Nursery open days
Long Sutton’s Phoenix Montessori Nursery is opening its doors to the public.The nursery is holding two open days – Monday, November 12, from 9.15 am-11.30am and Wednesday, November 14, from 1.15pm-3.30...
View ArticleGirl treated after accident in Morton
A 13-year-old girl had a lucky escape after she was hit by a car on Station Road, Morton, last Thursday.Paramedics were called just before 10.45am and the girl was treated for minor injuries at a...
View ArticleWho gives you service with a smile?
Do you know of a shop or business where a particular member of staff always goes the extra mile to take care of customers?If the answer is yes, then now’s your chance to get them the recognition they...
View ArticlePinchbeck firm strikes gold
G & J Peck Ltd of Pinchbeck has been recognised for its commitment to South Holland’s farming community.Bosses received the New Holland Dealer Gold Standard award for setting high standards in...
View ArticleJust a few days left to put your business forward
There’s just ten days to go for young businesses in the Spalding area to get a huge boost to help them grow.The Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian Local Business Accelerators campaign...
View ArticleMP bid to save court from “a death by a thousand cuts”
MP John Hayes is taking the battle to save Spalding Magistrates’ Court from “death by a thousand cuts” to the top levels of Government.Court cells have been shut since July following a health and...
View ArticleDad’s fear over death of hit-and-run victim Tim
A father whose son died in a hit-and-run accident says his worst fear is that no one will be brought to justice for the tragedy.Stephen Osborn says he had hoped a moving funeral service for 27-year-old...
View ArticleAmbulances fitted with winter tyres
More than 1,000 cold weather tyres will be fitted to ambulances and fast-response cars as the ambulance service gears up to face plummeting temperatures and icy roads.It’s the second year running East...
View ArticleJobs hope as stats confirm it’s a great district to work
Life is looking up for a young man who has landed a job at a Spalding department store after months of searching - and according to latest statistics it’s all down to a jobs boom across the...
View ArticleWORD ON THE GROUND: Reflections on hardest harvest ever experienced
When I last wrote we were about a week away from starting our potato harvest and now, three months later, we are just about to finish our last field of 25 acres, which has been waterlogged for most of...
View ArticlePeat use in horticulture
Professor Jack Rieley, Special Professor of Geography at the University of Nottingham, is guest speaker at the next meeting of South Holland Growers’ Club next Monday.The topic under discussion is peat...
View ArticleFarm injuries up by nine per cent
The number of injuries on farms has risen by 9 per cent in the past year, according to statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).Between April 2011 and March 2012 the agricultural...
View ArticleTrouble-free Bonfire Night across area
Bonfire night in South Holland was a safe one, with only a handful of incidents for the fire service to deal with.Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue confirmed there were four callouts across the area between...
View ArticleVictory claimed as medical centre ditches “expensive” phone number
Patients at a Spalding medical centre have welcomed news that its “expensive” 0844 telephone number, which was at the centre of a national investigation, has been changed to a local one.NHS...
View Article‘Someone must pay for my pothole pain’
A man who had to have hospital treatment after falling in a pothole is considering taking legal action.Tony Rawling said he was appalled when a Lincolnshire County Council highways inspector told him...
View ArticleGardening with Daphne Ledward
All you need to know about secateursThe other pair goes everywhere with him, and he was recently lamenting the fact that should he lose these, it would be a tragedy, because this brand was no longer on...
View ArticleConsultation on plans to move town’s primary to bigger site
Parents and staff are being asked their views on plans to move a town primary school to a bigger site.Lincolnshire County Council has begun consulting on proposals to relocate and expand South View...
View ArticleChanges being made at district car parks
Outstaying your welcome at a South Holland car park will cease to be a criminal matter from next month as changes in parking enforcement come into force.Although people who stick to the rules in the...
View Article£0.5m on payouts to former workers
Almost half a million pounds was spent on “compromise agreements” with former staff by Lincolnshire County Council in the past year.The agreements, which usually involve a pay-off in exchange for the...
View ArticlePolice search in Moulton for missing man
Reports of a missing man being seen in Moulton brought a strong police presence into the village on Tuesday.A search for the man, reported missing from another police area, took place in East Cobgate...
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