Teen hid from police in field
A MAN who admitted taking a motorbike without the owner’s consent hid in a field when a police patrol car approached in the early hours of the morning.The officer spotted Thomas Nicholls (18) lying in...
View ArticlePilgrim under fire over A&E
A FAMILY slammed accident and emergency at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital after a six-month-old baby with breathing problems waited eight hours to see a doctor.Noah Donnelly-Coles was taken to A&E at...
View ArticleWarning over ‘bling’ dummies
PARENTS are being warned against buying jewel-encrusted dummies amid concerns that the small gems could choke their child.Lincolnshire Trading Standards is urging people to avoid the ‘bling’ products,...
View ArticlePatients to have a say
SPALDING’S Beechfield Medical Centre wants to hear the opinions of its patients.The practice is keen to involve patients in decisions taken about the range and quality of services on offer and is...
View ArticleOur Sarah’s beauty is on world stage
A HOLBEACH beauty who won our Look of 2009 competition, Sarah Ashworth, flew to Turkey on Tuesday to take part in Miss Globe International.Sarah (19) will spend ten days in Istanbul at a five star...
View ArticleMoulton pupils get painting for Face Britain
MOULTON Harrox Primary School pupils have been busy painting self-portraits – and could help to set a world record.The school’s art project was part of Face Britain, a national project celebrating...
View ArticleDog breeding charges goes to April trial
A Spalding woman faces a three-day trial in April after denying two charges of breeding dogs without a licence.Mandy Goodwin (43), of Surfleet Road, is being prosecuted by South Holland District...
View ArticleBusiness club networking
SPALDING Business Club holds its first meeting of the year on January 12.The meeting will be held from 7am to 8.30am at Sage Restaurant in Spalding and will be a networking event with a twist. Meetings...
View ArticleRSPCA fox welfare case adjourned
AN RSPCA prosecution in which two men are accused of hunting a wild fox with a dog and failing to ensure animal welfare by confining a fox in a barrel will go ahead at Spalding Magistrates’ Court next...
View ArticleStudents’ boxes of love
FOUR students from University Academy Holbeach saw 233 filled shoe boxes off on the next leg of their journey to help poor children in Swaziland.Josh Lambert, Corryn Munton-Hadley and Luke Burnett with...
View ArticleRotary returns to street of no sweets
VOLUNTEERS behind a charity sleigh run have made a second visit to one Spalding street to spread some Christmas cheer. The Rotary Club of South Holland returned to Cygnet Court after seeing a letter in...
View ArticleTruck stop is fifth bid to develop site
SPALDING businessman Sam Kandola is trying for a fifth time to develop the site of an old garage sales and workshop building at Cowbit.Mr Kandola originally wanted to put a golf driving range on the...
View ArticleDrink-driving barmaid banned
A BARMAID found to be over the drink-drive limit has been banned from getting behind the wheel for 20 months.Stevie Latter (37), of The Gables, Bourne, caught the attention of police on her way home...
View ArticleSpalding St John’s pupils are bakers born and bred
PUPILS from St John’s Primary School in Spalding discovered they are bakers born and bred – thanks to a visit to the town’s Sir John Gleed School.Staff on the girls’ campus invited the youngsters to...
View ArticleTeenager finishes Navy training
A TEENAGER from Long Sutton has taken a step closer to a career as a Royal Navy logistician after passing an intensive training course.Joshua Metcalfe (19) began his training at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall...
View ArticleAmazing Grace really was a special delivery
EVERY baby born throughout 2011 is a special delivery for the parents involved, but baby Grace Olivia truly is Karen and Andrew King’s “miracle baby”.Karen learned she was expecting a baby at a time...
View ArticleMetal thief suspect arrested
NEW plain clothes police patrols in Spalding and Holbeach have resulted in arrests, including one for metal theft.Spalding inspector Chris Davison said on Friday: “We caught somebody stripping metal...
View ArticleStaff are ready for anything at Butters
STAFF at Butters feel ready to take on new challenges, following the successful completion of a programme of training and development.Butters has been working in partnership with Intec Business...
View ArticleProbe after attack on lad (18)
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was punched several times in the face while he walked home from a night out in Spalding.The 18-year-old was attacked as he walked along Stonegate...
View ArticleDog may have been stolen from outside pub
A HEARTBROKEN dog owner is appealing for the suspected thieves of his beloved pet to return him. Three-and-a-half-year-old Kipper has been missing since Friday, December 23, when his owner Allan Wilson...
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