Inquest into care home owners
An inquest into the deaths of former care home owners Jaswant Beeharry and Isabel Ibanez-Mahiques will resume on Wednesday.The couple’s bodies were discovered in their car in Floods Ferry Road, March,...
View ArticleRaindrops no worry for today’s campers
Fancy an open air holiday in a tent, caravan or campervan this year? You certainly won’t be on your own.No need to worry too much about the weather, either, as sites are proliferating where you can...
View ArticleFire crew rescue injured swan
A specialist crew from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue was called out to Frampton Marsh Nature Reserve on Tuesday to rescue an injured swan. The swan was on an island in the middle of a lake. The incident...
View ArticleMoney Matters
Following on from last month’s ‘Policy statement on care and support funding reform’, the Budget 2013 has confirmed the Government’s view that the existing social care funding system exposes...
View ArticleBlueprint for the future of Holbeach gets council backing
A plan to develop Holbeach both culturally and economically over the next 20 years has received overwhelming backing from parish councillors.Priorities such as a new roundabout at the A151/A17...
View ArticleMan accused of exposing himself denied anonymity by judge
A man accused of exposing himself and causing ‘alarm or distress’ has had his appeal for anonymity declined by a district judge on Wednesday.Jody Carter (28), of Castle Square, Wyberton, is charged...
View ArticleCafe cooking up cash to maintain village park
A new charity cafe has been set up to help maintain a village playing field.Hockey and football players and their family and friends who watch from the sidelines at Glen Park, Surfleet, can warm up...
View ArticleMore misery as roadworks clog town route
Motorists are facing a further month of misery with more roadworks in West Elloe Avenue.Temporary three-way traffic lights are again in operation at the junction with Pinchbeck Road, resulting in jams...
View ArticleHeavy industry on the way
Heavy industry has been given the green light to open up at Pode Hole as long as flood risk requirements are met for the site.M Parker and Sons will be allowed to develop 2.4 hectares at Tate Business...
View ArticleNew council homes for Sutton Bridge
Sutton Bridge is to have three two-bedroom council homes built on land off Wright’s Lane.South Holland District Council has embarked on a programme of building affordable homes on small sites across...
View ArticleINQUEST: Police swoop was needed ‘to protect public’
Concern about the scale of police response surrounding the death of grandfather Barry Horspool has been addressed by a top cop in charge of the operation.Armed and unarmed police swooped on the...
View ArticleINQUEST: Policeman ‘wrapped up like a mummy’ after attack
Brave special response officers continued observing a house in Sutton St James after one of them had been shot in the face and was “wrapped up like a mummy”.PC Steve Hull was giving evidence on day two...
View ArticleNew tourism plan for South Holland
Hopes of a new body being formed to promote tourism in South Holland have been confirmed by the man running a top visitor attraction in the area.David Norton, chief executive of Springfields...
View ArticleCash and valuables stolen in Pinchbeck break-in
Cash and jewellery were stolen in a smash-and-grab break-in at a house in Pinchbeck on Wednesday.Police believe a thief or thieves got into the house in Northgate by smashing a window with a brick...
View ArticlePolice arrest robbery victim
Police arrested a crime victim when he went to tell them he had been robbed at knife-point.Nicholas Carter (27) went to Bourne Police Station where officers found a small amount of cannabis in his...
View ArticleKeeping customers connected for 21 years
EXS IT Services Ltd, providers of data cabling and network installations, is celebrating 21 years in business. With its recent move to Spalding the company is striving to expand the business with an...
View ArticleBusiness Club meets
Spalding Business Club meets on April 4, when the speaker will be Ludovic Potts from Ludovic Potts Restorations.Ludovic Potts Restorations has more than 20 years’ experience in all types of repair and...
View ArticleDeeping finance director makes shortlist
A Market Deeping finance professional is amongst the best-performing in the UK according to this year’s shortlist for the FDs’ Excellence Awards 2013.Al-karim Kachra, head of finance at Country Court...
View ArticleFowler Welch makes it two awards in a row
For the second year in succession, ambient, chilled and FMCG supply-chain specialist, Fowler Welch, has picked up Asda’s Primary Carrier of the Year award at the supermarket’s prominent Supply Chain...
View ArticleCrash driver was ‘consumed with grief’
A drink-driver was consumed with grief the day he made a foolish decision to get behind the wheel and crashed his car.Oliver Esteban had been drinking with a small group of relatives and friends after...
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