RSPCA reaches breaking point
A desperate plea for ‘forever homes’ has been made by the RSPCA branches serving our area as the number of pets needing rehousing hits crisis point.Vets are reporting at least four cats a week needing...
View Article30 years engineering a family business for Frosts
The heart of Holbeach St Johns could be the point where the church, village hall and The Plough all meet.It could just as easily be found though at R F Welding Ltd, where Karen and Robert Frost (also...
View ArticleChild porn fan escapes jail over army record
An Iraq War veteran who had hundreds of child porn images was on Thursday spared immediate jail because of his exemplary army record.James Forrester was arrested in September last year after police...
View ArticleHeavy breathers meet at village hall
They call themselves The Heavy Breathers Club and they meet every week at Holbeach St Johns Village Hall for some light exercise.The group are more properly known as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary...
View ArticleWife was ‘afraid’, court heard
A lorry driver shocked by his wife walking out pestered her with texts and self-harmed with a knife outside her home, leaving blood on her door.Stephen Starr (51), of Eaugate Road, Moulton Chapel, had...
View ArticleStill time to give new businesses a boost
Young businesses in the Spalding area are taking the first steps to getting a powerful boost by entering the Local Business Accelerators (LBA) campaign.Spalding Guardian Local Business Accelerators...
View ArticleWife assault pensioner sentenced
A pensioner who grabbed his wife’s throat and threatened to send her to her dead son has been ordered to attend a domestic abuse programme.First Gulf War veteran Peter Oldham (68) attacked his wife of...
View ArticleWomen’s refuges are under threat as attacks hit new high
Refuges used by South Holland women hurt in violence in the home are under threat as cases hit an all-time high.Boston Women’s Aid – which runs services in Spalding and Holbeach – has two safe houses...
View ArticleSlow down or someone will die – resident
An angry Crowland resident is warning that a road accident outside his home this week is proof that motorists are ignoring a 30mph speed limit currently in place.Barry Jackson (44), of Thorney Road,...
View ArticleMan’s not guilty plea
A Spalding driver has pleaded not guilty to failing to provide a specimen of breath to police.Krzysztof Ruszkowski (57), of Hawthorn Bank, will stand trial at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on January 17....
View ArticleMan in court on assault charge
A man appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to an assault charge.Matthew Evans (31), of Cygnet Court, Spalding, is accused of assaulting Andrew Evans and will stand trial on January 8.He was granted...
View ArticleMotor cyclist injured after crash in Long Sutton
A 20-year-old man is being treated in hospital for leg injuries after his motor bike collided with a car in Long Sutton last night.The man from Sutton Bridge was riding a Honda motor bike when it...
View ArticleFuel charges adjourned
A woman appeared in court accused of four counts of making off with out paying for fuel, including amounts worth £97.22 and £99.86 from Market Deeping’s Rainbow Petrol Station.Charlotte Smith (37), of...
View ArticleThree injured after crash in Gedney Drove End
Three people were taken to hospital with neck and back injuries after the car they were in hit a trailer and caught fire in Gedney Drove End.Fire and ambulance crews attended the accident which...
View ArticleArrested for swearing
A man in court on a public order offence told Spalding magistrates he was arrested for using two swear words while the shop that refused to sell him alcohol was selling illegal cigarettes.Spalding...
View ArticleMan denies resisting PC
A man of 51 denied resisting a Spalding police officer, PC Robert Exler, when he appeared at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.John Pullen, of Porthouse Drive, Pinchbeck, is accused of resisting...
View ArticleTrio accused of dishonesty
Three people appeared at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on Thursday accused of going equipped for theft by having a foil lined bag in their possession in Spalding on October 23.Constanta Barcila (30),...
View ArticleWoman rescued after house fire in Langtoft
A woman had to be given oxygen by fire crews after her house caught fire in Langtoft this morning.The woman was making candles in the kitchen of her semi-detached house in the village when paraffin wax...
View ArticleFormer flower queens invited to bloom once more
Former Spalding Flower Queens are invited to take part in the Flower Parade’s final fling next year.Susan Richmond, from organisers Kenyon Communications, said the company would love as many former...
View ArticleSchools should encourage apprenticeships
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling for schools to increase their engagement with small businesses, as new research shows only nine per cent of small firms have taken on an apprentice...
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