Holbeach skate park campaign
Pressure is building for a new concrete skatepark at Holbeach to give the town’s youngsters something to do.A group of 20 teenage skateboarders have kicked off their renewed campaign by raising more...
View ArticleWind farm plan goes to appeal
Controversial plans for a wind farm at Treading Field, Sutton St Edmunds, are going to an eight day planning inquiry for a final verdict.Applications for six turbines on a site straddling the South...
View ArticleRoad closures to come in area
Several roads in the South Holland area will be closed to traffic in the coming days and motorists are advised that diversions will be in place.Hawthorn Bank and London Road level crossings will both...
View ArticleFree NHS talk on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Health experts are in Spalding soon to give a free talk on a common mental health problem, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).The event has been put on by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust...
View ArticleFinal push for votes as PCC election day looms large
The four candidates bidding to become Lincolnshire’s first Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) are making their final push for votes ahead of today’s election.Just days before the winner of the...
View ArticleDriver crashed through two gardens and hit parked cars
A teenager is lucky to be alive after his car left the road and ploughed through two gardens, demolishing fences, a brick wall and hitting two parked cars.One resident heard what sounded like an...
View ArticleSix arrested after illegal immigrant swoop
Suspected illegal immigrants spotted running from a lorry parked in Moulton sparked a police search of the village and resulted six arrests.Police were informed of ‘suspicious activity’ by a resident...
View ArticleMentalist at work...
Teenage ‘mentalist’ Connor Elleston made the bold prediction in this week’s Lincolnshire Free Press that he could predict today’s (Thursday) Spalding Guardian headlines.All will be revealed in next...
View ArticleMP denies part in by- election row
Recently-appointed energy minister John Hayes yesterday said no meeting between himself and two anti-windfarm politicians accused of manipulating the Corby by-election campaign had ever taken place.The...
View ArticleStation house is back on track
As a man with a passion for transport, Peter Simpson fulfilled one of his life’s ambitions when he bought the old station house at Cowbit.However, he almost put it back on the market when he realised...
View ArticleHomes for people with village link
Plans for 12-14 affordable homes in Pinchbeck are a step closer now the parish council has agreed to sell part of a field.Pinchbeck Community Land Trust Steering Group was offered several sites in East...
View ArticleCouple’s £100 wedding was built to last
It was a whirlwind romance for Michael and Sandra Wigston who eloped to Gretna Green rather than pay thousands for an elaborate wedding.Sandra (32), a health care support worker at a GP surgery, and...
View ArticleYou can help catch the crooks
Crime fighters are warning South Holland residents not to buy bargains from burglars – or you could get more than you bargained for.“Handlers” face a seven year prison term, the same stretch as the...
View ArticleCentenarians at the double add sparkle to birthday
Moulton Chapel Methodist Church has a big claim to fame with two 100-year-olds attending its weekly services.Add their ages together and centenarians Jack Butters and Agnes Thorpe have lived as long as...
View ArticleSafety fears over town eyesore
A Holbeach resident has raised fears over the safety of a derelict town centre building that has stood empty for several years.Val Davey urged parish councillors to put pressure on the owners of the...
View ArticleQuality Food Award for Bakkavor group
The Lincolnshire arm of fresh fruit and produce business, Bakkavor Meals, has won a prestigious Quality Food Award at a ceremony in London. The Spalding site was originally opened as a banana ripening...
View ArticleSarah’s Stockings are ready to take Christmas by storm
There can be little more traditional than a stocking above an open fire, waiting for Santa to fill it with goodies. It’s the sort of thing you Christmas cards and films are made of. But these days, the...
View ArticleNew dog bin for Moulton village
Moulton Parish Council has responded to complaints from residents about the size of the village dog bin outside All Saints Church.The council confirmed that a larger bin will be installed in the...
View ArticleNew Holbeach website launched by council
Holbeach residents can now have the area at their fingertips with the launch of a new parish website.By logging on at http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Holbeach people can find out about...
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