Author Gemma Malley visits Kirton Middlecott School
KIRTON Middlecott School pupils were thrilled to host author Gemma Malley last week and to hear about her latest book, The Killables.School literacy coordinator Adrian Isted said the visit was...
View ArticleTouching the lives of thousands of families
‘IT HAS saved my life,” is what 51-year-old Leslie Hillman-Hunter says about St Barnabas Spalding.This is the 30th anniversary of St Barnabas in Lincolnshire, although the Spalding hospice on Wygate...
View ArticleGetting a hotel room has never been easier
GOSBERTON business Infotel Solutions has further enhanced its hotel booking website www.findmeahotelroom.com so it compete with the likes of booking.com and laterooms.The site is part of the Infotel...
View ArticleApril’s heavy rainfall will not stop the hosepipe ban
THE ban on using hosepipes at home will continue, despite more than an inch of rain falling in 24 hours in some parts of Lincolnshire over the weekend. Anglian Water says it will take much more than a...
View ArticleHas anyone seen parrot?
A PARROT that answers to the name of Gizmo has gone missing from a house in Spalding.The African grey parrot with a red tail, it was having its usual morning fly around the house in Horseshoe Road when...
View ArticleRail passengers in Spalding using buses
COMMUTERS from Spalding are being bussed to their destinations following the cancellation of trains due to a drivers’ dispute.Passengers using East Midlands Trains face six days of action this month...
View ArticleSchoolboys in town centre ‘gun’ drama
POLICE are stepping up patrols this week after two schoolboys in Spalding’s Winsover Road believe they saw a man with a gun on Friday.The 14-year-old pupils at Sir John Gleed School were walking along...
View ArticleDriver comes to the rescue
A BUS driver came to the aid of a woman who was seen self-harming in a car parked in Fosdyke village.Police and an ambulance were called at about 6pm on Thursday after the woman was spotted cutting...
View ArticleBourne nurse is part of Cameron’s new forum
A DISTRICT nurse has taken part in a new national nursing forum with Prime Minister David Cameron in an attempt to improve standards.Candice Pellett, a case manager district nurse for Lincolnshire...
View ArticleFamily and friends’ £4,000 for good causes
FAMILY fundraisers have handed over cheques totalling more than £4,000 to two good causes.David Sones and his family had hoped to raise £1,000 by holding an event with live music and disco at Gedney...
View Article‘It’s time to put cards on table over future’
DEVELOPERS and councillors are being urged to put their cards on the table over plans for Spalding’s future. A handful of traders and residents have made the call after an “accidental” mini-forum at...
View ArticleCHILD SEX PEST LIVES IN VILLAGE
PARENTS are keeping their children on a short leash after discovering a convicted paedophile is living in their village.Surfleet parents were shocked to discover that Paul Tumber, who molested a...
View ArticleIn Bloom vow to beat the drought
LONG Sutton in Bloom has vowed to press ahead with plans for special displays to mark the jubilee despite a ban on using mains water.The committee behind the village’s summer flower displays held an...
View ArticleHealthy diets and healthy minds too
PUPILS and staff at Fleet Wood Lane Primary School are celebrating after regaining their Healthy Schools Award status.The school was first accredited in 2008 and worked hard to get its latest...
View ArticlePolice warn against town’s rogue traders
DEALS for discount goods offered on the street might seem too good to be true – and they probably are, according to Spalding’s police. Officers are warning the public to be on-guard against suspected...
View ArticleHalf-baked pasty tax gets the cold shoulder
STUDENTS in Spalding are left cold by government plans to charge VAT on their lunchtime hot pasty snack.Jacob Chapman (17) was tucking into a pasty from Greggs in the town centre, as thousands of...
View ArticleBye-law to tackle park dog problem
PET owners could be forced to keep their dogs on leads in a village park after several attacks.Long Sutton parish councillors are to look into changing a bye-law already in force at Cinder Ash Park...
View ArticleDelay on plans for relief road
DECISIONS on a western relief road for Spalding are unlikely to be made until the autumn.It had been thought plans would be submitted to South Holland District Council in the spring, but they have been...
View ArticleSpalding Flower Parade day: rain is ‘not expected’
RAIN will not be dampening spirits at this weekend’s Spalding Flower Parade, according to weather forecasters. While April’s heavy showers have been dominating the headlines during the continuing...
View Article£2,065 court bill for gamekeeper who put pregnant fox in tiny barrel
TWO men using terriers to flush foxes from underground dens put a live pregnant vixen in a tiny barrel because the gamekeeper “didn’t have the heart” to shoot her as the law required.Police were called...
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