Sign up to be a blood donor
THERE is a chance to give blood at two sessions being held in Spalding later this month.NHS Blood and Transplant is running sessions at Springfields Events Centre on Tuesday, August 28.The first one is...
View ArticleGetting back to nature at beautiful Deeping Lakes wildlife reserve
DEEPING St James villagers took East Midlands in Bloom judges to check out the wildlife in the community’s own nature reserve at Deeping Lakes.For while Deeping Lakes belongs to Lincolnshire Wildlife...
View ArticleIs 24/7 CCTV on standby?
A LONG promised 24/7 CCTV system for Spalding and South Holland could be scuppered if there’s no money in the pot.District council deputy leader Nick Worth revealed a year ago he was looking at a plan...
View ArticleMP urges: ‘Back British bangers’
LINCOLNSHIRE sausage-loving MP John Hayes is urging all his constituents in South Holland and the Deepings to buy British-bred bacon and sausages.He is responding to the deep concern of local pig...
View ArticleMP’s five point plan to reclaim Spalding’s streets
The South Holland and Deepings MP has put the plan together after the Free Press showed him letters and spaldingtoday.co.uk website comments from our readers.The Spalding public will be urged to fill...
View ArticleVolunteers now home from the 2012 Games
MARCHING Ambassadors and fellow Spalding volunteers from the Games are settling back to everyday life after the experience of a lifetime.Five Ambassadors, including three generations of one family,...
View ArticleSpecialist PE for any mums-to-be
IF you’re a mum-to-be and living in the Long Sutton area, both you and the baby can benefit from signing up with your own specialist pregnancy personal trainer.She’s Lauren Murrell (23), who’s been...
View ArticleFrognall firm wins £400k export deal
A SMALL manufacturing company based in south Lincolnshire has just completed work on a large export order to China worth just under £400,000.Frognall-based Garford Farm Machinery Ltd has built four...
View ArticleCouncil is driving my customers away
FUMING Spalding Lifestyle boss Pete Vickers has stopped paying his business rates this month because he claims the county council is literally driving business away.Roadworks at Pinchbeck Road and West...
View ArticleCourt date over thefts
A WOMAN charged in connection with a shoplifting incident at a Spalding town centre shop is set to appear before magistrates later this month.Anna Walker Burnett (30), of Marshland Drive, Holbeach, is...
View ArticleLearning lessons from this difficult year
FARM management company Velcourt has warned that lessons must be learned from the difficult 2012 growing season.In its latest briefing document examining the main points influencing the outlook for its...
View ArticleSign up here if you’ve HAD ENOUGH
PEOPLE fed up with booze and drug-fuelled behaviour blighting Spalding town centre are being urged to sign up to a new campaign to stamp it out.John Hayes, South Holland and The Deepings MP, is...
View ArticleHelp to catch cat thieves
POLICE are asking for the public’s help after three catalytic converters were stolen.Two converters were stolen from Edinburgh Drive in Spalding and one from the Crowland area overnight on July...
View Article£2.6m to transform district’s arts scene
SOUTH HOLLAND’S arts scene is to be transformed when £2.6million is ploughed into the area for new projects.The huge investment comes from Arts Council England for a project to encourage people in...
View ArticleWORD ON THE GROUND A new voice for growers By Martin Ulyatt Chairman,...
I’M MARTIN Ulyatt and I am the new chairman of Spalding and District Young Farmers’ Club. I work for my dad and grandfather on our farm and contracting business in Fosdyke, and main jobs include...
View ArticleAmy says let’s learn from Jersey parade
SOUTH Holland Flower Queen Amy Harrison is back from Jersey’s Battle of Flowers fired with ideas on how to breathe new life into Spalding’s endangered Flower Parade.Amy (18) rode high on a float with...
View ArticleYouths take over
There’s a big music event happening in Spalding’s Market Place on Thursday when a group of young people take over the space between noon and 6pm.THE district’s young people are taking over the Market...
View ArticleDeaths lead to checks on illegal cigarettes
RIGOROUS new safety checks will be made on bootleg cigarettes blamed for fires claiming the lives of two women in the South Holland. Pauline Hurst (70), of Sutton Bridge, and June Buffham (71), of...
View ArticleThere’s still 133 days to Christmas, but sparkling plans are afoot...
SPALDING will have a white Christmas with councillors poised to splash £57,000 on new festive lights for the town centre.Worn out strings of outdated multi-coloured bulbs will be binned off and in will...
View ArticleArrested after fight at Holbeach kebab shop
A WOMAN stood in the doorway of a Holbeach kebab shop as she tried to stop police arresting her ex-partner and others who were fighting on the floor inside – and ended up being the only one...
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