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Volunteers with a passion for their communities are wanted by Lincolnshire Police to join its Special Constabulary.A recruitment drive is under way in South Lincolnshire for people aged 18 and over who...
View ArticleSutterton business helps protect crops
Over a third of a million tests vital to potato farmers and other growers have taken place in a small laboratory in Sutterton since it was established in the late 1970s.Anglian Farm Analysis tests for...
View ArticleStole from work to fund lavish lifestyle
Assets worth over £32,000 have been confiscated from an accounts clerk who stole more than £100,000 from her South Lincolnshire employersTina Crowson funded an extravagant lifestyle including a BMW...
View ArticleFarmers facing second poor harvest in row need support
A call for more support for growers has gone out as farmers face up to the prospect of a poor harvest for the second year in a row.A poll of some NFU members has revealed this year’s wheat harvest is...
View ArticleSpalding’s Sir John Gleed school in special measures
Ofsted inspectors have found a troubled Spalding school “inadequate” and in need of special measures.The eagerly-awaited report published on Monday described Sir John Gleed School lacking in the...
View ArticleFour times the drink-drive limit
Spalding magistrates asked for a probation report when a man admitted he was four times the drink-drive limit when stopped in Morton.Paul Garfoot (46), of Elsthorpe Lane, Grimsthorpe, returns to court...
View ArticleNew technical event for farmers at Peterborough
A brand new technical event for farmers is planned for the East of England Showground at Peterborough later in the year.CropTec 2013, which is due to take place on October 30 and 31, is designed to...
View ArticleFarming is smallest industry
Less than one in 100 people are farmers compared to almost a quarter of the workforce 170 years ago.A report from the Office for National Statistics reveals far-reaching changes in the UK...
View ArticleBourne incident: man sent in custody to crown court
A Bourne man charged with criminal damage with intent to endanger life was sent by magistrates today for trial at Lincoln Crown Court.Paul Leversedge (24), of Marquess Court, was charged following an...
View ArticleNew use for Moulton Seas End cabbages
Moulton Seas End farmer Simon Naylor, of Naylor Farms, found a new outlet for one of his crops at the weekend.He donated about 200 cabbages to the organisers of Holbeach Town & Country Fair for the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Overturned chicken manure lorry closes A17
Motorists are facing delays and diversions on the A17 after an accident near Long Sutton.A driver had to be cut free from the wreckage of his HGV after it overturned, shedding a load of chicken manure....
View ArticleFun school gets an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted report
Making learning fun has earned The Deepings school an “outstanding” Ofsted report.In the same week as a damning report on Sir John Gleed School in Spalding was published, the Deepings is riding high...
View Article80-mile charity ride is trolley load of fun
Staff at a Spalding supermarket had a trolley load of fun raising funds for charity during a sponsored cycle.Four cyclists from Lidl rode between all the stores in the district on Friday, calling in at...
View ArticleFind out about health services
Anyone interested in finding out more about the group which plans and buys health services is invited to a public meeting.South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is the new body...
View ArticleMenswear store to close
Shoppers have only three days left to buy goods at a Spalding clothes store which closes for good on Saturday.A decision by the Arcadia group not to renew its lease on the Burton store in Market Place...
View ArticlePolice seized machete from drink-driver
Police swooped on a drink-driver sitting in a car with a machete in his hand while threatening a man in the street.Dovel Taylor was angry because someone threatened his wife in the pub and had hold of...
View ArticleSutterton’s natural burial ground
Bob and Marion Lowrie are great ones for making plans for their future.For instance, they have their succession plans in place for the future of their business, The Thatched Cottage at Sutterton. Their...
View ArticleFire at Gedney Hill
Thursday: A fire crew from Crowland was called out to put out a household waste fire on West North Drove, Gedney Hill, last night.The alarm was raised just after 10.30pm.
View ArticleSutterton one of growing number of green burial sites
South Lincolnshire Natural Burial Ground at Sutterton is regulated by the Association of Natural Burial Grounds.The association, run by The Natural Death Centre, sets the standards for the growing...
View ArticleChange of heart over surgery suspension
Suspension of plans to end heart surgery at a hospital which treats South Holland children have been welcomed.A review into the decision to close the children’s heart units at three hospitals,...
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