Man fined after unlicensed waste collector dumped his rubbish in Crowland
A man has been fined after the person he hired to dispose of his unwanted household items dumped them beside a country lane.Kevin Cosgrove employed a man with a van to take away several items including...
View ArticleWeekend house fire in Sutton Bridge was arson, say police
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a house fire in Sutton Bridge at the weekend.It happened in Prince’s Street, near Westmere Community Primary School, at about 8pm on Sunday.The...
View Article5 things you need to know about the new £5 note
A new plastic £5 note featuring Sir Winston Churchill has been introduced into UK circulation by the Bank of England.Designed to be longer-lasting than its paper predecessor, the old notes will start...
View ArticleWyberton Primary School ‘Outstanding’ in all aspects
Wyberton Primary School is ‘bursting with pride’ after the Government’s education watchdog judged it as ‘outstanding’ in every regard.It has been assessed as ‘outstanding for its overall effectiveness,...
View ArticleScrumdiddlyumptious celebration at Crowland’s South View Primary
Pupils at South View Primary School in Crowland celebrated the 100th anniversary of children’s author Roald Dahl on Tuesday by dressing up as some of his most famous characters and reading some of his...
View ArticleFirst Class Honours for Lauren
Lauren Jade Bates has graduated from the University of Birmingham with a First Class Honours Degree in Education.The former Thomas Cowley High School (Donington) and Post 16 Centre (Spalding) student...
View ArticleFleet nurse practitioner Michelle braving the shave
Nurse practitioner Michelle Bradley, of Fleet, is braving the shave for Macmillan Cancer Support.Michelle will lose her locks next Wednesday, September 22 and has already smashed her £250 target by...
View ArticleSpirit of optimism as the new term begins at Spalding Academy
Spalding Academy pupils played an active role in devising some of the changes at their school, including a competition to name new houses.Senior prefects then in Year 10 advertised the competition and...
View ArticleTonnes of garden waste catch fire in Bourne fields
Firefighters were called to fields in Bourne after three tonnes of garden waste caught fire.A local crew was alerted at 7.37pm last night.Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the fire was extinguished...
View ArticleVehicle catches fire in Crowland
The alarm was raised when a vehicle caught fire in Crowland.Firefighters from Deeping were alerted at 8.57pm last light and used “one hose reel and BA” to extinguish the fire on Deeping High Bank.
View ArticleFires in Wigtoft, Crowland, Bourne and Wyberton Fen.
Firefighters dealt with a number of incidents across South Holland, Bourne, Wyberton Fen and Wigtoft during the past 24 hours.A stack fire in Green Lane, Wigtoft, reported just before 11.50pm on...
View ArticleApple assures users iOS 10 update is safe after iPhone ‘bricking’ issues
Tech giant Apple has sought to reassure users that the latest operating system update is safe after some iPhone owners reported it had rendered their handsets useless.iOS 10 was released yesterday and...
View ArticlePeakhill toilet nightmare
Neil Holmes has previously written about his childhood in Cowbit in the 1950s. His latest reminiscence is a humorous look back at his Aunt Nell’s karsi.Few things implant themselves indelibly on the...
View ArticleSpalding Mum says ‘talk to beat child suicide’
A Spalding mum is stressing the importance of getting children to talk about mental health, as national figures show an increase in the number of children considering suicide.According to a recent...
View ArticleNew homes planned for Deeping St Nicholas and Weston
Two South Holland villages could see their populations grow after the green light was given to a total of 126 new homes. Work on a range of 60 new one to four-bedroom homes on land off Dean Close and...
View ArticleMarking the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme at Holbeach St Johns
On the same day as the event at St Matthew’s Church in Sutton Bridge, a service will also be held in Holbeach St Johns to mark the 100th year anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.A number of services...
View ArticleRemembering those from RAF Sutton Bridge who gave their lives
Respects will be paid to the brave people who lost their lives in the Battle of Britain as services are held across the region this Sunday. The battle, which took place in 1940, was the first major...
View ArticleVIDEO: New promotional film gives a taste of enviable Lincolnshire life and...
A new video is showing people what makes Lincolnshire the perfect place to live, work, visit and invest.The short video gives people a flavour of Lincolnshire’s enviable lifestyle, highlighting its...
View ArticleReasons to visit Dumfries and Galloway
TRISH TAKES FIVE: By Trish BurgessWe’re no strangers to Scotland but neither Dougie nor I had ever been to Dumfries & Galloway, a beautiful region of South West Scotland. It proved to be the...
View ArticleIndependent businesses in South Holland invited to workshop to help increase...
Independent shopkeepers in South Holland are invited to a special workshop aimed at helping stores to increase their profits.A ‘Retailers Workshop’ is being held at the South Holland Centre in Market...
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