Back pain ends unpaid work
A man who completed nearly half his 150 community service hours can no longer work because of back pain.Spalding magistrates on Thursday ordered Peter English to serve an 8pm-6am curfew until October...
View ArticleDEAD IN SNORKEL TRAGEDY
Villagers in Moulton Chapel are devasted after hearing one of their well-loved characters has died while snorkelling in the Maldives.Stuart Chance’s body was found on Summer Island Village in...
View ArticleBike fan plans charity run for crash victim
A Holbeach motorbike enthusiast is organising a 100-mile charity bike in support of a friend who survived a horror road crash.Sue Wilson, a member of Fenland Motorcycle Club, is expecting dozens of...
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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 ArticleLift off for driver education in schools
Schools across South Holland can ensure young people are safer on the roads by hosting the award-winning 2fast2soon driver education programme.Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership spokesman John Siddle...
View ArticleChased partner with knife
An angry Sutton Bridge man was foaming at the mouth as he chased his partner down the street with a six-inch knife, Lincoln Crown Court was told.James Cross picked up the knife during an argument at...
View ArticleBreath test case is adjourned at court
A driver accused of failing to provide a breath test to police on July 31 had his case adjourned by Spalding magistrates on Thursday.Oliver jackson (18), of Orchard Way, Cowbit, must return to court on...
View ArticleWarrant issued for court no show
Spalding magistrates on Thursday issued a warrant without bail for the arrest of a man accused of stealing from a town supermarket.Mantas Snelius (31), of Henson Close, Wisbech, is accused of taking...
View ArticleUnion’s library demos plea
Lincolnshire’s branch of the public service union, UNISON, is calling on people opposed to the county council shifting libraries into private hands to attend demonstrations in Lincoln.Save Lincolnshire...
View ArticleWarning over pensions scam
Lincolnshire Trading Standards is warning people about rogue companies offering to reinvest frozen pensions.Lincolnshire Trading Standards has received a complaintfrom a resident who received a...
View ArticleMP stands firm in fight to save court
MP John Hayes is taking his fight to save Spalding Magistrates’ Court to Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling.The court has lost sittings and Mr Hayes fears it is being closed “by stealth”.He questioned...
View ArticleChurch celebrates tin hut’s big revamp
A churchroom known as “the tin hut” has been transformed beyond recognition in an £80,000 revamp.Work at St John the Baptist Churchroom, in Whaplode Drove, is nearing completion and a celebration is...
View ArticleModel sparks memories of bygone rail era
A model railway had residents at a Quadring care home sharing memories of childhood train trips to the sea and tales of washing spoiled by passing trains. The visit to Stonehaven Residential Home was...
View ArticleRocky road wrecks wheels
A motorist says he and other users of a rutted road are being ridden roughshod over after potholes were left untreated – landing him with a bill for more than £200.Paul Ingham was on his way along the...
View ArticleRural lane is ‘not suitable’ for new homes
Residents living close to proposed new homes in Pinchbeck are raising a petition in protest.Plans have been submitted to South Holland District Council for 14 affordable two and three bedroom houses...
View ArticleLegion ‘pulled up the rug from under us’
Ex-service veterans and Royal British Legion Social Club members are making a last stand to keep their base in Sutton Bridge.A statement issued by the club – a limited company – claims they are close...
View Article‘Our fight will go to the Prime Minister’
Sheltered housing residents are vowing to take their fight to keep their wardens to the Prime Minister unless the county council talks to them face to face soon.MP John Hayes has already promised to be...
View ArticleParking fears not likely to put end to plans for primary school
A new primary school in Bourne is likely to be built despite fears about parking.A decision to grant planning permission was delayed last month after Lincolnshire county councillors received a number...
View ArticleDelight among pupils
There was delight among pupils and staff at Bourne Academy on Thursday when the school posted a record set of results. The school made a 14 per cent improvement on last year’s results with 68 per cent...
View ArticleResults ‘truly impressive’
Bourne Grammar School achieved it best ever results with 23 pupils gaining all A* or A gradesAn impressive 97 per cent of all GCSE grades gained at the school were grade C or better.Bourne Grammar...
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