Relief for firms
One of the biggest challenges facing independent businesses in South Holland is how to adapt to the internet revolution.Retailers in particular are having to cope with the changing habits of more and...
View ArticleCOUNCIL TAX: Our bills have actually gone up 100 per cent
South Holland District Council have made a great show of the fact council tax bills for 2014/2015 only went up 0.2 per cent. This is true for people in work. For those out-of-work, disabled or like me...
View ArticleCharity rescues street dog from Turkey after owners die
A street dog in Turkey has been rescued by a Holbeach-based charity after its British owners and their other two pets died within months of each other.Liz and Lol Lowe retired abroad seven years ago...
View ArticleHOUSING PLAN: Claims over plan were exaggerated
With reference to the proposed housing development on Wardentree Lane, Pinchbeck by Larkfleet Homes and the letter in last week’s Spalding Guardian claiming “the land is teeming with wildlife”. I have...
View ArticleCheque mates
Ladybirds pre-school in West Pinchbeck have received a cash boost. Ian Smee of the Rotary Club of South Holland visited them and handed over a cheque for £800 to Carla Holmes, manager of the Ladybirds.
View ArticleMARINA PLAN: Project does not stack up
I refer to the letter from Coun Rowe and Ms Treacher (Guardian, March 13) in response to my earlier letter.I take this opportunity to dispel any thoughts that the many Lincolnshire County Council...
View ArticleFLOOD RISK: Attention should be on river surges
The point Mr Harrison (Lincolnshire Free Press letters, February 25) doesn’t seem to grasp is that the Environment Agency (EA) flood risk maps for planning (January 2014) more or less show the entire...
View ArticleCommunity rallies to reopen play park
Public response to a charity’s bid to raise £16,000 to get a popular children’s play park reopened was described as “a fantastic show of community spirit” at a presentation last week. The play area at...
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 ArticleYet more speculation over interest rates rise
Money Matters by Scott WoodsThe Bank of England could raise the base interest rate from its record low level before the end of this year.That’s according to Christine Johnson, head of fixed income at...
View ArticleClarification
In our article (Lincolnshire Free Press, March 18) featuring the visit of four South Holland pupils to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps in German-occupied Poland, we neglected to make it clear that...
View ArticleLorry overturned on A16 near Spalding
UPDATE 2pm: An articulated lorry carrying fruit has overturned on the A16 near the Moulton Chapel roundabout this morning.Police say the accident blocked the southbound carriageway, but traffic was...
View ArticleHolbeach Town Band looking for new ‘bass’
Holbeach Town Band are looking for a new bandroom and for help with funding from the local community.The band has been asked by Holbeach Parish Council to move from their current rehearsal room in Back...
View ArticleSouth Holland’s holiday home from home for dogs
Holiday photographs and postcards to ‘mum and dad’ are a reassurance that everything is going well on a trip away from home.Except in this case it’s not teenagers taking holidays with friends that’s...
View ArticleFind out about becoming a dog host in South Holland
There are currently about 26 host families working with the local branch of Barking Mad.Kerry Wells, proprietor of the service that matches dogs with host families as an alternative to kennels,...
View ArticleThrift: the daughter of prudence, the parent of liberty
MP John Hayes writes for the Lincolnshire Free PressThe famous economist John Maynard Keynes, in a statement of the obvious, decreed that “in the long-run we are all dead”.But to disregard the future...
View ArticleBingo tax slash will modernise centres and save the game
Calls from bingo petitioners for a financial boost to keep the game alive have been answered by the Chancellor.George Osborn slashed the tax on bingo in half from 20 to ten per cent in the...
View Article£200m for potholes
The Budget has delivered an extra £200million to repair potholes nationwide.And Lincolnshire is getting a £3.3million share of the pot.Lincolnshire County Council has spent more than £16million on the...
View ArticleProblem remembering things?
We all forget things from time to time.But in some cases the cause of memory loss can be down to an onset of a medical condition.A dedicated memory clinic is now available at the Sutton’s Medical Group...
View ArticleSave a life by giving blood
New blood donors are always needed.The next chance to donate is at South Holland Centre in Spalding, on Thursday, March 27, from 12.30pm to 3pm and 4.30pm and 7.30pm. Make an appointment at...
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