Land and property owners wanted
South Holland District Council is making a fresh appeal for owners of land and property in Spalding town centre to get in touch.The council is looking at future development of the town centre and wants...
View ArticleLet’s look at the Fiesta ST take 2
Ford’s Fiesta ST has long been the thinking person’s fast hatchback. This latest one is no exception. With 182PS on tap, it keeps things real and the pricing looks great as well. Ford has certainly put...
View ArticleMoulton Chapel man dies snorkelling in the Maldives
A 34-year-old Moulton Chapel man has died while snorkelling in the Maldives. The tragic news about the death of Stuart Chance was announced by his sister, Nicki, on Facebook.It is understood Mr Chance...
View ArticleCostly cross compliance failures
Livestock failures made up more than 50 per cent of total cross-compliance breaches for 2012, but that doesn’t mean arable producers can rest on their laurels, says Mark Wheeler, consultant at Brown...
View ArticleBumper sunflower harvest at Deeping St Nicholas
Deeping St Nicholas grower Nicholas Watts is expecting a bumper crop of sunflowers this year.Nicholas has six million sunflowers across 160 acres at Vine House Farm. Once harvested, the seeds of the...
View ArticleSouth Holland growers kept informed by SHGC
South Holland Growers’ Club aims to serve its members and promote the spread of the latest horticultural information.Established in 1955, the club was founded to enable the professional growers and...
View ArticleVehicle stolen from outside Bourne home
A gold-coloured Range Rover has been stolen from outside a house in South Fen Road, Bourne over the weekend.It was taken some time between 6pm and 10.15pm on Saturday and anyone who saw the vehicle...
View ArticleCatalytic convertor stolen in Holbeach
Thieves got away with a catalytic convertor from a Mazda parked in an area of Pearl Court, Holbeach.It was taken some time between Tuesday August 13 and Thursday August 15 and anyone with information...
View ArticleLegion forces closure of village social club
Ex-service veterans are reeling over the shock closure of Sutton Bridge Royal British Legion Social Club.The club is a limited company, run separately from the branch, but has been given its marching...
View ArticleGrabbed knife after assaulting housemate
A drunken man punched a house mate, knocking him backwards out of a door and into a garden fence.Evaldas Devkis (19) then got into a tussle with the victim, Vaidas Kulboka, at a house they had shared...
View Article‘What does it take to get this rubbish cleared?’
Rubbish piling up behind a row of terraced houses in Long Sutton has left one resident wondering why he is paying his council tax.Sean Gedney, of West Street, was outraged when the Friday collection...
View ArticleYoung drivers ‘should be able to save lives’
Young motorists in South Holland could be better prepared to drive alone and able to help at the scene of accidents under proposals by a Lincolnshire road safety group.It is responding to a call by an...
View ArticleBig day for GCSE results
Students across the country will be receiving their GCSE results this morning – but some could be in for a shock after reports of “turbulence” in this year’s grading.Lincolnshire Free Press reporters...
View ArticleExcellent set of results at Spalding High School
Spalding High School pupils are celebrating a fantastic set of GCSE results, despite fears nationally that grades would drop as a result of changes to examinations.Headmaster Tim Clark has called them...
View ArticleStraight A* students Hannah and Rebecca
Hannah Greenacre is one of four pupils to have attained straight A*s in 11 subjects.Hannah, from Sutton St James, said: “I wasn’t expecting that. I am really pleased. Hard work paid off, I...
View ArticleStudents celebrate GCSE results in Donington and Kirton
There were lots of smiling faces in the villages when students at Donington Thomas Cowley High School and Kirton Middlecott School received their GCSE results.Teachers at Thomas Cowley High School were...
View ArticleShock results for Spalding High School four
Lizzie Kaye described her feelings as “shocked, really shocked” after learning she had attained 11 grades at A* in her GCSEs.Lizzie, of West Pinchbeck, said: “It’s not what I was expecting and I wasn’t...
View ArticlePension sharing
In January 2012, the Office for National Statistics reported that the number of divorces in England and Wales in 2010 was 119,589, an increase of 4.9 per cent since 2009. The divorce rate rose in 2010...
View ArticlePeele Community College
All the GCSE results from Peele Community College, Long Sutton.Key:A - art, B - biology, BAD - Btec art and design, BAG - Btec Agriculture, BEN - Btec Engineering, BHB - Btec hair and beauty, BHC -...
View ArticleEnd of era for Spalding High School headmaster
Every child, regardless of background and parental income, has the right to a first-class education.That’s the belief of Tim Clark, who leaves his role as headmaster of Spalding High School at the end...
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