Centre manager support falls flat
A bandstand would serve Spalding better than a town manager.That was the view of members of the Town Forum when they met last week.Spalding and District Chamber of Trade and Commerce had written to the...
View ArticlePair of Als have cutting edge
A pair of Als have brought a razor-sharp cutting edge to the Long Sutton hairdressing scene judging by the response to their new barber shop.Alex Howes and Alecia Hayes opened Al’s Barbers in Market...
View ArticleMoulton Seas End man re-invents the cabbage
You know things are getting pretty bad when the guys from the tip turn up with rubbish to give to you!In John Ward’s case it was a side car, and it hung about at his home for a while until a Mini...
View ArticleJohn’s progress to eccentric inventor
John Ward’s crazy inventions began with a failed attempt to paddle across the Channel for charity on something made out of four bikes and four oil drums. A choppy sea put paid to that.However, the...
View ArticleAir ambulance drama after man was kicked by a horse
A man was flown to hospital by air ambulance after a horse kicked him in the head and injured his arm at Crowland Show on Saturday morning.Show secretary Helen Turpin said the horse reared up and a...
View ArticleGrammar school hosts visit from Spalding’s twin town
Pupils and staff from Spalding Grammar School have been hosting visitors from the Nikolaus-von-Weis school in Speyer.Twenty boys and girls from the school enjoyed a series of outings and were welcomed...
View ArticleIt all adds up at math day with a difference
Sums took on an exciting new twist when a Spalding school held a mixed up maths day.St Norbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School involved all 189 pupils in various problem solving exercises, from...
View ArticlePair escape injury after microlight crashes on airfield
Two men in the mid-30s were hurt in a microlight crash at an airfield in Gedney Dyke over the weekend.A Quik 9125 P & M Aircraft developed rotor problems as it was coming into to land at Wingland...
View ArticleLong serving Poppy Appeal collector Joyce gets award
Dedicated Poppy Appeal collector Joyce Doades (front, second right) was the toast of Spalding Royal British Legion on Friday.Joyce has been collecting for 41 years, going door to door in Weston Hills,...
View ArticleCrowland mum’s monster book idea
New children’s author Jane Harriss says her harshest critic is just ten years old.It’s her daughter Eve, who first heard the newly published story when her mum made it up to read at bed-time.But Jane...
View ArticleStart of career as author for Crowland mum?
Seeing her first book in print – and watching the enjoyment that children gain from joining in the actions that the story promotes – is all the encouragement Jane Harriss needs.She has ideas for more...
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...
View ArticleCyclists protest after pavement fines
A Polish resident is protesting after a police swoop on pavement cyclists in Spalding.Holding a £30 fine ticket and a doctor’s prescription totalling £42 for pain relief and depression after previously...
View ArticleNew-look restaurant ready to serve after VIP reopening
The taste is the same but customers could be forgiven if they had to look twice at Frankie and Benny’s in Spalding after a major refurbishment.Managers hope its new conservatory, plush round tables and...
View ArticleFriends remember miniature maker
Friends from far and wide met at St Mary’s Church in Pinchbeck to say their goodbyes to Tony Rivett of Pinchbeck Miniatures .Tony (54) collapsed and died whilst out walking on Monday, June 3.He was...
View ArticleNew Christmas lights for Sutton Bridge in 2014
Sutton Bridge residents can look forward to a more festive appearance in the village after parish councillors agreed to a new Christmas lighting for 2014.The cost of the scheme is expected to be less...
View ArticleWelding sparks cause Gedney Hill workshop fire
UPDATE TUESDAY 1PM: A fire at a workshop in Gedney Hill was caused by sparks from welding, according to blaze experts today.The fire at a commercial workshop in Station Road badly damaged a Citreon...
View ArticleCar badges stolen in Sutton Bridge
Badges from several vehicles parked in an area of Sutton Bridge have been stolen over the weekend. The thefts took place in Pebble Close and Stanley Drive where badged from the front and back of the...
View Article‘Let’s talk’ message to town’s ‘dowdy’ shops
Something should be done about Spalding’s ‘dowdy’ shop fronts.That is the opinion of members of the Town Forum, with Eastern European shops the target of most the concerns.Chairman Coun George Aley...
View ArticleCouncils to get ready for more belt-tightening
Council leaders in South Holland and The Deepings have vowed to protect frontline services despite facing budget cuts of ten per cent in 2015-16.The Government’s spending review on Wednesday has left...
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