Field campaigners’ anger over ‘carve-up’
Campaigners battling to open Spalding’s Sir Halley Stewart Field to the public won’t accept plans for a £10,000, eight foot high fence to keep visitors off the football pitch.District councillors, who...
View ArticleCar and goods stolen in burglary at Crowland home
An intruder drove away with goods, including a TV and laptop, after burgling a house and stealing a car in Crowland.It happened overnight between yesterday and today when the intruder got into a house...
View ArticleBus stop damaged in Long Sutton
A bus stop was damaged in Long Sutton over the weekend when suspects smashed glass windows and left shards on the pavement.Police received reports of a bus stop in Market Street being smashed at about...
View ArticleShed break-in and items stolen in Horbling
Intruders got away with items after breaking into a shed on the Paddocks Estate, Horbling, some time overnight between Sunday and Monday. Anyone with information should call police on 101, stating...
View ArticleBedroom fire in Pinchbeck caused by candle
Furniture was damaged by a fire in the bedroom of a Pinchbeck home, with the cause thought to be a candle left unattended.Firemen from Spalding were called to the blaze at a house on Milestone Lane at...
View ArticleSports pavilion burgled in Billingborough
Police are hunting intruders who broke into a sports pavilion in Horbling Road, Billingborough, earlier this week.It happened some time between 5pm on Sunday and Monday morning and police want...
View ArticleClub doorman avoids prison
A nightclub doorman who was caught with an illegal stun gun escaped an immediate jail sentence.The stun gun, disguised as a torch, was discovered when police searched Frederick Marriott’s car in...
View ArticleDiesel stolen outside Spalding home
An amount of red diesel has been stolen from outside a house in Monkshouse Lane, Spalding, some time on Monday.Anyone with information should call police on 101, stating incident number 89 of September...
View ArticleGarden and model train equipment stolen in Holbeach
Goods worth several thousand pounds have been stolen after two garden sheds were broken into earlier this week in Holbeach.Burglars targeted the sheds on Cranmore Lane some time overnight between...
View ArticleFind out about health
The Board for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) will meet on Tuesday at 1pm in the Royal Oak Boardroom at the trust’s headquarters at Bridge House, The Point, Sleaford, NG34...
View ArticleFirefighters set to strike
Emergency response to 999 calls will not be affected by a four-hour strike by firefighters planned for Wednesday.Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have officially informed Lincolnshire Fire and...
View ArticleLoo goes there?
Spalding pastor Kevin Taylor and fellow Carrington Road residents were baffled when a portable loo pitched up in their street on Monday – with no sign of anyone needing it in a hurry.“It’s about the...
View ArticleCouncil is left in a ‘shambles’
South Holland District Council’s cabinet has been accused of presiding over a “shambles” with its failure to recruit a new chief executive.Interim chief executive Trevor Holden, on loan from Luton,...
View ArticleFormer UKIP Lincolnshire leader kicked out of party
The former leader of UKIP in Lincolnshire has been kicked out of the party following a disciplinary hearing in London today.It is understood Chris Pain has been thrown out for conduct that ‘damages the...
View ArticleParamedics lost fight to save overdose man
A woman in tears told an inquest how she held a drip for ambulance crews as they battled in vain to save her partner from an overdose of tablets.James McGovern (54) couldn’t be revived and died at...
View ArticleFuel pipes cut and diesel stolen in Spalding
Thieves cut fuel pipes and stole diesel from an area of Monkshouse Lane, Spalding, earlier this week. Police believe pipes supplying red diesel to some nursery glasshouse were cut, but it isn’t known...
View ArticleMum and baby’s lucky escape from submerged car
A young mum and her three-month-old baby had a lucky escape after their car overturned and crashed into a drain.The 21-year-old, from Quadring, suffered just cuts and bruises in the crash at the...
View ArticleCrematorium is on schedule
Spalding’s new £2million crematorium is on schedule to open within the next couple of months.Work is nearing completion on the site just off the A151 link road north of Surfleet ready for the first...
View ArticleMake your dream home reality
With a passion for turning natural materials into beautiful, timeless designs, Colin Parker Masonry Limited has the skill and craftsmanship to turn your dream home into a reality.And now the trusted...
View ArticleBook early for a great Christmas
Crazy though it sounds, now is the time to plan for the best Christmas ever.Minimise last minute panics and credit meltdown in December by thinking about all the aspects of a great Christmas that you...
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