Mercy dash driver gets further ban
A driver who ignored his disqualification to take someone to hospital has been ordered to do 120 hours unpaid work and given a further six month ban.Solicitor Rachel Stevens, mitigating, said Narius...
View ArticleLead thieves risked their lives in night raid at parish church
Lead thieves risked their lives by climbing a drainpipe in darkness to reach a rooftop around 60ft high at Spalding Parish Church.The Vicar of Spalding, the Rev John Bennett, said the climb was at...
View ArticleGroups offering to run libraries
Community groups are offering to run libraries that are being shelved by Lincolnshire County Council.Libraries in Holbeach, Donington, Crowland, Market Deeping and Pinchbeck are among 32 the council is...
View ArticleSocial issues group wins recognition
Pioneering work launched in Long Sutton on combating social problems is recognised in a major report for the Church of England.Father Jonathan Sibley, who coordinates Social Issues in South...
View ArticleCallum goes miles to help toddler
A teenager from Whaplode Drove is spending the summer holidays peddling more than 347 miles to help a two-year-old with cancer get the treatment she needs in America.Callum Crosby (14) is using an...
View ArticleCourt death by degrees over a year
MP John Hayes has summoned senior court service staff to Parliament so he can spell out his opposition to the closure of Spalding Magistrates’ Court “by stealth”.Leading members of Her Majesty’s Courts...
View ArticleCouncil car parks ‘not a cash cow’
Council chiefs in South Holland have denied car parks are “ a cash cow” after recent figures showed huge incomes in other parts of the country.A new report compiled by the RAC Foundation suggested that...
View ArticleWarning over petrol ruse
Police are hunting a man who is targeting elderly men in a bid to get money from them.The offender is approaching elderly men and asking for petrol money.On Thursday, a man was stopped by the side of...
View ArticleNew piercing and tattoo guidelines to help drive up industry standards
New good practice guidelines are being brought to the attention of all tattooists and body piecers in South Holland.Health risks such as the risk of transmission of blood-borne viruses like hepatitis...
View ArticleN’ice way to spend the summer holidays
It could have rained but youngsters at a holiday workshop in Spalding would have had ‘Fun in the sun’ anyway.More than 40 four to 11-year-olds took part in a summer fair workshop at The Umbrella in...
View ArticleRestoring Fleet house and its village links
If the original inhabitants of Battleford Hall at Fleet visited today, they probably wouldn’t see too much difference in the grand house built in 1854.It’s perhaps a much warmer home, the new owners...
View ArticleGo to Fleet & District Country Show
Fleet & District Country Show has a new element to it this year, A Companion Dog Show.The open produce show has classes for vegetables and fruit, flowers, home (preserves and baking), a Victoria...
View ArticleThieves steal cash at outdoor pool
Thieves stole money from the cafe and office at Bourne Outdoor Swimming Pool on Thursday night.The thieves climbed over the barbed wire fences using blankets to prevent being caught in the wire. They...
View ArticleActivist absent from hearing again
Spalding human rights activist Andy Hall has failed to turn up at court in Bankok for the fourth time.The Natural Fruit Company Ltd filed a defamation charge against him in February for a report on...
View ArticleGlen Park play area latest
Bosses at Glen Park, Surfleet, are celebrating because the £4,000 needed for repairs to the children’s play area has been raised.A spokesman said they are now talking to Lincolnshire County Council to...
View ArticleVandals attack cars in Spalding street
Police are investigating a series of attacks by vandals on cars parked in Thames Road, Spalding.Vehicles were damaged on Friday and Saturday evenings. Witnesses are asked to call Spalding Police...
View ArticleCash machine plan at village store
A planning application has been submitted for a new cash machine to be installed outside the Co-op store in Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge.The application to South Holland District Council has been made by...
View ArticleDonington people in bid to save library
People who use or support Donington Library are being asked to turn out to a public meeting to see what can be done to save it.The village library is among 32 that the county council is trying to palm...
View ArticleQueen’s pigeon stops off for a flying visit at Tony’s loft
It’s not every day a royal visitor comes to stay – but a Spalding pigeon fancier has been playing host to one such guest.Tony Skillington has been keeping pigeons for decades, and he thinks his pigeon...
View Article‘Party-pooper’ is headbutted
A woman was headbutted in the face at a Spalding nightclub after she tried to make an early exit from a birthday party.The victim, Elena Kiaulenaite, asked Mircea Toma’s girlfriend if she could collect...
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