‘Attic rooms’ plan gets thrown out
SPALDING councillor Christine Lawton attacked a company’s plans to extend a care home, saying residents would live in “attic rooms” without a view of the outside world.Apex Care Ltd wanted to build 19...
View ArticleFamilies helped to improve lives
STAFF dedicated to working with South Holland’s most difficult families are “ahead of the game” in relation to the relaunch of a government programme this week.Lincolnshire County Council is being...
View Article‘Name and shame’ the graffiti vandals
RESIDENTS are being urged to name and shame vandals who are blighting the town with their graffiti “tags”.Several of the spray paint marks have started to spring up in various areas of Spalding,...
View ArticlePensioner’s ‘Pay and I’ll go’ protest
A PLUCKY Pinchbeck pensioner was just hours away from staging a ‘Pay and I’ll Go’ protest to get a refund at a Spalding mobile phone shop.Roger Bullows (69), of Laxton Gardens, said he was prepared to...
View ArticleOur GP surgeries scored by patients
SOUTH Holland’s GP surgeries have been given marks out of ten in a new system aimed at providing clear information about how they are performing.Patients can now log onto the NHS Choices website and...
View ArticleSpalding vicar: Gay marriages in church could spell end for heterosexual ones
A SPALDING clergyman says the Church of England could stop conducting all marriages if a new law allows same sex couples to wed in church.The Rev John Bennett said men and women wanting to get married...
View ArticleStock car driver killed in race
MONDAY: Well-known stock car driver Steve Newman was killed in a race at Mildenhall on Saturday night.Steve (37), from Town Drove, Quadring, died after his car hit the central reservation, rolled and...
View ArticleGeoff Capes urges locals to welcome Olympic torch
LEGENDARY strongman Geoff Capes is urging the people of South Holland to pull out all the stops to welcome the Olympic torch next month.Three-times Olympian Geoff, who was born in Holbeach, says the...
View ArticleCar thieves in house while couple slept
A HOLBEACH woman has spoken of her fears after thieves broke into her home while she and her family were sleeping to search for keys to steal her new Mercedes C Class car.Jane Francis (58), of...
View ArticleFirm wins tyre plant appeal
A CONTROVERSIAL tyre sorting and bailing plant in Sutterton is to go ahead after a planning inspector swept aside villagers’ concerns.Envirotyre UK Ltd had an application to change the use of a haulage...
View ArticleNew fitness classes for kids
A NEW class called Bokwa Kids has started in Spalding. The class offers a special cardio fitness regime incorporating African dance, aerobics, light boxing, kickboxing, step and circuits for children...
View ArticleYoungsters get on their bikes
NINETEEN children from Quadring Cowley and Brown’s Primary School sailed through their Bikeability training with flying colours.Instructors from Lincoln’s Sincil College put years five and six pupils...
View ArticleCash to prevent homelessness
MORE than £90,000 will be spent to maintain a “prevention is better than cure” approach to tackling homelessness in South Holland.The district council prides itself on having very low numbers of people...
View ArticleWarrant out for arrest
SPALDING magistrates issued a warrant for the arrest of a man who failed to attend court on Thursday to answer a charge of possessing amphetamine.Robert Tillin (33), of Medlock Crescent, Spalding, is...
View ArticleGrammar A Level problem
SPALDING Grammar School has confirmed it is in contact with an exam board after two students experienced a problem with their Ethics and Philosophy A Level paper on Thursday.The Lincolnshire Free Press...
View ArticleMore GCSE pupils let down by their teacher
MORE than 20 pupils from a Spalding school are facing a last minute rush to redo coursework towards a Science Btec qualification after a problem was discovered with the way they had been taught.The 15...
View ArticleWomen shun cancer screening
MORE than one in five Lincolnshire women aged between 25 and 49 is turning down the chance of a free life-saving test that could detect and prevent the onset of cancer.The county is ahead of many other...
View ArticleLorry overturns
EMERGENCY services were called to Tydd Lane, Sutton St James, at 1.45pm on Monday when a lorry overturned into a ditch.Fire crews from Long Sutton, Holbeach and Norfolk freed the 54-year-old driver...
View ArticleHomeless sex offender in court
A HOMELESS sex offender was found a place in a bed and breakfast last year by “the authorities”.But he was in court on Thursday for failing to tell police about that change of address within three...
View ArticleSON (8) SAW STOCK CAR DEATH CRASH
A STOCK car driver has died following a crash witnessed by his eight-year-old son.Steve Newman (37), of Town Drove, Quadring, died after his car hit the central reservation during the early stages of...
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