Panel chairman to quit after criticism
The chairman of Lincolnshire Police and Crime Panel is to quit after his handling of Chief Constable Neil Rhodes’ suspension was slammed by MPs.Coun Ray Wootton confirmed his intention to stand down in...
View ArticleDenies drugs charge
A woman motorist has denied driving in Spalding’s Westlode Street on February 15 while unfit to drive through drugs.Amanda Scales (30), of St John’s Road, Spalding, was granted bail to June 6 when she...
View ArticlePolice arrest drunk at railway station
Two police officers woke a sleeping man who was drunk at Spalding Railway Station and he started “waving his arms about” in an attempt to strike both of them.Sean Cross (35) was asleep by the stairs...
View ArticleNot guilty plea to fuel card theft
Refuse collection worker Simon Gilbert pleaded not guilty to stealing a fuel card owned by South Holland District Council.Gilbert (31), of Thames Road, Spalding, had his case adjourned by town...
View ArticleMP CALLS FOR GLEED MEETING
MP John Hayes is to meet with the headteacher of a Spalding secondary school amid fears Ofsted could place it in special measures.Mr Hayes spoke to Sir John Gleed School headteacher Janet Daniels...
View ArticleAccident: man accused
A man has been accused of traffic offences following the road accident on Bourne Road, Spalding, in which Tim Osborn died.Paul Walken (41), of Chapel Lane, Folkingham, is accused of failing to report...
View ArticleDidn’t recall shop thefts
A homeless woman with mental health problems stole items she didn’t need from shops and couldn’t recall doing it.Solicitor Mike Alexander said Jenny Coombes was living in a tent when she stole washing...
View ArticleReported crime trend downwards
Efforts by police to keep Moulton a relatively crime-free area have been praised by the chairman of a panel that monitors its work.Coun Dennis Farnsworth, chairman of Spalding East Rural Community...
View ArticleThieves target satellite receivers at farms
A spate of thefts across South Holland involving satellite receivers normally fitted to tractors are being investigated by police.Farms in Deeping St Nicholas, Moulton Eaugate and Sutton Bridge have...
View ArticleToday’s Two Lips Market Day Auction
Saturday: Buyers were out this morning snapping up bargains at the Two Lips charity auction on Spalding market.Rotarian and retired auctioneer Alan Porter sold scores of lots, including garden tools,...
View ArticleHardwick quizzed by MPs about decision to suspend top cop
Two of Lincolnshire highest profile elected policing figures have been probed by MPs at a Home Affairs Committee meeting in Westminster.Police and crime commissioner for the county Alan Hardwick and...
View ArticleHelp Lennox (2) meet Jamaican grandparents
A Holbeach St Marks teenager plans to cut her long red hair to fund a trip so her two-year-old brother who has leukaemia can meet his Jamaican grandparents.Lauren Horrox (18), of Middlemarsh Road,...
View ArticleJail sentence for burglar caught by DNA
A burglar who broke into a property in the middle of the night and confronted the 83-year-old householder has been jailed for 30 months.Mariusz Piciura smashed a window to get into the house in...
View ArticleCampaign to give patients a voice on NHS
A campaign has been launched to give people the chance to share their experience of Lincolnshire’s hospitals with those carrying out a review into patient death rates.United Lincolnshire Hospitals...
View ArticlePolice say death was not intended
An elderly woman has forgiven the man who walked free from court after killing her husband in a social club squabble.John Booth (81), of Wignals Gate, Holbeach, hit his head on a table after being...
View Article£10k fighting fund to ditch power station
Sutton Bridge Parish Council has set aside £10,000 to pay for its legal battle to stop a “green” power station being built at Wingland.The parish council wants to overturn planning consent given by...
View ArticleHunt for half-naked kerb crawler
A man naked from the waist down kerb-crawled in a blue Ford Focus while following a girl of 14 on Sunday morning.Police say the incident happened between 10am and 10.30am and are appealing for...
View ArticleFormer chairman quits parish council
Andrew Woolf has decided to leave Moulton Parish Council shortly after handing over as chairman to Coun Geoff Cooper.Work and personal commitments were the reasons given by Coun Woolf who will continue...
View ArticleNew council chairman for Whaplode
Mike Pullen is the new chairman of Whaplode Parish Council after its annual meeting at Whaplode St Catherines Memorial Hall. Coun Pullen, who represents Whaplode Village ward, replaces Tim Clay and one...
View ArticleGarage badly damaged by fire in Gosberton
A garage and its contents were left badly damaged by a blaze outside a house in Gosberton on Friday.Firemen using breathing apparatus and thermal imaging cameras tackled the blaze at a garage in Belnie...
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