Concern over puppy farm calls
The RSPCA is warning residents in South Holland not to buy sick puppies during the festive holiday period, after calls to the charity about puppy farms and trafficking rose by a staggering 21 per cent...
View ArticleHit and run drivers get off scot free
Four out of five drivers involved in hit-and-run accidents in Lincolnshire are escaping prosecution.Figures from Lincolnshire Police show there were 40 accidents where a vehicle hit someone and failed...
View ArticleSpalding court hears last ever case
Spalding Magistrates’ Court was officially mothballed today (Thursday) and cases will now be heard in Boston and Grantham.The last case in Court Room 1 came to an end at 3.32pm – ending around 160...
View ArticleMan falling ill leads to A17 crash
A man suffered a “medical episode” which led to a serious car crash on the A17 in Holbeach last night.It involved a Ford Fiesta which crashed near the junction of Battlefields Lane at about 8.25pm and...
View ArticleFormer factory put to use to help save lives
A former factory site has been given a new potentially life-saving lease of life.Bakkavor, the owners of the old Exotic Farm Produce site in Kirton, have been loaning the site free of charge to the...
View ArticleCar collides with telegraph pole in Gedney
Several homes are without power after a car crashed into a telegraph pole in Gedney this morning.A Renault Clio ran into a pole in Broadgate shortly before 8.10am, bringing down power lines and forcing...
View ArticleMan turned to dealing drugs
A Spalding man turned to drug dealing after his benefits were slashed as a result of being sanctioned, Lincoln Crown Court was told.Jay Smith was just £20 a week to feed himself, his pregnant partner...
View ArticleStreet team army set to tackle waste
Don’t dump it – bin it! That’s the message to revellers in South Holland this Christmas from the street cleaning teams left to clear up the mess.More than 37,000 households will have occupants ripping...
View ArticlePlease don’t bring more clothes, Santa
If the people of Spalding could have quiet a word in Santa’s ear before the big day they would say: “Please don’t bring us something to wear.”But they would also form a line to say thank you for a host...
View ArticleGizmo is the cat’s whiskers!
Meet Gizmo, the official Spalding Guardian Star Pet of 2013. After sending in photos earlier this year, all entrants were published in a special Star Pets feature, readers voted for their favourites,...
View ArticleIT’S A VET’S LIFE: Avoid holiday trips sickness
This Christmas and New Year many of you will be visiting friends and relatives, but just like us not all pets are good travellers.Car sickness is more common in younger dogs than adults because parts...
View ArticleCourt Register
The following decisions have been made by magistrates at court hearings. In all drink-drive cases the legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrammes of alcohol...
View ArticleMan jailed for cannabis farm found at home
Police uncovered a cannabis farm after carrying out a raid on a house , a court heard.Officers forced entry to get into the rented property in Pipwellgate, Moulton Seas End, after receiving no answer...
View ArticleCyclist in serious condition after collision with van
Police are appealing for information after a van collided with a cyclist on the A151 last night.This incident took place on Friday at around 10.30pm on the High Road,just outside Whaplode, towards...
View ArticleDriver may face jail over cyclist’s death
A motorist has been warned he could face jail after admitting causing the death of a cyclist in South Lincolnshire.Joseph Strong (50), of Burnstone Gardens, Moulton, pleaded guilty to causing the death...
View ArticleSouth Holland today
South Holland – it’s where we all live, but some would say it’s not the same place it was years ago.That’s not to say it’s necessarily a worse place: facilities like Spalding’s new hospital, the films,...
View ArticleChanging face of South Holland
More of us are in better health in South Holland than we were a decade ago.That’s probably a good thing, given the current pressures on hospitals and doctors’ surgeries in the area.There are changes in...
View ArticleWoman seriously injured in Spalding road accident
BREAKING NEWS MONDAY 8PM: A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a collision between her and a vehicle in Spalding this evening.It happened on Holbeach Road at its junction with...
View ArticleIt’s more than just a school newspaper
A group of nine “gifted and talented” students from Spalding High have taken the concept of a school newspaper into the 21st Century.To increase readership and match technological advances, the...
View ArticleLast day of local justice as door shuts
Thursday saw the end of 170 years of local justice in Spalding as the magistrates’ court sat for the final time.The courthouse is “de-listed” – closed in all but name – and defendants and witnesses...
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