Keeping the churches open
The Friends of Frampton Churches are promoting a concert on Friday, January 18 to help towards their £10,000-plus target to preserve the village’s two churches.It’s estimated there’s a £10,000 to...
View ArticleChildren’s plea helps save their pre-school
Children in Long Sutton can carry on playing after generous residents helped save their pre-school.Following an article in the Spalding Guardian, enough items were donated to Cinder Ash Pre-School for...
View ArticleLollipop lady Dawn wanted mum at her ceremony
All the children at Holbeach Primary School cheered lollipop lady Dawn Travis for helping them across the road with a smile for the last five years.She was presented with her five-year service...
View ArticleSecret Millionaire giving farmers the Greene light
TV Secret Millionaire Mike Greene is offering his financial expertise to tenant farmers in the Crowland area who are fighting to save their livelihoods and land for future generations.Newborough...
View ArticleMajor route into Spalding blocked off after residents raise alarm about gas leak
Residents on one of the main routes into Spalding face a further month of disruption after a second blockage was found in a collapsed sewer.The news comes as a further blow for residents in West Elloe...
View ArticlePlea to motorists after collision
Traffic is moving again on Crowland bypass after it was closed following an accident.Two vehicles were in collision at Cowbit at 6.30am this morning and the road was closed for recovery, causing some...
View ArticleSee Spalding on TV antiques series now
This week is the first screening of BBC 1’s Antiques Road Trip to south Lincolnshire and the Fens, filmed by young local producer/director Michael Bennett.Today’s episode of the daytime series shows...
View ArticleDid you see Hendrix live in Spalding?
Were you at Barbecue 67 in Spalding? Did you see Pink Floyd, Cream and Jimi Hendrix live on stage?A London radio station wants to get in touch with people who were there and feature them in a show...
View ArticleWhat’s in the pipeline to lift dark clouds of doom over Spalding?
AS 2013 gets under way can we expect a year full of good news, or is it all doom and gloom?After a year which saw Spalding in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons – such as street drinking and...
View ArticleBoxing Day stop sees man banned for 20 months
A man went off on his motorbike after a disagreement with his girlfriend and was more than double the drink-drive limit when police stopped him in the early hours of Boxing Day.Martins Ritenis (26) had...
View ArticleOAP who waited eight hours for ambulance dies
A 95-year-old Spalding man who waited more than eight hours for an ambulance after a heart attack has died.Eric Harker passed away in Peterborough Hospital during Monday night.His grandson, Paul...
View ArticlePupils being ‘illegally’ kept out of school
Under pressure headteachers are illegally excluding disruptive pupils and refusing to offer others a place at their school in a bid to meet Government achievement targets.Anecdotal evidence of...
View ArticlePolice failure ‘disappointing’
Spalding’s new community inspector has expressed disappointment “police incompetence” was identified for it taking six years to arrest a drunken motorist who caused a head-on collision.Renatas...
View ArticleMan (23) in court over “offensive” Facebook messages
A man who posted three offensive messages on another man’s Facebook page appeared in court on Thursday for harassment.Jack Hempsall (23), of Park Lane, Donington, pleaded guilty to pursuing a course of...
View ArticleMan denies drink-driving
A Holbeach man has denied driving with excess alcohol and two other motoring offences.Paul Smith (45), of The Paddocks, is accused of driving with 57 microgrammes of alcohol in breath, driving without...
View ArticleWoman accused of being double limit
A woman has denied driving with more than double the legal limit of alcohol.Debbie Quann (50), of Juniper Court, Spalding, will stand trial at the town magistrates’ court on March 7.
View ArticleMONEY MATTERS by Scott Woods
Some advice on which trusts to useAbsolute trust:An absolute trust is one where the beneficiary has an absolute interest in the trust property and the sole duty of the trustee is to hold the trust...
View ArticleMan was overpaid £2,860 in benefits
A man who failed to tell the Department for Work and Pensions about a part-time job was overpaid £2,860 in Jobseekers Allowance.Paul Coupland (47), of Stockmans Avenue, Holbeach, admitted failing to...
View ArticleMan rebailed after death of Swineshead man
A 39-year-old Donington man, arrested at the scene of a fatal crash on the A16 Crowland bypass, has been rebailed until April 4.The man answered his original bail conditions today after being arrested...
View ArticleMystery donor gives £500 for Ben and Toby
Two special little boys have started 2013 with a huge smile after a mystery benefactor gave them £500 to buy special equipment to improve their lives.Brothers Ben and Toby Smith, aged eight and five,...
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