Trial date set for game theft
A MAN accused of stealing an X-Box game from Tesco in Bourne has been given a date for his trial.Ben Noddings pleaded not guilty to the theft which allegedly happened on November 25 when he appeared at...
View ArticleDeveloper’s six-figure pot for town centre
A DEVELOPER behind plans for Spalding has announced it is to pay a six-figure sum into a new economic marketing fund to boost the town centre.Michael Moran, who looks after Holland Market owners...
View ArticleStudents are smooth operators
CHARITABLE pupils at the Sir John Gleed School helped serve up a treat as they raised awareness of Fairtrade Fortnight.Year seven students at the girls’ campus designed and made fruit...
View ArticleFamily operation to supply drugs
A drug dealer caught red-handed as he divided a supply of cannabis into street deals has been jailed for 30 months.Brett Mason was arrested when police raided his uncle’s home in Morton. Catarina...
View ArticleAdjourned
MAGISTRATES have adjourned the case of two men jointly accused of assault to allow for a trial later this year. Dariusz Sikorski (38), of Honeysuckle Way, Spalding, and Janusz Wszola (39), of Cross...
View ArticleParents’ warning after Holly scalded by drink
IT should have been a family celebration, but a ‘loose-fitting’ lid on a takeaway cup brought the party to an end for a four-year-old Long Sutton girl when she was covered in scalding coffee.Holly...
View ArticleThey’ve got it right in Norfolk
Following recent correspondence and articles concerning green waste collections, I would like to point out that in Norfolk householders can choose to have a brown bin for their green waste for £39 a...
View ArticleParalympian inspires Gleed boys
PUPILS from Sir John Gleed School were thrilled when Paralympic athlete Joe Bestwick visited as part of a scheme to improve the lives of young people using sports.The wheelchair basketball athlete gave...
View ArticleWork on new Spar shop under way
BULLDOZERS begin knocking down the old Burdens Motors site on Winsover Road, Spalding, this week to make way for a new Spar shop. The job will be done by Monkview Demolition, of Gedney Hill, and boss...
View ArticleSecond Norfolk council in South Holland merger
SOUTH Holland District Council is expected to rubber-stamp plans for a shared management team extending to a third council – Great Yarmouth Borough – when it meets in Spalding tomorrow (Wednesday).The...
View ArticleLoose dogs terrified passer-by
A DOG owner has been warned to improve security at her home after her dogs got out and left a passer-by fearing she was going to be mauled. Beverley Tomblin told how she was “absolutely terrified” as...
View ArticleBy-election for Holbeach seat
THERE will be a by-election to fill a vacancy on Holbeach Parish Council.The vacancy has arisen from the resignation of Elizabeth Martin-Wright, who represented the Town ward.Nomination papers can be...
View ArticleDriver’s open beer can in his car
A DRIVER stopped because his car was suspected of being involved in an earlier accident was found to have an open can of beer in his footwell. Grzegorz Rybka (29), of Station Road, Moulton, was also...
View ArticleOn trial for assault charge
ALLEGATIONS of three counts of assault by a Holbeach woman will be heard at a trial later this year.Magistrates adjourned the case against Jackie Moore (21), of Northons Lane, when she appeared before...
View ArticleAnother council holds CCTV cash
A SECOND parish council is sitting on its £2,640 payment for CCTV cameras until it gets answers from partners running South Holland’s scheme.Sutton Bridge Parish Council clerk Suzanne England says she...
View ArticleBaby delight for couple after traumas of stillbirth, death at two weeks old...
SHE has been a long time coming, but little Mia Shannon Foran is the precious gift her parents thought they would never have.Her mum Maria Pridmore (32) and dad John Foran (35), of Hall Lane, Moulton...
View ArticleCrowd sees police Taser drunk man
CROWDS of between 30 and 40 people gathered as a drunk man had to be Tasered to get him under control in Spalding town centre. Krzysztof Marchlewski (42), of Severn Road, Spalding, became abusive to...
View ArticleChappell Centre fight goes on
CAMPAIGNERS battling to keep Spalding’s Chappell Centre open say they have won a victory but not the war.Lincolnshire County Council yesterday (Tuesday) agreed to support existing staff, local groups...
View ArticlePat on the back for Long Sutton’s First Responders
LONG Sutton’s volunteer LIVES First Responders are helping ambulances meet target response times – even though Lincolnshire has the worst record in the country.In a pilot plan to improve response...
View ArticleDelight as Holbeach drainage work starts
A SHOP owner in Holbeach, who claims his brickwork has been ruined by spray from a lake that forms in front of his business in heavy rain, is celebrating the start of work to solve the problem after...
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