FULL REPORT: OAP jailed for campaign of rape against young girl
A WHAPLODE man who repeatedly raped a young girl was jailed for 19 years at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday. Benjamin Rodgers (pictured right) was convicted by a jury of what was described as a...
View ArticleTrial date for double PC assault
A 35-YEAR-OLD man has denied assaulting two police officers in Bourne and will go on trial next month.Daniel Bristow, of Roman Avenue, Spalding, pleaded not guilty to assaulting PCs Tom Hocking and...
View ArticlePrisoners drafted in to clean up
PRISONERS have been recruited to carry out a blitz on the blight of fly-tipping across South Holland.Operation Fly Swat has been put in place to help rid the district of illegal dumps that require...
View ArticleCigarettes raid on shop
CIGARETTES were stolen when burglars raided the One Stop shop in Holbeach.Police say witnesses saw an Audi-type car in the area after the burglary in West End at 11.50pm on Tuesday.Thieves smashed a...
View ArticleSutterton crash victim named
POLICE have named the motorist who died in a two-car collision on the A17 near Sutterton last Sunday.Carl Rayner (78), of Alpine View, Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, died in hospital after the Vauxhall...
View ArticleOld Lincolns turn out for today’s Poachers
OLD soldiers from The Lincolns have been out in force to raise cash for today’s heroes coming home from Afghanistan.The 2nd Battalion Royal Anglians have the honorary title “The Poachers” as they...
View ArticleCOLLEGE BUYS RLQ FOR £2.4M
THE £6.5million Red Lion Quarter has been sold to Boston College for £2.4million.The deal includes a repayment of £2million which the college “borrowed” from the council as its contribution to the...
View ArticleMan faces assault trial
A 24-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to serious assault and stealing a Blackberry Touch mobile phone in Spalding earlier this year.Ben Mosedale, of Royce Road, Spalding, denied causing assault...
View ArticleDiesel theft warning
MOTORISTS are being warned not to buy cheap diesel because it could damage their engines.Three hundred litres of bio diesel were stolen from a lorry parked in Sluice Road, Holbeach St Marks, overnight...
View ArticleTrial over abuse claim
A MAN accused of sex offences against a young girl is to face trial next year.Ian Parr (41), of Brant Road, Lincoln, denied four charges of indecent assault and eight charges of sexual activity with a...
View ArticleParish Affairs column by Peter Bird: To plan or not to plan
The next item on our council agenda was to be one of the planning committee meetings. Though I had not yet decided which committee I would sit on, I decide to attend this meeting so as to find out what...
View ArticleCampaign for united front over field plans
CAMPAIGNERS are urging the people of Spalding to get behind them now to save the town’s Sir Halley Stewart playing field.Bill Johnson and Adam McVeigh, who have both been vociferous in their opposition...
View ArticleFree blood pressure test
LINCOLNSHIRE Co-op is asking couples if they know their partner’s blood pressure and single people if they know their own blood pressure as it urges everyone to get their free blood pressure check...
View Article1950s production was Peter Pan
THIS image of Spalding Gleed Girls’ School pupils performing in a play in 1957, submitted by Linda Walker, appeared in the Spalding Guardian in June.Linda, of Long Sutton, remembered some of the girls...
View ArticleA quarter of our 11 year olds are obese
ALMOST a quarter of 11-year-olds and one in ten four-year-olds are obese in South Holland.The shocking figures show the district has the highest level of child obesity among children in school Year Six...
View ArticleAssault trial date
A TRIAL is to take place later this year in connection with the assault of a woman in Tydd Gote. Zac Nixon (23), of Hockland Road, Tydd St Giles, denied assaulting Abbey Rhoades on June 26 when he...
View ArticleNew committee for Spalding U3A
SPALDING U3A’s new chairman has made attracting more members the main aim for her time in office.Gill Allen was elected at the group’s annual general meeting in Pinchbeck along with a new committee to...
View ArticleFire causes A17 closure
A MOBILE crane fire caused the closure of the A17 at Sutton Bridge on Wednesday.Norfolk and Lincolnshire firefighters were called to Centenary Way, which is near the village’s power station, at...
View ArticleThieves taking from charity
POLICE are working with Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance in a bid to stop thieves benefiting from donated goods left out for door-to-door collectors.The action follows a spate of thefts...
View ArticleCar break-in
THIEVES broke into a car parked at Tesco in Holbeach on Thursday morning and took a handbag and sat-nav.Police are warning people not to leave valuables in view. Anyone with information can contact the...
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