UPDATE: Inquest opens on man hit by train at Quadring level crossing
An inquest is due to open later today (Wednesday) on Quadring man Kevin Taylor, who was hit by a train at a level crossing in the village last week.Previously ...Thursday, March 9: A man of 57 has died...
View ArticleCouncil invests £6million to improve southeast Lincolnshire’s roads
Lincolnshire County Council is to spend £6million on roadworks in southeast Lincolnshire.Improvement works will include resurfacing near Spalding, Market Deeping and Bourne, as well as a new roundabout...
View ArticleFour Spalding fire deaths prompt law change petition
The daughter of a woman who died engulfed in flames is urging the public to back her petition to stop sellers of illicit cigarettes dealing in death.June Buffham (71) died in her armchair in Stonegate,...
View ArticleRate relief pleas by Suttons’ area gains pace after MP intervention
Pressure is growing from businesses and political leaders in Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge for help with “illogical” rate rises.The Lincolnshire Free Press reported last December that about 45 per cent...
View ArticleSpalding Grammar School student to get a blue hairdo for Sue Ryder
A Spalding Grammar School student will sport a blue hairdo to raise money for Sue Ryder.Mitchell Staff (16) decided to go blue because that’s the official colour of the charity who cared for his late...
View ArticleWaste fire in Sutton Bridge
Firefighters from Long Sutton put out a blaze in Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge last night (Tuesday).They used a water backpack to extinguish a quantity of mixed waste that was on fire at around 9am.
View ArticleTip2Toe in switch to Tulip Radio’s Spalding site?
A salon offering beauty and holistic therapies, Tip2Toe, could switch from Spalding’s Spring Gardens to the Tulip Radio site in The Crescent.Sarah Steel, from Tip2Toe, is seeking planning consent for a...
View ArticleMore than 200 snap up sizzling offers at Bennett Butchers in Spalding
More than 200 people claimed sausages, stewing steak or minced beef from Bennett Butchers following a sizzling offer in the Spalding Guardian to celebrate the end of roadworks on Winsover Road.“Some...
View ArticleDiscussion about town council
Spalding and District Civic Society is holding its annual general meeting next Tuesday, March 21.The meeting takes place at Spalding Grammar School Business Centre and starts at 7.30pm. Members of the...
View ArticleFlag proudly raised in tune with others all over Globe
South Holland District Council proudly joined with other local authorities, community groups and organisations across the world to mark Commonwealth Day.Councillors came together with local dignitaries...
View ArticleWill fast food fans be lovin’ it at new development?
A new McDonald’s restaurant could be built at Sutterton roundabout as part of a development also comprising a truck stop and a petrol filling station housing a Starbucks coffee shop.Around 65 jobs are...
View ArticleExcitement over Spalding schools’ new minibus
Students at two special schools in Spalding are looking forward to getting out and about much more thanks to a brand new minibus.The youngsters from the Garth School and the Priory School received the...
View ArticleBringing jobs and investment to the area
CABINET CALL: By South Holland Council deputy leader Nick WorthOne of my main remits as the cabinet member for commercialisation and growth is to bring investment and jobs into the area. I find it...
View ArticleMachete-wielding thugs rob village store
Robbers armed with a machete and knives targeted a village shop in Cowbit last night (Wednesday).Police have launched an urgent investigation after the robbery at Cowbit Village Stores in Barrier Bank...
View ArticleUnemployment is down year on year
The number of people claiming Jobseekers allowance in South Holland dropped by 35 year on year last month.Some 610 people were registered as claiming by the Job Centre, compared with 645 last...
View ArticleBusinessman breached his bankruptcy order by taking up new position
A businessman who had previously filed for bankruptcy worked as a sales director for a Bourne company in breach of the order.After a hearing this week, Peter Henry Nicholson (51) is now banned from...
View ArticleQuestions over cyclists and coursing at Holbeach meeting
Police have agreed to monitor cyclists riding on the pavements and without lights at night in Holbeach after a request by Coun Paul Foyster at the parish council meeting on Monday evening.At the same...
View ArticleLong Sutton parish councillors: “Please stop slagging us off on social media.”
Leading lights on Long Sutton Parish Council issued a plea to residents to ‘stop slagging us off’ on social media.The charge was led by a former council chairman, Ruth Barber, who asked people...
View Article‘We will continue to fight fly tipping scourge’ say SHDC
South Holland Council has given a staunch defence of its action on tackling the scourge of fly tipping after local authorities were accused of not doing enough.The Country Landowners Association...
View Article100 years ago Deeping St James farm labourer was 27th victim of infamous Red...
One hundred years ago tomorrow the legendary German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen described his 27th aerial victory as “just another lattice-tail enemy aircraft”.To No. 25 Squadron RFC though,...
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