Warning to be on the lookout for fake booze
POLICE and trading standards officers in Lincolnshire are stepping up warnings about potentially deadly counterfeit alcohol that may find its way into pubs and off-licences.The BBC East Midlands...
View ArticleMotor part engraving is popular
FREE engraving events to protect motorists against theft have been hailed as a success by South Holland’s police officers. Almost 80 drivers took advantage of the scheme organised by Lincolnshire...
View ArticleAlan wastes no time
Starting a new career in your 50s is never easy, but Spalding man Alan Jesson came up with an idea that has already earned him recognition in business awardsRECYCLING is something that Alan Jesson...
View ArticleChance meeting opened up new business venture
ROBERT Bulbrook hadn’t even got back to his front door when someone pulled up in a car to say they wanted to buy the refurbished vacuum cleaner he had just put out at the front of his house.“After that...
View Article‘Overflowing bins need tackling now’
A FAMILY is calling for urgent action to tackle the problem of bins opposite their homes which have become a magnet for fly-tipping and fire-starters.Red food waste bins left in Chapel Lane by a...
View ArticleHolocaust survivor tells his moving tale to students
Holocaust survivor Harry Bibring visited Long Sutton on Monday to deliver a presentation of his experiences as an Austrian Jew during World War Two. Peele Community College students from Years 9 to 11...
View ArticleAnother Norfolk council lines up for SHDC merger
A SECOND Norfolk council – Great Yarmouth Borough – looks set to join the shared senior management team for South Holland and Breckland district councils.Talks began in September, a year after South...
View ArticleDaycare centre campaigners canvas councillors
KEY opponents to the closure of Spalding’s Chappell Centre will speak to county councillors at a meeting in Lincoln later this month.Maurice Chappell and Michael Lee will address the Adult Scrutiny...
View ArticleOfsted U-turn leaves schools on the hop
SPALDING Grammar and High schools could be among the quarter of ‘outstanding’ English schools facing re-examination as Ofsted moves its goalposts on educational standards.A new framework for Ofsted...
View ArticlePower station growth still on track for 2013
WORK could begin on the £500m expansion of Spalding power station next January.But InterGen, which is behind the plans, has cautioned that the future of the plan is subject to market conditions as...
View ArticleWeb security awareness for pupils
YOUNGSTERS had a valuable lesson in how to stay safe on the internet.Children involved with the school council at Weston Hills Primary School viewed information from the Child Exploitation and Online...
View ArticleRound-the-clock cameras would leave criminals nowhere to hide
CRIMINALS could soon find there’s nowhere to hide in South Holland’s town centres if plans go ahead to monitor CCTV cameras 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. At the moment cameras feed footage to a...
View ArticleSpalding level crossing delay
NETWORK Rail blamed a signalling fault for level crossing barriers remaining down for 11 or more minutes this morning (Wednesday) in Winsover Road, Spalding.A spokesman said the system wrongly...
View ArticleTeenager turned on paramedics who caught him stealing from ambulance
PARAMEDICS have branded a Spalding teenager “disgusting” after he stole from an ambulance while they treated an elderly woman.The two-man crew was forced to pin Levi Matthews to the ground – and wait...
View ArticlePolice shut road in Holbeach
POLICE temporarily closed Foxes Low Road in Holbeach this morning while investigating the scene of an accident where a vehicle left the road.A man and a teenager were hurt in the crash that happened in...
View Article‘Extinction’ fear for high street
TRADERS fear Spalding town centre is a “dinosaur about to become extinct” as more dire predictions abound about the future of Britain’s high streets.One shopkeeper has said she is barely breaking even...
View ArticleFamily affair as band strikes up for London Olympics
THREE generations of a Spalding family will appear in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in London.Spalding Marching Ambassadors bandmaster Jim Bright (69), his daughter Catherine...
View Article‘Everyone treated the same’ over shop fronts
FOREIGN shopkeepers will be made to stick to the letter of the law over their shop windows after accusations there is “one rule for them and another for us”.South Holland District Council had come...
View ArticleLong Sutton Little Chef is closing
THE Little Chef at Long Sutton is one of those earmarked for closure in the restructuring of the group.In January, Little Chef announced plans to close a number of its sites that were trading...
View ArticleCrash victim loses her life
A PENSIONER has died almost two weeks after being involved in a car crash at Crowland.Jill Cooke (78), of Martin’s Court, Werrington, died in Peterborough Hospital on February 8.She was involved in a...
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