Emotional trip to battlefields
A group of 50 students and staff explored the battlefields of World War One during a visit to Belgium and France.The youngsters from Peele Community College, Long Sutton, used the recent school...
View ArticlePilot to help jobless get into food industry
A new pilot project in Spalding aims to help unemployed people into the world of work by offering training and experience in the food industry.The scheme being run from January will see up to a dozen...
View ArticleQuestions raised over housing policy figures
A new council housing policy has been delayed after councillors questioned some of the figures in it.South Holland District Council had drawn up the tenancy strategy and allocations policy to ensure a...
View ArticleFlood alert at Bourne but drains are coping
Drainage board engineers in the Spalding area are confident residents have nothing to fear in spite of flash flood warnings across the county.An amber flood alert was put in place in Bourne after...
View ArticleLate surge for big switch
Monday: A late surge over the last week saw 1,000 people scrambling to register for cheaper gas and electricity with South Holland District Council.Some 2,200 South Holland people were registered by...
View ArticleChance to give blood at Bourne
There is a chance to give blood at a session in Bourne next month.Sessions take place at the Corn Exchange, Abbey Road, from 1pm-3.30pm, 4.30pm-6.45pm on December 18. Call 0300 123 23 23 to make at...
View ArticleApplication for cattery
A helper at a Whaplode cattery is applying to move the business to her home when the current owner retires shortly.South Holland District Council planners have been asked to consider allowing Sarah...
View ArticleBid to open dog grooming parlour
An application has been made to South Holland District Council planners to change the use of a former hairdressing salon in Sutton Bridge to a dog grooming parlour.It was submitted by Elaine Batty, of...
View ArticleGraduate: Edward Putterill
Edward Putterill has graduated from the Anglia Ruskin University with a bachelor of arts with honours in film and television production.He studied at Boston College.
View ArticleProtestors plan Spalding march
Protesters who gathered in Boston to highlight problems with immigration have vowed the next stop will be Spalding.More than 300 people attended the protest last Saturday, some holding banners such as...
View ArticleNew clinic set up in Spalding
A new local chemotherapy, haematology and Lymphoedema clinic has been set up to provide care closer to home.The clinic, which is run by Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is held...
View ArticlePoppy Appeal raised £21,500 in Spalding area despite hard times
Organisers of this year’s Poppy Appeal in Spalding are celebrating after raising more than £20,000.They report that many areas equalled or even surpassed last year’s amounts.So far £21,500 has come in,...
View ArticleNew initiative to stop doorstep crime
Lincolnshire Trading Standards, Lincolnshire Police and Community Lincs have launched an initiative to reduce doorstep crime.Operation REPEAT will train carers of elderly people in what to look for and...
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 ArticlePolice welcome new stalking law
Lincolnshire Police have welcomed new legislation which makes stalking a stand-alone criminal offence for the first time.The Home Office announced the changes, which also include a new offence of...
View ArticleGraduate: Sadie Hunt
Sadie Hunt, eldest daughter of Duncan Hunt, of Moulton, and Andrea Bullimore, of Ruskington, graduated from the University of Cumbria with a 2.1 degree in primary education (qualified teacher...
View ArticleSuperfast broadband
Superfast broadband for Lincolnshire is a step closer after the green light was given for public money to be invested in the scheme.The decision paves the way for the county council to start work to...
View Article‘Don’t turn – or I will stab you’
A Spalding teenager has spoken of the terrifying evening he thought he was robbed at knifepoint. Jakub Danieliewicz (13) was walking with his bicycle past St Mary and St Nicolas Church in Love Lane...
View ArticleResidents fight to save green space
Residents from a Spalding housing estate are fighting plans to build on land they believe has been set aside as green space.About 70 people have signed a petition against plans to build a three-bedroom...
View ArticleAir ambulance used for its own volunteer
A pensioner, who suffered serious injuries when a tree branch fell on him, was airlifted to hospital by the charity he collects for.Peter Wells (70) was collecting charity bags along Bourne Road in...
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