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Well what a week.... most of the UK has been sweltering under 90F temperatures, the royal baby arrived and to top it all the first draft of economic data from the Office for National Statistics reveal...
View ArticleCourt register
The following decisions have been made 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 alcohol...
View ArticleVIDEO BLOG: PCSO Natalie Hines on patrol in Spalding
Spalding’s newest PCSO, Natalie Hines, has been on patrol in Spalding for two weeks now.The Spalding Guardian caught up with her in the town centre to see how she’s getting on.As well as stoppping and...
View ArticleWork starts at Methodist church
Excited members of Spalding’s main Methodist church are seeing their vision of it as a 21st century community hub turn into reality this week. Work has started at Broad Street Methodist Church as part...
View ArticleScott and Jon to take on 300km mini Tour de France for charities
In the wake of Britain’s succcess in this year’s Tour de France, two financial advisers from Spalding will following in Chris Froome’s cycling tracks for a mini tour of their own in aid of...
View ArticleHelp save lives, join the First Responders
Lives could be at risk in three areas of South Holland unless volunteers step forward to support the ambulance service.A plea has been made for LIVES First Responders in Weston Parish, Holbeach and...
View ArticleNew fears about Glenfields future
Campaigners in Spalding trying to save child heart surgeries at an East Midlands hospital have raised fresh concerns over a review into its future.NHS England has held talks with charities, medical...
View ArticleTwo people injured in Crowland road crash
A man and woman were taken to hospital after a car and motorbike collided on the A16 in Crowland at the weekend.The accident happened near the road’s junction with the B1040 Crowland to Thorney road...
View ArticleHealth group given full responsibility
NHS South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been awarded full responsibility for planning and buying health services.The groupis responsible for area including Spalding, Bourne,...
View ArticleRoad closures start overnight to repair sections of busy A17
Overnight road closures on the busy A17 start tonight (Monday, July 29).Sections of the road will be closed between 8pm and 6am over the next week while Lincolnshire County Council highways carries out...
View ArticleCaravan and motorbike stolen in Long Sutton
Thieves have got a way with a caravan and motorbike after separate incidents in Long Sutton over the weekend.A white four-berth Swift Challenger 510 caravan was stolen from Seagate Road some time...
View ArticlePolice appeals after incidents in The Deepings
Police are asking for help from the public after three incidents in the Bourne and Market Deeping areas over the weekend.Three men in a black Volkswagen Passat were seen acting suspiciously near farm...
View Article£3.5m for businesses
South Holland District Council has received European funding approval for its £3.5million Grants4Growth business support project, which focuses on competitiveness, resilience and creating the right...
View Article‘Save our library’ protestors say it with written words
Residents linked arms around Deepings Library and read extracts from their favourite book in protest at its possible closure. The gentle demonstration in Market Deeping came just days after protestors...
View Article‘Worse things in life than a bit of weed’
A drug user told Spalding magistrates “there’s worse things in life than a bit of weed” when he appeared before them on Thursday where he admitted possessing cannabis.Joshua Bloodworth (22), who gave a...
View ArticleTwo men deny receiving car
Two men who deny receiving a stolen car worth £20,000 have had their case sent to crown court for trial.Romas Jonkas (26), of Daniels Gate, Spalding, and Virginijus Makejevas (28), of Little London,...
View ArticleFinancial advisors on the move
Independent financial advisors Lynas Vokes Investments Ltd have moved to new, all-purpose offices in Holbeach.The business, which has been helping clients for over 40 years, has left Church Street to...
View ArticleKeeping children safe
Newly revised guidance on keeping children safe on farms has been released by the HSE.The guidance replaces a withdrawn Approved Code of Practice, but the NFU says there is no change to policy or the...
View ArticleSchool’s out to bring on change
Staff at a troubled Spalding school have begun the summer break confident they are “beginning to drive change”.Ofsted inspectors paid a monitoring visit to check progress on improvements since the Sir...
View ArticleBathroom repairs help make Joyce feel better
A sick and frail 87-year-old says her health has improved and a “weight has been lifted off her shoulders” afterrepairs were made to her mouldy bathroom.At the beginning of July, the Lincolnshire Free...
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