SPACE ODDITY: Five planets set to align
Five bright planets are set to align for the first time in a decade – and will be visible with the naked eye from Earth.Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will appear in a diagonal row before...
View ArticlePLANNING APPLICATIONS
Before the local councilsSouth Holland District CouncilMr and Mrs D Wright, 41 London Road, Spalding. Extension, including partial demolition.Spalding Squash and Tennis Club, Holyrood Walk, Spalding....
View ArticleNeighbourhood Panel meetings for Bourne and Deepings
People can share their concerns about policing in Bourne and the Deepings at two community meetings over the coming week.Firstly, people from villages such as Lound, Manthorpe and Thurlby can go to...
View ArticleUKIP selects candidate to fight Police and Crime Commissioner election in...
A county councillor will be the official UKIP candidate in the battle to become Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner.Sources have confirmed that Victoria Ayling will represent the party in...
View ArticleDrones warning from chief inspector for South Holland
The head of policing in South Holland has warned drone enthusiasts about the dangers of flying them irresponsibly.Temporary Chief Inspector Deborah Clark of the South Holland and Boston Local Policing...
View ArticleMan taken to hospital after vehicle overturns in Kirton
A man has been taken to hospital after the vehicle he was driving overturned in Kirton on Monday night.Emergency services were called to Boston Road after reports of a vehicle crash just before...
View ArticleSouth Holland headteachers back new watershed for TV junk food ads
South Holland headteachers are backing a national heart charity’s call for a ban on TV ads promoting junk food before 9pm.The move from The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is prompted by news that 32...
View ArticleRural housing crisis could be deepened by new Right to Buy policy
The lack of homes in the countryside is “extremely worrying” for rural communities in the eastern region and new Government policies could exacerbate the housing crisis, CLA East has said.According to...
View ArticleUKIP’s Victoria Ayling lays out her plans for Lincolnshire’s police force
UKIP has confirmed their candidate for this year’s Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner elections is a well known county councillor, Victoria Ayling.Councillor Ayling, a trained barrister, has...
View ArticleFirm’s £22,000 gift to CLIC Sargent
Spalding and Boston employees of Coveris helped raise £22,000 for the children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent, in memory of colleague Steve Callaway, who died in November 2013.Steve, who had cancer...
View ArticleBourne and Weston Hills pupils to represent area in sports
Teams from ten schools from across the area battled it out in various races and different throwing and jumping events at the Lincolnshire South East Sportshall Athletics.The competition forms part of...
View ArticleToo many takeaways says Spalding civic society
A new food takeaway could open in the former Welec shop on the corner of Spalding’s New Road and Red Lion Street.But Spalding and District Civic Society objects to a planning application submitted to...
View ArticleFire crews free horse in Sutton St James
Firefighters from two towns have rescued a horse trapped between a fence and tree in Sutton St James earlier today.Crews from Holbeach and Spalding went to an area of land off the B1390 Sutton Road,...
View ArticleBurglary alert in Long Sutton and Gedney Hill
Police are reminding people to secure their homes after a burglary in Long Sutton.Crime scene investigators were seen at a house in Lime Walk on Wednesday after burglars targeted it a day...
View ArticleJobless trend is still downwards in Spalding and South Holland
A 20 per cent fall in the number of jobless people claiming benefits in Spalding over the past year is “another good story to tell”, according to Government officials.Figures from Spalding Jobcentre...
View ArticleNew Spalding pavilion recommended for approval
Planning councillors will meet on Wednesday evening to consider granting permission for the proposed new pavilion at Ayscoughfee Hall gardens in Spalding.Officers are recommending the existing pavilion...
View ArticleSpalding and Boston schools falling below Government standards at GCSE new...
More than a quarter of a million children are not getting a decent education.And among the 329 state schools falling below the Government’s floor standards for secondaries, using the Department for...
View ArticleWitness appeal after burglars target Frognall
Police are probing a series of break-ins that happened overnight in Frognall last night or in the early hours of today (Thursday, January 21).Sheds, garages and vehicles were targeted. PCSO Raechell...
View ArticleFuel-ish mistake by Lincolnshire’s cops
Lincolnshire Police forked out more than £4,000 after clumsy cops filled up with the wrong fuel.Officers repeatedly re-fuelled their diesel vehicles with unleaded petrol, driving up costly repairs. In...
View ArticleSainsbury’s recall chicken product due to risk to customers with dairy or...
Sainsbury’s has taken steps to recall one of its products due to the undeclared presence of milk and wheat in the recipe.A batch of Just Cook Chicken Breasts with Piri Piri sauce, in 326g packets and a...
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