MONEY MATTERS: Ideal time to assess your money goals
While we may have given up on hot days and balmy nights, we mustn’t give up on our financial goals and now is the time for a review.Given their very generous taxation treatment, most people have some...
View ArticleMeet police commissioner candidates
Local people are urged to meet the candidates for the new role of Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner at St Paul’s Church Hall inHolbeach Road, Spalding.Five of the six candidates have agreed...
View ArticlePolice tasered mentally ill man after threats
Police tasered a mentally ill man in his home after he threatened an officer with a picture hammer.Richard Vernalls dropped to the floor and was handcuffed by officers who were answering his own 999...
View ArticleGet your local newspapers for 41p each
Free Press and Spalding Guardian readers can save money while supporting local shops with our great subscription offer.If you sign up before November 10, you can get your copies for just 41p each every...
View ArticleSchoolgirl Alicia gets skates on for success
Schoolgirl Alicia Gornall really gets her skates on to make sure she gets an early start two mornings a week.Every Tuesday and Thursday she rises at around 5.30am and is whisked from her Spalding home...
View ArticleSexual favours risk of youngsters in smoking dens
Teenagers face an added risk of being asked for sexual favours if they smoke toxic fake cigarettes from so-called “fag houses”.Counterfeit cigarettes and banned imports like Jin Ling – the brand that...
View ArticleHarvest gifts for food bank
Youngsters at Fleet Wood Lane Primary School have made a big donation to the Agape Food Care Bank in Spalding.The children took their contributions to their harvest festival, held at St Mary Magdalene...
View ArticleFemale drink-driver (29) banned
A woman nearly three times the drink-drive limit has received a 25-month ban.Ewelina Stalska had 102 microgrammes of alcohol in breath when police arrested her on September 25. Stalska (29), of...
View ArticleBone clinic is ‘under-used’ by local GPs
A Holbeach Hospital consultant says that people who need replacement hips and knees are being sent for appointments many miles away while his clinic is seriously under-used.Orthopaedic surgeon Phil...
View ArticleThe ‘calm before tsunami’ as new bed tax looms
A new bed tax is expected to have nightmare repercussions for South Holland residents in social housing.Spalding Citizens Advice Bureau has described the run-up to benefit changes in April 2013 as the...
View ArticleBan for pub boss whom police suspected was drink-driving
Pub boss Sean Portass fled from an unmarked police vehicle pursuing him in Long Sutton because he had received a death threat and “assumed the worst”.Portass (42) had no idea it was a police vehicle...
View ArticleRoad to be closed overnight
Swineshead Bridge will be closed between 9.30pm on Saturday and 9.30am on Sunday while Network Rail carries out work.Traffic will be diverted on the A1121, A52 and A17 and vice versa.
View ArticleArrest warrant put out for man
Magistrates issued a warrant without bail for the arrest of a Spalding man accused of stealing bread, hot roast chicken and socks, worth a total of £7.20, from Tesco in Bourne.He is Mariusz Piciura...
View ArticleNew venue for modified car meet this weekend
Hundreds of car enthusiasts are expected in Fleet Hargate on Saturday for a modified car event that recently drew anger from residents.Cars from across Lincolnshire will be heading to the Anglia Motel...
View ArticlePOLICE COMMISSIONER ELECTION: Address by Alan Hardwick (Independent)
THE election will herald the greatest change in policing in this country for more than a century. A new beginning, but still with an old problem to tackle – money.The Police Authority and the Chief...
View ArticleAppeal to find missing girl
A 15-year-old girl has gone missing from Crowland.Police are appealing for help to trace Shanelle Laverick, who was last seen in the Crowland area just before 9pm on Monday, October 1.A police...
View ArticleTHROUGH OUR ARCHIVES: 30 years ago
More than 300 workers from the Tinsley pre-pack factory at Holbeach St Marks walked out in support of the TUC’s day of action.The workers held up production and prevented any loading of vehicles when...
View ArticleTamsin scoops cash prize
Lucky Tamsin Houghton is closer to the dream of buying her first car after scooping first prize in our relaunch cash draw.Tamsin (19), of Spalding, received £500 from editor Jeremy Ransome after...
View ArticleHouse ransacked in Spalding
Jewellery, two Seiko watches and a Nikon camera were stolen when burglars ransacked a house in Spalding’s Halmer Gate on Friday night.The house was raided between 6.45pm and 10pm.
View Article‘Question Time’ hustings for Lincolnshire Police Commissioner candidates
The public have the chance to quiz the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner candidates at an event on Thursday. A Question Time style “hustings” will be taking place at Haven High’s Marion Road...
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