UPDATE: Airlifted A17 crash driver is from Sutton St James
A 69-year-old man from Sutton St James was airlifted to hospital after a road collision on the A17 at Long Sutton.Emergency services attended the scene at 1.40am yesterday (Monday).The collision...
View ArticleUPDATE: Reports of assault and robbery in Bourne
Police are investigating reports of an assault and robbery in Bourne.Christopher’s Lane was taped off by officers this morning (Tuesday) after a man called to say he had been robbed and assaulted.The...
View ArticleAmber flood alert continues - but river levels reducing
An amber flood alert remains in place along the River Welland after more torrential rain hit the Spalding area.The area includes the Lower Welland and other watercourses from Stamford, such as Market...
View ArticleChamber Talk by Phil Scarlett
A couple of weeks ago I was quoted on the front page of the Spalding Guardian under the headline “Support shops or lose them”. This is the sad reality, if we do not shop locally we will lose our shops....
View ArticleMore new homes on way as others sold out
More homes for first time buyers - this time equipped with photovoltaic panels - are being added to Larkfleet Homes’ development The Coppice at Deeping St James.All 32 affordable homes in the first...
View ArticleNew hospital birthing pool for mums to be
A maternity unit used by South Holland mums is to have a new birthing pool.Pilgrim Hospital at Boston is getting almost £89,500 to build the pool, which can make labour less stressful and painful.And...
View ArticleNew plea in sisters’ crash tragedy
Police investigating a crash that claimed the lives of two sisters are now trying to trace a red BMW. Sutton Bridge girls Tamzin (10) and Jessica (7) Portor died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s...
View ArticleFuture of Sir Halley Stewart Field plea
A South Holland district councillor is calling for members to be given updates on talks on the fate of Spalding’s Sir Halley Stewart Field.Developers Corbo are said to have had 20 meetings with...
View ArticleExam problems hit school league tables
Headteachers have claimed last summer’s English GCSE exam controversy is reflected in newly-released school league tables.Thousands of students who took the GCSE English exam in June received lower...
View ArticleBattle to save homes as gardens flood
Residents at Surfleet Reservoir and Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue were battling to save nearly a dozen homes threatened by flooding on Tuesday.Fire and rescue said 11 homes were at risk and water had...
View ArticleAccused of owning a weapon
A teenager charged with a firearms offence after an incident in Sutton Bridge appeared at Lincoln Crown Court by video-link on Tuesday.Shane Aden Kelk (18), of Prince Street, Sutton Bridge, is charged...
View ArticleResident speaks out to protect ‘quiet road’
Holbeach residents have been assured a development plan for Holbeach will not mean they will be living on a rat run to the A17.South Holland councillors were renewing an outline planning application by...
View ArticleMore people are back in work
Unemployment in South Holland has fallen by nearly 300 on figures released a year ago.The district remains the leader in the job market across the East Midlands, according to the latest details...
View Articlehorticulture good career choice
Teachers and parents should be aware of the sound opportunities in horticulture available to young people leaving full time education.That’s the view of Lorna Howitt, who manages Spalding Horticultural...
View ArticleWoman dies 12 days after crash
A Kirton woman who was injured in a road accident on January 8 has died.Margaret James (75), of Willington Road, was a passenger in a car that was in collision with a lorry on the A1139 Fletton Parkway...
View ArticleMan accused of raping girl (12)
A schoolgirl clutched her teddy bear as she told how a friend of her mum’s raped her on her living room floor.She said the man had called round, but her mother had gone out shopping and so she made...
View Articlefarmers advised to act now on tax bills
The NFU has offered advice to farmers and growers struggling to pay significant tax bills due to be paid at the end of last month.The NFU advises that because part of the tax due has been based on half...
View ArticleParish council refuses to pay CCTV cash
At least one of the two South Holland CCTV cameras in Sutton Bridge isn’t working but parish councillors are not prepared to pay half the annual maintenance bill for 2011-12.The parish council...
View ArticleDairy Fund open one more month
Just one month remains for bids to a £5m fund for projects that will deliver ‘transformational change” to English dairy farm businesses.Grants of £25,000 to around £1m are available from the £5m Dairy...
View ArticleUK farming better in Europe
UK farming is better off inside the EU, according to NFU director of policy Martin Haworth, responding to Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to hold a referendum on the country’s role in Europe.Mr...
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