Costa opens on Sunday
Spalding’s new Costa Coffee Shop is due to open its doors for the first time on Sunday.The coffee shop, which will employ a dozen people, is still being fitted out this week.Signs in the windows give...
View ArticleTractor Working Day
Spalding & District Young Farmers’ Club annual Tractor Working Day takes place on Sunday, October 6 (9am start) at Saracen’s Head, beside the A17 at Holbeach, by kind permission of Jack Buck...
View ArticleChef James Martin supports NFU’s #BackBritishFarming
Celebrity chef James Martin has thrown his support behind the #BackBritishFarming campaign.The presenter of BBC’s Saturday Kitchen signed the campaign’s charter while visiting NFU President Peter...
View ArticleWe’ve just come through a really tough season
As Julian’s article last week we too are concerned that as combinable crop growers we are in a run of later sowing leading to situation the following year of later harvesting. It’s particularly...
View ArticleHealth Matters: New service aims to east the pressure on Peterborough A&E
As regular readers of my column, you will know that Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) offers a wide variety of services including community nursing, inpatient services, outpatient...
View ArticleIt’s party time as care home residents celebrate 30 years
Residents at St John’s care home in Spalding celebrated its 30th anniversary with an afternoon of partying.St John’s was one of 12 residential care homes owned by Country Court Care that were...
View ArticleDeeping chippie goes for national title
The Boundary in Market Deeping is one of six chippies from the east of England vying to be crowned regional Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year.The six shortlisted shops will compete...
View ArticleCouncil helping Dale to build his business
A masonry business in Crowland is building up nicely, with the help of South Holland District Council.Despite the current economy, Dale Harrison took the step of forming Lincolnshire Masonry Ltd...
View ArticleMONEY MATTERS with Scott Woods
Thinking of buying abroad?Buying a property abroad is a lifelong dream for many of us. With the possibilities of a better climate, cheaper property and a lower cost of living, it is easy to see why it...
View ArticleJail sentence for Spalding street robbers
Two street robbers mugged a woman after watching her withdraw cash from an ATM machine.Shane Osbourne and his accomplice Chantelle Learmonth followed the victim through Spalding after spotting her...
View ArticleAnother high for farmland
East of England farmland prices hit yet another record high during the first half of 2013 and have now more than trebled in less than a decade, according to the latest RICS Rural Land Market Survey H1...
View ArticleFind out how living a healthy lifestyle can help with cancer
Lincolnshire Cancer Patients and Carers Forum are having a free advice and information event for those living with cancer, their carers and families. The event, at the South Holland Centre in Spalding...
View ArticleFive men in court on affray charge
Five men have appeared in court accused of affray – using or threatening unlawful violence – at GSL in Westlode Street, Spalding, on August 4.Four entered no pleas when they appeared before magistrates...
View ArticleWoman charged with five offences
A woman accused of five offences had her cases adjourned on Thursday to a hearing at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on October 17.Alexandra Addison (32), of Seagate Terrace, Long Sutton, is accused of...
View ArticleMP defends £170k claim
South Holland and The Deepings MP John Hayes is the second most “costly” parliamentarian in Lincolnshire after claiming almost £170,000 expenses in the 2012-13 year.His expenses went up by more than...
View ArticleTrial on assault and harassment
A man accused of assault and of harassment by breaching a restraining order will stand trial at Grantham Magistrates’ Court on Friday, January 27.Janis Laube (39), of Palmer Street, Peterborough,...
View ArticleIt’s all systems go for fitness in the park
Friends of Sutton Bridge playing fields are celebrating a £9,999 Lottery “win” that will allow them to start work on installing top of the range outdoor fitness equipment in Memorial Park.Group...
View ArticleBlaze at former turkey factory “suspicious”
A shed fire at a derelict turkey factory in Spalding is thought to have been started deliberately, police are confirming today.The blaze broke out in a wooden shed at the factory in Clay Lake some time...
View ArticleAttempt theft case adjourned
A man accused of attempting to steal food worth £70.59 from Spalding’s Aldi store had his case adjourned to October 17 by magistrates sitting at Grantham on Thursday.Tomas Karpavicius (33), of Crocus...
View ArticleAccused of being double the limit
A man accused of being more than double the drink-drive limit on Chapelgate, Sutton St James, will have his case heard at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on October 17.Graham Day (50), of Lincoln Avenue,...
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