Caravan stolen in Long Sutton
THIEVES have stolen a caravan from Long Sutton.The theft happened between 10pm on Sunday and 7.30am the following morning, when a white single axle twin-berth touring caravan was stolen from Garnsgate...
View ArticleWarning over funny money
SHOPPERS are being warned to be on their guard against fake £20 notes circulating around the Holbeach area.Lincolnshire Police has confirmed reports have been made to them in recent weeks after people...
View Article2.45pm: Reports of helicopter ‘pursuing’ light aircraft
Reports are coming in of a helicopter possibly pursuing a light aircraft in the skies above South Holland.One Twitter follower says the dark-coloured chopper has been in the air since 9.30am.And a...
View ArticleTwo-time burglar caught by police dog
TWO-time burglar Mark Hadaway was caught red-handed in a police stop and search when the screws in his pocket matched those taken from the hinges of a shed he raided.He was also found by a police dog...
View ArticleUPDATE: ‘Olympic sex’ bench removed
Thursday, 5.30pm: Spalding’s ‘sexual athletics’ bench has gone - leaving hot-blooded residents without their favourite spot for rowdy behaviour.The Spalding Guardian can reveal the bench, along the...
View ArticleBurns man in intensive care
A MAN remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital after suffering serious burns in a fire in his shed.The 20-year-old man from Roman Bank, Holbeach Clough, is believed to have been welding a...
View ArticleMore Spalding police on the beat – on bikes
Police officers are using pedal power to patrol Spalding, thanks to the delivery of six new bicycles.South Holland district councillor Gary Taylor paid for the bicycles with £2,000 of his designated...
View ArticleBurglars deny war hero his ‘fervent’ burial wish
A FRAIL 90-year-old has spoken of her heartbreak after the medals her war hero husband wished to be buried with were stolen.Gwen Hillman says callous thieves who ransacked her Holbeach home have denied...
View ArticleCigarette caused settee fire
FIRE crews were called after a carelessly discarded cigarette set fire to a sofa at a house in Deeping St Nicholas.The blaze in Campains Lane was reported just after midnight and severely damaged the...
View ArticleGCSE marks ‘made up’ by school’s head of English
MORE than 30 children face failing their GCSE English exams this summer after a teacher didn’t set work and falsified grades.The year 11 pupils at Peele Community College, Long Sutton, have been...
View ArticleDrink-driver went wrong way
POLICE followed a drink-driver the wrong way along the one-way section of Spalding’s High Street.Aaron Hardacre (20), of Longrigg Walk, Swineshead, pulled up outside The Cley Hall Hotel with police...
View ArticleBurglary case adjourned
A FORMER Spalding man who denies burglary and theft at the Jackson Building Centre, in Cradge Bank, will stand trial at the town magistrates’ court on July 12.Konrad Wloch (30), formerly of South...
View ArticleVan driver banned
A MAN was double the drink drive limit the night he decided it was too risky to leave his van parked up with £4,500 worth of tools in the back.But driving cost him a 20-month ban after a policeman...
View ArticleCouncillors dish out whopping £40,887 in year’s final month
ALMOST £41,000 was handed over to community groups and projects in South Holland by councillors in the final month of the financial year.The whopping sum was given as part of the Designated...
View ArticleVision for the future of Holbeach
A NEW purpose-built heritage centre, new employment opportunities, housing and green space all make up a brave vision of Holbeach’s future.The exciting ideas to revitalise the town centre have been...
View ArticleCancer fund benefits from mums, dads and pupils
ENTERPRISING youngsters at South View Primary School at Crowland persuaded mums and dads to part with cake ingredients and then sold the baked results back to them.However, it was all in a good cause...
View ArticleHotelier has stars in his sights
IF SOMEONE tries to book into the Cley Hall in Spalding and asks for a double room for single occupancy, David Stanbridge will be on his guard.If, in the morning, they demand poached eggs for breakfast...
View ArticleChallenge to drop a dress size
WOMEN in Spalding are being encouraged to take part in a ten-week adult education course to learn about how to make healthy lifestyle choices.The Drop a Dress Size course is being run by Lincolnshire...
View ArticleJody fulfilling a dream of taming wild horses
THE term “horse whisperer” evokes an image of someone with the power to communicate with horses or else it summons the film of the same name, directed by and starring Robert Redford.It’s a term that...
View ArticleChristina is making history in Spalding Flower Parade
MANY young girls in south Lincolnshire dream of being Flower Queen one day, but Christina Tyrrell had a very different ambition.Christina always wanted to drive a tractor in the annual Flower Parade, a...
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