New appointment at Produce World
Produce World Ltd, whose companies include Produce World Solanum Ltd in Sutton Bridge, has appointed a new product development manager.Dara O’Doherty joined the UK’s largest grower and supplier of...
View ArticleToddler group at risk due to falling numbers
A Holbeach parent and toddler group fears it could lose one of its two remaining sessions because of a lack of support.The group, which meets at the Reading Rooms, has already been forced to drop its...
View ArticleStudents from other counties flock to Long Sutton school
Teenagers are flocking into Lincolnshire to attend a college in Long Sutton.More than 100 of the 670 students at Peele Community College are now from the neighbouring counties of Norfolk and...
View ArticleAction call for kids living in poverty
A shock report reveals more than one in five children live in poverty in two deprived areas of South Holland.Sutton Bridge has 22 per cent of its children living below the breadline while Spalding St...
View ArticleFighting back against ‘nation of fatties’ label
Residents in South Holland are fighting back at claims Britain is a nation of fatties.In spite of NHS statistics showing the district has higher than the national average numbers of obese adults and...
View ArticleSpalding coach carrying rail delay passengers crashes
A coach run by a Spalding travel company carrying passengers delayed by rail problems crashed on the A1 at Little Paxton yesterday.Travellers between Peterborough and London were facing chaos with the...
View ArticleGlassmaking tuition at Long Sutton
There are two sides to Duncan’s business: the sale of glass and craft items and the studio.In the studio, Duncan carries out lampwork, where rods of glass are melted to make individual beads using a...
View ArticleDara joins Produce World
Produce World Ltd, whose companies include Produce World Solanum Ltd in Sutton Bridge, has appointed a new product development manager.Dara O’Doherty joined the UK’s largest grower and supplier of...
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A man was given a suspended prison sentence and warned about taking the law into his own hands after sending offensive messages to someone he suspected was a paedophile.Jack Hempsall (23) left messages...
View ArticleLeaflet drop rallies support for protest
Campaigners have stepped up their efforts to get the backing of as many people as possible after plans were submitted for a wind farm in West Pinchbeck.Wind Ventures has applied to South Holland...
View ArticleJudges refuse to cut sentences of cannabis growers
A couple who used profits from their Little Sutton cannabis farm to make “significant” charitable donations to good causes in Africa have failed to convince top judges their jail terms should be...
View ArticleNews from the courts
The following residents have appeared before Spalding magistrates.WOMAN DENIES BENEFITS CHARGESA woman of 36 has denied two offences involving claims for benefits. Lindsay Ball, of Belchmire Lane,...
View ArticleCare home makeover brings town new jobs
Up to ten new jobs are being created at a Spalding nursing home after undergoing a £1 million makeover.New lounges and bedrooms designed for residents with dementia at St John’s Care Home, Hawthorn...
View ArticleCouncillors ‘hiding’ in power station debate
Protesters have accused councillors of failing to take a stance over plans for a new biomass power station being built in Sutton Bridge.Craig Jackson, chairman of Bridge Against the Incinerator (BATI),...
View ArticleSpalding shop’s secret of success
A lot of businesses and online shops sell gifts, but sisters Sabina and Hanifa Dungarwalla recognise the importance of having something unique.At www.GiftsOnline4U.com – the online presence and at...
View ArticleSpalding pupils face boot camp
Sir John Gleed School became a military training camp for a day when students were given a punishing workout just before half-term.Year 10 and 11 students were put through their paces by the Royal...
View ArticleSarah cares for exotic creatures
Animates Veterinary Clinic now has a new service available for pet owners with the addition of a vet who specialises in exotic pets.Animates at Thurlby now welcomes reptiles, birds, insects, fish and...
View ArticleSauna firee at Bourne Leisure Centre
A fire at Bourne Leisure Centre earlier today was caused when an item was left on coals in a sauna, it has emerged.Crews from Bourne and Market Deeping were called to the blaze at the centre in Queen’s...
View ArticleCrash driver gets 20 month ban
A man suffering concussion following an assault at a party was later found wandering in the street where his car had crashed.His solicitor Daven Nagen told Spalding magistrates that there was no proof...
View ArticleMan and woman face drugs charges
A man and a heavily pregnant woman appeared in court on Thursday accused of possessing drugs, including heroin.Zena Lunness (33), who is due to give birth in three weeks time, and Terry Parberry (27),...
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