Interest rate rise could see mortgage costs go up
A new report from the credit-ratings agency Fitch says the ongoing economic and housing market recovery will support short-term mortgage performance, with arrears continuing to fall in the next 12...
View ArticleDouble the limit drink-driver went into garden wall
A driver more than double the legal alcohol limit crashed into a garden wall fronting two houses.Richard Kirby’s Ford Focus demolished part of the wall in Church Street, Deeping St James, at 12.40am on...
View ArticleChurch burglary trial
A man who denies burglary and theft of a processional cross from the vestry at Crowland Abbey last July will stand trial on April 23 at Grantham Magistrates’ Court.Carl Cottingham (26), of Little...
View ArticleTwo year driving ban
A man almost three times the legal drink drive limit on the A16, near Surfleet, was banned from driving for two years.Zbigniew Michalczyk (43), of Portland Street, Boston, was also given 40 hours...
View ArticleAccused of two shop thefts
A man accused of two shop thefts will appear at Boston Magistrates’ Court on February 3.Terry Parbury (28), of Washway Road, Fleet Hargate, is charged with stealing saw blades and drill bits worth...
View ArticleDrink-drive case
A Spalding man charged with drink-driving in Pennygate on Christmas Eve will appear before Boston magistrates on February 3.He is Jaroslavas Pecerskis (32), of First Avenue.
View ArticleSocial worker Rob gets national ‘job’
A social worker from Spalding will represent mental health on a national board dedicated to raising standards of care.Rob Goemans, lead social worker for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,...
View ArticlePick-up truck and car in A17 Swineshead crash
UPDATE FRIDAY 5PM: A man has been taken to hospital after a crash involving a car and pick-up truck on the A17 in Swineshead today.It involved a Volkswagen Passat and Ford Transit flatbed pick-up which...
View ArticleCounty council offers ‘big switch’
Lincolnshire County Council is following in the footsteps of South Holland District Council by giving residents a chance to save cash on their home energy bills.So far nearly 12,000 people have...
View ArticleWoman sentenced after admitting causing the deaths of Sutton Bridge girls
A woman has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment suspended for two years after admitting causing the deaths of two Sutton Bridge sisters in a Christmas collision.Marie Easter, of Herbert Ward Way...
View ArticleUPDATE – SATURDAY 7PM: 18th birthday party abandoned as police called
An 18-year-old youth has been cautioned after an incident of criminal damage at a party in Spalding last night (Friday).Police received a call from staff at the Spalding Services and Social Club in...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for driver after deaths of sisters
A woman whose car crashed into a ditch, killing two Sutton Bridge sisters, was given a suspended jail sentence yesterday (Friday).Marie Easter (44) was sentenced to 15 months in prison, suspended for...
View ArticleLast ditch fight for ‘access to justice’
MP John Hayes is leading a last-ditch bid to restore local access to justice for South Holland people who are now forced to travel to Lincoln, Grantham or Boston for court hearings.Spalding...
View ArticleTHE HIGH LIFE: By Spalding High School
Now in its 51st year, the National Theatre is home to some of Britain’s best loved plays. On January 15, it was time for the drama students of Spalding High School to attend a movement workshop and...
View ArticleChip shop batters its rivals to show ‘source’ matters
A fish and chip shop in Market Deeping is frying high after scooping a national award.Staff from the Boundary in High Street battered their rivals at the 2014 National Fish and Chip Awards on Wednesday...
View Article£4.3m pot to make ‘Our Place’ better
Groups driving for change in South Holland are being invited to apply for a slice of a £4.3 million funding pot.The nationwide Our Place programme will benefit communities across the district,...
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 ArticleSeven arrested after rave
Police arrested seven people and seized two vehicles in relation to a rave on farmland near Bourne.The rave started on land off Fen Road, Dunsby, at around 11pm on Saturday night.At its peak between...
View ArticlePolice appeal after Spalding robbery
Police are appealing for information after a robbery at a shop in Spalding.The incident took place at a grocers shop in Francis Street at 11.45am on Saturday.The offender threatened staff, before...
View ArticlePolice: ‘Criminal damage to cars is not linked’
Police are appealing for information about three incidents of criminal damage to cars.Incident 111 of January 20 refers to an incident in which a Honda CRV was scratched whilst parked in Herring Lane...
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