Police wearing body cameras
Spalding police inspector Jim Tyner is welcoming a new move where officers are wearing body cameras in the fight against crime and to gather evidence.A four month trial has begun in Lincoln and in...
View ArticleFarmers thank those who back British
Farmers have thanked the public for backing British farming during 2013.People are buying British produce, and ongoing research has shown more people than ever before want to buy more traceable...
View ArticleCharged with child sex offences
A man accused of ten offences of sexually assaulting young boys in a local village will have his case heard at Lincoln Crown Court.Joshua Heron (24), of River View Maltings, Grantham, appeared at...
View ArticleFarming industry to deliver quarter of Britain’s green energy
The NFU has predicted that farming will deliver one quarter of Britain’s green energy needs this decade.At least one in three businesses within the agricultural industry have already diversified into...
View ArticleNew app for busy farmers
A new app designed to help busy farmers and landowners keep abreast of CAP reform development will be on show at LAMMA.
View ArticleCrash copter had left RAF Holbeach
The US military helicopter which crashed killing all four people on board yesterday evening (Tuesday) had earlier been training at RAF Holbeach.Police are still on the scene at Cley on the north...
View ArticleWoman freed after car overturns in Langtoft
A woman had to be freed from her car after it ran off the road and overturned into a ditch in Langtoft.The crash happened on Stowe Road where a silver Peugeot MPV left the road and ended up on its roof...
View ArticleGraduate in criminology
A former Holbeach University Academy pupil, Bethanie-Jayne Eldridge, gained an upper 2:1 BA (Hons) in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Wolverhampton.Bethanie-Jayne is now working...
View ArticleClaire is in print
Former Spalding High School student Claire Enderby has graduated from the University of Gloucestershire.Claire gained a first-class, BSc (Hons) in psychology and has had her final year’s research...
View ArticleMore foster homes needed
Hundreds of new foster homes are needed across the region, including South Holland.Tonight, more than 3,600 children will be living with foster families across the East Midlands. Robert Tapsfield,...
View ArticleNo better time for new job
Take a peek at a colleague’s computer screen and you may well catch them searching for a new job.More than one in four of us will change careers during our life and the first week back after New Year’s...
View ArticleFruit supplier taken over by global giant
Pinchbeck fruit supplier Empire World Trade (EWT) is to become a major player in the global food market after a takeover by one of the industry’s giants.The Enterprise Way-based supplier of apples and...
View ArticleNew skills can open doors
Learning new skills is all part of the fun when you decide it’s time to change your career. It’s easy to aspire to be better in South Holland because the help you need is only a click away.Adult...
View ArticleChristmas was all wrapped up in a shoe box
Elderly people in Bourne had an extra treat at Christmas when grammar school pupils hand delivered present-filled, decorated shoe boxes to their homes.Students responded generously to the appeal for...
View ArticleNew head to be appointed for Wygate Park Academy
Interviews take place on Monday for a headteacher to take charge of a £3million primary school now being built on Spalding’s Wygate Park.An executive head, Adrian Reed, who leads The Boston Witham...
View ArticleTime to look at options to provide for retirement
A new year and more pension news, this time from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) who are calling for state pensions to be means tested and to be replaced with a system of compulsory savings.In...
View ArticleConcrete mixer comes off road
Drivers faced delays when a concrete mixer was recovered after coming off the road in Sutton St James on Wednesday.It happened on Jarvis’s Gate where traffic was held up at the junction with Draw Dike,...
View ArticleMan sent to jail for assault
Victor Ford (36) of Pinchbeck Road, Spalding, has been jailed for nine months after assaulting another man in the town.Ford appeared at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday when he was convicted and...
View ArticlePlanned wind farm substation will be more than halved
The site of a proposed onshore substation at Bicker Fen will be slashed by more than half following RWE Npower Renewables decision to cut the number of wind turbines in its Triton Knoll development off...
View ArticleLegal fight over planning consent?
A parish council may launch a legal fight against South Holland District Council over its decision to grant planning permission for a biomass gasifier power plant on industrial land at Wingland.Sutton...
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