Holbeach Easter family fun day shaping up to be a great event
Plans are coming together for the free family Easter Celebration event at the Holbeach Hub next month.The whole day is being paid for by the Lottery Celebrate fund and takes place at the Boston Road...
View ArticleNature area revamp for Priory School
The Priory School in Spalding is celebrating after being awarded a £10,000 grant for upgrading works on its woodland area.The area at the back of the special school has been looked after and nurtured...
View ArticleOut and about with council licensing team
CABINET CALL: Written by South Holland district councillor Anthony CassonIn order to learn more about the work of the council’s licensing team I will shortly be joining them on some routine...
View ArticleInformation night in Bourne for parents interested in adoption role
Lincolnshire Adoption Service is looking for new families to come forward and give loving homes to children in need.An adoption event is taking place at Bourne’s Salvation Army Hall in Manning Road on...
View ArticleYOUR VIEWS: Be careful what you wish for
In responding to Anita Toal’s letter, Andrew Livesey (Free Press, February 28) shows himself to be not much concerned with facts. He asserts that the recent Supreme Court case had nothing to do with...
View ArticleSpalding care home honoured
Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding was honoured at the recent Lincolnshire Care Awards.The Little London Road home was runner-up in the ‘NatWest Team that has made the Difference Award’.The event was...
View ArticleAnnual Butcher’s Pride contest
The annual Butcher’s Pride sausage competition takes place in Spalding on Friday.Butchers from Spalding, The Deepings and Boston will put their sausages before a panel of judges to compete for the...
View ArticleHolbeach Bank Primary pupils host mobile planetarium visit
Children at Holbeach Bank Primary School had an amazing curtain raiser to their science week with a visit from Starlincs Mobile Planetarium.Friday’s visit saw the planetarium’s Mick Moore talking about...
View ArticleIt’s a hat-trick as Dina wins Open Arts prize for a record third time
A Spalding artist with a penchant for painting animals has won the prestigious public vote trophy at this year’s South Holland Open Arts contest – for the third time.Dina Perejogina’s painting ‘Stag...
View ArticlePreview of exciting £200,000 Fun Farm High Ropes at Weston
A big new attraction for the Spalding area, the Fun Farm High Ropes, opens to the public on Saturday, March 25.Youth teams from Holbeach United and friends and family of staff at the Fun Farm at Weston...
View ArticleGrandmother’s Crowland coffee party for Nepal-bound relative
A Crowland grandmother is helping the people of Nepal to rebuild their lives after a devastating earthquake by raising money for a young relative.Margaret Beardshaw organised a coffee morning at...
View ArticleAppeal made for Spalding to speak out on future rail services
Campaigners for a more regular train service through Spalding have won support from the man in charge of transportation in Lincolnshire.Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum, which campaigns for...
View ArticleGirl (13) accused of spitting in police officer’s face
A 13-year-old girl will appear in court next month accused of spitting in the face of a police officer.The teenager has been charged with assaulting a constable after the incident at Spalding train...
View ArticleLet’s go fly a kite – it’s part of Weston Hills Primary School’s Science Week
Children from Weston Hills Primary School have been taking a scientific approach to flying kites.This week is National Science Week and, yesterday (Monday), the school invited in Kite enthusiast Pete...
View ArticleIt only takes a button
WARD’S WORLD: By John WardThe wonders of the modern world never cease to amaze or in a lot of cases, amuse.With all the adverts and suchlike in either the press, TV or even at the cinema, you can’t...
View ArticleMr Blobby and Disney make owners proud at Crufts
A Spalding dog lover is celebrating after his beloved four-year-old Cardigan Welsh Corgi won the best of breed trophy at Crufts for the fourth successive year.Mr Blobby took a starring role alongside...
View ArticleMen’s shed meeting in Spalding
Individuals are being invited to get involved in a new project designed to create a community shed where they can get together, socialise and share skills.The new Men’s Shed South Holland project seeks...
View ArticleRescue dogs to travel in style after van donation
Dogs and staff at a South Lincolnshire rescue centre will travel in style thanks to the surprise gift of an eye-catching new van by loyal supporters.The van, which features photos of two of Jerry Green...
View ArticleUPDATE 4.55PM, TUESDAY: A151 closed between Bourne and West Pinchbeck after...
Police have closed the A151 at Guthram Gowt while they deal with a serious accident.They expect the A151 Bourne Road between Bourne and West Pinchbeck to be closed for some time after the one-vehicle...
View ArticleGroup is raising awareness of ovarian cancer
DOCTOR CALLING: By Dr Kevin HillSouth Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group is raising awareness of the symptoms associated with ovarian cancer during March, which is Ovarian Cancer Awareness...
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