Clarification needed on seasonal workers following end of SAWS
Representatives of the UK horticultural sector, including the NFU, have written to the government asking for clarification on seasonal agricultural workers.Their letter was spurred by the end of the...
View Article42 new homes on the cards for Spalding
Spalding could be getting 42 new homes despite several objections from nearby neighbours.Reliant Building Contractors has applied to South Holland District Council for permission to build the houses on...
View ArticleSee latest tillage equipment
The Tillage-Live 2013 event takes place next week at West Hall Farm, Welton, in Lincolnshire.The opportunity to see all the latest equipment at work is next Wednesday, September 11 (from 8am to 3pm)....
View ArticleHave your say on health care
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is looking for two new non-executive directors to join its board. The organisation is the largest provider of mental and social health care services to the...
View ArticleConference on St Guthlac
A major international conference in London in April next year will be devoted to 1300 years of St Guthlac of Crowland.Crowland Abbey Church that bears the name of the saint will also celebrate the life...
View ArticleYour views on crime needed
The community safety partnership which covers South Holland wants to hear your views on crime and anti-social behaviour to help set priorities for next year.East Lincolnshire Community Safety...
View ArticleMoped stolen from Sutton Bridge street
Thieves got away with a red Longjia moped stolen from Queen Street, Sutton Bridge, over the bank holiday weekend.It happened some time between 10.30pm on Friday and 11.30am on Saturday and anyone with...
View ArticleBike stolen from outside Spalding supermarket
A bicycle with a distinctive black “paw print” saddle has been stolen from outside a Spalding supermarket just before the bank holiday weekend.It was taken from cycle racks outside Sainsbury’s store in...
View ArticleChimney pots stolen in Holbeach
A spate of thefts where Victorian-style chimney pots have been taken is baffling police in Holbeach.Two of the pots, which can be used as planters, were taken from Edinburgh Walk and another from...
View Article‘Let’s kick cancer where it hurts’
A terminally-ill Fosdyke woman is determined to “kick cancer where it hurts” after being diagnosed with the disease.Sally Wainwright has stomach cancer – but wanted to do something to help others in a...
View Article9AM: BREAKING NEWS – Ambulance crashes into garden
An ambulance has crashed into a garden in Pinchbeck Road, Spalding. The incident happened at 5am this morning.There were no patients in the ambulance at the time and the driver and his co-worker were...
View ArticleGrowing support for Spaldind band
There’s a personal flavour to the lyrics written by Spalding band The Offshore Rivers’ singer songwriter Matthew Aylett, writes Luke Harrison.The four-man band has just produced its debut EP and one of...
View ArticleOn the beat with PCSO Natalie Hines
Spalding’s newest PSCO is now becoming a familiar figure around the town centre. This week PCSO Natalie Hines has been continuing her patrols dealing with issues of concern for local residents.Here is...
View ArticleThe organic sounds of The Offshore Rivers
When you sit down and read an interview about an up and coming band trying to break the music scene, you expect some jaw dropping statement of how they have reinvented music, or a violent, verbal,...
View ArticleMan arrested after outburst in Spalding store
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of theft after confronting staff at a Spalding town centre store earlier today.A man was arrested at Savers in Hall Place where he refused to pay for goods and...
View ArticleCouncillors evacuated after ‘hot air’ at meeting
“Hot air” during a meeting in Spalding was blamed when councillors were evicted into the car park after one of them smelled burning.The 12 councillors, planners and members of the public were asked to...
View ArticleLeaking roof forces court to close
A leaking roof has forced Spalding Magistrates’ Court to close and the building may be out of action for at least a month.Rainwater soaked a witness room, offices used by the Crown Prosecution Service...
View ArticleDrink-driver is hurt after causing crash
A driver was more than twice the legal alcohol limit the day he crashed into the back of a stationary BMW – shunting that car into the back of a Vauxhall.The man who caused the accident, Stephen Hill...
View ArticleDenies burglary and theft
A man has denied burglary and theft of a chainsaw at a property in Tydd St Mary in April this year.Jake Molsher-Howarth (20), of Livingstone Drive, Spalding, also denies stealing two heat pump units,...
View ArticleAssault case is going to trial
Former Crowland man Daniel Brooks (27) denied assault by beating when he appeared before a district judge on Thursday.Brooks, now of Perranporth, Cornwall, will stand trial at Grantham Magistrates’...
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