Turning Sutterton pub into a destination
Bob Lowrie has hardly been able to take things easy since taking over The Thatched Cottage resturant and pub in 2005.The 71-year-old has created a nature reserve and planted thousands of English...
View Article£40,000 arson charge
Thursday: A man has denied arson – destroying a £40,000 motor home by fire at a farm in The Fen, Baston – on October 27 last year.The Iveco motor home belonged to Kevin McGlen.Julian Pettican (53), of...
View ArticleCrowland firm’s answer to peat-free gardening
By 2020, garden centre customers will not be able to buy peat products.Some multiples have already committed to selling only peat-free compost.Managing director of Bettaland Andrew Riddington said: “An...
View ArticleReusing and recycling in Crowland
Spalding’s Household Waste Recycling Centre in West Marsh Road is the end of the story for local people with garden waste to get rid of.But it’s only the beginning of the tale for Bettaland and its...
View ArticleBungalow badly damaged by fire in Thurlby
A blaze has caused severe damage to a bungalow in Thurlby.Firemen from Bourne and Market Deeping using breathing apparatus tackled the blaze at a property in Almond Court after a report just after...
View ArticleNew training centre opens in Pinchbeck
One of East Anglia’s leading training providers has opened a new specialist training centre on the Enterprise Park in Pinchbeck.The new centre will deliver group training from the extensive list of...
View ArticleCar seized from boy racer in Spalding
A crackdown on boy racers in Spalding has continued after a car was seized by police in Holland Market car park.Police took away a Ford Fiesta from a 19-year-old man who was driving in an anti-social...
View ArticleMan, 43, in hospital after two-car crash in Crowland
A crash involving two cars on a Crowland road today has left a man in hospital for his injuries. It happened on Renew’s Drove, between Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas, where a blue BMW 3 Series...
View ArticleStole meat from town store to sell to buy heroin
A heroin addict raided £40 worth of meat from Spalding’s branch of Aldi to sell to buy drugs.Magistrates heard Christopher Wilcock has a job but didn’t have enough money to fund his habit on the day he...
View ArticleWe asked what you thought of tractors on rush hour roads – you’re pretty...
Tractors on our roads are often a talking point and a question we asked on Facebook on Thursday morning received nearly 3,000 views and around 40 comments.The question we asked was: “Should tractors be...
View ArticleCouncillor branded “a rogue” over OAP couple’s faulty windows
An elderly couple has labelled a councillor a “rogue” after he refused to carry out repairs on their recently-fitted double glazing.The couple, who do not wish to be named, had windows and doors fitted...
View ArticleDamage charge is adjourned
Spalding magistrates on Thursday adjourned the case of a man who is accused of criminally damaging a £200 car window on April 18.Marcin Sadlos (24), of Britannia Gardens, Spalding, entered no plea. He...
View ArticleDenies two charges
A woman will stand trial on two counts of assault at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on September 26.Charlotte Hobday (18), of Roman Bank, Long Sutton, denied assaulting Kerry Rogers and a teenage boy when...
View ArticleCouncil makes new offer to settle legal row
Councillors have agreed a revised offer to try and end a long-running legal battle over a housing development – with council tax payers possibly footing the bill.South Holland District Council is to...
View ArticleTheft case before magistrates
Two people have been charged with theft of perfume and clothing from The Original Factory Shop in Market Deeping.Spalding magistrates on Thursday adjourned the hearing involving David Campbell (30) and...
View ArticleDrivers had to pile onto grass verge to avoid drink-driver
Motorists were piling onto the grass verge beside the A17 to avoid a head-on smash with a woman driver on the wrong side of the road when she was over the drink-drive limit.Raminta Rudzeviciute (28),...
View ArticleDaisies scoops top prize in competition
And the winner of the Spalding Guardian best dressed flower parade window competition is ...After scores of readers cast their vote for their favourite display, we can proudly reveal that Daisies...
View ArticleTories are worried by gay marriage
More grass roots Tories in South Holland are worried about the prospect of gay marriage than they are about Britain pulling out of the European Union.South Holland District Council’s leader,...
View ArticleMemorial service for murdered mum and son Joseph (6)
Family and friends of a woman who was murdered at her home with her six-year-old son will be able to pay their respects at a memorial service.Former Sutterton woman Lisa Clay (40) was killed at her...
View ArticleTeenager crashed car into garden and ran off
A teenager crashed his car into a garden tree in Long Sutton only 90 minutes after buying the Rover 100.Provisional licence holder Craig Whitrid (18) lost control in Station Road and the car left the...
View Article