Glass with class makes perfect Christmas gift
Fed up of buying the usual gifts for loved ones this Christmas? Then why not escape the madness of the High Street this festive season and discover something they’ll treasure forever with a visit to...
View ArticleMoney Matters: Cost of living is on the up, disposable income is getting less
In the week that one of sport’s most iconic hero’s, Sachin Tendulkar, takes his final bow in test cricket and we again bear witness to natures ferocity in the Philippines’, it’s the state of the UK...
View ArticleDrunken row led to attack on police pair
A mother and daughter attacked two police officers when a drunken row “escalated out of control.”Rigonda Brize (49) kicked PC Andrew Hill in the leg and chest, while her daughter Laura Brize (27)...
View ArticleSCHOOL FOOTBALL: Spalding Grammar’s Amsterdam trip gets a big thumbs up
Spalding Grammar School recently went on a football tour to Amsterdam in Holland. Student John Gooding shares their experiences...The Amsterdam football tour was for me one of my best-ever experiences....
View ArticleStudents put in extra hours for some good causes
Secondary school students have been putting in some extra hours to prepare for a festive event.Pupils in years seven to 11 at Peele Community Collegehave been staying behind after school and working at...
View ArticleSpalding’s Christmas lights switch-on
Up to 6,000 people were in Spalding’s Market Place on Sunday as Santa Claus, MP John Hayes and Flower Queen Inca Honnor switched on the Christmas lights at the end of a spectacular day’s...
View ArticleTeenager (17) loses finger scaling fence in Bourne
A teenager from Bourne severed his finger while trying to climb over a fence in the town during the early hours of Sunday morning.Police, firemen and paramedics were called out to Abbey Road where the...
View ArticleYouths make disabled woman empty handbag in Bourne
Two youths stopped a disabled woman who was riding a mobility scooter in Bourne and made her empty her handbag, but left empty-handed.It happened outside the Butterfield Day Care Centre on North Road...
View ArticleReport praises police for joint working plan
Lincolnshire Police and four other forces have been praised for a joint working arrangement that could save up to £26 million in the next few years.The county’s police force’s partnership with...
View ArticleHome plea for Lucy the lurcher on teatime TV show
A lurcher dog that ran wild around Gosberton for three months has a chance of a new home after appearing on a TV chat show.Lucy, the nine-year-old lurcher, now living at the South Lincolnshire Jerry...
View ArticleFind out about wildlife measures at farm near Crowland
Judith Jacobs hosts education visits at the farm she runs with husband Andrew as well as visiting schools to talk about their conservation work.Children from the Priory School and the Sir John Gleed...
View ArticleBattle cry for the future of public services
Wealthy local businessmen could be given the opportunity to invest in South Holland and reap rewards from its growth in a radical ‘rewiring’ of the way public money is distributed to vital services.An...
View ArticlePolice appeal after Morton incidents
People in Morton are being asked to help the police after three separate incidents in the village within a week.A fence outside a house on Hanthorpe Road was damaged overnight between Saturday and...
View ArticleSteel gate stolen in Gedney Hill
Thieves have got away with a steel gate from a field in Gedney Hill and police are on the lookout for it.The single four-metre galvanised steel gate was stolen from a field off Mole Drove some time...
View ArticleBourne family appeal for help to find lost cat
A family whose cat disappeared on the same day that their dog died, is appealing for the people of Bourne to help return their pet.Four-year old black and white Cody went missing from the family home...
View ArticlePolicing panel meeting in Weston tonight
People in Cowbit, Moulton and Weston are invited to a meeting of Spalding East Rural Community Policing Panel tonight at 7pm.It takes place at Weston Village Hall, Small Drove, Weston, and people...
View ArticleSpalding man found dead in water named
UPDATE TUESDAY 4.30PM: A man whose body was found in water near Pode Hole Pumping Station, Spalding, has been named today. The body of Douglas Thomas Thompson (78) of Carrington Road, Spalding, was...
View ArticleThieves steal elderly people’s pride and joy
Thieves raided a patio at a home for the elderly and stole their pride and joy – garden ornaments bought through their own fundraising.Brunlea Care Home, in Surfleet Road, Pinchbeck, looks after...
View ArticleDrunk crashed car in ditch
A man who was nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit when he crashed a car near his home had never passed a driving test.Krzysztof Nowak (21), of Low Road, Holbeach Hurn, admitting driving...
View Article‘Bedroom tax’ vote ‘right for South Holland’
MP John Hayes firmly believes his vote to retain the controversial “bedroom tax” was the right one for South Holland.Labour had made great play about securing the Commons debate and the vote on...
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