Friendship grows between students and elderly thanks to fabric tree
GIRLS from Sir John Gleed School, Spalding, have grown a brand new friendship with elderly residents at a town care home.The girls created a 5ft 8in tall fabric tree complete with multi-coloured...
View ArticleSpalding social club looking great after £16,000 facelift
SPALDING Services and Social Club has undergone a £16,000 facelift to the delight of regulars.A new bar has been put in at the club in High Street where staff have served customers since 1965.The work...
View ArticlePinchbeck: steps being taken to tackle vandals
PARISH councillors are taking steps to stamp out anti-social behaviour on a Pinchbeck playing field after residents’ complaints.New no dog walking signs and a padlock for the entrance gate of Rotten...
View ArticleAny medals for Olympic Orbit?
LONDON 2012 will be remembered for many things – medals won and great sportsmanship – but it might also be associated in many people’s minds with a large red sculpture resembling a helter skelter.The...
View ArticleGUARDIAN ANGEL: Our girl about town shares her views
DRIVERS heading for Pinchbeck via the diversion route for roadworks at the junction of Spalding’s Pinchbeck Road and West Elloe Avenue are greeted by two signs as they emerge from Wardentree Lane.The...
View ArticleCarbon award
Johnston Press, the parent company of the Lincolnshire Free Press, has achieved the Carbon Trust Standard for the second time.The award recognises the work undertaken by the company across all...
View ArticleDangerous dog case
MAGISTRATES are due to sentence a case on August 30 after a woman was found guilty of being the owner of a dangerous dog at Sutton Bridge on January 6.Sarah Lake (55), of Main Road, Gedney Drove End,...
View ArticlePlea to stop fly-tipping in dyke
LETTERS are to be sent to homes close to where rubbish has been dumped in a dyke.Long Sutton Parish Council agreed to carry out a letter drop asking residents of Seagate Road to stop dumping rubbish...
View ArticleArtistic talents are on show
artists and actors at Bourne Academy have been displaying their skills in celebration of receiving a national arts award.Art exhibitions, drama productions and music events all took place at the...
View ArticleMum of six thanks magistrates for imposing ‘fantastic’ curfew
A MUM of six was given an eight-week jail term – suspended for a year – and will be electronically tagged for a three-month 9pm-7am curfew for driving while disqualified.Penny Mills was banned for two...
View ArticleFormer High School head girl dies aged 39
THE parents of a former Spalding High School head girl have paid a moving tribute to their daughter who has died aged 39.Candida Hill, described as a “very loving daughter” by parents David and Jane...
View ArticleLollipop patrols facing the axe
LOLLIPOP crossing patrols are doomed at seven primary schools because road safety chiefs say too few children use them.Pinchbeck East is the first school to lose its lollipop patrol – but another six...
View ArticleSecurity guards could tackle vandalism
A PRIVATE security firm could be hired to help stamp out vandalism in Sutton Bridge.The parish council is considering the move after trouble around The Curlew Centre in Bridge Road and in other parts...
View ArticleFresh drive to save Spalding Oxfam shop
A NEW paid manager who has been a development volunteer in Africa started this week as part of a bid to save Spalding’s Oxfam shop.The shop has been under threat of closure after 50 years of trading in...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS UPDATE:Two-car collision on Crowland bypass
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 3.15PM THE teenage girl hurt in a two-car collision in Crowland yesterday is still in a serious but stable condition in hospitalA grey Skoda Octavia, containing a driver and two...
View ArticleArrested –at court
A MAN appearing at Spalding Magistrates’ Court for burglary was arrested there for two shoplifting offences.Konrad Wloch stole a door lock and hinge worth £33.82 from Wilkinson, on Holland Market,...
View ArticleCourt case adjourned
A SERIOUS assault against a Long Sutton man was adjourned by Spalding magistrates on Thursday to a hearing at Grantham Magistrates’ Court on October 5.Martyn Johnson (24), of London Road, is accused of...
View ArticleFlushed with success over public loo plans
RESIDENTS of Sutton Bridge will soon have somewhere to spend a penny after being without public loos since before Christmas.Sutton Bridge Parish Council heard on Tuesday that South Holland District...
View ArticleComing to a field near you soon....this enormous Case tractor
WHAT is probably the biggest tractor to be seen in the Spalding area is now working on farms in the district.Agriserve Limited, based at Low Fulney, has taken delivery of a new Case IH Quadtrac 600...
View ArticlePLEA OVER PATH OF HORRORS
A ‘PATH of horrors’ in Spalding is a meeting place for addicts and drug dealers.Those who live and work near Abbey Path, including staff at the Lincolnshire Free Press, have almost come to accept...
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