Spalding Lions’ Santa run
Spalding Lions have announced their Santa timetable for this December. They start on Tuesday, December 1 at Donington, with stops at Market Place, Station Street, Barnes Road, Cowleys Road, Malting...
View ArticleHope as community battles to save another pub in Spalding
A 67-year-old Spalding woman is joining other locals in a fight to save the pub where she remembers celebrating the Queen’s Coronation as a child.Time is running out for the Robin Hood in Bourne Road,...
View ArticleCampaigners need £170k to but Gedney Hill pub
Villagers in Gedney Hill are celebrating stopping a plan to turn their only pub into a house – but now need to raise £170,000 to buy it.Save Our Pub (Red Lion, Gedney Hill) campaigners have six months...
View ArticlePub and restaurant customers may pay the price for living wage
The owner of All Bar One and Harvester signalled it may have to hike prices as it faces soaring staff costs from the national living wage.Mitchells & Butlers, which employs more than 44,000 workers...
View ArticleLincolnshire’s new campaign to help victims of domestic abuse
A new campaign is launched in Lincolnshire today (Wednesday) to help people recognise the signs of domestic abuse – and to encourage victims to seek help.The launch coincides with White Ribbon Day, a...
View ArticleCouncillors make recommendation on who should run Lincolnshire library service
Lincolnshire councillors have made their recommendation on who they want to run the remainder of the county’s publicly-funded libraries.A report on the future of the service was presented to members of...
View Article‘Don’t approach missing man,’ say police
Police are searching for a missing man in the South Holland area.Ryan Brooks (22), who police want to speak to in connection with an assault incident, left an address in Pinchbeck on Tuesday morning,...
View ArticleMedal returned to Long Sutton after 141 years
A medal has been returned to Long Sutton & District Agricultural Society after 141 years.Members and guests at the society’s 67th annual dinner at Whaplode Manor at Saracen’s Head heard that the...
View ArticleOperation Happy Christmas at Spalding High School
A lot of children will have a much happier Christmas this year thanks to Spalding High School pupils.Some of the students have been busy wrapping presents for the 66 boxes of Christmas gifts they...
View ArticleDinner for growers in Long Sutton and district
Sixty-five members and guests attended the 67th annual dinner of Long Sutton and District Agricultural Society at Whaplode Manor.Principal guest Rev Canon Robson spoke about his role as agricultural...
View ArticleWarrant issued after Moulton woman fails to appear in court
A judge today (Wednesday) issued a warrant to secure the attendance of a Moulton woman at court. Maria Pridmore (35) was due to attend Lincoln Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing.But her...
View ArticleDeepings man (91) is 1,000th patient treated by Peterborough City Hospital...
The pacemaker implantation service at Peterborough City Hospital has successfully treated its 1,000th patient.The service was launched in 2011 by the Cardiac Investigations team, enabling patients to...
View ArticleTop 5 tips for Black Friday success
Gone are the days when you had to queue outside shops on Boxing Day and fight your way through the crowds to get the best of the year’s bargains.Now you can sit on your couch with a cuppa in hand and...
View ArticleLow income families and pensioners welcome Chancellor’s Autumn Statement but...
Low income families and pensioners were given an early Christmas present by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne as he announced his Autumn Statement today, Wednesday. Planned £4.4bn in tax...
View ArticleSpalding man targeted twice by scammers
A Spalding man is warning people to be on guard after he was twice contacted on his X-directory landline by scammers keen to access his computer.Aaron Woods (64) said the first call last week was from...
View ArticleSpalding therapist’s book packed with advice
Through the Eyes of a Therapist by Ian Best is packed full of easy-to-understand action points, techniques and methods that can be applied to everyday life.Ian says it is intentionally unscientific,...
View ArticleSpalding therapist’s three tips for mental wellbeing
Spalding psycho-therapist Ian Best has three simple pieces of advice for avoiding mental ill health.Keep an awareness of the bigger picture – so many people focus on the negatives, overlook the...
View ArticleAutumn Review ‘good news for South Holland and the Deepings residents’ says MP
Residents in South Holland and the Deepings can be confident about the future following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn Review, according to MP John Hayes.Taking a short break from meetings...
View ArticleVulnerable Market Deeping man missing
Police are appealing for help in finding a vulnerable missing man.Hedley Graeme Mutton (41), who is known as Graeme, was last seen leaving the Peter Hodgkinson Centre, in Greetwell Road, Lincoln,...
View ArticleTractor loses trailer on A17 at Long Sutton
A rescue vehicle had to be called when a tractor trailer overturned on the A17, just off the McDonalds roundabout at Long Sutton this afternoon (Wednesday).The incident happened shortly after 3pm but...
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