Operation targets cyclists
Spalding cyclists have been told to “light up or pay up” after an early morning police operation to tackle the issue of bikes without lights.Operation Oatmeal was carried out on Pinchbeck Road...
View ArticleSame cause for all fatal fires
All of the fatal accidental house fires in Lincolnshire last year were caused by smoking materials.The figures have just be released by Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue and also show that the overall...
View ArticleRepairs to start on Moulton crater
A collapsed sewer is the cause of a crater that has been the talk of villagers in Moulton.Speculation grew after a six foot wide hole appeared at Moon’s Green in front of a row of garages. When the...
View ArticleDivers search for suspected murder victim
A search by police divers of the South Forty Foot Drain between East Heckington and Swineshead Bridge is underway in connection with the suspected murder of Nottinghamshire man James Brodie.Specialist...
View ArticleWest Pinchbeck farm’s diversification
When there are multiple families involved in a farm it can become necessary to diversify.That’s what Chris and Caroline Peach did some years ago when wheat prices and other factors forced a re-think at...
View ArticleTydd’s young netball champs
Youngsters from Tydd St Mary Primary School had reason to celebrate when they finished first and third in a schools netball tournament. The pupils, from Year 5 and Year 6, are pictured with their...
View ArticleCarrow Road date
Lucky footballers from the Sir John Gleed School Key Stage 3 team got to play at Carrow Road – the home of Premiership team Norwich City. The Spalding youngsters played a six-a-side game on the pitch...
View ArticlePupils have the ‘write’ stuff
Budding young authors from Weston Hills Primary School are pictured with their certificates after winning a Rotary Club of South Holland Young Writer competition. Rotary chairman of new generations...
View ArticleWilbur drops in
Pupils from Weston Hills Primary School met mascot Wilbur the bear during a visit from Lincs FM and Superkids for a talk about fitness. Pictured (clockwise from front) are: Max Furnell, Scarlett Bird,...
View ArticleSuperfast broadband for all by 2016
Superfast broadband speeds for South Holland residents are just around the corner following the signing of a £45million contract with BT.Today, the county council and BT revealed the details of a plan...
View ArticleApril decision on biomass plan
A decision is delayed on controversial plans for a £300million-plus biomass power station at Wingland as planners plough through paperwork.Plans from EnergyPark Sutton Bridge, also known as PREL, were...
View ArticleCrowland company’s compost approved
The peat-free compost produced by Bettaland Products at Crowland has been given the thumbs up by an academic at University of Lincoln. Principal lecturer David Stainton has been testing the products as...
View ArticleEwes start lambing Thursday on Woodlands Farm
Stella Easterbrook leads ewes to the barn at Woodlands Farm in Kirton in preparation for the most exciting time of the livestock farming year.Lambing was due to begin on Thursday for the 200 Lleyn and...
View ArticleBid to reopen town pub
Spalding’s Black Swan pub closed on Thursday but its owners are looking for someone new to take on the lease.The pub was leased from Star Pubs and Bars, a division of Heineken UK First Point, by HK...
View ArticleMajor revamp on the cards for Lidl
Bargain supermarket Lidl is planning a major revamp of its store in Spalding’s Winsover Centre.The company declined to say how much the refurbishment works will cost, but it has submitted a planning...
View ArticleAWB to be abolished
The House of Lords has voted in favour of the government’s plans to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB). The NFU said the move, due to take place in the autumn, would end “the anachronism of the...
View ArticleNew traveller site for Gedney?
A gypsy traveller family is seeking planning consent to live on land they own and use as a paddock next to a cottage and fronting Roper’s Gate, Gedney. Mrs Patricia Parkin, agent for applicant Elvina...
View ArticleBig spend upgrading council homes
South Kesteven District Council has spent £4,7 million in the last year upgrading council homes on its patch, which includes Bourne and The Deepings. Money has gone on kitchens, bathrooms, heating and...
View ArticleUPDATE (9.30PM): Reports that children locked in school during shotgun incident
Eyewitnesses are reporting that children at Spalding Parish Church of England School were locked in the premises while an armed man waved a shotgun nearby this afternoon.Roads in the Clay lake area...
View ArticleVillagers urged to have say on turbine
Residents are gathering in Sutton St James over concerns about plans for a 50m wind turbine on farmland near their homes.The application to South Holland District Council has been made by Ogden Energy,...
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