Denies causing death
A TEENAGER denied a charge of causing death by dangerous driving when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court on Friday.Jay Gilbert (18), of Frampton Place, Boston, pleaded not guilty to causing the...
View Article‘Replace flower parade with something more representative of Spalding 2012’
SPALDING Flower Parade needs to be replaced with something that more accurately reflects today’s South Holland, according to one of the team behind the event’s final swansong.Caroline Kenyon, of Kenyon...
View ArticleFinal NHS board annual meeting
NHS Lincolnshire holds its final Annual Public Meeting on Wednesday, September 26, at 5pm.Members of the public are invited to attend the event which is being held at The Showroom, YMCA Conference...
View ArticlePCs target hare sport
HARE coursers in the Spalding area are being warned police have launched a full-time team to combat the illegal sport.Operation Galileo will aim to tackle and reduce the incidents of hare coursing...
View ArticleFlat-pack sheds stolen
SIX flat-pack sheds were stolen during a raid on B&Q in Spalding.Burglars cut security fencing at the Pinchbeck Road side of the Winfrey Avenue store between 8pm on August 28 and 7am the following...
View ArticleBike crash closed road
A MAN of 30 was taken to hospital in Peterborough after he crashed his motorbike on Austendyke Road, Weston Hills, on Sunday afternoon.The air ambulance went to the scene because it was first thought...
View ArticleBarmaid beaten up in pub brawl
A FORMER care worker fears for her future job prospects after beating up a bar assistant at a Long Sutton pub.Alexandra Addison (30), of Seagate Terrace, Long Sutton, was given a two-month curfew order...
View ArticleAnimal care case at court
RSPCA prosecutions against a man and a woman accused of failing to care properly for two dogs and a cat will be heard by magistrates on September 26.Aaron Palmer and Mandy Ward, of Seagate Terrace,...
View ArticleCounting the cost of ARSON
SHOCKING figures show more than one third of all fires attended by Lincolnshire’s firefighters are lit by arsonists.In the year to April, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue went to 896 arson fires – 35 per...
View ArticleRoll up your sleeve and give blood
THERE’S a chance to give blood at donor sessions being held in Spalding later this month.The sessions take place at the South Holland Centre in Market Place, from 1pm-3.30pm and from 5pm-8pm on...
View ArticleSlim down for festive season
FITNESS instructor Tracey Vowels is about to relaunch her popular Drop A Dress Size programme.The course started in January as a pilot scheme funded by Lincolnshire County Council and delivered by...
View ArticleTaxpayers are ‘biggest losers’
CRITICS have slammed the “ridiculously low” price paid for Spalding’s Red Lion Quarter and claim taxpayers are the biggest losers in the deal.Boston College has agreed to pay £2.4million for the town...
View ArticleTractor driver blocked traffic from blaze
9PM UPDATE: QUICK-thinking tractor driver Justin Thompson, who drove on the opposite side of the road to block traffic from a blazing crane yesterday afternoon, has just sent us this picture.The road...
View ArticleParents join ‘silent’ heart unit protest
A SPALDING couple are hoping to make their voices heard at a silent protest against the planned closure of a specialist heart unit.Christer and Francesca Larsson will join hundreds expected to gather...
View ArticleRow over request for town memorial
A ROW has erupted over a request for a permanent tribute to former Holbeach parish councillor and businessman John King.Ideas such as a plaque in Carter’s Park to commemorate Mr King, who died in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Witness plea after claims of attack in Spalding
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a possible attack in Spalding’s Park Road in the early hours of this morning.An area of the road was cordoned off while claims from a man that he had been attacked...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Dilks stands down as police commissioner candidate over his...
LABOUR’S Phil Dilks has stepped down from the fight to be the first Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner after revealing he was convicted of handling stolen goods as a 16-year-old. The South...
View ArticleSam’s message for mystery man in the doughnut aisle:
SINGLE mum Sam Ward is desperately seeking a tall, dark stranger who she met in Sainsbury’s.The 41-year-old has been kicking herself since the day she turned away the man who sought her out after they...
View ArticleVIDEO UPDATE: Firefighters tackling huge blaze at Bourne scrapyard
FIREFIGHTERS are on the scene of a large blaze at BW Riddle’s recycling plant in Bourne.The fire broke out at about 1pm in 800 to 1,000 tonnes of waste, including rubber tyes and metal.There are...
View ArticleDrain anglers blocked off
DRASTIC action has been taken to stop foreign anglers fishing illegally in a stretch of water on the outskirts of Spalding.A concrete block and posts are in place at South Drove Drain after complaints...
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