Level crossing work in Spalding delayed
Network Rail has confirmed today that engineering work at two level crossings in Spalding has been cancelled and both will be open to traffic.The level crossings at Hawthorn Bank and London Road, near...
View ArticleResidents cut off by BT’s faulty phone cable
Residents are hopping mad with BT for failing to repair a damaged aerial cable that has left them without land lines or Internet since October 30.Brenda Pearson, of Hurdletree Bank, Holbeach, says it...
View ArticleFinal day to accelerate your business
Driving ambition is behind one of the latest entries in our Business Accelerators campaign – but there’s still one more day to become a candidate.In just the past week alone, Christine Grocock of Drive...
View ArticleUpdate: Family escape house fire
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue now say one person went to hospital with a suspected burn to the hand following a house fire in Bannisters Lane, Frampton West, this morning.The fire destroyed one bedroom...
View ArticleThree for trial at Lincoln Crown Court
Ryan Brooks appeared at court accused of assaulting Adam Beason, causing actual bodily harm, on September 14 and of theft of a gold coloured ring, of a value unknown, from Mr Beason on the same...
View ArticleTown centre link on table
Plans to link the centre of Holbeach with Boston Road car park are still in the pipeline, according to South Holland District Council deputy leader Nick Worth.But at a parish council meeting last...
View ArticleNot guilty plea to theft
A woman will stand trial at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on January 10 after pleading not guilty to theft of a mobile phone belonging to Lincolnshire Field Products on June 5 this year.Shelly-Anne...
View ArticleMan threw cannabis out of van window when pursued by police in Spalding
Spalding police followed a Transit van when a driver sped away from them and saw him throw herbal cannabis out of the window.Sam Tooke (22) was in London Road at 9pm on October 29.Jim Clare,...
View ArticleLatest Healthwatch meeting in Spalding
The local Healthwatch group meets tomorrow in Spalding.The meeting at from 10am-12.30pm at Springfields Events Centre.To book a place call 01522 705190
View ArticleYour chance to give blood at sessions
There is a chance to give blood at the South Holland Centre, Spalding, on Tuesday, December 4.Sessions run from 1pm to 3.30pm and from 5pm to 8pm.Call 0300 1232323 to book.
View ArticleGive car thieves the cold shoulder
Motorists who leave cars running with the keys in to defrost windscreens are easy pickings for thieves, police have warned.A number of cars were stolen in South Holland and the Deepings in past years...
View ArticleMotorists losing out from petrol price cuts
Petrol prices in the Spalding area are at least 3p a litre higher than they should be, according to the AA.National statistics show average petrol prices have gone down from 138.95p a litre in mid...
View ArticleHardwick wins Lincolnshire PCC poll
LATEST 6PM: Independent candidate and former TV news presenter Alan Hardwick has been elected as Lincolnshire’s first Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).After a tense five-hour wait for the result, Mr...
View ArticleHave you got designs on 2013 flower parade?
YOUNGSTERS are again being given the chance to have their drawing turned into a fantastic, tulip-covered creation taking pride of place in the Spalding Flower Parade 2013.For the second year runnin the...
View ArticleYou did your bit for Children In Need
Schools, groups and businesses across south Lincolnshire raised thousands of pounds for Children In Need yesterday.Our photographers were out and about taking pictures of the fundraising events and...
View ArticleTributes paid to Holbeach POW veteran
A Japanese prisoner of war veteran who lived in Holbeach for almost 25 years has died aged 96.Leonard Harding, who worked on the Burma Railway during his three and a half years in captivity, passed...
View ArticleOfsted success for school
Children and staff at Shepeau Stow Primary School are celebrating the results of an inspection by education chiefs after it was rated good in all areas.Strong leadership, rising educational standards...
View ArticleWest Pinchbeck flower grower
Supermarkets come in for occasional criticism on these pages, but a West Pinchbeck grower has one to thank for the success of his business.James Cole, of E M Cole Farms, has been supplying flowers to...
View ArticleCourt register
The following decisions have been made recently by magistrates at court hearings. In all drink-drive cases the legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, or 80 milligrammes...
View Article‘Abduction’ was just a drunken row
Police searched an area around Fakenham Close, Holbeach, just after midnight on Sunday after fears someone had been abducted.A caller reported an argument between two people, saying they feared it was...
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