Learn how to reduce heart attack deaths
It’s the second week in January and some of the New Year’s resolutions may already have been broken.Here’s one that shouldn’t be broken though: let’s all do our bit to reduce heart attack deaths.St...
View ArticleOnly big freeze on the cards is for council tax
There’s new year cheer on the way for hard-pressed residents with Lincolnshire County Council today (Tuesday) expected to freeze council tax.The county council swallows up around 80 per cent of the...
View ArticleBlaze destroys two cars
Two cars were destroyed by fire after a collision on Jarvis Gate, Sutton St James, on Sunday.A Ford Fiesta and Ford Mondeo collided shortly before 9.30am but both drivers were already out of their cars...
View ArticleFirm fined over death of farm worker
A Spalding farming business has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 in fines and costs after a farm manager was crushed to death when he was hit by a forklift truck.Popular Peter Barney (58), of...
View ArticleThefts from village sheds
Police are warning allotment holders to protect their tools after a spate of shed thefts in Whaplode Drove.Items, including two petrol-powered mowers, a wooden hoe, grey strimmer and a rotivator, were...
View ArticleRoadworks end tomorrow (Tuesday)
Anglian Water says it will finish roadworks work at the junction of Spalding’s Pinchbeck Road and Woolram Wygate by tomorrow (Tuesday) evening.The work follows repairs to a burst sewer on Christmas...
View ArticlePast and future tense
MP John Hayes writes for spaldingtoday.co.ukAmongst my Christmas presents was a DVD of the most recent film adaptation of one of the greatest novels of the 20th century – The Great Gatsby, written by,...
View ArticleChurch roof timber fell on pew
St Mary’s Church at Long Sutton carried out emergency works after a 5ft roof timber fell 60ft and crashed into a pew.Father Jonathan Sibley said fortunately the timber fell on a Sunday afternoon, but...
View ArticlePolice panel meeting in Bourne
People in Bourne and Billingborough concerned about crime and policing in the town are welcome to attend a meeting later this month.Bourne and Billingborough Neighbourhood Police Panel is meeting at...
View ArticleCancer treatment on doorstep
Some of Spalding’s cancer patients will have chemotherapy closer to home thanks to a mobile unit that will visit the town from May.The mobile chemotherapy unit, costing £260,000 to build and maintain...
View ArticlePerfect timing for Moulton nurse’s OBE
News of Candice Pellett’s OBE came at the perfect time for her.She says: “I lost my dad a year ago this Christmas and I got this on what would have been my dad’s birthday. “That makes it extra...
View ArticleBourne nurse’s reward for contribution to nursing
OBE recipient Candice Pellett has spoken of her pride in the quality of care delivered in south Lincolnshire.Candice, who lives at Moulton with husband Mike, received her award in the Queen’s New...
View ArticleSuspended jail term for harassing tenants
A Spalding man has been handed a suspended prison sentence after breaching a court order for harassing vulnerable council tenants.Marcus Jackson, of Queens Road, was one of seven men and women given...
View ArticleKirton Holme farmer and his annual battle with the sprout
We started our uphill struggle in mid-December and for a start the going was steady to slow. As we neared our summit it was hard work: a steady, daily slog, working 12 to 24 hours a day until at last...
View ArticleAcoustic and keyboard masterclass defies time
When a music album has the ability to make time stand still because of its quality, you have to stop and listen.Neil Young Live at the Cellar Door, released on Reprise Records, achieves that by...
View ArticleJunction work is delayed
Anglian Water’s resurfacing work at Spalding’s Pinchbeck Road and Woolram Wygate junction will now continue into tomorrow (Wednesday), a day later than expected.An Anglian Water spokesman told us:...
View ArticleWhaplode grower brings an early spring to homes
Daffodils – one of the first heralds of spring – were being cropped in south Lincolnshire before Christmas.In fact, they are forced spring flowers, grown in greenhouses in readiness for the festive...
View ArticleTalk for growers at Saracen’s head on latest farm renewables
NFU’s senior adviser on climate change and renewable energy Dr Jonathan Scurlock will review the prospects for all major areas of renewable energy technology on the farm at the next meeting of South...
View ArticleYoungsters seriously injured in Thurlby road crash
BREAKING NEWS 5.15PM: Two girls, both aged 11, have been seriously injured after a vehicle collided with them on the A15 in Thurlby today.The girls are being treated for what police describe as...
View ArticleON THE BEAT: By Spalding Community Inspector Jim Tyner
A snapshot of crime in the area during the festive periodI often hear that Spalding isn’t a safe place to go out: that it’s more violent than it used to be. Actually, overall there have been fewer...
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