Love on the web for farmers
Dating website Muddy Matches, which caters exclusively to farmers, has grown to become the “UK’s premier farming dating site”, according to its founders, two sisters dissatisfield with the dating pool...
View ArticleMissing hawk could kill a cat
A missing Harris hawk could kill a cat or chickens if she remains on the loose, her worried owner fears.The female hawk, which has a 3ft wingspan, broke its shackles at an address in Whaplode at the...
View ArticleCoronation memories for Gedney Drove End pensioner
It was a day of firsts that will stay in the memory of Gedney Drove End pensioner Thomas Edwards for ever.Edmund Hillary was making the headlines for being the first man, along with his sherpa Tenzing...
View ArticleRailway plan for gardens
Visitors to one of South Holland’s top attractions could soon have an added reason to go if plans are approved for a miniature railway.Springfields Horticultural Society has applied to South Holland...
View ArticleGedney Drove End couple’s 47 years
Thomas Edwards boasts he married “the prettiest girl in the village” – the late Audrey May.Audrey lived in Gedney Drove End and the couple met when Thomas was transferred to Holbeach Bombing Range with...
View ArticleNew dentists?
Long Sutton could soon have a new, private dental surgery opening 12 hours a day, Monday to Saturday.The dentists will be in the former Market Street butcher’s shop, run until recently by Holbeach...
View ArticleNew clerk for parish council
Holbeach Parish Council has appointed a new clerk who has wasted no time in starting work in the town.He is Christopher Seymour, brother of South Holland District Council chairman Michael Seymour, and...
View ArticlePeople want to keep church
People in Gosberton are voicing their determination to keep their historic church open after the vicar revealed it could close because of sky-high bills.The Rev Ian Walters says St Peter and St Paul’s...
View ArticleBedrooms plan for fire station
On-duty firefighters in Spalding could soon be snoozing in comfort with plans for a new accomodation block at the town’s station.Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue has applied to South Holland District...
View Article‘Save my brother from Thailand jail’
“I do not want to go to jail, but I will not negotiate with those who unfairly prosecute me.”Time is running out for a Spalding human rights activist defending Burmese workers in Thailand whom he says...
View ArticleIs wind farm sailing into new storm?
Protestors fighting plans for a wind farm claim the developer’s “flawed” data on bird-life could put the project back by at least a year.The Stop West Pinchbeck Wind Farm group sent an interim report...
View ArticleTraffic chaos after lorry sheds wood in Sutterton
Drivers faced long delays on the A16 in Sutterton when a load of wood came off a lorry on Wednesday.Traffic was blocked four abput four hours at the road’s junction with the A17 after timber and...
View ArticleJob fears at Pinchbeck supermaket
Jobs could be lost at Pinchbeck’s Morrison’s store as the supermarket chain replaces back-office cash counters with machines.Morrisons has begun a four-week consultation with 689 cash office managers...
View ArticleRegister to make your vote count
Residents need to register if they want to have their say in the Lincolnshire County Council elections.Thursday, May 2, is polling day, but many local people only have until Wednesday, April 17, to...
View ArticlePolice boss to be guest at panel meeting
Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick will be fielding question from the public at a community policing meeting later this month.Spalding East Rural Community Policing Panel is...
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Villagers will get the first glimpse of provisional plans for up to 14 new homes in Pinchbeck.Pinchbeck Community Land Trust (CLT), which was set up in April 2012 to provide affordable homes, is...
View ArticleUKIP’s leader gets ‘rock star’ welcome from his supporters
UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he felt like a rock star when his battle bus rolled into Wyberton.Ahead of a passionate public meeting, he told the Spalding Guardian he shared residents’ frustration...
View ArticleBattle lines are drawn as countdown begins
“Bring it on” - that is the message from a South Holland Conservative leader as political parties throw down the gauntlet for the Lincolnshire County Council elections.After sweeping the boards with a...
View ArticleSplit decision on plan for White Hart
A town centre building which has been vacant for almost three years could get a new lease of life with plans to make it more attractive to tenants.The former White Hart building in Spalding could be...
View ArticleNewsletter and website in relaunch
The chairman of newly reformed Holbeach Business Forum is urging traders to back the group so it can act as a strong voice for the town’s economy.Dave Hudson, owner of Toto Shoes in High Street, hopes...
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