Mugged and left for dead in the street
“They left me for dead – I thought I was dying.”Ben Dearlove’s face is cut and bruised after being beaten to the ground and his head stamped on while walking home from a drinking session in...
View ArticleAttempted murder charge
Tuesday, August 12: A man of 22 from Crowland has appeared in court charged with attempted murder.Sam Stimpson, of Broadway, was arrested on Friday, August 10 by police investigating an alleged machete...
View ArticleOnline petition in bid to derail biomass plant
Residents of Sutton Bridge are being asked to make their voices heard in a fresh bid to derail the £165million biomass gasifier planned for industrial land at Wingland.South Holland District Council’s...
View ArticleVicar’s vision to bring ‘good news’ to the poor
Volunteers behind a new foodbank opening in Holbeach new month are urging people to get involved and give help to crisis-hit individuals and families.An appeal for food and cash donations has been...
View Article3D printing – the next big technological revolution
The recent impact of technology on a number of business sectors cannot be denied – one only has to look at the way online shopping is devastating the high street.Engineering and manufacturing companies...
View ArticleFrom ‘outstanding’ Acorn comes Little Oaks branch
South Holland’s first Outstanding nursery, Acorn childcare, is opening another branch in Spalding. Little Oaks located at Fulney Hall, Holbeach Road, will provide a nursery, pre-school, out- of-school...
View ArticlePinchbeck flower grower in praise of supermarkets
What a difference a few years make. At times we complain bitterly about the supermarkets but it is because of them and their ability to maintain footfall through the doors that we continue with a high...
View ArticleHolbeach St Johns centre becoming knowledge hub for cut flower growers
Giving the cut flower grower greater control over the growing environment through hydroponic production systems is something the National Cut Flower Centre at Holbeach St Johns will be investigating...
View ArticlePinchbeck event for lily growers
The National Cut Flower Centre is planning an event on Wednesday, September 11 at Winchester Growers at Pinchbeck aimed specifically at growers of cut lily flowers.Issues such as production techniques...
View ArticleHelp keep Lincolnshire countryside safe
Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue is urging residents to play their part in protecting Lincolnshire’s countryside from arson attacks, which destroy thousands of acres in the county each year, including...
View ArticleJuly good month for one crop – solar
Solar farms as well as domestic and commercial roofs all generated record monthly totals for power production during the hot month of July.That included the NFU’s own conference centre solar roof,...
View ArticleMP battles on to help pensioners
MP John Hayes is battling to persuade county council bosses to meet elderly residents who fear they will lose wardens at their sheltered housing.The South Holland and The Deepings MP has accepted a...
View ArticleTiny graduates leave nursery
Honeypot Day Nursery and Pre-School held a graduation day at Weston Hills Village Hall attended by leavers and staff.Claire Ball said some of the leavers had been with the nursery and pre-school for as...
View Article‘We’ve almost got our home back again thanks to support’
A house in Gosberton Risegate left in sickening squalor by tenants from hell is almost resembling the once-loved family home it used to be – thanks to the generous support of volunteers.Six weeks after...
View ArticleGarden gang praised for digging in to rescue OAPs
A group of young people who got elderly people to safety when fire broke out in a row of bungalows in Holbeach have been praised for their quick-thinking and maturity.The group of nine 16-year-olds...
View ArticleTop cop asks MPs to back law change
Spalding community police inspector Jim Tyner is asking MPs to change the law so street drinkers can be handed £100 on the spot fines.The inspector sent a written submission to Parliament pleading for...
View ArticleTorment of being a teenager
A 17-year-old Spalding student, who was so overwhelmed by pressures at school she responded by self-harming, can at last celebrate alongside South Holland’s successful A-level students.All Megan Vellam...
View ArticleBig Issue seller Dan almost lost his hand through a dog attack
Changes in the law are on the cards that will bite back at dog owners when their pets attack and injure people.Dog owners now escape prosecution if attacks happen in their home or inside their garden...
View ArticleWeeks of road misery while the sun shines
Motorists are facing weeks of delays and diversions as road repairs are carried out while the sun shines.Traffic lights and diversion signs have sprung up across the area as work is carried out to fill...
View Article£77m cycling fund ‘fails to help town’
More should be done to promote safe and convenient cycling in market towns such as Spalding.That is the reaction of a cycle action group to the new government initiative to encourage more people to get...
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