Spalding market furniture stallholder in marathon run inspired by sister’s...
Spinal and cartilage surgery should have put Spalding market furniture stallholder Ian Johnson out of the running for a marathon.But he’s in serious training to spend his 54th birthday on April 17...
View ArticleBig turnout for annual party in Quadring
Numbers were well up this year for the senior citizens’ party that has been a popular fixture in Quadring for the last 68 years.Originally started by the Christian organisation, Toc H, the party these...
View ArticleCrowland Parish Council works to tidy up land on housing estate
Crowland Parish Council has responded to public interest by tidying up an area of land near housing built in the 1970s.At the council’s March parish meeting, it was revealed that “eight trolley loads...
View ArticleVIDEO: Crowd gathers for Hills Department Store’s £1.65million stock disposal...
Bargain hunters were out in force this morning (Friday) for the start of Hills Department Store’s £1.65million stock disposal sale.Around 50 people gathered in front of the South Holland Centre in...
View ArticleCOURT REGISTER
The following decisions have been made by magistrates at court hearings. In all drink-drive cases the legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrammes of alcohol...
View ArticleOne last job for Santa following sleigh run in Holbeach
Santa Claus had a final but important engagement following his Chirstmas sleigh run organised by the Rotary Club of Holbeach.The sleigh had five trips before Christmas, accompanied on different nights...
View ArticleContractor appointed for £5.4million Peppermint Junction works
Eurovia UK has been selected as the preferred contractor to improve the current A17/A151 junction by installing a new, three-arm roundabout, as well as a new four-arm roundabout on the A151....
View ArticleBook favourites from 60s and 70s
TRISH TAKES FIVE: By Trish BurgessOne of my favourite childhood authors died last month. Dick Bruna started writing the Miffy books in the early 1960s but the little rabbit has continued to be adored...
View ArticleOur doctors and the smiling times
WARD’S WORLD: By John wardI was watching something recently on the flat screen wonder called television that interrupted the adverts every so many minutes but seeing the bits and mentally sticking them...
View ArticleYOUR LETTERS: Should we overturn people’s wishes?
I’m delighted that Paul Walls (Free Press, February 14) is so keenly interested in the 18th century statesman Edmund Burke – one of my political heroes. So I want, in response, to explain Burke’s...
View ArticleMemories of a Spalding man inspire hauliers
A haulage firm is paying tribute to one of its former lorry driving instructors by raising awareness of the disease that claimed his life.Andrew Grantham (50), from Spalding, died in July 2014 after...
View ArticleAwards a shoe-in for family firm
A Bourne-based family shoe firm has walked off with its sixth national award in just six years.North Shoes, who have traded from North Street since 1876, are celebrating after being named men’s...
View ArticleTighter lines than ever for Spalding couple after 60 years
Stevie Wonder’s 1984 bestseller “I Just Called To Say I Love You” could have been written for Spalding couple Dave (80) and Jean Allen (79).The gardening and fly fishing couple never forget to remind...
View ArticleLEP tackles flood risk and water supply in the county
A South Holland farmer is helping to shape plans to cut flood risk and safeguard water supplies in the county.Mark Tinsley spoke at the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnerhip (LEP) launch of...
View ArticleJoint approach to tackling disorder in Crowland as incidents climb
A joint effort to tackle disorder and minor crime in Crowland has started this week as figures show that incidents have nearly doubled this year.Police and South Holland District Council officers will...
View ArticleSisters say it with flowers and more at Long Sutton shop
Sisters Chelsy Sharpe and Lacie Cambridge are saying it with flowers – and much more – at their shop, Florals, in Long Sutton.Chelsy (27) and Lacie (23) are catering for all kinds of family occasions...
View ArticleFundraising duo to stage fashion show at Weston Hills Village Hall
Fundraising duo Jackie Gargett and Donna Kent are staging a fashion show to help a charity build two new homes in a deprived area of Mexico.The friends and work colleagues at NFU Mutual in Camel Gate,...
View ArticleSelf discipline a challenge in the modern world
HAYES IN THE HOUSE: By MP John HayesLast week, like millions of other Britons, I enjoyed pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, a tradition dating back to the times when it was necessary to use up those...
View ArticleSouth Holland leader calls for help with homelessness bill
The leader of South Holland District Council has challenged the Government to cut a ‘new deal’ and bring down the nation’s £2 million homelessness bill.Coun Gary Porter, also chairman of the Local...
View ArticleSUPPORT OUR SHOPS: A Spanish Armada of dishes at Sergi’s
Karl and Debbie Sergison have taken the saying “out with the old, in with the new” to heart at their own corner of Spalding.After 12 years of Sergi’s Good Food Store, Restaurant and Cookery Store, the...
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