Farm worker jailed for 18 years for stabbing housemate
A FARM worker who tried to rip the heart from a woman after horrifically stabbing her in the chest has today been jailed for 18 years.Andrzej Chranowski (34) stabbed night shift worker Christine...
View Article£200m police outsourcing deal signed
THE £200million deal for the world’s largest security group, G4S, to run some Lincolnshire Police services was officially signed on Wednesday.G4S will build a two-storey police office and 30-cell...
View ArticleRoad to reopen after railway crossing work
SPALDING’S Woolram Wygate is due to reopen to traffic on Monday after a six-week upgrade to the railway crossing.The Network Rail project has involved bringing the crossing up to modern standards,...
View Article‘Black panther’ spotted in Holbeach
MUM Louise Gann claims she spotted a black panther in a field as she took her two children to school in Holbeach yesterday (Thursday).Louise (42), of Washway Rood, Holbeach, was driving from home...
View ArticleOur care centres could be SAVED
CLOSURE-threatened day care and respite care homes in Spalding and Bourne could be saved under new proposals being put forward by county council bosses. Families of people with severe learning...
View ArticlePensioner denies weapons charge
WHAPLODE pensioner David Willows has elected crown court trial on two charges alleging he had offensive weapons on February 1 this year.Willows (72), of Middle Road, pleaded not guilty to possessing a...
View ArticleDepot hit for second time
THIEVES raided South Holland District Council’s West Marsh Road depot in Spalding for the second weekend in a row, making off with diesel worth £2,000.Ten refuse trucks were targeted overnight...
View ArticleVow to help groups run youth centre
DISCUSSIONS over the future of Holbeach Youth Centre will continue to help volunteers find a “sustainable plan” to run it. Lincolnshire County Council has vowed to help support those who will help run...
View ArticleDuo will answer your questions
THERE’S so much going on in the area and so many questions that need answering that we have decided to give readers a platform.Starting today, we are giving you the opportunity to quiz the area’s two...
View ArticleLance’s daffs are some of the best
TRUMPETS of yellow fill the fields and glasshouses at M & G Congreve’s farm at Whaplode, but grower Lance Whittington is finding what the consumer wants at the moment is “cheap and cheerful”.Lance...
View ArticleKind Bakkavor staff act quickly to help Joshua
BRILLIANT Bakkavor staff in Spalding completed our ‘Joshua Appeal’ in one fell swoop with a whopping £900 donation within hours of the story hitting the streets.Spalding Garth School pupil Joshua...
View ArticleHolbeach mill has new owner
FLOUR millers Whitworth Bros Ltd has acquired the assets of independent miller Smiths Flour Mills, which includes mills in Holbeach, Langley Mill and Worksop.Smiths is one of the largest independent...
View Article‘Homemade medicine’ put driver over the limit
DRINKING “homemade medicine” put a man at twice the drink-drive limit when he was stopped by police. Sigitas Kirkickas (50) claimed not to realise it would make him unsafe to drive, despite it...
View ArticleThe Big Society in action
MUM of two Zoemarie Sheldon is determind to break what she sees as a vicious cycle of benefits, drink and drugs that could threaten the future of some young people in Gedney.Zoemarie (33), of Main...
View ArticleLifeline for people in debt
CHRISTMAS may seem like a distant memory, but for some people it is still casting a large shadow over their lives.According to the Debt Support Trust, payday loans increased by 400 per cent in the...
View ArticleA longer-term fix for potholes being trialled
FIRST time fixes are being trialled across South Holland in a bid to fill potholes faster.After three back-to-back bad winters Lincolnshire County Council had been facing a big backlog of road repairs...
View ArticleBig chance of hosepipe ban
WATER bosses will not rule out a hosepipe ban for Lincolnshire in the coming months as drought continues in the county. Anglian Water has confirmed there is a “definite possibility” action could be...
View ArticleDriver sped past same safety camera FOUR times in THREE weeks
A DRIVER caught speeding in the same spot on the A16 four times in three weeks has escaped a ban. Lorry driver William Kelly (63) told Spalding’s magistrates he would be “left with nothing” if his...
View ArticlePolice investigate alleged abduction of boy (9)
A BOY who went missing for 90 minutes on Friday night has told police he was abducted.Lincolnshire Police launched a major operation when his parents reported him missing from his Surfleet home at...
View Article£15,500 court bill for waste export
TWO businesses responsible for illegally exporting 259 tonnes of mixed waste to China were on Wednesday fined the maximum for the offence.Ten containers from Bourne were stopped at the Port of...
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