Bear facts
BOBBY Bear from and PCSO Marie Williams from Lincolnshire Police talked to Bicker Preparatory School pupils about stranger danger.Head of upper school Wendy Bell said: “Bobby Bear showed each class...
View ArticleAnger at late lights switch-on
CHILDREN were left cold and hungry as they waited for Santa to turn on Spalding’s Christmas lights, according to some parents.The event took place at the weekend, with the lights switch-on itself...
View ArticleScrapyards to feel heat over thefts
POLICE are turning up the heat on scrap dealers to stop them profiting from metal thefts.Lincolnshire is feeling the brunt of a crimewave that has seen 4,600 metal thefts so far this year, including...
View ArticleHundreds turn out for new community centre opening
MORE than 300 people watched as the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, Tony Worth, opened the £500,000 community centre at Sutton Bridge on Saturday.Known as The Curlew Centre, the building has features...
View ArticleOff-licence told to close after underage sale
A SUTTON BRIDGE off-licence has been ordered to close for four weeks after being caught selling alcohol to under-18s.A panel of South Holland District Council licensing committee made the decision...
View ArticleCare home expansion
A TWO-storey, 12-bedroom expansion is on the cards for the Tanglewood Cedar Falls Care Home in Little London, Spalding.The home already accommodates 69 residents and there are a further 12 old folk’s...
View Article£65,000 donated by town factory staff
BAKKAVOR’S Spalding staff shop will have donated a record £65,000 to more than 20 charities and good causes by the end of this year.The sum is £12,000 more than was raised last year.Among those...
View ArticleNew unit to open at Pilgrim
BOSTON’S Pilgrim Hospital has been chosen to be a specialist vascular unit. It will be one of a small number of regional specialist centres dedicated to carrying out more operations to treat vascular...
View ArticleTeenage cyclist was left for dead by a hit and run driver
CYCLIST Alex Howard was knocked unconscious and left for dead by a hit and run driver as he pedalled from Holbeach to Pinchbeck to see his girlfriend.The crash happened on the A151 between Moulton and...
View ArticleGravedigger tagged after punch up
A PART-TIME gravedigger has been electronically tagged after punching a man during a fracas at the end of a night out.After leaving a nightclub, Adam Watts (21) and his cousin found themselves in an...
View ArticleWeapon case is adjourned
COURT proceedings against a man charged with possessing an air weapon and ammunition when banned for life from doing so have been put back for four weeks.Greig Parkin (32), who is bailed to an address...
View Article‘Groundbreaking’ development for town centre
Holland Market and Winfrey Avenue are at the heart of plans for an exciting and unique redevelopment of Spalding town centre.Although the scheme is still a work in progress, developers have revealed...
View ArticleStole £3,750 from own support group
A MAN with mental health issues who was not “equipped” to be put in a position of responsibility has admitted stealing £3,750 from a support group he helped set up.Brian Cannell (58) was appointed as...
View ArticleDelivery office sale is ‘victory for bureaucracy’
THE building which is home to Holbeach’s delivery office has been sold. Union representatives have expressed their disappointment at the news, which was given to staff at the Barrington Gate office...
View ArticleProbe into empty garages
GARAGES at Earlsfield, Moulton Seas End, have been empty for several months but the district council doesn’t seem keen to get them filled, the parish council heard.Coun Trevor Clayton said two people...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Victim in fatal blaze named
The woman who died on Saturday morning in a fire at her home has been identified.She has been named locally as Pauline Hurst.The fire at her semi-detached bungalow in Princes Street, Sutton Bridge, is...
View ArticleOver 260 empty homes in district
MORE than 260 homes in South Holland have been left empty for more than six months by their owners despite growing demands on housing.In the past year, South Holland District Council has been involved...
View ArticleUPDATE: A151 reopened after fuel leak
Monday, 4pm: The main road through Whaplode is open again.The A151 reopened at 2pm when emergency services were satisfied that a leak of liquid propane gas fuel no longer presented a danger. Monday,...
View ArticleA green drive to your NHS appointment
PATIENTS in Lincolnshire, who are eligible for free NHS transport to their appointments, will be driven in a new fleet of environmentally friendly vehicles from next year. The vehicles will be equipped...
View ArticleNew flood warning system
A NEW flood warning system has prompted assurances that the risk of such disaster in South Holland has not increased. Properties in the district have been signed up to the new telephone-based operation...
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