Vandals put loos at risk
Public loos at Sutton Bridge may be lost unless vandals stop wrecking them. The warning came from parish council chairman John Grimwood, who says the toilets have been closed due to vandalism about...
View ArticleParish to fight district council?
Parish councillors in Sutton Bridge will hold a special meeting to decide whether to take legal action against South Holland District Council over its decision to give planning consent for a...
View ArticleParish backs MP in court battle
Sutton Bridge Parish Council is backing MP John Hayes in his fight to have Spalding Magistrates’ Court reopened. Villagers are faced with a seven hour return rail trip to Lincoln to attend family court...
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 ArticleMoulton’s good shepherdess
In the lead up to a big date Tessa Bustance is doing what many young women do: improving appearances with a wash and even a dye.Except when it comes to Tessa, it’s her pedigree Eaubrink Flock Texel...
View ArticleMoulton shepherdess’s busy life schedule
The life of a shepherdess isn’t an easy one, especially as Tessa Bustance combines breeding pedigree Texel sheep with working as an auctioneer’s clerk at Melton Mowbray market.That’s her Tuesday job,...
View ArticleADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Do you qualify for research and development tax relief?
This month the experts from Moore Thompson answer common questions on Research and Development tax relief.What is R&D tax relief?If your company carries out research and development (R&D) that...
View ArticleDuo to work together to keep police officers in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Chief Constable Neil Rhodes has vowed to work with police and crime commissioner Alan Hardwick to ensure there are no cuts in officer numbers during the next two years.In his first...
View ArticleBag up to £1,100 in recycling rewards
Lucky residents of South Holland could bag up to £1,100 in a new recycling reward scheme.Ten different households will be randomly selected every four weeks to take part in the Green Bag Lottery.Run by...
View ArticleInches from disaster
There’s a fresh call for sea defences in Sutton Bridge to be raised after a 10ft tidal surge – the worst in 60 years – came up the Nene in December.Parish council vice-chairman Michael Booth said: “We...
View ArticlePensioner’s £9,000 ‘dishonest’ claim
A pensioner claimed more than £9,000 in benefits he wasn’t entitled to when he failed to declare earnings from his job.Victor Lilburn (71), of Cranmore Lane, Holbeach, was earning between £288.81 and...
View Article‘CCTV? We want it free for six months’
A village that feels it’s had a rough deal from South Holland’s CCTV cameras is reluctant to join a new system unless it can first have a six-month free trial.Sutton Bridge had two cameras with the old...
View ArticleDrug dealing and fly-tipping hits village
Drug dealers and fly-tippers have hit a popular park in Sutton Bridge.Parish council clerk Suzanne England said trainers were found hanging in bushes – a sign that drug dealing is going on – when she...
View ArticlePolice get regional back-up
Lincolnshire Police is joining three other East Midlands forces to provide regional specialist services including search teams, armed response units, dog sections and roads policing.The new system goes...
View ArticleMan arrested after vicar attack given further bail
UPDATE TUESDAY 4.15PM: A 64-year-old man from Gosberton arrested in connection with an attack on a vicar has been given police bail.The man, who has not been named, was arrested after Rev Ian Walters...
View ArticleThe chicken they brought back from ‘the dead’ ...
A chicken brought back from the dead, the Lincolnshire Buff, is teaching Spalding students at Sir John Gleed School and The Priory School about small animal care.Pupils at Gleed’s Hayden Centre have...
View ArticleMystery of father’s service in WW1
Dunkirk veteran Les Wilson aims to join fellow ex-servicemen in Spalding’s commemorations this year to mark the outbreak of the First World War.His father, John Joseph Wilson MBE, survived the...
View ArticleDrivers face delays due to A1 crash
UPDATE 10.45AM: Motorists in South Holland faced unexpected delays getting into work today because of a crash on the A1 near Grantham.A man and young child were taken to hospital after the crash which...
View ArticleTime running out to fill in speed survey
There is still time for people in South Holland, the Deepings and Bourne to have their say on speed limits across the area.A Speed Management Review survey is currently taking place in Lincolnshire,...
View ArticleRomans invade primary school
Year 3 children from Ayscoughfee Hall School had great fun experiencing life as a Roman.They learnt about the types of medicine and weapons used in ancient Roman times, designed and created their own...
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