Homeowners’ shock at access bridge collapse
A COUPLE have spoken of their shock at a bridge collapsing at their home and fracturing a gas main.The drama sparked a seven-hour closure of one of South Holland’s busiest roads as police cordoned off...
View ArticleStudents get an appetite for a career
Students were surprised at what the food and drink industry could offer them when the University of Lincoln held an Appetite for Skills session at the Holbeach campus.The event included presentations...
View ArticlePublic is split over Swan Street closure
COUNCILLORS are to again press for the closure of a Spalding junction because they are convinced residents would back it if they knew the full picture.An experimental temporary closure of Swan Street’s...
View ArticleWoman denies drink-driving
A WOMAN has denied driving on Church Street, Market Deeping, while over the drink-drive limit on January 22.Joanne Aubert (46), of Granville Avenue, Northborough, near Peterborough, appeared at...
View ArticleHe made £2.5m dumping tyres illegally - but court orders just £122 to be...
A BUSINESSMAN who made £2.5million by illegally dumping tyres across the UK has been ordered to pay back just £122 – and he has six months to do it.Prosecutors launched a proceeds of crime...
View ArticleGrew cannabis in his bedroom
POLICE executed a search warrant at an address in Quadring and found Graham MacDonald had grown nine cannabis plants in a bedroom.Officers also seized amphetamine from the fridge and found a small...
View ArticleCouncils’ merged services project saves district £780,000
ALMOST £780,000 has been saved in South Holland in one year after some council services were merged with those from another of Lincolnshire’s authorities. The figure has been revealed as Compass Point...
View ArticleStruggle to home cats in hard times
TOUGH economic times could see an explosion in the number of abandoned kittens looking for homes over the next couple of months.RSPCA staff and volunteers in the district are bracing themselves for an...
View ArticleTrade has halved in ‘rack and ruin’ town
NUMBERS of shoppers in Spalding town centre have dropped by more than 50 per cent in the past few years, according to a businessman behind a bid for £100,000 of regeneration cash.Karl Sergison, of...
View ArticleDrink-driver caused road crash
SELF-employed businessman Alan Burton was found to be over the drink-drive limit after he caused a road crash by pulling out in front of another car, Spalding magistrates heard.Burton (40), of Mayfield...
View ArticleProposal for wardens to clean up Spalding
SPITTING in the streets is becoming such a problem in Spalding that councillors are calling for a meeting with police.Coun Gary Taylor said it was just one thing in a list of concerns that should be...
View ArticleTheft charges adjourned
THREE theft charges against a Crowland woman were adjourned by Spalding magistrates on Thursday.The court heard Penny Redford (29), of South Street, was too ill to attend.She is accused of stealing...
View ArticleTravellers’ site permission renewal
COUNCIL bosses hoping to create a temporary stopping place for gypsies and travellers in Sutton Bridge are being forced to renew their planning permission. South Holland District Council has allowed...
View ArticleNasty shock for Sophie on night out in city
A Holbeach woman has spoken of her shock at stumbling across a nasty assault in the early hours of the morning.Sophie Bailey (22) was walking towards Peterborough city centre with friend Nathan...
View ArticleFamily left reeling by a second ‘fluke’ diagnosis
A FAMILY has been left reeling after a second member was diagnosed with a serious illness almost by accident. Mum Caroline Nightingale claims contracting meningitis helped save her life after a visit...
View ArticleCrash victims are ‘stable’
TWO teenagers remain in hospital after a two-car crash in Sutton Bridge on Sunday.A 19-year-old man from Long Sutton was airlifted to University Hospital in Coventry by the Derbyshire Air Ambulance...
View ArticleIt would have been quicker to take it to a rubbish dump
THE attached shot was taken on Monday on the Deeping High Bank between Crowland Bridge and Spalding. It is obviously contents of a house that is being refurbished, either DIY or builder. This spot on...
View ArticlePolice dog used to track sat nav thieves
A POLICE dog was used to try to track thieves who stole a sat nav from a van in Whaplode in the early hours of this morning.The dog and handler were called in at about 12.30am after the owners of a...
View ArticleCar park could turn into town gardens
SPALDING’S Victoria Street car park could be turned into formal gardens to replace the Sir Halley Stewart Field.South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter has mooted the “innovative” idea of...
View ArticleTrial date set over death of pedestrian
A MOTORIST accused of causing the death of a pedestrian by careless or inconsiderate driving will have his case heard at Lincoln Crown Court.Kyle Simpson (26), of Market Rasen Way, Holbeach, denies the...
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