Council offers £50,000 over homes mistake
COUNCIL maladminstration over a housing development could end up costing tax payers £50,000.At a special meeting to discuss a judicial review of South Holland District Council’s dealings with the...
View ArticleFaster broadband is rolling out
FASTER broadband is now available to a further 6,500 homes and businesses in Lincolnshire, BT announced yesterday.Kirton, Heckington and Long Bennington are the latest communities to benefit from...
View ArticleWoman denies vehicle taking
A TEENAGER denies aggravated vehicle taking and causing damage by crashing a Toyota Hilux into a house in South Street, Bourne, on February 15.Danielle Cage, of Eagle Road, Bourne, appeared before...
View ArticleAlcohol idiocy up in better weather
SOARING temperatures have seen Spalding residents flocking to local pubs – and complaints about drunkenness.Sgt Stuart Brotherton said officers had been busy answering calls from across the town...
View ArticleNew Bourne pub to create 40 jobs
ABOUT 40 jobs will be created at a family pub being built on the outskirts of Bourne.The Marston’s pub near the Elsea Park roundabout in South Road is set to open in December.South Kesteven District...
View ArticleMusic fans pour into the park
Hundreds of people ignored the showers to enjoy this year’s Music in the Park in Holbeach on Sunday.Carter’s Park once again rocked to the sounds of local bands, including Remains of the Day, No...
View ArticleExtension of Sunday hours
SOME of the bigger stores in Spalding and Holbeach have extended their opening hours since the Government announced a relaxation of Sunday trading laws until the end of the Olympics on September...
View ArticleAwards at Donington school
OUTSTANDING students at Thomas Cowley High School in Donington were rewarded for their hard work at an awards evening.Year seven and eight students were recognised for achievement, progress and effort...
View ArticleYoung women urged to get anti-cancer jab
Young women in Lincolnshire are being urged to get a potentially life-saving anti cancer jab.The HPV vaccine protects against two kinds of papilloma virus that cause 70 per cent of cervical...
View ArticlePub in court over £1,588 bill
MAGISTRATES granted an energy company the power to enter a Donington pub after hearing the business owed £1,588.48.Kevin Newman, for CNG Natural Gas, told Spalding magistrates on Thursday he would...
View ArticleParking time limits could be ‘disaster’ for Spalding traders
TRADERS fear shoppers will be driven out of Spalding if parking time limits are strictly enforced.And problems could be made worse if plans to turn one town centre car park into a park and bury another...
View ArticleMP: Ambulance service proposal is ‘preposterous’
MP JOHN Hayes will resist any “silly ideas” the ambulance service has of reducing local provision after it announced plans to close stations.His comments follow a letter published in this week’s...
View ArticleSpalding eyesore owner keeps care home planning permission alive
OWNERS of a derelict pub have sparked renewed hope the site could be developed after applying to renew planning permission for a care home.The former Bull and Monkie in Spalding’s Churchgate has lain...
View ArticleStaggered leaving times could be way forward for busy Spalding primary school
A SCHOOL could consider staggering its finishing time to help ease congestion on nearby roads.Having pupils in two groups leave ten minutes apart has been mooted in a document supporting a planning...
View ArticleResidents’ help via foodbank doubles
RESIDENTS seeking help at Spalding’s foodbank have doubled.Rising costs and unemployment are bringing around 50 people a week through the doors in Haverfield Road.Pastor Chas Sandhu said: “We had a...
View ArticleMP Hayes: A new event to replace flower parade? No point reinventing the wheel
A NEW event to replace Spalding’s Flower Parade would just be “reinventing the wheel”, according to MP John Hayes.Mr Hayes has renewed his vow to save the landmark event – which will be held for the...
View ArticleDenies theft of tanks
A MAN has denied stealing two copper cylinder tanks from Pinchbeck on June 30.Donald Blackshaw (24), of Albert Street, Holbeach, appeared at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and was bailed to a...
View ArticleHeavily pregnant mum hit six times by husband
A COMPANY director hit his pregnant wife after losing his business and receiving a surprise housing association letter threatening eviction from their home over unpaid rent.Tina Wilson was seven...
View ArticleAmbulance delay at roadworks
A 999 ambulance was stuck behind cars at a red light for roadworks on Wednesday morning.There were only three cars queuing on Spalding’s Pinchbeck Road but no gap for the ambulance to get by.An...
View ArticleLong Sutton: dogs face being banned from parks
DOGS could be banned in a town’s parks if owners continue to ignore signs instructing them to keep their pets on leads.A number of unpleasant incidents in Long Sutton’s Winfrey and Cinder Ash parks...
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