Is your baby the bonniest in South Holland?
WOULD you like to win a framed portrait of your baby worth £150?The Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian have teamed up with Springfields Outlet Shopping and PlayBarn, in Camelgate, Spalding,...
View ArticleVeterans’ battle for compensation goes on as more comrades die
Ailing nuclear test veterans in Spalding have been gathering support in their continued fight for compensation.Douglas Hern (76) is one of the members of the British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association...
View ArticleSpalding firefighters in tragic horse rescue
Spalding firefighters were among the rescue crews involved in recovering a horse from the River Witham in Boston.Despite being pulled from the river yeserday afternoon and treated by a combined force...
View Article60th anniversary of 1953 floods is remembered in Sutton Bridge
Thoughts of Sutton Bridge residents are today with those involved in memorial services marking the 60th anniversary of floods that have been described as the worst disaster the country has known in...
View ArticleWitness plea after two Spalding burglaries
Police are investigating two burglaries that took place in Spalding in the early hours of this morning.Door to door enquiries have taken place in the Riverside Park area and Cowbit Road.Insp Jim Tyner...
View ArticleBourne firefighters get help to collapsed lady
Firefighters in Bourne helped ambulance crews gain access to a first floor bathroom where a lady had collapsed.They were called to the lady’s home this morning. No further details are available at this...
View ArticleNeed for small firms to prepare for RTI
More than 100 business owners attended a Spalding workshop on how to cope with a radical change in payroll procedures that’s being introduced from April.Chartered accountant Moore Thompson invited...
View ArticleCourt register
The following decisions have been made recently 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...
View ArticleMoney matters: All you need to know about pensions and divorce
Originally, the value of any pension rights was simply included as a marital asset and offset against the value of other assets to agree a settlement. There are now two more options: The Pensions Act...
View ArticleRemember the Moonrakers?
The local music scene of the 1950s was a lively one, according to the memories of bands who played at the time.At the beginning of the year, we carried a special feature about the reminiscences of...
View ArticleEnd of line for Moonrakers
The Moonrakers did cut a disc in a small studio in Boston – It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.However, Reg says: “None of the lads know where it went to – I think it is in the British...
View ArticlePedals power revives routes
A major plan to revive Spalding’s network of cycle paths is hoped to make the town as bike friendly as Cambridge or Holland.The project announced by Lincolnshire County Council involves a new route to...
View Article‘Things like this don’t happen to people like me’ – mum’s DIY SOS joy
A mum beamed from ear to ear as she saw for the first time the results of a ten-day project by TV’s DIY SOS team and scores of local tradesman to transform her home for her disabled daughter.Paula Read...
View ArticleA new look for New Look
New Look, the UK-wide fashion multiple, gave Spalding a vote of confidence as a shopping centre by rebranding its store in the Market Place this week.The store re-opened on Wednesday after a major...
View Article£8,000 appeal to fight plan for nine turbine wind farm
Protesters against a proposed wind farm have set up a “fighting fund” to pay for experts to fight their corner.Stop West Pinchbeck Wind Farm group is asking residents who would be affected by plans to...
View ArticleBreaking news: Man cleared of rape charge
A Spalding man accused of raping a schoolgirl in her home while her mother was out has been acquitted.Today (Friday) the jury at St Albans Crown Court found the 42-year-old man, who had been a friend...
View ArticleChequers affray case in court
Three men accused of affray at The Chequers Hotel in High Street, Holbeach, in June 2011 had their cases adjourned to March 5 on Thursday for a committal to Lincoln Crown Court.Spalding magistrates...
View ArticleBlackmail charge woman in court
A Holbeach woman charged with blackmail has been sent by Spalding magistrates to Lincoln Crown Court for trial.Anna Burnett (31), of Marshland Drive, is accused of making unwarranted demands for...
View ArticleBuy G-Plan at Fleet Road
A warehouse that recycles quality secondhand furniture celebrated its first anniversary of successful trading at Fleet Road Industrial Estate, Holbeach on Friday.The Age UK warehouse was opened last...
View ArticleMan accused of sex offence
Cases against a man accused of sexually touching a female aged over 16 without her consent and of assaulting a female were adjourned by Spalding magistrates on Thursday.Louis Lawson (19), of Black...
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