Phillip promoting lettuce salads and farming
Gedney Marsh production director for J E Piccaver & Co Phillip Hubbert is to play a key role in increasing the consumption of leafy salads.Phillip has been selected to be an ambassador for a...
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UKIP county councillor Alan Jesson is spearheading a campaign for conkers to return to school playgrounds.Coun Jesson believes schools have banned the tradition on health and safety grounds, but says...
View ArticleStudent loans now available for adults to study at Boston College
Adults looking to study further education at Boston College are now entitled to an ‘Advanced Learning Loan’ which will see them being able to access funds to support learning for the first time.The...
View ArticleSouth Lincolnshire beet problems no mystery: it’s the cold
Problems experienced by some sugar beet growers is no mystery, according to the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO).The BBC described the problem as “mystery symptoms” which were causing erratic...
View ArticleHelping hands from the high school
Sixth form students from Spalding High School raised a staggering £1,124 for Spalding’s Southernwood House, a residential home for the elderly.Alex Lott and Felicity Monger, who jointly chair the...
View ArticleStroke support group is formed
A new group has been formed in Spalding to support patients who have suffered a stroke.The group has its first meeting on Friday between 12pm-2pm at Johnson Community Hospital.It has the backing of The...
View ArticleHolbeach rose grower at NEC
Chris and Margaret Styles, of Style Roses at Holbeach, are preparing their exhibit for the BBC Gardeners’ World Live exhibition at Birmingham.The couple are showing within the RHS Plant Village at the...
View ArticleBad weather leads to lower yields
Poor weather has contributed to UK farming becoming more profitable but less productive, according to new statistics.Defra figures show that farms in March were more profitable, but that productivity...
View ArticleFresh appeal after half-naked kerb crawler incident
Police are hunting a man with a London accent in connection with an incident where a girl was followed by a driver naked from the waist down.It happened near Spalding Cemetery in Pinchbeck Road on...
View ArticleJailed for child rape
A Spalding man has been jailed for 19 years for a string of sex offences against young girls, including several counts of rape.Mark Cutts (46), of Carrington Road, was found guilty of 16 offences after...
View ArticleMen siphoned fuel as lorry driver slept
Police woke a sleeping lorry driver in his cab who was “completely unaware” men were siphoning diesel from his tank in a layby on the A17.Officers spotted a Peugeot parked behind the lorry at Long...
View ArticleSeven-turbine wind farm ‘up and running’
A new seven-turbine wind farm is now up and running and generating power for thousands of homes.After a year-long construction phase which started in January 2012, the components for the 127m-high...
View ArticleHelp raise £20,000 so Joshua can walk again
Readers were so touched by our story of a three-year-old boy who could walk again with the help of an operation and therapy costing £20,000 that the Lincolnshire Free Press is launching an appeal to...
View ArticleCitizenship students get insight into the House of Lords
Students from the Year 11 GCSE Citizenship group at Long Sutton’s Peele Community College had an insight into the House of Lords when local peer Lord Taylor of Holbeach visited to talk about his role...
View ArticleConcert celebrates cellists’ success
Undaunted by the state of music education in schools, Glenis Malkin started her own music school in a professionally-equipped studio at her home in Moulton.One of her students, Charlotte Lincoln (16),...
View ArticleMOTORS: It’s time to party like its 2008
The Peugeot 2008 faces some tough opposition in the compact Crossover market. With some very economical engines and subtle but handsome styling, it may well be in with a decent shout.Despite its beefy...
View ArticleRoof timbers go on new crematorium
Almost all the roof timbers are now in place at the £2million crematorium taking shape on the outskirts of Surfleet.Two more roof sections will be hoisted into place by crane next week on the site just...
View ArticlePlans go in for new Citroen showroom
Spalding’s Citroën approved service centre has applied for planning permission for a new car showroom. The family-owned company has applied to convert an existing unit in Venture Court, Pinchbeck, to...
View ArticleMoney Matters by Scott Woods
Around a million businesses across the UK are exposing themselves to serious financial risk through the absence of share protection insurance, according to a joint campaign launched by Legal &...
View ArticleCourt 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...
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