Court 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 ArticleTwo people hurt in A16 crash near Kirton
A man and a woman were taken to hospital after the car they were travelling in crashed on the A16 near Kirton. It involved a black Audi A6 driven by a 27-year-old woman from Kirton and carrying two...
View ArticlePolice on alert after Spalding arson attacks
Police patrols are being stepped up in Spalding after a spate of arson attacks where trees and fencing have been set alight, putting residents at risk.They took place in the Albert Street, Queens Road...
View ArticleSpalding and Holbeach escape Post Office strike
Main Post Offices in Spalding and Holbeach will be unaffected by the planned strike at the Post Office “Crown Network” offices.Staff at some 370 Crown branches are due to strike on Easter Saturday in a...
View ArticleFiremen use breathing gear to put out car fire
A fire crew used breathing apparatus to put out a car fire near the A17 in Long Sutton.It happened on Vicarage Lane at about 5.15pm last Wednesday where a Ford Focus and some grass verge was on...
View ArticleCandidates back report on ‘shambolic’ PCC election
Candidates in Lincolnshire’s first ever Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections have backed a report slamming the Government over its handling of the poll.Victorious candidate Alan Hardwick and...
View Article‘Lights will not go out’
South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes has defended the Government over allegations that “there is a very real risk of the lights going out in Britain”.Mr Hayes, in his role as energy minister,...
View ArticleVehicle access gets approved
Planning consent has been given for a new vehicle access over a drain for a home on Counter Drain, Tongue End.The application from Mrs H Eve was passed by South Holland District Council’s planning...
View ArticleIt’s Tydd St Scary!
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, pupils at Tydd St Mary school had a fun day dressing up! To celebrate the science work they have been doing recently, the kids all dressed up as characters...
View ArticleMan arrested after assault in Market Deeping
A 38-year-old man from Market Deeping has been arrested in connection with an assault at a town centre takeaway. Another man, also aged 38, suffered a minor head injury after he was assaulted at Market...
View ArticleMotors: Vauxhall Cascada
The Vauxhall Cascada looks good, is well engineered and undercuts several key rivals. Whether it has the badge to succeed in a notoriously badge-conscious sector of the market is of course another...
View ArticleNew padre for old shipmates
Old shipmates from The Royal Naval Association in Spalding have welcomed their first new padre for nearly 40 years.Church Army captain Paul Whiteley is stepping into the shoes of the Rev John Moon, who...
View ArticlePlan for ‘village constables’ gets thumbs down
Parish councils in South Holland have poured cold water on plans for “village constables” to work alongside police in fighting rural crime.Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick is...
View ArticleResidents fear fire risk at farm buildings
Residents opposed to a firm storing artificial turf in farm buildings fear a potential fire risk, traffic hazards and are worried about smell.But councillors have given the go-ahead to a planning...
View ArticleVibrant market is key to town’s success
Foreign nationals, aspiring entrepreneurs and even schoolchildren could be encouraged to set up shop on Spalding’s market in an attempt to breathe new life into the town centre.Campaigners believe a...
View ArticleHours of fun in living tunnel
Interest in a tunnel in the playground of a Spalding school will keep on growing thanks to the students who built it. Living Willow held workshops at the Priory School to help Years 7, 8 and 11...
View ArticleHighlighting foreign culture classes at event
Foreign parents in South Holland are being encouraged to attend an event to find out more about what’s on offer to their children.The Connecting Communities event on April 19 has been organised by the...
View Article‘A year is not enough for taking a life’
A couple say they are “angry” at sentences handed to two drivers who killed their pregnant daughter and robbed their two-year-old grandchild of his mum and a new baby brother or sister.Kim See was...
View ArticleDead to be buried with ‘cabbages and cauliflowers’
Seven hundred lorry loads of topsoil will be dumped on allotments at Long Sutton in a “bizarre” plan to turn the site into a cemetery.The project will see 14,000 tonnes of soil shifted to the site off...
View ArticleSutton Bridge primary still needs to improve
Big improvements by Westmere Primary School at Sutton Bridge have not been enough for it to leap up an Ofsted category.A previous inspection in 2010 described the school as “satisfactory” – and it...
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