Discounts to renovate homes
A host of local firms have teamed up with South Holland District Council to offer attractive discounts on services and products for empty homes.The scheme – one of a number which the council is...
View ArticleTeacher investigated at secondary school
An investigation is underway into the conduct of a teacher at a Spalding secondary school.The Spalding Grammar School teacher, who has not been identified, is currently suspended until the...
View ArticleResidents raise speeding fears at special meeting
More than 40 people attended a meeting on Tuesday night to discuss concerns over speeding.Lincolnshire county councillor Helen Powell (Lincs Ind) called the meeting, which took place at Bourne Corn...
View ArticleMoulton potato grower’s battle with the weather
At the beginning of November, having endured six inches of rain since October 13, it began to look like we were going to be left with about 15 per cent of our potato crop in the ground over...
View ArticleDeeping St Nicholas grower receives Purdey Silver Award
A wild pheasant shoot at Deeping St Nicholas has been named the winner of the coveted Silver Award at the 2013 Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation.Nicholas Watts, from Vine House Farm, received the...
View ArticleTough time for school pupils
Youngsters learned all about how tough it could be living in Victorian England.Pupils from year six at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School enjoyed a “fantastic” trip to the Galleries of Justice in...
View ArticleJulie swaps lifestyle to rear turkeys in Moulton Eaugate
When Julie Watkins decided on a change of lifestyle she never thought she would end up playing mum to about 300 turkeys.Julie took over an existing farm at Moulton Eaugate about six months ago and...
View ArticleFarm security warning to South Holland farmers
Lincolnshire landowners and rural businesses are being warned by the county’s police to take extra security precautions.The warning follows a spate of thefts across the county of farm vehicles and...
View ArticleFlower handling on agenda at Whaplode Manor
Members of South Holland Growers’ Club were due to hear about tulip mechanisation at their meeting at Whaplode Manor last night.Bas Goede, sales manager of Bercomex bv, a world leader in flower...
View ArticleGritters plan goes on ice
A parish council thinking of buying gritters for snow-bound estate roads has put the plan on ice for now.Coun Gary Croxford told Sutton Bridge Parish Council it would cost about £5,000 for a variable...
View ArticleKirton farmer builds veg tower to help cathedral fund
Kirton organic farmer Andrew Dennis recently built a “veg tower” to raise awareness of Lincoln Cathedral’s northwest tower restoration fund, with £10 from every box sold donated to the £2.5million...
View ArticleRippingale as model for Ambridge
It was Archers Day at The Bull Inn in Ambridge – better known as Rippingale – and the event was a sell out.More than 40 people tucked into a starter of Stilton, Celery and Pear Soup – also available in...
View ArticleArchers Day to be repeated in Rippingale
The Archers Day at The Bull Inn at Rippingale was so good that landlady and chef Sue Atkinson is planning another in the New Year.“I have had brilliant feedback,” said Sue, who admits the event went...
View ArticleFrom ten years ago
Crowland Brownies assistant guide leader Liz Forth and young leader Kate Lucas took 15 girls to Frydays in the town to learn how fish is boned, potatoes are chipped and batter is made – and to sample...
View ArticleCars smashed up in midnight madness
Drunken men smashed windscreens and windows in cars parked on a Spalding street in “ten to 15 minutes of madness”.Thomas Berry (19) and Liam Martin (20) each admitted five counts of criminal damage...
View ArticleMoney Matters
The Bank of England is threatening to impose tough new curbs on mortgage lending as it seeks to head off a future housing bubble.In the financial policy committee’s quarterly Financial Stability...
View ArticleRise in burglaries in Spalding
Spalding police are warning residents to lock up following a rise in house burglaries.PCSO Paul Coupland, from the Spalding estates policing team, said he’s done extensive patrols today (Thursday) and...
View ArticleSpalding teaching assistants visit Poland
New Polish students at the Sir John Gleed School in Spalding will have even better support and understanding in future.Two teaching assistants at the school have recently visited a school in Elblag in...
View ArticlePolice to step up burglary warnings
Police are stepping up warnings on winter burglaries as Christmas approaches so residents can cut the risk of being targeted by thieves.Nationally burglaries rise by 63 per cent during winter months,...
View ArticleDoorman had heart attack after pub fight
A doorman had a heart attack after being assaulted at work and was flown to hospital by air ambulance.Philip Malone (37) punched doorman Martin Fox and headbutted bar manager Richard Parrott at The...
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