Marathon is ‘Mother’s Day’ for Joanne
A grateful daughter is running the London Marathon to raise cash for a hospital that treated her mum for breast cancer.Joanne Randall hopes to collect £1,000 for breast care nurses and breast care unit...
View ArticleScrutiny of hospital death rates
Death rates at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital will come under scrutiny next week.The hospital is run by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which is to be subjected to an investigation as part of a...
View ArticleGroup muscles in for rowing challenge
A Spalding gym challenged a Weight Watchers’ group to muscle in and help raise cash for charity. Tulip Radio’s Jan Whitbourn went along to Everybody’s Gym with her friends from the local club to row...
View ArticleHolbeach teachers’ experience of The Gambia
University Academy Holbeach students of the future could be going to job or university interviews and speaking confidently about the grain store they have helped to build in The Gambia.Or they might...
View ArticleBuilding strong links between Holbeach and The Gambia
During their visit to The Gambia, Jackie and Jacqui met up with someone who founded something called The GLOVE Project to establish sustainable enterprises and promote education in the country.They had...
View ArticleMoney Matters: What is the Financial Service Compensation Scheme?
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is a protection scheme which aims to pay compensation to eligible claimants if a firm is unable, or likely to be unable, to pay claims against it.It...
View ArticleMOTORS: Mini larges it up with its new Countryman
The five-door Countryman has opened the possibility of MINI ownership up to buyers who find the smaller models in the range too impractical.This crossover 4x4 has all the cute retro design cues that...
View ArticleCherish - for dream hairstyles at half the price
Women in the know have started finding their way to little Moulton Chapel for hair-styling they could expect to pay a lot more money for in town.They’re heading for Cherish, launched the first week of...
View ArticleSupport group’s cash boost
Spalding’s Blue Skies peer support group is expanding its activities after winning a £3,600 grant from the Government’s Mental Illness Prevention Fund.The cash, expected at the end of the month, will...
View ArticleMan admits wife assault
A man admitted assaulting his wife during a row in the early hours of the morning.Mark Ferguson (28) denied punching his wife Katherine fives times, as the prosecution claimed, but accepted her...
View ArticleHealth Matters: Facts and figures about the Johnson’s outpatients’ service
Thank you to everyone who has responded to my column so far. I have been very pleased with the response from the local community.Included in the questions I have answered this month were questions...
View ArticleLong Sutton’s day to make the news
Tomorrow (Friday) The Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian is setting up “shop” in Long Sutton – so please come along to The Market House.Reporter Lynne Harrison will be there to hear about...
View ArticleJune start for Street Pastor scheme as over 100 volunteer
Vulnerable people who have had too much to drink on a night out will get a helping hand from this summer when Spalding Street pastors is launched. Volunteers dressed in blue all-weather jackets will...
View ArticlePanto cast fear it will be curtains for group
A struggling amateur dramatic society in Whaplode Drove fears it will never be in the spotlight again unless it can break its unlucky spell.The Elizabethan Centre Dramatic Society had planned to stage...
View ArticleTwo jailed after mum-to-be (21) killed in crash
Two drivers who caused a crash which killed a young mum-to-be have been jailed. Ryan Williams and Christopher Cottingham became involved in a spat on the B1192 near Boston.Kimberley See (21), who was a...
View ArticleMan (37) was drunk and disorderly
Police arrested a man with mental health problems when he was drunk and swearing outside a hotel in the early hours of the morning.John Clare, prosecuting, said a police officer spotted “a lad” coming...
View ArticleSwimming pool shut due to boiler problem
Heating problems has led to the closure of Spalding’s main swimming pool and it is unlikely to reopen before Saturday.A fault with the boiler serving the main pool at Castle Sports Complex in Albion...
View ArticleKnighted top cop to head Rhodes probe
The head of Britain’s third largest police force is to head the investigation into the conduct of suspended Lincolnshire Police Chief Constable Neil Rhodes.Sir Peter Fahy (54), Chief Constable of...
View ArticlePets targeted by thieves for ‘easy money’
Hard-up thieves are targeting family pets in an attempt to make some “easy money”.A vet has warned that small breeds are particularly vulnerable to a rising tide of thefts as they are easy to steal and...
View ArticleTasty plans for shopping centre
A spot of retail therapy could soon become a tasty experience with plans for two new eateries at a shopping centre.The company which manages the Springfields Outlet Shopping Centre in Camelgate,...
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