New health service is one step closer
A new NHS service for South Holland is one step closer to reality.South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group has completed a rigourous scrutiny exercise – known as authorisation – set by the NHS...
View ArticleWeekend curfew for banned driver
A banned driver took a risk and drove to work the day a colleague had to take his wife to hospital and couldn’t give him a lift.Police spotted Marek Sowa (50) on the A52 at Donington on February 22 and...
View ArticleFind out about Long Sutton and District Veteran Cycle Club
Long Sutton and District Veteran Cycle Club was formed in 1957 with the aim of renovating, collecting and riding veteran bicycles and tricycles made before 1934.Club members have a fabulous range of...
View ArticleCourt date for manslaughter charge after Christmas Day death
A man accused of manslaughter in Spalding on Christmas Day appeared at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday.Guntars Gansons (26), of Pennygate, Spalding, is accused of unlawfully killing Martins Lipsis, of...
View ArticleNo charges after armed police deployed
A man will not face charges following an incident involving armed police last week.The 59-year-old was arrested on Wednesday after police were called to his home in Clay Lake to reports he was...
View ArticleThree found not guilty of kidnapping
Three Holbeach women have been bound over to keep the peace after they were found not guilty of kidnap and assault charges.Kerriann Facer (30), of Fleet Street, Natasha Boynton, (35), of East Elloe...
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 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 ArticleTeenager escapes serious injury after car ditch plunge
UPDATE TUESDAY 5.30PM: A teenager escaped serious injury when the car she was driving plunged into a ditch in Moulton Chapel.The 18-year-old woman was driving a Renault Clio in Fengate, near the B1357...
View ArticleLocal factory launches timber-frame eco-lodges, living units for the future
The open day and official launch of Shire Eco-Lodges at the company’s factory in Sutton Bridge on Friday was a big event for the area, promising more than 70 new jobs within a year making an unique...
View ArticleBroke house window
A homeless man said he was “in sound mind” when he hurled a rock through the window of his mum’s next door neighbour.Magistrates heard Luke Bloodworth was on his mobile phone outside his mum’s address...
View ArticleJail for prolific burglar
A cat burglar from Spalding who targeted properties in London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods, stealing £25,000 worth of goods from twelve homes during a three-week crime blitz, has been jailed for two...
View ArticleModern day slavery threat for area’s migrant workers
Migrant workers in South Holland are at risk of falling prey to a modern day slave trade because unscrupulous employment agencies are leaving them high and dry.This shocking revelation comes following...
View ArticlePolice boss hits back as top cop to lead enquiry
Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Alan Hardwick has come out fighting in the row over suspended Chief Constable Neil Rhodes as the saga reaches Westminster.Mr Hardwick has hit back after...
View ArticleNew lifeline for elderly?
Round the clock emergency help could soon be on hand for South Holland’s elderly and disabled people if a pilot project is successful.Medically trained LIVES Responders are involved in the Lincoln...
View Articlenew Car Review: A1 1.4 TFSI CoD
The A1 1.4 TFSI CoD features a modern turbocharged petrol engine that features a cylinder cut-off system which means that when cruising, it’ll run on two rather than four cylinders. The result? Economy...
View ArticleThieves steal from pensioner
A pensioner’s labour of love, box hedging patiently grown in containers for eight years, was stolen from a garden in Tydd St Mary on Tuesday night.David Bays (79) grew four pyramids that stood 3ft 6in...
View ArticlePolice patrols to be stepped up in Holbeach
Police are to step up patrols in an area of Holbeach in response to residents’ concerns over rowdy behaviour and boy racers in the town.It comes after unconfirmed reports of damage to Stukeley Gardens...
View ArticleBow makes music at sale
A violin bow found in a pile of rubbish in a house clearance at Sutton Bridge made music at an auction by selling for £3,600.The bow was owned by the Rev Hugh Theodosius, who died aged 79 in...
View ArticleLecturer banned from driving
A college lecturer driving home from his snooker night was over the legal alcohol limit.Police saw Paul Graves (59) at Gedney Hill in the early hours of February 28.John Clare, prosecuting, told...
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