Council says power plant has benefits
Villagers opposed to a £300million biomass power station face an uphill battle now council planning officers say the plant should be approved.South Holland and The Deepings MP John Hayes – until...
View ArticleTributes too from Mrs Thatcher’s home town
Senior politicians and councillors from the South Holland area have paid their respects to former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher who has died aged 87.One of the leading political figures of the 20th...
View ArticleHealth matters: Services offered by the community nursing team
This month I would like to talk about our community nursing services.We have a wide range of community nursing services within the south east of the county, and for the local community of Spalding and...
View ArticleHow jobs have changed in town
Michael Chisholm debunks the popular myth of Crowland’s early monks living in “an isolated wilderness” as he has found that, quite apart from the waterway they built giving access to the outside world,...
View ArticleSouth Holland cyclists take part in challenge
Peter Hull only started cycling about nine months ago but he loves it so much he plans to spend four days in the saddle in the summer.Peter, who runs Nursery Fresh Plants at Pinchbeck, is taking part...
View ArticleJake’s Lightning action to bring car back to life
A seven-year-old Spalding boy is taking ‘Lightning’ strides to bring an adored replica cartoon car back to life after it was destroyed by fire leaving a children’s birthday party.The Lightning McQueen...
View ArticleSeminar
Sickness, dismissals and saying goodbye is a practical seminar for businesses taking place from 8.30am–11.15am, on Wednesday, May 8 in Spalding.Organised by the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce, its...
View ArticleMoney Matters: Beat the taxman
Amazingly, with snow still on the ground in parts of the country, the new tax year is once again with us. We have new personal tax allowances, new pension rates and new Individual Savings Account (ISA)...
View ArticleJob fears at Pinchbeck supermarket
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 ArticleDNA test identified crash drink-driver
A man who denied being the driver of a car that crashed in Cowbit Road, Spalding, was caught out by a DNA test as he left spit on the driver’s side airbag.Andreis Baranovskis (24) also had seat belt...
View ArticleCharged with affray
A man charged with affray and threatening a woman with a kitchen knife will stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court.James Cross (22), of Chestnut Terrace, Sutton Bridge, will be committed by Spalding...
View ArticleCar crash driver had errand at his bank
A man of 64 left his car and his wife at the scene of a crash because he had an errand to run at the bank.Tony Bailey went off to Lloyds TSB following the accident on the A17 and A1101 roundabout at...
View ArticleJewellery stolen after Deeping St James break-in
Thieves stole jewellery from a house in Deeping St James after breaking in through a conservatory, according to police.It happened at a house in The Brambles where thieves took jewellery from one of...
View ArticleMan on child sex assault charges
A man accused of six sexual assaults on a child aged ten or 11 years in Spalding appeared before town magistrates on Thursday.Christopher Peart (51), of Queensdale Crescent, London, was sent on bail...
View ArticleLong winter blamed for A&E pressures
Prolonged winter weather has been blamed for high pressure on accident and emergency services.United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust last week urged people to only attend A&E if absolutely necessary...
View ArticleSeven attempts to blow
A man with drink-drive convictions had seven failed attempts to blow into a breath test machine at Spalding Police Station.Prosecutor Mark Holmes said Adam Popple was “exceptionally intoxicated” when...
View ArticleHusband must pay £100 to his wife after home assault
A man convicted of assaulting his wife during a “tussle in the kitchen” must pay her £100 in compensation.Katherine Ferguson was injured at her home in Woodview, Bourne, when she and her husband, Mark,...
View ArticleDriver didn’t know he was banned from the wheel
Police stopped a motorist because one of his car headlights was out and then discovered he had been banned from driving by a court a few days earlier.But Brian Towers (47), of Manor Way, Deeping St...
View ArticleArrest warrant for Bourne driver
Spalding magistrates issued an arrest warrant for Timothy Andrews (55), of South Fen Road, Bourne, when he failed to attend court on Thursday on a drink-drive charge.
View ArticleShouting and swearing
A woman who caused a disturbance in Holbeach Road, Spalding, was bound over in the sum of £100 to be of good behaviour for six months.Chloe Thurston (24), of Fulney Avenue, Spalding, admitted a...
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