‘Abusive’ husband fined £35
A MAN alleged to have assaulted his wife by shoving her backwards and grabbing her throat was fined £35 by Spalding magistrates.Andrew Preece (45) admitted assaulting his wife, Wendy, at their Spalding...
View ArticlePoor English led to ban mistake
AN Eastern European who can’t read English claimed that he didn’t know his driving ban was still in force when he pulled out into the path of a police car.Miroslaw Lukaszewicz (50), of Willesby Road,...
View ArticleNew Holbeach vicarage could attract priest
A NEW vicarage could be built in Holbeach to help overcome problems of recruiting a new parish priest.All Saints’ Church has been without a vicar since Canon John Wickstead retired last May and Lincoln...
View ArticleNigel has designs on needlecraft
WHEN Nigel Barker’s daughter got married he played an important part in the proceedings, as you would expect of the father of the bride.However, what is less customary is that 68-year-old Nigel made...
View ArticleJubilee busy time for medics
AMBULANCE staff have been praised for the way they dealt with emergencies over jubilee weekend.Phil Milligan, chief executive of the East Midlands Ambulance Service, praised staff and volunteers for...
View ArticleLorry driver killed in A47 crash
A LORRY driver, believed to be from Sutton Bridge, has died after his vehicle collided with a car in Norfolk.Colin Wright, from Swineshead-based haulage firm Mason Brothers, was pronounced dead by...
View ArticleGet growing with sunflower giveaway
ON Saturday Spalding’s B&Q store will take part in a great sunflower grow giving away sunflower plants to children and parents in a bid to get kids in the garden and growing.The campaign which is...
View Article‘Suicide pact’ by care home’s owners after announcing its closure
THE owners of a South Holland care home told of their “great sorrow” in a letter announcing its closure written just hours before they were found dead in an apparent double suicide.The bodies of...
View ArticleDriver remains critically ill
A SUTTON Bridge motorist remains in critical condition in hospital after a crash on June 2.The 31-year-old was driving a silver Ford Focus which crossed the main carriageway on the A52 Wainfleet Road...
View ArticleInterim ban for drink driver
SPALDING magistrates imposed an interim driving ban and adjourned sentence to June 21 when Moulton man Graham Pearce admitted driving with 103 microgrammes of alcohol in breath – nearly three times the...
View ArticleHaulage firm pays tribute to lorry driver who died at the wheel
SHOCKED staff at a transport firm are in mourning after one of their lorry drivers died at the wheel on Saturday.Colin Wright (62), of Pebble Close, Sutton Bridge, was confirmed dead after emergency...
View ArticleSaddle up for Bike Week
It is Bike Week from Saturday until next Sunday, an annual opportunity to promote cycling nationally and to show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life.Pedals – Spalding’s cycle action group –...
View Article‘Zero tolerance’ of football violence
POLICE will be operating a zero-tolerance policy on troublemakers during Euro 2012.Extra officers were drafted in to patrol the town centre on Monday night during England’s first game of the tournament...
View ArticleWife pays tribute to Spalding chef who died on long-haul flight
THE WIFE of a Spalding man who died on a plane on his way to Thailand has paid tribute to her “lovely” husband.Paul Gregson died last month, aged just 56. He had fallen asleep a few hours into the...
View ArticleUPDATE: A17 closure to remain until Sunday
Friday, 5pm: Police say the section of the A17 where a tanker overturned on Friday will remain closed until Sunday. The incident - involving a lorry carrying liquid nitrogen – on the Sutton Bridge side...
View ArticleLorry park plan is thrown out
A SPALDING businessman has lost another round in his seven year battle to develop land in Moulton Chapel.Sam Kandola’s latest application – the fifth to be rejected since 2005 – involved creating a...
View ArticleRoad repairs are behind schedule
REPAIRS to drought-damaged roads in the Spalding area are behind schedule through lack of funding.Roads in Spalding, Holbeach and Bourne are among 150 that were indentified in the county in February as...
View ArticleFairer system for tenants
RESIDENTS who contribute to society could be bumped up the waiting list for a council house under new plans.A new tenancy strategy is being drawn up by South Holland District Council which aims to make...
View ArticleArtsmark achieved
A RECORD-breaking number of schools in the East Midlands, including two in Bourne and one in Gosberton, are among 1,580 across England that have achieved an Artsmark award.Bourne Abbey Primary Academy...
View ArticleRain batters In Bloom hopes
TORRENTIAL rain is battering the hopes of villages in the Spalding area entering the East Midlands In Bloom competition.Judging takes place next month but volunteers in Holbeach and Sutton Bridge are...
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