Market Deeping and District Neighbourhood Policing Panel holds its next meeting in Deeping St James on Monday at 7pm.

It takes place at The Open Door Church in Spalding Road, starting with a 30-minute public open forum.

People from the area can raise concerns to be considered for possible inclusion within the neighbourhood priorities to be decided later on by a closed panel of elected members.

Anyone unable to attend the meeting can pass on any issues with staff at Market Deeping Police Station.

The Chequers Hotel in Holbeach has lost its premises licence following a hearing in Spalding this morning (Thursday).

Members of South Holland District Council’s licensing panel made the decision after delivering a damning indictment against the couple who own the High Street premises, who did not attend the hearing.

In its decision notice, the panel said: “We believe that those running the premises have little or no regard for the authorities and no intention of complying in full with the Licensing Act and the conditions upon the licence.

“There are no conditions that could be offered that would satisfy the panel that it would be appropraite to promote licensing objectives by the imposition of licensing conditions.

“Having considered the steps that are appropraite for the promotion of the licensing objectives, we believe the only option is to revoke the licence.”

The panel – chaired by Coun Angela Harrison and made up of Coun Anthony Casson and Coun Angela Newton – heard the explanations given to the police by the premises licence holder, but no representative attended the hearing.

They said “it did not appear likely that any goods, either tobacco or alcohol, were solely for the personal use of Mr Andrews”.

The notice went on to say that it was all the more surprising that conditions had not been complied with considering the premises had been subject to a previous review.

It was of particular concern that breaches of the premises licence pointed out on August 17 were not rectified when the police visited in September, and that the same breaches were just as evident when authorities visited on November 30.

The couple have the right to appeal to the Magistrates’ Court within 21 days.

A Spanish lorry driver must pay £365 after admitting driving without due care and attention on the A17 at Holbeach on Monday.

Ionita Bran (43) was fined £250 by Lincoln Magistrates on Tuesday morning, following the accident, which left a man in his seventies with serious injuries in Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.

Mr Bran must also pay a victim surcharge of £30 and prosecution costs of £85. His also received nine penalty points.

Four people were injured when the lorry he was driving was in collision with a car at the Peppermint Junction accident blackspot at 11.30am on Monday, Diversions were in place for several hours.

A couple from Fleet Hargate have raised a petition calling on the Government to support a charity training dogs to save lives.

Phillip and Heather James have so far encouraged more than 1,700 people to back their online petition in support of Medical Detection Dogs, a charity whose patron is the Duchess of Cornwall.

The charity uses a dog’s sense of smell so it can be trained to help people with life-threatening conditions, including cancer, type 1 diabetes, nut allergies and sleep disorders.

Heather said: “It all started when we went to a talk about the charity and we were wowed by it.

“For people with peanut allergies, the dog can sense anyone walking towards their handler who is eating peanuts and warn them off.

“However, the charity gets no government or National Lottery funding which we thought it was awful as Medical Detection Dogs helps advance people’s lives.

“I thought there must be something we could do about this and most people seem to have heard of the charity, so we set up the petition which is online for six months.”

To sign the petition, visit https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/175828

TRISH TAKES FIVE: By Trish Burgess

Spa treatments. Am I the only woman in the world who doesn’t relish the thought of a bit of pampering? I think I must be a little peculiar but I just don’t enjoy being rubbed and scrubbed by a complete stranger.

The concept of paying someone to slather me in essential oils is acutely embarrassing and, in any case, I’ve got someone at home who’ll do that for free if there’s nothing good on the telly.

When we are on holiday, many hotels have the most amazing spas but the most I will do is have a dip in the pool. I can’t see the attraction of a hot stones massage when there is often a perfectly good beach and a sunbed which will relax me just as well.

The treatment menus from these spas can be very entertaining, though. Here’s one from a very swanky Mediterranean establishment we visited some years ago -

“Tropical Escape: drenched with papaya and pineapple, this tropical wrap is enriched with crème fraiche blended with potent anti-ageing ingredients such as collagen and elastin. 70 minutes. 150 euros.”

I really can’t see myself spending 130 quid to be wrapped up like a fruit salad tortilla. Maybe if I just raid the dessert section of the hotel buffet I could do this one on the cheap.

“Green coffee treatment for cellulite. 100% effective at fighting free-radical damage. 55 Minutes. 125 euros.”

I reckon I could do just as good a job by having a brisk rub down with a flannel dipped in Nescaff.

“Caviar and pearls facial: a natural alternative to Botox using Russian caviar and pearl extracts. Ideal for those who would like to minimise the signs of ageing, dramatically reducing facial expression lines. 60 minutes. 240 euros.”

240 euros to have fish eggs rubbed into your face! I now see how this really works: you see the price, your jaw drops and in doing so your wrinkles disappear.

So you see, I’m immune to beauty marketing. Or at least I thought I was until this week when I succumbed to a fancy bottle of hair conditioner at the supermarket. Well it was half price. Its magic ingredients are wheat protein and sugar beet.

Of course, I like to use local ingredients so sugar beet from the Fens sounded appealing. But it did make me wonder, would I have the same results if I rinsed my locks in some mushed up Weetabix and a sprinkling of Silver Spoon?

You can follow Trish on Twitter @mumsgoneto and read her blog at www.mumsgoneto.co.uk

Workmen with chainsaws pitched up in Moulton Eaugate on Tuesday and felled two trees described by a resident “as ornamental, beautiful” conifers”.

Lorraine Webb says the trees have been on the drainside for the 28 years she’s lived in Eaugate Road and it’s taken that long for them to grow up towards overhead power lines.

Mrs Webb heard chainsaws on Tuesday and tried in vain to save the trees by speaking to contractors.

“If they had chopped off one-third of the conifers they would still have looked nice,” she said.

She says the trees were the only striking features in an otherwise bleak landscape and they provided shelter for anglers who fished the drain.

Mrs Webb has dismissed claims by Western Power Distribution and South Holland Internal Drainage Board that the trees were fast growing conifers, like leylandii, and was due to protest further to the drainage board’s head office on Tuesday.

Andy Price, from the drainage board’s operations department, told us: “They are not beautiful, they are conifers. If you ask any arboriculturalist they will say they are the pest of the tree world.”

Mr Price said the trees interfered with power lines linked to one of the most important pumping stations in the area and their girth made it impossible to get by them with machinery, which contravened health and safety policy.

Western Power brought in its ground control contractors to fell the trees, owned by the drainage board.

A spokesman said: “As these are fast growing conifers, they need to be felled rather than trimmed otherwise we would have the same problem every six months.

“The ground control contractors liaised with the drainage board to make the decision to fell the trees.”

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A teacher from Spalding has been inspired by training for her sixth London Marathon to set up a new running club.

Lisa Gill (44) is the driving force behind Halmer Harriers, a “friendly” running group she started shortly after making public her plans to run in the world-famous marathon for The Adolescent and Children’s Trust.

The group has about ten members who meet at The Birds pub in Halmer Gate, Spalding, three times a week, Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7pm and Saturdays at 9am.

Lisa said: “Me and my husband Matt started the running club because of conversations that we’d had with a friend who needed to get fit by doing some longer runs.

“But we weren’t able to find a running club in Spalding, except for one promoting mental wellbeing through fitness.

“I put a message out on social media to see if anyone would be interested in joining a running group and it got a really good response, so we’ve called ourselves Halmer Harriers because we meet at The Birds pub.”

Runners of all abilities from Spalding, Holbeach and Moulton Chapel have joined the club which Lisa combines the running of with her role as assistant head teacher at a special needs school in Wisbech.

Lisa said: “It’s good for me because I was a pretty anti-social runner before and along with my husband, brother-in-law and friend, we were able to form the club.

“With Halmer Harriers, we’re telling people to join us and not to be put off because we all have a different range of abilities and we’ll support everyone.

“I’m not the fastest, nor the fittest, but I just want to see if we can get the group off the ground because

it keeps me motivated and I’ve found other runners who are doing the London Marathon like myself as well.”

Fellow club member Carolyn Aldis (41), of Spalding, said: “I never considered myself to be somebody who would enjoy running and I marvelled at those crazy enough to run marathons.

“But because I love eating and don’t love tight jeans, I began to think about going for a run a couple of times a week.

“Then I connected with Lisa Gill who suggested that perhaps we should run a short distance together.

“I was a bit skeptical as she is training for her sixth marathon but a gentle pace, and chatting about everything and anything, saw me run the distance without stopping.

“Lisa then suggested that we start a running group and our first evening saw ten of us take to the streets of Spalding, with novices were able to jog along with others who have been running for years.”

For more about Halmer Harriers, visit https://www.facebook.com/halmerharriers/

We put a smile on the face of retired teacher Jean Cowles this week by reuniting her with her wartime wedding report from 75 years ago.

Jean (99) was a lance corporal in the Auxilliary Territorial Service (ATS), the women’s branch of the army, when she met and married then sergeant Laurie Cowles, of the Royal Army Ordance Corps on June 10, 1942.

A friend let us know Jean had lost her own copy of the report, so we copied one from our sister paper, the Lincolnshire Free Press, and presented it to Jean at her Spalding home on Tuesday.

“I am very pleased to have it,” said Jean, who told us their wedding in Blaenavon, South Wales, and honeymoon in Gloucester happened in the space of 48 hours because that’s all the leave they were allowed from their units in Reading.

After the war, the couple settled in Jean’s home village of Weston.

Laurie became a teacher and used to cycle from Weston to Holbeach St Marks.

He worked in Holbeach St Marks until the mid-50s and then switched to Gosberton Clough school where he was headmaster for 25 years.

A national shortage of teachers saw Laurie talking Jean into taking over the infants’ class, a role she performed for around ten years.

“Then I wasn’t allowed to do it any more because they had got plenty of proper teachers coming in,” said Jean.

Jean soon heard one of Ayscoughfee Hall School’s teachers was away ill and asked if she could cover until the teacher was well again – and ended up staying for ten years until she was 60.

That retirement was brief because Jean was asked back for another year. She says: “I retired from there twice.”

Sadly, Laurie passed away some years ago aged 77.

Jean says: “His ashes are scattered under an oak tree in the school playing field and that’s where I am going.

“He was very well thought of.”

Jean frequently returns to the Gosberton Clough school and is “very well looked after”.

She says: “Some of the little kids that started there are great big farmers now but they have always got a hug for me.”

Jean was born Jean Ella Bailey on August 31, 1917 at Moulton and was the youngest of nine children.

In those days, schoolchildren didn’t have books and wrote on a slate with chalk.

“I remember going to school in the morning with two bits of rag pinned on each side of me,” said Jean. “One was my hankie and the other was for spitting on and wiping the slate clean.”

She was a very bright girl.

“I passed the 11-plus but I couldn’t go to the high school because Mum hadn’t enough money to buy me a uniform and they wouldn’t have you without a uniform,” said Jean.

She left school aged 14 and various jobs followed, including domestic service, until she joined up the day after Britain declared war on Germany.

Jean has a son, Trefor, daughter Hilary, five grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren. Sadly her elder son, Barry, has died.

• JEAN’S WORLD RECORD

As well as teaching at Ayscoughfee, when the school was in the town’s celebrated hall, Jean took up bowls there – a passion that would eventually earn her a Guinness World Record.

Jean gained the record in 2012 for being the oldest indoor bowls player, when aged 94 years and 183 days, while she was still an active member of Spalding and District Indoor Bowls Club.

She was presented with her certificate for the feat by the chairman of South Holland District Council.

Jean played bowls until she was 96, finally bowing out because an eyesight problem meant she could no longer see the jack.

As well as friendships formed on the greens, bowls opened up a wider social life with theatre trips and holidays.

Another great passion is Scrabble, which she still enjoys with friends.

Jean maintains her fitness with floor exercises. She still goes out shopping, with a personal helper by her side, and rarely goes out without bumping into a former pupil or two.

Jean says: “Whenever I am out, there’s always somebody that I have got to say hello to and that’s nice.”

Lincolnshire Police’s Operation Galileo operation against hare coursing will be concentrating on Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas today (Friday)>

Police say there will be more days of action organised to target other areas blighted by hare coursing.

If you see anyone on farm land with dogs or vehicles, contact the police on 101 and report it.

St Barnabas Hospice is appealing for volunteers from across Lincolnshire to share a few hours each month with patients who are experiencing loneliness or isolation.

The consistent companion service was launched by St Barnabas in October amid a growing recognition nationally that too many people experience the negative impacts of loneliness.

Two-fifths of all older people (about 3.9 million) say the television is their main company (Age UK, 2014), and for those experiencing deteriorating health these numbers can be even higher.

Lisa Gibson, community development manager for the hospice, said: “Regular social contact is really beneficial to wellbeing. Our fantastic volunteers make a tremendous difference in the lives of those they support. Spending a little time with someone on a regular basis can build resilience, help patients remain independent for longer and reduce the number of admissions to hospital.”

The charity’s volunteers will combat loneliness and help patients to remain connected to their communities by building positive and friendly relationships. Led by the patient, volunteers will offer companionship, support to access advice, a listening ear and in some cases trips out.

Lisa added: “The Consistent Companion service is all about preserving social contact and dignity through human kindness, and volunteers will find this role to be very personally rewarding. Our volunteers will gain valuable skills and hopefully enjoy the time spent with the patient.”

All volunteers will be subject to an advanced DBS check, training and regular supervision.

Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Lisa Gibson on 01476 513557 or email lisa.gibson@stbarnabashospice.co.uk

Christine Marshall has joined the Shared Management Team at South Holland District and Breckland Councils as Executive Director of Commercialisation.

Christine trained and qualified as a chartered accountant at Peterborough City Council where she specialised in Housing and Systems Accounting. She then worked at Southwark and Haringey Councils in senior finance roles.

She was also Head of Finance and IT at Boston Borough Council and for the last 13 years was a director at Melton Borough Council with responsibilities for Finance, IT, Legal, Property and Municipal Services and more recently Economic and Strategic Development including the delivery of major property projects which have generated substantial savings for the Council over a number of years.

South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter said: “Our Shared Management Team goes from strength to strength, pushing the boundaries of partnership working.

“We continue to capitalise on the huge opportunities for economic and housing growth in the district to draw in funding and resources to the district. I welcome Christine to help us realise our ambitions.”

Christine is married and lives with her husband Jonathan and son Oliver (9) in Peterborough. Her hobbies include horse riding and tennis.

Breckland Council and South Holland District Council have shared a management team since 2011. This innovative agreement was the first of its kind with non-neighbouring councils sharing a chief executive and senior management team.

This initiative has saved over £4.5m and more importantly enabled the councils to continue to improve services and focus on local priorities.

A vet practice with clinics in Thurlby and Market Deeping has become the first in Lincolnshire to receive an ‘Outstanding’ rating in an award scheme run by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) to recognise excellence in veterinary care.

Animates Veterinary Clinic is only the third vet practice in the country to receive this accolade.

The Practice Standards Scheme, introduced by the RCVS in 2016, is a voluntary initiative with vet practices putting themselves forward for assessment in key areas of their work, including ‘in-patient care’ and ‘client service’.

Animates completed its assessment in November and the team has just learnt that it has been rated as Outstanding in all five categories.

Vet Rebecca Kuttel said: “We wanted to enter the awards in order to make sure that we were doing everything we possibly could to offer the highest standard of care to our patients and their owners.

“Preparing for the assessments required a great deal of work and assessment days were intense but we are proud and delighted to have achieved Outstanding across the board.

Animates’ Thurlby clinic is based at 2 The Green and can be contacted on 01778 420462. The Market Deeping clinic is based at 4 Stamford Road and can be reached on 01778 38011.

The Animates team are pictured, from left: Sarah Pellett, Katherine Wynn-Owen, Deborah Croyle, Rebecca Kuttel and Kirsty Smith.

A new course for people who want to see churches making an impact on their communities is starting in Kirton next weekend.

Churches Together in All Lincolnshire, in partnership with the Diocese of Lincoln, is running a mission-shaped ministry course at New Life Community Church, The Junction, Wash Road, Kirton, on Saturday, January 28.

The one-year, part-time course is open to anyone looking for new and effective ways of sharing the Christian faith with others.

Jesse Ratcliff, lay ministry officer for the Diocese of Lincoln, said: “This course is designed specifically to help participants reflect and learn how they can begin, sustain and grow fresh expressions of church.

“Fresh expressions seeks to transform communities and individuals through championing, resourcing and multiplying new ways of being church.

“Mission-shaped ministry is open to anyone who might be exploring what God is doing in their local community and experienced pioneers seeking to reflect on their current practice.

“The course is also for Christians who would like to see their churches being more effective in mission, whether in urban, suburban or rural contexts.

“It is open to all denominations, traditions and ages, but the course has been specifically designed

for busy people, offering varied learning styles, resource and plenty of opportunity to reflect on personal context and story.”

For more details, call Jesse Ratcliff on 01522 504023, email jesse.ratcliff@lincoln.anglican.org or visit http://www.missionshapedministry.org/lincoln17

WARD’S WORLD: By John Ward

Coming from an age (please, no sympathy required) when, if things lasted a whole week or even a month, you felt grateful, one item caught my eye recently.

I came across a vice (think carpentry, not a liking for alcohol or tobacco) being offered with a 25-year manufacturer’s guarantee.

This made me ponder the prospect that it could outlive it’s potential owner, me.

I pointed this out to the super duper salesman who was talking me through what it did (as if I needed telling), while considering that he had probably spent umpteen minutes or more, even seconds, standing in front of the bathroom mirror trying to keep a straight face and muttering the glaringly obvious about the workings of a vice (I’d love to hear him going on about a hammer).

After all, how often do you use a vice? It’s not like it’s in use 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

So, bearing in mind that it only has four main parts – a base, sliding jaw and a threaded device with a bar – why does it need to carry such a long guarantee?

The bench it’s bolted to may go first due to a delayed bout of Dutch elm disease or a particularly nasty attack by an angry woodpecker.

In light of this, I asked whether, due to my advancing years, it would be possible to have it with, say, a 12-year guarantee and a reduced price.

Sadly, I must relate that this was not an agreeable solution – he didn’t even feel the need to check with his supervisor.

What a shame, I would love to think of the reading of my will: “To Algernon Proudfoot, I do leave my vice, an eight-inch capacity super deluxe model with quick release jaw feature, with the remainder of the 15-year guarantee to run pro rata, as in page seven of the aforesaid no-quibble document relating to ongoing ownership.”

Oh, the simple joys of material ownership.

Returning to more material matters, I noted a major retailer was offering a reasonable flat screen television at a very reasonable price.

Having done my homework on the model, I reserved it online and received an order number to enable me to pick it up from my local store. So far, so good.

In the meantime, I picked up a brochure giving a breakdown (electrical, not emotional) of the various care packages I could take out to cover its lifespan (hang on a minute while I get it ... talk among yourselves if you must ... now, I know it’s here somewhere ... ah, yes – got it).

I noted that it was possible to get a four-year cover for it conking out for £74, which I didn’t consider to be unreasonable.

I presented myself at the counter in store with my order reference number, at which point I was asked if I wanted to take out an extended warranty.

I replied in the affirmative, stating that I would like the four-year jobby. I could tell by the look on her face that she was either lost or had just been told that the staff cigarette break was no longer being affiliated with the tea break.

I was told that they only did a three-year plan at just over £69.

I pointed out that there was a whole pile of brochures at the end of the counter which states quite plainly that there is a four-year deal available.

Plan B. “I’ll go and ask my supervisor,” said the cashier, and off she went.

On her return, she confirmed there was only a three-year cover available as – wait for it – “televisions today don’t have a long life.”

This told me all I needed to know and underlined the fact that our present model – now in its sixth year – is running on borrowed time and I should think about getting it put into a care home for old age tellies pronto.

Based on this information, I wonder why manufacturers don’t mention this minor point in the blurb for their products ... that they, apparently, have a shelf, or wall life, depending on where you hang it, that is probably a bit longer than a best before date on a decent loaf of bread.

By now, we had an outbreak of silence and I was asked what I wanted to do. I said I would cancel the care plan as, if they couldn’t supply what I required as printed in the company brochure, then it was pointless.

I mentioned the Sale of Goods Act and I think the cashier thought I was referring to something to do with non-motor driven ships and boats.

Disenchanted, I came away and found a model online with similar specifications and price, with free delivery and a five-year guarantee included in the price. It arrived yesterday.

I have printed the email off with the reference number, plus the brochure, and will leave them in my will to show you can’t believe everything you read, with the exception of the said will, that is.

CABINET CALL: By South Holland District Councillor Gary Taylor

I hope 2017 is starting well for you and your families.

Last year included many momentous events and it demonstrated how important our democratic institutions are.

Both nationally and locally, politicians need to listen to those who elected them.

As we enter this year, it’s a time to draw up plans and to make the most of the opportunities of working together to make our communities even stronger.

In December, councillor Elizabeth Sneath and I held two meet-your-councillor events, which were fully booked up and we are working through the issues brought to our attention.

We have listened to your concerns regarding the minority of people who engage in anti-social activity and have gathered the evidence, following a public consultation.

We have also introduced a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in parts of Spalding, which has met with positive publicity.

Drinking in the street is not attractive and anti-social activities, such as spitting, are not acceptable.

This order leads to fines if a person fails to comply with a police officer’s request to stop drinking, spitting, dropping litter or urinating in a public place.

This can also be introduced in other areas following the same approach of gathering evidence.

My day-to-day work as a councillor and cabinet member for communities and assets has recently included inspecting the performance of areas such as CCTV, working on reports for decisions on assets, improvements being made to the Castle swimming pool and dealing with unfortunate issues, such as heaters breaking down at the Castle Sports Complex.

The communities team are working on a programme of events planned to take place this year across the district, including community garden projects in Sutton Bridge.

The team is heavily involved in planning for the popular open arts competition, as well as looking for further funding opportunities through the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Last year, the spotlight was on existing divisions which take time to repair. However, the start of a new year gives us a golden opportunity to focus on what we can achieve together, including our sports teams, Armed Forces personnel, businesses, the voluntary sector, councils, charities, schools and hospitals, which, together through the union of communities and families, makes our area somewhere to be truly proud of.

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.

Boston Magistrates’ Court

January 6

Marcis Gredzens (32), of Riverside Park, Spalding. In charge of a vehicle after consuming so much alcohol which exceeded the prescribed limit (Spalding). £350 fine, £35 v/s, £250 costs, 10pts.

Jajay Jackson (24), of Kingsway, Boston. Threatening behaviour (Kirton). 12 months conditional discharge, £20 v/s, £85 costs.

January 9

Dale Arden (22), of Townsfield Lane, Swineshead. Criminal damage (Boston). 12 months conditional discharge, £20 v/s, £85 costs.

David Carson (48), of Church Street, Market Deeping. Assault (Market Deeping). 12 months conditional discharge, £20 v/s, £85 costs.

January 10

Zac Nixon (27), of Hockland Road, Tydd St Giles. Dangerous driving and harassment (Long Sutton). Community order with rehabilitation activity requirement, restraining order, £60 v/s, £620 costs, disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Michael Tomlinson (22), of Mill Drove, Bourne. Drink driving (Bourne). £370 fine, £37 v/s, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 20 months.

Lincoln Magistrates’ Court

December 8

Jake Fisher (23), of Church Street, Deeping St James. Speeding (Deeping St Nicholas). £440 fine, £44 v/s, £85 costs, 5pts.

Daniel Lane (19), of Greenwich Avenue, Holbeach. Speeding (Deeping St Nicholas). £2206 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Zoe Nash (33), of Elmore Road, Lee-on-the-Solent. Speeding (Baston). £120 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Kimberley Ross (22), of Livingstone Drive, Spalding. No insurance (Spalding). £660 fine, £66 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts. No separate penalty for driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence.

Christopher Stopps (54), of Beck Bank, West Pinchbeck. Speeding (Whaplode). £85 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Christopher Strong (30), of Birthorpe Road, Billingborough. Speeding (Anwick). £220 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Lisa Osborne (47), of Cowley Road, Donington. No insurance (Digby). £267 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts.

Arturas Senionovas (24), of Lynn Road, Wisbech. No insurance (Kirton). £660 fine, £66 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts.

Cameron Shepherd (23), of Wignals Gate, Holbeach. No MOT (Holbeach). £220 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs.

Melanie Smith(43), Edinburgh Crescent, Kirton. No insurance (Kirton). £660 fine, £66 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts. No separate penalty for speeding.

Robin Thompson (60), of Belgrave Road, Spalding. Speeding (Whaplode). £146 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Terry Waddington (35), of Dennis Estate, Kirton. Speeding (Sutterton). £116 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Donna Webb (26), of Drain Bank North, Cowbit. No insurance (Spalding). £120 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts. No separate penalty for driving otherwise in accordance with a licence.

December 12

Kevin Rogerson (32), of Haydon Bridge, Northumberland. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £135 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Kelly Culverhouse (40), of Keswick, Wellingborough. No insurance (Spalding). £660 fine, £66 v/s, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 6 months.

Edgardas Orlouskis (48), of Granville Street, Boston. Speeding (Sutterton 27.2.16). £60 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts. Speeding (Sutterton 28.2.16). £60 fine, 3pts.

Benjamin Harrison (35), of Cherry Tree Park, The Tenters, Holbeach. Assault (Holbeach). £120 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs.

December 13

Victor Ford (39), of NFA. Damaged glass doors worth £2,000 belonging to Wetherspoons (Spalding). Six weeks prison sentence, £2,000 compensation.

Rod Crozier (70), of Cromwell Close, Boston. Speeding (Spalding). £135 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts.

Ionut Enciu (22), of Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge. No insurance (Spalding). £660 fine, £66 v/s, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 6 months.

Mark Sparkes (53), of Sages End Road, Helions Bumpstead, Essex. Speeding (Whaplode). £195 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Alyssa Henley (43), of Jupiter Court, Slough. Speeding (Whaplode). £100 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs.

Jelena Sapkiene (47), of Mill Drove South, Cowbit. Speeding (Whaplode). £100 fine, £20 v/s, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 6 months.

Andrew Briggs (31), of Rynet Court, Marsh House Lane, Warrington. Speeding (Little Sutton). £220 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Sarah Cooke (19), of Old Fendyke Road, Weston Hills. Driving without due care and attention (Holbeach). £49 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Kevin Cowdrey (38), of Haywain Drive, Deeping St Nicholas. Speeding (Cowbit). £40 fine, £30 v/s, £30 costs, 3pts.

Joseph Gray (61), of Hemplands Lane, Sutton on Trent, Notts. Speeding (Swineshead Bridge). £220 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Anthony Hill (38), of Cottesmore Road, Burley, Rutland. Driving without a seat belt (Market Deeping). £220 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs.

John McManus (56), of Gortview Close, Omagh. Speeding (Sutterton). £220 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Eamonn Stockdale (51), of Roman Bank, Sutton Crosses, Long Sutton. Speeding (Long Sutton). £40 fine, £30 v/s, £30 costs, 3pts.

Iain Thompson (36), of Windsor Bank, Boston. Speeding (Sutterton). £220 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 3pts.

Zack Tolley (19), of Horbling Lane, Stickney. Speeding (Spalding). £233 fine, £30 v/s, £85 costs, 5pts.

Valentas Visockis (30), of Coronation Close, Spalding. No insurance (Spalding). £660 fine, £66 v/s, £85 costs, 6pts.

Before the local councils...

South Holland District Council

P Smith, land south Moulton Chapel Road, Cowbit. Residential development of up to 17 dwellings.

P Hannah, Plumtree House, Harford Gate, Gedney. Extension and alterations to include new access and conversion of outbuilding to garage.

Branch Bros, former Boston Tractors, Boston Road South, Holbeach, Amendment to approval of toilet block and elevational changes.

S Laud, 12 Hall Hill Road, Holbeach. Extension with roof lantern.

J T Ward Joinery, 18 Fleet Road Industrial Estate, Fleet. Workshop/warehouse extension.

Sutton Bridge Parish Council, The Memorial Park, Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge. Works to TPO.

J Wilson, Crowland Manor, East Street, Crowland. Install roof windows.

S Street, Akita Place, Clay Lake, Spalding. Site mobile home (retrospective).

Co-op Late Shop, 6 Market Place, Donington. Signage.

A Hansard, Fern Villa, 40 Knight Street, Pinchbeck. Residential development.

Mr and Mrs Lyon, 10 Grange Drive, Spalding. Amendments to approval of extension and alterations to include first floor extension to continue over garage.

Mr Lee, Green Acres Park, Ropers Gate, Gedney. Fencing, associated landscaping and planting (retrospective).

C Edgeley, Bellevue Farm, Elm Lane, Spalding. Stables and menage.

MJL Skipmaster Ltd, Bourne Road, Pode Hole. Detached shot blasting shed.

D Abrahams, 22 Crown Drive, Spalding. Amendments to approval to include removal of annexe and increase roof pitch to extension for additional bedroom within loft space.

Mr and Mrs Brown, adj 70 Cobgate, Whaplode. Five dwellings.

South Kesteven District Council

A Armstrong, 160 Eastgate, Deeping St James. Replacement roof to include dormer, extension and canopy roof.

Mr Charity, Truesdale Lodge, Deeping Road, Baston. Agricultural machinery store.

New Inn, 10 West Street, Folkingham. Signage.

G Forcellati, 90 Church Street, Deeping St James. Remove part of existing front wall to provide vehicular access.

Boston Borough Council

Lawson, 12 Walnut Road, Kirton. Change UPVC windows to four-section bow UPVC.

Thatched Cottage Restaurant, Pools Lane, Sutterton. Demolish dining area and build extensions, canopy area ad internal alterations to listed building.

IMN Properties, Golden Cross Inn, North End, Swineshead. Vary condition of approval to make revisions to terraced house design.

Dixon, land adj 18 Granville Avenue, Wyberton. Detached dwellings.

Lincolnshire Co-operative, Capel Lodge, High Street, Swineshead. Demolish Capel Lodge and build convenience store and pharmacy, access road, parking and service arrangements.

Haffenden, Thorlton House, Donington Road, Bicker. Amendment to approval of width of extension.

Food giant Greencore is spearheading a road safety move by giving free bike lights to its employees at Pinchbeck.

The idea is the brainchild of the firm’s category buyer, Adam Thomas, who left work one night and saw a colleague wearing dark clothing on a cycle without lights.

Adam spotted the potential danger and decided the firm should step in.

As well as handing out lights, Greencore is educating employees about being more visible on the roads and some have already started wearing high-vis gear to bike to and from work.

General manager Phil Cummings said: “I think it’s a really good initiative from a health and safety point of view because it safeguards our colleagues.”

Lindsay Klatt, who takes care of health and safety at Greencore, said the bike lights are more important than ever now street lights are turned off between midnight and 6am as company employees are cycling to work in darkness before 6am to start early shifts.

Adam spoke to some of the company’s key suppliers to help sponsor the cost of the lights, super-bright LEDs supplied at a discount by Terry Wright Cycles from Deeping St James, and this week the lights are being fitted to employees’ bikes.

Adam said: “I am passionate about it – I think it’s the right thing to do.”

Greencore hopes other firms follow its example.

The company’s free bike lights initiative has won praise from Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership (LRSP).

LRSP spokesman John Siddle said: “Clearly Greencore have seen what is a significant risk to their staff and have done something about it – so well done.”

He says the LRSP itself hands out free bike lights, when stocks are available, but he would like to see more firms follow in Greencore’s footsteps.

Mr Siddle says pedestrians and cyclists are at greater risk if they don’t either carry lights or have lights on their bikes and some of the more rural roads, which don’t have pavements, are a particular problem.

Greencore specialises in cold, side-of-plate salads and employs more than 400 people in Wardentree Lane.

As it’s winter, there’s currently around only 60 employees cycling to work.

Team leader Andrew Kirlew (53), from Pinchbeck, had some free Raleigh lights fitted to his mountain bike at the firm yesterday and gave the scheme the thumbs up.

Emma Pattinson (27) cycles in from the Twin Bridges in Spalding.

Her cycle already has lights but they’re not as bright as the new ones so she was glad to switch.

A driver who drove straight into a Donington teenager and killed her after overtaking a HGV has been jailed for two years today.

Philip Paddington-Wheatcroft (54) collided with a moped ridden by teenager Jessica Danby (19) as she was travelling from her home along the A52 to work at a cafe in Boston.

Paddington-Wheatcroft, of Main Road, Sibsey, was also banned from driving for four years by Judge Simon Hirst during a hearing at Lincoln Crown Court.

The court heard that Jessica, formerly of Herons Walk, Donington, had her headlights on and was wearing high-visibility clothing at the time of the fatal crash on October 1, 2015.

But according to Gordon Aspden, prosecuting, Paddington-Wheatcroft failed to see her in dense fog as he carried out the manoeuvre on a straight stretch of road at Frampton.

Mr Aspden, prosecuting, said “Jessica Danby was 19 years old at the time of her tragic and avoidable death. “The location was on the A52 at Frampton on a long straight stretch of road, a typical Fenland road.

“On that morning the conditions were extremely poor, it was murky and there was intermittent, large and dense patches of fog.”

Mr Aspden added that Jessica was clearly visible to other road users because of her clothing and the fact that her moped lights were on.

“It is plain to see that there was absolutely no fault at all that can be attached to the way Jessica was dressed and the way she controlled her moped that morning.”

“Paddington-Wheatcroft was driving the second of two cars behind an articulated lorry tractor unit which was travelling in the opposite direction to Jessica.”

The court heard that the first car, driven by Graeme Riches (55), of Leverett Road, Boston, overtook the lorry.

Mr Aspden said: “Having overtaken (the lorry), Riches veered back in no doubt having seen Jessica approaching.

“Paddington-Wheatcroft then overtook Riches and why he took that decision one will never know.

“There was no reason to overtake apart from impatience and Jess was in a position where she could do nothing to avoid a head-on collision.

“That is what happened, Jessica was fatally injured and her moped was damaged beyond recognition.”

It emerged during the hearing that Paddington-Wheatcroft had stopped further down the road and immediately called the emergency services before doing what he could to help the teenager.

He was arrested when police arrived at the scene, with Paddington-Wheatcroft having later admitted to causing death by dangerous driving.

In addition to the two-year jail term and four-year driving ban, Paddington-Wheatcroft was also ordered to pass an extended driving test before he can have his licence back.

Passing sentence, Judge Hirst said: “Visibility was very poor, but what you did was show a gross disregard for the safety of a vulnerable category of road user.”

Alexander Stein, mitigating, said that Paddington-Wheatcroft had no previous convictions and held a clean driving licence at the time of the collision.

Mr Stein added: “The remorse he feels for the terrible mistake he made that day is genuine.

“This was a single bad manoeuvre and he accepts that it was dangerous driving.

“There is no blame at all on Miss Danby as she was driving perfectly sensibly.”

Meanwhile, Riches was charged with dangerous driving as a result of his overtaking manoeuvre moments before the fatal collision.

However, the matter was not subsequently pursued by the prosecution after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and ruled to be too ill to attend court.

The charge was left to lie on the file.

I am writing on behalf of one of our residents following an article in the Spalding Guardian.

The resident feels the alteration would be a good thing if mobility scooter users could use the ramp in addition to cyclists and wheelchair users, though they were not mentioned in the article.

It was also mentioned that the area does not feel safe as it is closed-off and even with lights working the area is dark.

However, if lights are broken then it is pitch black and it is not deemed to feel safe.