Fresh bid to expand GP surgery at Pinchbeck
Spalding’s Munro Medical Centre is making a fresh bid to extend its surgery in Church Walk, Pinchbeck. Its plan for an improved consulting room, reception and waiting facilities was rejected by the...
View ArticleHead to the river and you may spot a kingfisher
A monthly column by Rachel Shaw of the Lincolnshire Wildlife TrustA summer’s day: blue skies, the wind blowing in the willow trees, damselflies flitting about on the water’s edge, with the sound of...
View ArticlePinchbeck Carnival is another hit this year
The Pinchbeck Carnival was marked as one of the most enjoyable ones yet after the support of the local community. The three-day event included exciting performances by the Galloping Acrobatics who had...
View ArticleGosberton ‘Good Neighbours’ get off to a great start
A fledgling Good Neighbour Scheme for the Gosberton area got off to a great start at its inaugural meeting on Friday.There will be another chance to learn about the scheme, which will provide...
View ArticleSutton Bridge triumphs as South Holland schools compete in Kwik Cricket
Sutton Bridge Westmere Primary school triumphed in the School Games at the Peele Community College as five schools went head to head in a Kwik Cricket competition. The School Games are the equivalent...
View ArticleWho is responsible for roads, footpaths, grass, roundabouts and lighting
CABINET CALL: A weekly column by members of South Holland District Council’s Cabinet. This week with Coun Roger-Gambba Jones...Roads, footpaths, grass verges, roundabouts and lighting: who does...
View ArticlePainting to start soon at Spalding’s water tower
Work to clean-up and repaint Spalding’s Chatterton Water Tower is “progressing well”, according to owners Anglian Water.A spokesman for Anglian Water said today (Wednesday): “The scaffolding has been...
View ArticleReminder of green bin code for Deepings and Bourne
Families in the Deepings and Bourne are being reminded to put the right things in their green, garden waste bin.Flowers, plants, leaves, grass cuttings, weeds, twigs and small branches are among the...
View ArticleYou can bid for slice of £15K festival cash
Organisers of last month’s Spalding Beer and Music Festival want to hear from good causes for youths which would like a slice of the £15,000 profit.Groups, clubs, organisations and schools in and...
View ArticleMobile skate park visits Crowland to thrill youngsters
Crowland youngsters got an exciting taste of what life will be like when the town finally has its own skate park.About 60 scooter riders jumped, turned and spun their way over a set of ramps during a...
View ArticleEveryone for tennis in South Holland schools
A team from Weston Hills won the Sainsbury’s School Games Tennis competition.The competition is between year 3 and 4 pupils from primary schools in the South East of Lincolnshire, teaching them the...
View ArticleCRIME NEWS: Mobile loo thefts in South Holland
Four thefts of mobile toilets in South Holland and Kirton have taken place within a week.Two of the items, worth £500 each according to a Lincolnshire Police spokesman, were stolen from Long Sutton and...
View ArticleHeating oil theft attempts in South Holland
Police are looking for a link between three attempts to steal heating oil in Moulton, Whaplode and Holbeach.They took place in Boston Road North, Holbeach; Hockley Lane, Whaplode, and Hogsgate,...
View ArticleBourne and District Neighbourhood Watch Association July meeting
Bourne and District Neighbourhood Watch Association is meeting at the town’s Corn Exchange on Monday, July 10, at 7.30pmA member of the Bourne and Billingborough Neighbourhood Policing Team will be...
View ArticleNew weapons to fight crime in Lincolnshire
Offenders in Lincolnshire will soon have fewer places to hide as the force takes charge of its latest crime-busting tools.Around £80,000 is being invested in a series of initiatives, including a pilot...
View ArticleHOLBEACH PARISH COUNCIL: New picnic bench for Carter’s Park
A new picnic bench will be in Carter’s Park soon after parish councillors agreed to buy one for at least £145.It follows the popularity of a picnic bench put outside All Saints Church by Holbeach in...
View ArticleHOLBEACH PARISH COUNCIL: Grass cutting deal with district council settled
Holbeach Parish Council is the latest authority to agree a deal over the cutting of grass verges in the area.Council members unanimously accepted an offer of at least seven cuts over the next ten...
View ArticleSouth Holland District Council insists: ‘We’re not profiting over grass cutting’
A senior councillor insists South Holland District Council (SHDC) is not profiteering by charging parish councils for mowing roadside grass verges.Lincolnshire County Council pulled the plug on all but...
View ArticleTHE MOULTONS PARISH COUNCIL: Rallying call to block planned village estate
A fresh campaign to stop plans to build nearly 80 new homes in the heart of Moulton Chapel is under way.Villagers, along with parish, district and county councillors, have all repeated their opposition...
View ArticlePensioner accused of sexually assaulting girls
A man has been charged with 23 sexual offences on young girls in and around Lincolnshire.John Bailey, 76, from Ash Tree Park in Kippax, Leeds, has been charged with the offences.The charges are...
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