UPDATE: Praise for bus driver in Halmergate crash
Tuesday, 10.50am: Police say it was lucky no one was seriously hurt in a crash involving a school bus.About 50 secondary school children were on board when a Fowlers bus was in an accident on...
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Round-up of latest cases at Spalding Magistrates’ CourtIwona Baranska (26), of Main Road, Dyke. No insurance (Baston). £110 fine, £15 victim surcharge, 6pts. No separate penalty was given for a licence...
View ArticleThurlby boater fined £1,000
Kenneth Lewis, of High Street, appeared before Corby magistrates on October 17 when he was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £230 and £308 compensation to cover the unpaid charge.All boats kept, let for...
View ArticleCases from Skegness court
Details of some cases involving our area heard at Skegness Magistrates’ Court.Jonathan Bromley (44), of Derwent Close, Rugby. Failing to give identity of a driver (Pinchbeck). £600 fine, £15 v/s, £85...
View ArticleSuicide verdict at inquest
A Lithuanian man found dead at his home in Spalding last month killed himself, an inquest has confirmed.A verdict of suicide was recorded by Paul Cooper, Boston and Spalding Deputy Coroner, at an...
View ArticleTraders urged to help final Spalding Flower Parade memorable
Businesses in Spalding are being given a trumpet call to pull together so memories of next year’s swansong flower festival will never wither and die.That was the message from Coun Eddy Poll, who...
View ArticlePCC candidates are quizzed in Spalding
Crime and disorder, police numbers and punishment for offenders were three of the issues aired at a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) hustings event in Spalding.About 40 people attended the Question...
View ArticleRoyal Marine loses licence
A TEENAGE motorist who crashed on a Midlands motorway has been ordered to pay £600 and banned from driving for 12 months.Royal Marine Daniel Craig Chapman had 92 milligrammes of alcohol in 100...
View ArticleParish council’s opposition stance on wind farms
A parish council facing the threat of a crop of massive turbines on its doorstep has published a new policy statement opposing wind farms.Pinchbeck councillors came up with the statement in response to...
View ArticleCharity dinner for butchers
Around 100 guests attended Spalding and East Elloe Butchers Association’s annual dinner at South Holland Centre on Saturday.It included live music, a roast beef meal and guests raised about £600 for...
View Article‘Old girl’ speaker tells students ‘be brilliantly you’
Students were encouraged to “be brilliantly you” at an inspirational prizegiving evening.Spalding High School’s upper school were treated to a motivational talk by “old girl” Helen Fulcher, who is now...
View ArticleForeign national drink-driver ‘miscalculated’
A Lithuanian who was caught driving in Holbeach while one-and-a-half times over the legal limit made a “miscalculation,” a court heard. Ramunas Erzikevicius (38) was stopped by police when driving...
View ArticlePolice ask for help on burglaries
Thieves made off with jewellery, ornaments and a safe after burgling a house in Station Road, Long Sutton.It happened some time between 6pm on October 24 and 3.15pm on October 25 when thieves got...
View ArticleLock up your garages warning
Residents in the Spalding area are being warned to lock up their property now it is getting darker earlier.A green and yellow John Deere 455 ride on lawnmower was stolen from a garage in Gosberton some...
View ArticleMan ashamed after punching ex-schoolmate
A man who punched a former schoolfriend in the face and chipped his tooth has been told to turn his life around.Shane Kelk (18), of Princes Street, Sutton Bridge, was handed a 12-month supervision...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: District council chief to quit
Chief executive of South Holland District Council Terry Huggins has announced his departure.Councillors received an email yesterday afternoon from Mr Huggins, who is credited by some for making a...
View ArticleGUARDIAN ANGEL: What;s been amusing and bemusing our girl about town
Angel was doing a spot of shopping in Spalding’s M&S food hall last week when she overheard a rather strange request.A shopper asked to pay the bulk of her bill by debit card and the remainder –...
View ArticlePublic to see massive Spalding development plans ‘before Christmas’
Exciting plans for the development of Spalding’s Holland Market could be laid out for public consultation before Christmas.News on the grand plans, which could include a town square, new supermarket...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Cyclist injured after A17 crash in Sutton Bridge
An 18-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving his bicycle and a vehicle on the A17 in Sutton Bridge.Police wish to hear from anyone who saw the collision or a silver...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Girl hit by car in Morton; Woman injured in Wigtoft crash
A 13-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Morton earlier today.Meanwhile, a woman is being treated in hospital after her vehicle was involved in a collision on Old...
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