Farmer’s thoughts on celeriac growing
There are many plants that have struggled with the wet weather this year, but there is one vegetable that enjoys the rain.Robin Buck, director at Jack Buck (Farms) Ltd, at Moulton Seas End, says...
View ArticleMan arrested for robbery
A local man is continuing to help police with their enquiries in connection with a robbery at a Spalding building society.He was arrested on Wednesday, November 7, but not charged.The robbery took...
View ArticleFascination of Plants Day
The second international Fascination of Plants Day will be held on May 18, 2013, under the umbrella of the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO). Its aim is to get as many people as possible...
View ArticleACE students in the spotlight
ACE students from a Long Sutton school have had their moment in the spotlight.The Peele Community College celebrated its 2012 ACE Evening on Thursday, when more than 500 parents, carers, governors,...
View ArticleYoung horticulturist competition
The annual Young Horticulturist of the Year competition has been launched.The winner, to be announced in April, will receive the £2,000 Percy Thrower Bursary to fund a horticultural worldwide tour....
View ArticleHave you seen this man?
A man wanted by the Metropolitan Police in connection with a burglary may be living in Holbeach.Police are seeking help in locating 22-year-old Jake Joseph Boyton, who is wanted for failing to appear...
View ArticleComplaints over new estate
Elderly residents living at the back of a new £4.5 million housing estate in Long Sutton are considering selling up because “noise from the development is making their lives a misery”.The development...
View ArticleTwo men at £40 an hour to clear spill
A company boss is hopping mad after being charged nearly £300 by county highways to treat a “table top” sized diesel spill.Moulton Bulb Company director Chris Woodrow had a car breakdown on Barrier...
View ArticleConcern over pupil holidays in term time
Almost 600 schoolchildren in South Holland missed lessons for three weeks or more during the 2010/11 academic year, a new report claims.More than 260 primary school pupils and almost 330 secondary...
View ArticleMaking a difference to local community
The Original Factory Shop has been shortlisted for the 2013 Retail Week Awards’ Customer Service Initiative of the Year, with results to be announced in March 2013. The shop’s ‘shop online...offline’...
View ArticleAgents win top honour at glittering award ceremony
Independent estate agent Pygott and Crone has won a prestigious award.The company, which has an office in Spalding, picked up the Relocation Agent Network’s 2012 Best Agent East Midlands Regional...
View ArticlePostmistress tried to foil armed robbery
A postmistress was injured when she tried to stop two armed intruders from robbing a village store, a court was told.Jane Wright refused to help when two men brandishing what appeared to be guns burst...
View ArticleThe village with most delphiniums in UK
The people of Moulton Seas End are treated to a glorious sight each summer – thousands of delphiniums in flower, thanks to the biggest grower in the UK.Father Nev and his son Matthew Naylor of K W...
View ArticlePlace for dogs to meet
There’s an awful lot of socialising goes on at the Moulton Seas End Village Hall – particularly among dogs and their owners who belong to Boston Canine Society.The club got its name because its founder...
View ArticleYoung reporters show impressive work
Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian editor Jeremy Ransome went back to school this week when he met some aspiring young journalists at Cowbit Primary.The youngsters have been studying media...
View Article‘We will steal booze if the price goes up’
“If the price of alcohol goes up we will steal it.”That is the stark message from three street drinkers downing cheap vodka in Spalding town centre.While one of them responded to questions with a...
View ArticleSurvey aims to boost trade in Holbeach
Traders are naming the top five improvements they would like to see in Holbeach to help boost the town’s economy.Better signs, marketing and CCTV are among ideas being aired by Holbeach Business Forum...
View ArticleFamily’s torment after death of pensioner at care home
An 84-year-old Spalding pensioner with dementia died after climbing through the window of a residential home where he had been admitted for respite care just 14 hours earlier.Allan Redshaw was spotted...
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 ArticleStolen cosmetics bought as gifts
A man who bought cosmetics for £50 as gifts “closed his eyes” to the fact they were stolen, a court heard.Marius Mandache (28) was driving “erratically” on Winsover Road, Spalding, on October 23 when...
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