Court 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 ArticleChildren take over their primary school
Staff at Holbeach’s William Stukely Primary School were expecting a smooth ride to the end of term after reviving the school’s participation in Children’s Commissioners’ Takeover Day.You wouldn’t think...
View ArticleMoney Matters by Scott Woods
Santa’s coming... Time to check the insurance policy!At this time of year our homes are often filled with festive decorations, trees that scatter foot stabbing needles and gifts for loved ones and...
View ArticleMan grew his own cannabis
A Crowland man who grew his own supplies of cannabis escaped a jail sentence when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court today (Mon). Ian Gilbert was arrested after police visited his home in the early...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Burst water main closes school at Long Sutton
Long Sutton Primary School was closed this morning following a burst water main that has left local residents without water.It is understood this is the second time there has been problems with water...
View ArticlePetition calls for ‘dangerous’ road to be made safer
A hit-and-run accident has prompted neighbours to start a petition calling for something to be done on a busy road before someone is killed.Mum Tracé Beech suffered a fractured right arm, broken nose,...
View ArticleShoplifter wanted something to eat
A woman who stole groceries from Sainsbury’s in Spalding told police she just wanted something to eat.Jenny Coombes (26) was caught on November 12 as she left the store with groceries worth £12.37.Jim...
View ArticleFacebook chat breached court order
A man breached a non-molestation court order when he contacted his former partner on Facebook.Andrew Still (22), of Chestnut Terrace, Sutton Bridge, was banned from contacting Claire Brine, who now...
View ArticleDrink-driver went through red light
A driver who shot through a red traffic light in Spalding was nearly double the drink-drive limit.Police first noticed Narius Rackauskas (28) when he appeared to be going over the speed limit but then...
View ArticleBanned driver took to the road
A banned driver was over the drink-drive limit when police stopped him in Queens Road, Spalding.Andreis Potapovs (51), of Low Road, Spalding, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, driving with...
View ArticleSee blue plaque go up in Spalding
Representatives of the Ermine Street Guard in full Roman military dress are expected to join a ceremony in Spalding paying tribute to the late historian Peter Connolly, who was their honorary...
View ArticleMarina plan is becalmed
Plans for a £915,000 marina at Sutton Bridge are on hold because the county council is trying to sort out a legal issue on land ownership.Construction should have finished by end of this month, but...
View ArticleSigned, steeled, delivered
Construction students have etched their place in history during a ceremony to mark a milestone in the building of the new University Academy Holbeach.The youngsters, who have been using the building...
View ArticleA shopping centre that fills the bill all year
You’ll get to meet many of Holbeach’s great shopkeepers out on the street if you take the family along to Holbeach Christmas Fayre this Sunday.Out and about on West End, Church Street, Boston Road, and...
View ArticleHero pulls OAP from car trapped in icy ditch
A brave dad has been hailed a hero after he jumped into freezing water to pull a trapped woman free from her car that had overturned in a dyke.Terry Stupple spotted the car – with its engine still...
View ArticleRoad dug up to fix pipe leak
Anglian Water has said sorry for digging up a major Spalding road just over two months after it was relaid by county highways engineers.Work to fix a leaking water pipe at the junction of Pinchbeck...
View ArticleHare coursing crackdown brings results
Almost 100 cases of hare coursing in South Holland have been reported over the last three months, Lincolnshire Police have confirmed.An effort to tackle gangs from as far away as North Wales and the...
View ArticleWords from South Holland farmer
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.You know, I’d release a dove were this a land...
View ArticleNew wing gets blessing
John Hayes MP has officially opened the new wing of a Spalding care home, which was blessed by Father Jim Burkeat the same ceremony.The Tanglewood Cedal Falls care home in Little London has increased...
View ArticleNo water at 250 homes
Children in Long Sutton had an extra off when a water main burst closing their school and affecting 250 homes in the town.Mum Danielle Speadman said she found out Long Sutton Primary School was not...
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