‘Keep incinerators away from Sutton Bridge’ plea
Campaigners who battled to stop a massive, wood-burning gasifier plant being built at Sutton Bridge want to put an end to any similar threat hanging over the village.An extraordinary meeting of the...
View ArticlePolice catch Spalding Velo Prix ‘robbers’
It was a fair cop when a team of police cyclists got on their bikes to take part in Spalding Velo Prix races. A Blue Light Challenge in the Market Place on Sunday saw the neighbourhood policing team in...
View ArticleFleet Hargate developer ‘willing to talk’ about new bus shelter
Villagers in Fleet Hargate who would like a bus shelter to replace the one that has been boarded up are being invited to get into talks with the developer responsible.Joan Woolard contacted our sister...
View ArticleHall volunteers send out plea for DIY help
Volunteers who have taken over a village hall in Quadring are appealing to the community to help give it a facelift.St Margaret’s Community Hall is in urgent need of some TLC – and already some kind...
View ArticleBoston College is county’s number one!
The Skills Funding Agency have recently published the 2013/2014 success rate tables and Boston College are delighted to have featured as the number one college in Lincolnshire.Boston College have come...
View ArticleTen years of giving you ‘Time Out’ in Long Sutton
Time Out Long Sutton are this month celebrating their tenthanniversary. Shaun and Jenny Cross decided to open their shop after leaving the family business and wanting to set something else up in town....
View ArticleShock at sudden death of popular Holbeach businessman
Family and friends are still recovering from the sudden death of well-known Holbeach businessman Bryan Thompson.Bryan (64), who lived in Holbeach with his wife Lynda, died in the early hours of last...
View ArticleThere’s still time to buy tickets for our quiz and chips evening
There’s still time to buy tickets for our popular Two Lips charity quiz night on Tuesday, May 12.As in 2012 and 2013 the quiz will be held at St Norbert’s Church Hall in St Thomas’ Road,...
View ArticlePolice try to trace stolen JCB
Police are trying to recover a JCB loading shovel vehicle stolen from the Station Road area of Gedney.The vehicle was stolen overnight on April 29/30.Anyone with information is asked to call police on...
View Article‘Last chance saloon’ for firm in CCTV delay
A company blamed for a big delay in installing South Holland’s £100,000-plus CCTV system is in the “last chance saloon”.Deputy council leader Nick Worth revealed in mid-February that the cameras would...
View ArticleVE Day remembered in Spalding
It was the day for which British people had fought and endured five years, eight months and four days of war.It was 70 years ago tomorrow and it was VE Day, and as the Daily Mirror reported, ‘It’s over...
View ArticleSpalding man’s fascination with WW2
Chris Chandler’s World War 2 collection began with an RAF badge given to him by his grandfather.That began an interest in World War 2 which became a passion when Chris met veterans and attended...
View ArticleAyscoughfee help for Nepal
Children at Ayscoughfee Hall School in Spalding held a cake sale and ‘Mufti’ day, raising over £500 in aid of the Nepal Earthquake Appeal and Search and Rescue.Teacher Sally Chester said that she was...
View ArticleELECTION day 2015: voting - just the facts #GE2015
For the big day today Thursday, May 7, here are the basics for anyone planning on voting in the 2015 general election:If you haven’t registered to vote (including by post or proxy - except an emergency...
View ArticleElection 2015: Familiar face in hot water
A would-be developer, who spoke of bringing a supermarket and cinema to Spalding, has been suspended from the Labour Party following conviction for fraud.Parliamentary candidate Richard Garvie (30) was...
View ArticleMan (79) killed in road crash at Sutterton.
An elderly man died in a road traffic collision on the A17 at Sutterton.Emergency services were called to the area near the B1397 Gosberton junction around 5.10pm yesterday (Wednesday) following a...
View ArticleWoman arrested on suspicion of voting offence in Peterborough
A 19-year-old woman has been arrested at a Peterborough polling station on suspicion of a voting offence today (Thursday).The woman was arrested at the Baptist Church in Searjeant Street, Peterborough...
View ArticlePit bull-type dog attacks spaniel in Spalding
Police are looking for a pit bull terrier-type dog which attacked a springer spaniel in the Clay Lake area of Spalding.The attack happened in Pecks Drove where the pit bull’s owner had to jump on their...
View ArticleTools stolen as break-in spree hits Bourne
A strimmer and chainsaw were among tools stolen from a lock-up at Wellhead Park, Bourne, on Bank Holiday Monday.People are reported to have been seen in a compound at the park in South Street at about...
View ArticleWiper blades stripped from cars in Billingborough
A number of windscreen wiper blades have been ripped away from parked vehicles in Billingborough. It happened overnight across the village between Saturday and Sunday.Meanwhile in Rippingale, two lawn...
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