New affordable homes in Donington
A new development of quality affordable homes earmarked for South Holland residents is nearing completion.‘The Maltings’ in Maltings Lane, Donington, comprises of 51 homes, with 37 properties available...
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The following decisions have been made by magistrates at court hearings. In all drink-drive cases the legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrammes of alcohol...
View ArticleBoat stolen from garden in Deeping St James
A rowing boat has been stolen from a garden near the River Welland in Deeping St James.The orange and beige rowing boat, with the number N149 on the side, was stolen in Eastgate sometime in the last...
View ArticleTransport man to visit Spalding Business Club meeting
The man responsible for roads and buses in Lincolnshire will be the guest of Spalding Business Club next month.Cllr Richard Davies, cabinet member for highways and transportation at Lincolnshire County...
View ArticleLarge straw fire at farm in Northorpe
Firefighters from two stations had to deal with a straw blaze at a farm in Northorpe on Friday morning.Crews from Bourne and Market Deeping were called to a farm in Fen Road where about 40 tonnes of...
View ArticleCasualty cut free from vehicle after crash in Swineshead
One person had to be cut free from the vehicle they were in after a crash in Swineshead on Friday morning.Three vehicles were involved in the crash in Abbey Road shortly before 9.45am,Firefighters from...
View ArticleBarking mad about pets in Spalding
Imagine you are on holiday and sunning yourself on the Costa del Sol some 1,500 or more miles away from Spalding.Would you want to know how your pet dog was getting along back home?Dogs owners from...
View ArticleYOUR LETTERS: District does work with Holbeach
I would like to respond to Paul Foyster’s recent letter (Stop trying to ignore issue, Spalding Guardian, January 13). While he is understandably keen to support his ward, I’m disappointed that nothing...
View ArticleYOUR LETTERS: Councillors are out of touch
A latest prediction indicates that this year, band D council taxes will increase by four per cent to an average of £48 to cover age care levy of two per cent and a shortfall in central government...
View ArticlePolice and air ambulance warning to drive carefully as MET warns of snow
Emergency services have warned drivers across the area to take care when driving as the temperature drops and the MET office warns of snow.Lincolnshire Police Specials (@LincsSpecials) tweeted out last...
View ArticleEaster start for multi-million pound homes project in Long Sutton
Building of a multi-million pound homes development behind Long Sutton’s Bull Hotel will begin around Easter.Veteran developer Brian Cobb (72) will work alongside Korvin Developments in the project to...
View ArticleHow National Living Wage could affect south Lincolnshire growers
There is a significant issue facing our farmers and growers that has appeared from nowhere, writes Gordon Corner, NFU county adviser for Holland (Lincs). There is a significant issue facing our farmers...
View ArticleSPECIAL FEATURE: Cost of school transport could soar
Coun Mair acknowledges the county council has a statutory obligation to deliver free school transport.At present, national regulations state that all primary school pupils living two miles away from...
View ArticleBourne family focus on the future after sons’ Duchenne muscular atrophy...
A couple who found out two of their three children suffer from a rare degenerative condition have set up a charity to raise awareness and help support them as their lives change in the years to...
View ArticleSPECIAL FEATURE: ‘Some of our services will stop running entirely’
Lincolnshire County Council leader Martin Hill admits the level of cuts the authority is being asked to make is ‘not sustainable’. He says: “Following the General Election the majority of the public...
View ArticleStacey Pyke – young Spalding police officer gone but never forgotten
Tributes have been paid to a young Spalding police officer who lost her life nine years ago this week after driving home from her first night shift.PC Stacey Pyke tragically lost her just five days...
View ArticleYOUR LETTERS: Thanks for support with Pinchbeck Mencap party
On behalf of the management team, I would like to thank the local councillors who donated money from their locality budgets to help fund the Mencap Christmas party at Pinchbeck Village Hall. To the...
View ArticleStick to the rules about area waste in Bourne and the Deepings
New guidelines about rubbish collections in Bourne and the Deepings have been brought out “to keep the district cleaner”.The advice includes putting out bins and bags by 7.30am on collection days,...
View ArticleYOUR LETTERS: Translation an appalling waste of money
I have recently returned to the UK after living in France for several years and read your newspaper avidly to get my feet back under the table, as it were. I have been amazed and horrified (and yet, in...
View ArticleYOUR LETTERS: Holbeach streets are not inviting
With all due respect to my former fellow Holbeach parish councillor Paul Foyster, whose letters are always readable and well-argued, I wonder if he has ever had to walk the length of Holbeach High...
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