Pupils enjoy pizza history
Pupils at Cowbit St Mary’s C of E Primary were transported into Roman times for a day of fun and learning.Years 2, 3 and 4 dressed up as soldiers from the Roman Empire and Greek goddesses.The day...
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Budding artists at St John the Baptist School in Spalding got the opportunity to show off their work at a special exhibition. Year 5 displayed their work in the hall of the school in Hawthorn Bank and...
View ArticleNominate NHS staff for award
The NHS trust that provides mental health, social care, learning disability and drug and alcohol services to the people across Lincolnshire has opened its annual awards to receive nominations from...
View ArticleHelping over 60s stay in touch
Help is at hand for people aged 60 and over to enjoy all that Lincolnshire has to offer this summer.As well as helping people to stay safe at home, First Contact also gives the over-60s access to a...
View ArticleWANTED: A new leader full of fun
Hearts were sinking at a summer pool party for Guides at Gedney Hill because the group’s future is uncertain.Leader Jane Reid will be leaving at Christmas and the group desperately needs someone to...
View ArticlePunched and kicked partner who found ‘flirty’ texts
A man punched and kicked his partner after she confronted him about “flirty” texts from another woman.Ian Peckett (29) and Angela Hobson had been going out for three months when they had an outing and...
View ArticleToast of town for uniting communities
A new Polish publican is bringing communities together with a toast – and a cool English pint.Since Grzesiek (Greg) Wiglusz opened the Station Gates pub in Winsover Road four weeks ago, he says he is...
View ArticlePlay goes back to future
The spotlight was on pupils at Spalding Primary School when they presented their end of term play School Daze. Presented by Year 6, the play featured a futuristic family (in 2075) looking back and...
View ArticleLawnmower stolen from Tydd St Mary
Police are trying to trace a lawnmower stolen from a house in Tydd St Mary.A Stiga Park professional mower was taken from Middle Road some time betweeen 5pm on July 11 and 3.30pm on July 17.Anyone with...
View ArticleLong Sutton carpenter’s desirable residence: a shepherd’s hut
Shane Ingham has an unusual marketing tool for promoting his carpentry and joinery business.It’s a shepherd’s hut he created from scratch, a desirable residence for any shepherd – or someone who wants...
View ArticleMobile building burgled in Bourne
Thieves broke in and stole goods from a temporary mobile building in Bourne this week. It happened in Cherry Holt Square, Cherry Holt Road, some time between 6.30pm on Monday and 6.30am on...
View ArticleThefts of vehicle parts and trailer linked
Police are linking the theft of vehicle parts from outside a house in Horbling with a trailer stolen in Folkingham this week.A bonnet and four doors were taken from a Land Rover Defender parked on a...
View ArticleFire damages crates and straw in Moulton Chapel
About 1,000 potato crates and seven bales of straw were damaged by a fire in Moulton Chapel today.It happened at a property in Fengate just before 2.45am and firemen from Spalding used a main jet and...
View ArticleLorry crashes into fallen electricity pole in Holbeach Drove
Two people have been taken to hospital after the lorry they were in crashed into a fallen electricity pole in Holbeach Drove today.The lorry was travelling along Holbeach Drove Gate, near the B1166...
View ArticleClub riding crest of a ‘wave’
Youngsters at a junior football club are riding high on a “wave” of euphoria after the Smile Fund stepped in to buy a new piece of equipment.Pinchbeck Junior Football Club had applied for £200 to buy a...
View ArticleLinfords still one of UK’s top chippies
Linford’s of Market Deeping has maintained its place among the UK’s top chippies by once again scooping the prestigious Fish and Chip Quality Award. The National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) runs...
View ArticleHelp Plantiflor find its roots
A leading garden mail order company is hoping to make a new history project a blooming success by asking readers to help piece together its Spalding roots.Spalding Plant and Bulb Company, one of the...
View ArticleStep forward for Spalding’s new primary school
A federation which dragged a primary school up from the doldrums to become “outstanding” could be chosen to run a new academy planned for Spalding.The Boston Witham Academies Federation (BWAF) is...
View ArticleDrink earlier in the day put driver just over legal limit
A driver “learned a hard lesson” when a few drinks earlier in the day put him just over the legal drink-drive limit.Spalding magistrates on Thursday heard how Jamie Day had been driving a friend’s car...
View ArticleCoup for Bourne florist
Pollen Designs, a specialist wedding and event florist based in Bourne, was hand-picked by award winning bridal designer, Sanyukta Shrestha, to be official florist at the launch of Behuli, the...
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