Scheme to help heat homes
Don’t be too proud to ask for help, is the message Holbeach Bank resident Jane Gilyatt has for people shivering inside inadequately heated homes.Jane (70 this month) was talking from her home that has...
View ArticleHow to reduce fuel bills
Responders to Warmth, an organisation established by Lincolnshire County Council and which has the support of South Holland District Council, wants to hear from people who are eligible for help to heat...
View ArticleMan airlifted to hospital
A 42-year-old London man was airlifted to hospital following an accident in Cowbit.Mill Drove North was blocked for several hours on Friday when a red Peugeot 307 and its three occupants left the road...
View ArticleFacts and figures of Spalding postman’s war
HMS Invincible was a good target for the Argentinians: Prince Andrew was on board as pilot and it was the Navy’s newest ship.In fact, the Argentinians reported they had sunk the Invincible on about 15...
View ArticleLots for children to do indoors in half term
Spring half-term is generally the one when indoor activities are most welcome to both children and parents, and the Spalding area has quite a few of these planned for the holiday starting...
View ArticleTeenager admits firearm charge
A teenager is to be sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court after admitting a firearms offence following an incident in Sutton Bridge. On Thursday Shane Aden Kelk (18), of Prince Street, Sutton Bridge,...
View ArticleVandalism fears as scout group closes
It is feared anti-social behaviour and vandalism could get worse in Long Sutton after the scout group closed its doors for the final time.In recent months only the beaver section of the 1st Long Sutton...
View ArticleSpalding postman’s memories of Falklands conflict
It was only when Petty Officer Garry Boxall was issued with a dog tag that he realised this was no routine exercise.He was sailing to war against the Argentinians over the Falkland Islands and, along...
View ArticleLive on Twitter Patrol with Spalding police
#tweetbeat Good morning Spalding!Forty minutes before the start of the live police tweet beat in Spalding, the A16 at Wyberton is blocked after a serious road accident.A car is wrapped around the...
View ArticleDon’t miss chance to be Flower Queen, Prince or Princess
“I’d love to tell everyone just how great Spalding is,” says this week’s Flower Queen hopeful Shelley Wilson.The 24-year-old from Penway Drive in Pinchbeck has lived in the town since she was six years...
View ArticleBurglars flee home empty-handed
Burglars may have been disturbed when they targeted a property in Spalding.The occupier arrived home in Primrose Way at 7.45pm last night to find the patio door smashed.It is thought the burglary took...
View Article2,000 litres of diesel stolen from Spalding plant nursery
Diesel thieves have targeted a plant nursery near Spalding.About 2,000 litres of the fuel has been taken from the Witteman Nurseries Ltdsite in South Drove.The offence was reported to police at 3.45am...
View ArticleWomen targeted in purse theft scam
Police are warning motorists to be vigilant after a woman had her purse stolen in a car park in Spalding.The warning follows an incident in the middle of January in Holland Market, where a woman was...
View Article‘Don’t sell cigarettes to our students’
Illegal cigarettes are being sold under the counter to Spalding students at a local shop.That is the concern of a headteacher after a teenager was caught with two packets of cheap Pall Mall blue...
View ArticleHeads welcome Government GCSEs u-turn
Headteachers in South Holland have welcomed the Government’s decision to scrap plans to replace some GCSE exams with a new English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBacc).The decision to abandon the reform,...
View ArticleLifeline thrown to villages after buses cancelled
Residents of villages in the Bourne area who feared they would lose a vital bus service have been thrown a lifeline.The Kimes Buses 32 and 36 services, run by Centrebus, ceased operating yesterday...
View ArticleFair deal for service charity
Donington Primary School pupils have become heroes in their own way after turning a £10 investment to help a charity of their choice into £800 for injured servicemen and women.Pupils staged a Christmas...
View ArticleThoughts about the horse meat saga
Adrian Lazell is, like all of us, a consumer of food. Here he talks about the disservice done to our growers by the processes that take food to market.We knew the hunchback in the car park was Richard...
View ArticleKickboxing clever for belts
Kickboxing students at Sutton Bridge have had their second grading since the martial arts club opened in September.Sixteen students of the Monday Pro Martial Arts Club at the Curlew Centre received red...
View ArticleValentine’s Day – ever thought about where the tulips come from?
The last lorries were leaving Lambs Flowers’ yard at Pinchbeck on Wednesday, having delivered millions of tulips in time for Valentine’s Day.Sue Lamb, who explained she had just started ordering bulbs...
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