‘Fingers crossed’ for future of Oxfam shop
VOLUNTEERS and staff at Spalding’s Oxfam shop have their “fingers crossed” that a new business plan and 500-name petition will help save it from closure.Charity bosses have told the struggling store it...
View Article‘Sexual athletics’ bench driving classy hotel bonkers
‘Sexual athletics’ on a riverside bench has been alarming guests at a top-class hotel.The seat, across the River Welland from The Cley Hall Hotel in Spalding, has become a love bench for couples...
View ArticleMan tells of finding his wife (40) dead
A WOMAN who was found collapsed on her kitchen floor died of natural causes, a coroner has ruled. Angela Hammond (40) was initially believed to have fallen over while drunk when her husband found her...
View ArticleExtra mile for charity
STUDENTS and staff at a Long Sutton college had miles of fun raising cash for Sport Relief.They all turned out on the track at Peele Community College to raise £1,163 for the appeal.It was a completely...
View ArticleUPDATE: Road to reopen after gas leak
Thursday, 4.30pm: ENGINEERS working on a gas leak in Whaplode expect the main road running through the village to be reopened shortly.National Grid workers have been on the A151 since just before 10am...
View ArticleBid to get buses through villages
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to persuade a bus operator to provide services to two villages.Saracen’s Head and Moulton Seas End are currently not on any bus routes and, according to campaigners, the...
View ArticleSaying a fond farewell to Brian
AN OVERWHELMING send-off from staff, pupils and their parents at Ayscoughfee Hall School in Spalding almost made the headteacher think twice about leaving.However, it was only a passing moment brought...
View ArticleFIRE HERO PALS SAVE THE DAY
A four-year-old boy and his friends have been hailed as heroes after raising the alarm about a fire which could have led to tragedy. Conner White dashed to get help after he and his friends Cornell...
View ArticleCounty will be up to speed
COUNCIL tax payers in Lincolnshire are being asked to pay £14.3million to bring superfast broadband to 90 per cent of the county by 2015.South Holland District Council will be asked to spend between...
View ArticleWater taxi will lure shoppers
SPALDING’S popular water taxi launches again tomorrow with a promotion to bring hundreds more shoppers to the town centre.The water taxi has always been a link between the Springfields Outlet Shopping...
View ArticleDo you recognise any of these men?
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help in identifying three people who may have information about a stolen mountain bike.The CCTV image shows three males outside the Jobcentre on Westlode Street in...
View ArticleBoys learn what keeps Royal Navy crew ship-shape
SECONDARY school students have been given some hot tips on what keeps the Royal Navy fit and ready for action.Students at the Sir John Gleed School boys’ campus in Spalding and The Deepings School were...
View ArticleLessons to be learned from Red Lion Quarter
THE body managing Spalding’s Red Lion Quarter had run out of money before the troubled centre had even opened its doors to begin trading.The shock finding was unearthed by a task group of six...
View ArticleGet set, go in fundraiser
YOUNGSTERS ran to raise cash for good causes.The 14th annual Thomas Cowley Fun Run took place around the country lanes behind the school. The 3.75-mile event is expected to raise around £500.The cash...
View ArticleVillage store armed robbers are jailed
Two armed men who “terrified” an elderly shop worker during a New Year’s Eve robbery at a village store have each been jailed for more than five years.Luke Hamilton and Fabio Teixeira (both 26) got...
View ArticleWarning at dawdling over rail freight hub
COUNTY councillors are being urged to continue to support any potential rail hub scheme for South Holland before major employers choose to go elsewhere. The warning that “we must act now” has been...
View ArticleCouncillors get ‘pro-active’ thanks to grot spot cash
GROT spot cash is to be used to clean up Spalding in a ‘pro-active’ response to littered areas.Members of the Town Forum have agreed to each put £100 of their budgets into a fund to tackle the...
View ArticleDriver was double the drink limit
CARER Keith Pullen was breathtested after he pulled out of car park without lights and found to be more than double the legal drink-drive limit.Pullen (51), of Porthouse Drive, Pinchbeck, was stopped...
View ArticlePair airlifted after crash in village
A MAN remains seriously ill in hospital with life-threatening head injuries after a collision involving two cars in Sutton Bridge. The 19-year-old man from Long Sutton was airlifted to University...
View ArticleMan stole to annoy shop staff
FORMER drug addict Stuart Grogan stole two cans of paint from Halfords to annoy staff after he thought they had called him a “smackhead”, a derogatory description for a heroin user.His solicitor, Mike...
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