driving for 45 months.

Grantham Magistrates’ Court

November 25

Lee Congreve (26), of Kensington Close, Holbeach. Driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence (Holbeach). £220 fine. No insurance. £660 fine, £66 v/s, £85, 6pts.

Laura Godlevska (24), of John Harrison Way, Holbeach. No insurance (Holbeach). £660 fine, £66 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts.

Ronald Fieldhouse (56), of Grange Avenue, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. Speeding (Deeping Common). £145 fine, 3pts.

Bartosz Pappelbaum (35), of Rycroft Avenue, Deeping St James. Speeding (Deeping Common). £135 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Matthew Kirby (28), of Beck Way, Thurlby. Speeding (Corby glen). £235 fine, £24 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts.

Faustas Mackevicius (20), of High Street, Peterborough. No insurance (Spalding). £120 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts.

Sarla Verma (69), of Greenfields Lane, Folkingham. Speeding (Stainby). £665 fine, £67 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts. No separate penalty for no MOT.

November 30

Janis Iljins (46), of Spring Gardens, Spalding. Speeding (Spalding). £65 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Richard Dwyer (43), of Park Lane, Scarning, Norfolk. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £220 fine, £22 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Martins Gegusts (29), of Winsover Road, Spalding. Speeding (Great Ponton). £175 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts.

Raymond Van Breukelen (29), of Washington Drive, New Toft, Market Rasen. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £220 fine, £22 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

David Butterwick (31), of Woad Farm Road, Boston. Speeding (Deeping Common). £220 fine, £22 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Ashley Singleton (19), of Revesby Avenue, Boston. Speeding (Quadring). £100 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 5pts.

Rony Kibble (23), of Crookwood Lane, Potterne, Wiltshire. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £220 fine, £22 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

December 1

Edmund Sims (68), of Stanfield Road, Epworth, North Lincs. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £200 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Oliver Thompson (19), of Jubilee Close, Spalding. Speeding (Spalding). £220 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Karolina Valetova (22), of Chestnut Avenue, Spalding. No insurance (Spalding). £28 v/s, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 3 months. No separate penalty for driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence.

Ionut Darie (30), of Nocton Nurseries, Nocton. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £220 fine, £22 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Nelson De Sousa (41), of Britannia Road, Great Yarmouth. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £220 fine, £22 v/s, £85 costs, £150 c/c/c, 3pts.

December 2

Nicolae Huiung (33), of Eastfield Road, Peterborough. In charge of a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol (Crowland). £405 fine, £40 v/s, £200 costs, £150 c/c/c, 10pts. No insurance. £50 fine.

Timothy Lyons (47), of The Crescent, Ripon. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £445 fine, £44 v/s, £85 costs, £150 c/c/c, 4pts.

December 3

Emma Dawn (26), of Tully Close, Bourne. No TV licence. £220 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Lisa Dunham (43), of Railway Lane South, Sutton Bridge. No TV licence. £80 fine, £20 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Simon Godley (47), of Wharf Street, Sutton Bridge. No TV licence. £220 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Dru Hunter (49), of High Street, Bicker. No TV licence. £220 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Lesley Inman (47), of Church Walk, Bourne. No TV licence. £220 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Kirsty Johnson (22), of Doncaster Close, Bourne. No TV licence. £40 fine, £20 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Petrus Karremans (40), of Beryl Mews, Recreation Road, Bourne. No TV licence. £65 fine, £20 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Karen McIntosh (48), of East Cobgate, Moulton. No TV licence. £440 fine, £44 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Eligiusz Tancygier (38), of Wygate Road, Spalding. No TV licence. £220 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Inga Vojevodskaja (34), of Langley Mews, Kirton. No TV licence. £220 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs.

Maria Waugh (31), of Cranesgate North, Whaplode St Catherine. No TV licence. £225 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Kelly Winyard (30), of Brownlow Crescent, Pinchbeck. No TV licence. £220 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Julius Ziga (38), of Chestnut Avenue, Spalding. No TV licence. £60 fine, £20 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Anna Zyskowska (24), of Fulney Avenue, Spalding. No TV licence. £220 fine, £22 v/s, £120 costs, £150 c/c/c.

Alexander Todd (40), of Burchnall Close, Deeping St James. Speeding (Great Ponton). £215 fine, £21 v/s, £85 costs, £150 c/c/c, 3pts.

Burglars hacked their way into a life-saving charity’s shop in Spalding before stealing a safe containing cash and other small items.

The break-in at Cancer Research UK in Hall Place has upset hardworking staff and volunteers – and means the charity will have to fork out vital cash to replace the back door and the safe.

Shop manager Sasha Darley said: “I came in on Christmas Eve and found burglars had hacked their way in through the back door.

“They stole some small items, including the collection goblet which was chained to the till.

“It was a horrible thing to do and it has upset us all, particularly our volunteers.

“We will have to replace the door and the safe and that will cost the charity quite a lot of money.”

In a second incident, a window was broken at the Sleaford Cancer Research UK shop but no money was taken and no further damage was caused.

Roger Wright, central operations trading manager for the charity, said: “Incidents like this are upsetting but thankfully rare.

“And with support from the public and our wonderful volunteers, we will bounce back.

“Cancer Research UK does not receive any Government funding so we rely on the public to support our world-class research. Our shops are a significant part of that as every donation or purchase helps fund our pioneering research.”

A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “At this time of year, people will be remembering loved ones they have lost to cancer and they will be appalled that thieves would target a charity which does so much for those affected by the disease.

“Anyone with information about who may be responsible for these burglaries is asked to contact us.”

Cancer Research UK has saved millions of lives by discovering new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.

In the 1970s, fewer than a quarter of people with cancer survived. Today half the people diagnosed with cancer will survive and the charity aims to boost that to three-quarters within the next 20 years.

• People who know anything about the shop raids are asked to call police on 101.

For more information about shopping with or donating to Cancer Research UK, or about becoming a shop volunteer, visit: www.cruk.org – or call in to the Spalding shop.