Crematorium building to start this year
WORK could start to build a new crematorium in Surfleet later this year.Detailed technical plans are now being drawn up after South Lincolnshire Crematorium Ltd got the go-ahead for the single-storey...
View ArticleHOLBEACH: Academy expansion to start next month
IT’S “all systems go” at University Academy Holbeach after a green light was given to its major expansion.It is now hoped building work could start as early as next month to create 24 new general...
View ArticleJoin exercise class to save it folding
ORGANISERS of an NHS-backed exercise group in Sutton Bridge are appealing for more people to join so the fledgling class doesn’t have to fold.Vitality project manager Louise Thompson says the group...
View ArticleThis £21,000-per-month A151 camera is county’s second-biggest earner
DRIVERS have coughed up more than £214,000 in ten months after being caught by an A151 road safety camera since the speed limit dropped from 40mph to 30mph.Some 3,577 drivers were ‘snapped’ between...
View ArticleBound over to keep peace
EDVARD Mencinskij (23), of Hannam Boulevard, Spalding, agreed to be bound over in the sum of £140 to keep the peace for a year when he appeared before town magistrates on Thursday.He pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleSex crimes on children go up
TEAMS from the NSPCC-backed ChildLine Schools Service are working in Spalding area primary schools to help stem the rising tide of sex crimes against children.Some 307 sex crimes against children were...
View ArticleSPALDING: Police going the extra mile
POLICE on bicycles gave up their own time to patrol an area of Spalding so elderly residents could get a night’s sleep without worrying.Pensioners in Sezanne Walk had been staying up until the early...
View Article‘Good news boy has been expelled’
A BUS inspector, who suffered a black eye in an attack outside a Spalding school, has welcomed news the student responsible has been expelled.Edward Cabot (67) was working to take his mind off having...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: House fire
FIRE crews from Kirton and Boston were called to a house fire yesterday (Monday) evening in Algarkirk.It is not yet clear whether anyone was hurt in the blaze in Andrew Common.Fire severely damaged a...
View ArticlePlantsman with exotic passion
PIONEERING Victorian botanists travelled the globe to bring exotic plants to this country. Colin Ward isn’t exactly putting his life at risk as his predecessors did in their pursuit of discovering rare...
View ArticleTeen flipped car evading police
A TEENAGER, who didn’t have a driving licence, drove at 80mph in a bid to evade pursuing police before flipping the car.Adam Hughes, who had not passed a driving test and had no insurance, drove off...
View ArticleResidents lose bid to foil grain store
RESIDENTS beside Long Oliver’s Road in Donington fear their lives will be a misery now more lorries will use the narrow road to get to a new 600sq m grain store.They say farm lorries have cracked their...
View ArticleRising homelessness is ‘hidden’ problem
SOUTH Holland is experiencing a rising tide of “hidden homelessness” as people pay the price for the ongoing financial crisis.It is feared scores of people could be sleeping in their cars parked up in...
View ArticleTulip fields are in full bloom
HEAVY rain may have postponed tulip picking this week but plans are all still on track for this year’s Spalding Flower Parade. The fields will remain a sea of colour for just a few days longer after...
View ArticleFlorence and Eleanor have a splashing time in the rain
APRIL showers are continuing to sweep across south Lincolnshire, despite the ongoing hosepipe ban to combat drought conditions. Weather recorder Nicholas Watts, of Deeping St Nicholas, has recorded a...
View ArticlePolice: Please only judge us on crime we’re aware of
A SPALDING police sergeant has challenged residents to “judge us on our results” after two town-centre arrests for anti-social behaviour.Sgt Stuart Hurst said the arrests were both made after members...
View ArticleAde and Tony get on their bikes for charity
CYCLING from Great Yarmouth to Spalding is the latest challenge being taken on by a postman in memory of one of his colleagues who lost his battle with cancer.Ade Mills (44) has already raised almost...
View ArticleDoes teacher exodus spell schools crisis?
A “MASS exodus” of teachers and a difficulty in recruiting could lead to a crisis in South Holland schools.Fears over possible changes to teachers’ pensions and increased Ofsted pressures are leading...
View ArticleNEIGHBOURS FROM HELL
A COUPLE are being forced to sleep in their conservatory or in a caravan parked on friends’ driveways because of neighbours from hell.Tracy Wilkinson claims she and partner Nick Fisher are being driven...
View ArticleRunners experience marathon delight
THOUSANDS of pounds has been raised by runners from across South Holland after they completed the gruelling London marathon course on Sunday. Sarah O’Brien (30) ran the course for the first time in...
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