MBE honour for ‘Mrs Sutton Bridge’
GREAT-grandmother Frieda Minns (81) was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s honours list for her services over many years to the community in Sutton Bridge.Liverpudlian Mrs Minns, of Chestnut Terrace, is...
View ArticleMail stolen from village post box
THIEVES have broken into a post box in Quadring and taken all of the post from inside. Police say the post box in North Drove is one of two targeted between Christmas and New Year.A similar post box,...
View ArticleBusy night for police
POLICE say Spalding’s cells were at full capacity on New Year’s Eve – but that the celebrations passed without any major incidents. Sgt Stuart Hurst, of Spalding Police Station, said a number of people...
View ArticleBlaze at B&Q warehouse
FIRE crews have been tackling a blaze at the B&Q warehouse in Wyberton.Emergency services were called out to the building in New Hammond Road at about 2.40pm today.Two appliances from Boston, one...
View ArticleAppliance caused fire
AN OVERHEATED electrical appliance has been blamed for causing a house fire in Deeping St James. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say no one was hurt in the blaze on Wednesday but the upstairs of the...
View ArticleCriers silenced as contest called off
A TOWN crier competition which attracts entrants from all across the country has been cancelled.Market Deeping Town Council has decided not to hold the competition next year to save money and to allow...
View ArticleResolution warning for New Year
POLICE are asking parents to take on a New Year’s resolution to stop putting children’s lives at risk.Sgt Stuart Hurst says parents are putting children in danger by parking inconsiderately on the zig...
View ArticleFive-month-old baby dies
A FIVE-month-old baby has died at her home in Thurlby.Lucy Brannan, who was born on July 3, was found dead by her mum at her Causeway home on December 27.A post mortem has been carried out and an...
View ArticleNew Year hopes of some of our key figures
LITTLE fixes, helping people and “random acts of kindness” seem to be the way for 2012.Council leader Gary Porter said there are lots of little things he would like to put right.He said: “From a...
View ArticleArrest made after appeal
A MAN who absconded from a bail hostel in Derbyshire has been found in South Holland following a police appeal.Greig Parkin had disappeared from the hostel he was staying in, which formed part of his...
View ArticleSecurity plea to fight theft
HOMEOWNERS are being urged to tighten security for their sheds and outbuildings following a spate of thefts in South Holland. Police say both urban and rural areas have been hit, with metal, diesel and...
View ArticleFines for TV licence dodgers
TV licence dodgers received fines ranging from £35 to £350 at Spalding Magistrates’ Court.Heavier fines were given to those who failed to enter a plea, leaving their cases to be proved in absence by TV...
View ArticleOffenders are asked to apologise
CRITICS of the temporary closure of Spalding’s police cells claim fewer people have been arrested compared to the same time last year.Spalding police inspector Chris Davison agrees arrests are down –...
View ArticleFamily consider legal action after fatal fall
THE family of a 96-year-old woman who died after falling from a chair in hospital have criticised the level of care she received.Madeline Willbond, who lived at Wood Grange Care Home in Westminster...
View ArticleOur trike surprise amazes Grace (3)
CEREBRAL palsy tot Grace Knighton had her dreams come true on Christmas morning when she woke up to find a shiny pink trike from Santa Claus.Her £350 present was funded by Lincolnshire Free Press...
View ArticleSpalding students proudly show off their certificates
STUDENTS at The South Holland Post 16 Centre in Matmore Gate, Spalding, held a double celebration at the end of term.Young people at the centre held a highly successful collection for the Spalding...
View ArticlePain in the name of gain for charity
COURAGEOUS lads bared their legs in the name of pain for gain at The South Holland Post 16 Centre in Spalding.Girls from the nearby Sir John Gleed School organised a sponsored leg wax to raise cash for...
View ArticleTraders celebrate happy end to 2011
TILLS rather than bells were jingling as Spalding and South Holland traders saw a boost to their December sales compared to last year.Spalding town centre traders and those at Springfields Outlet...
View ArticleCalls to improve trains as fares rise
TRANSPORT campaigners are calling for improvements to train services following average fare rises of 5.9 per cent this week.Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum chairman George Scott says later...
View ArticleDistrict recycling is down in dumps
RECYCLING figures which place South Holland as the second worst performing district in Lincolnshire do not show the full story, the authority has claimed.Figures collected by Defra show 33 per cent of...
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