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 Lips auction on Market Day
A brand new fundraising idea will see auctions at Spalding’s market this Saturday and the following Saturday for Two Lips.Please donate your unwanted goods to the auction outside NatWest Bank between...
View ArticleOpticians get public show of support
Spalding eye specialists Molsom Optometrists have been boosted by an almost unanimous show of support from its patients, according to an independent survey.More than 99 per cent of people questioned...
View ArticleMoney Matters
A weekly column by Scott WoodsFirstly, findings have been published surrounding the mandatory ‘auto-enrolment’ company pension schemes that I wrote about recently. According to a study from pension...
View ArticleFarmers quizzed on their business
Spalding chartered accountants Duncan & Toplis are quizzing East Midlands farmers about the state of their business – and they will reveal the results of their survey at Cereals 2013 at Boothby...
View ArticleDrinker in moped crash
A provisional licence holder drank four or five pints before crashing his moped into a parked Honda car.Simon Tough (46) was on his way from Mulberry’s Bar to his home Horseshoe Road, Spalding, when...
View ArticleHooray for Harrox hockey
Moulton’s John Harrox School team are the Lincolnshire Primary Schools Quickstix hockey champions.The youngsters won through against the Spalding schools and then triumped against winners from the...
View ArticleQueen Inca and ‘Robbie’ open The Umbrella
It was Queen Inca rather than the Queen Vic holding centre stage when a former Eastenders star joined her to open The Umbrella in Spalding.Dean Gaffney, who played Robbie Jackson, was on ribbon-cutting...
View ArticleJobless lorry driver raided ‘red’ at pumps
An out of work lorry driver made off without paying for red diesel in three separate visits to the filling station at Morrisons.Garry Abbott got away with fuel worth £23.99 from the Pinchbeck store on...
View ArticleDelay in activist’s human rights abuse libel trial
A firm which claims it has been libelled by a Spalding human rights activist has been given longer to prepare its court case against him.Andy Hall was due to appear at court in Bangkok last Wednesday...
View Article‘My garage will disturb new homes’, boss says
The boss of a motor repairs firm objected to a new homes development because residents will suffer noise and fumes from his business.David Tointon, of Tointon’s Motors, told councillors the nearest...
View ArticleFood firm searches for new stars with scheme
Spalding food manufacturing giant Bakkavor Group is on the lookout for the next generation of star workers keen to make their mark with the firm.Careers in administration, engineering, manufacturing...
View ArticleBreakdown driver over limit
Police found a driver three times the legal drink-drive limit when his car was broken down at the roadside.Matthew Stanley was in Main Road, Quadring, on May 6 last year when officers stopped to speak...
View ArticlePolice boss in spotlight for radio programme
Alan Hardwick’s first six months as Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner will come under the spotlight in a BBC Radio 4 broadcast tonight.The Report, which starts at 8pm, looks at whether the...
View ArticleSpalding’s treasure of a museum
It’s been a home for Belgian refugees in the First World War, a ballet school and a wedding reception venue.Since 1986, Spalding’s Grade 1 listed Ayscoughfee Hall has been a museum and its grounds have...
View ArticleEvents at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding
About 23,000 people a year visit Ayscoughfee Hall Museum and the figure for the gardens is much higher, though impossible to determine accurately.Museum officer Julia Knight and the museum staff have...
View ArticleUseful service for south Lincolnshire growers
Advice drop-in points have been running in the north of the county for five years, with the introduction of the health screening a couple of years later.In that time the LRSN has supported over 300...
View ArticleTaking health service to local growers
That men are often unwilling to visit the doctor if they have a health worry is not news.When it comes to farmers and growers the situation is far worse because they feel they can’t afford to lose time...
View ArticleShape of district up to 2031 ‘up for grabs’
Around 470 new homes will be built every year in South Holland between now and 2031.Spalding will see the majority of the development, with 6,000 split between Holland Park and a new site north of the...
View ArticleFilmed friend taking a bath
A voyeur who hid a webcam in a toilet bag to film a friend while she was having a bath has been ordered to pay her £300 compensation.Croydon Magistrates also imposed a three-year community order on...
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