Worldwide media coverage for enterprising Kirton school
Children and staff at Kirton Primary School have been enjoying global media attention following a feature we ran in the Spalding Guardian.In November, we told how pupils had been learning about the...
View ArticleSUTTON BRIDGE PARISH COUNCIL: Amputee’s call for path improvement
A wheelchair user has asked Sutton Bridge Parish Council to “get some muscle behind” his call for a footpath in the village to be improved.Amputee Peter Summers claimed the 1.4-mile footpath along East...
View ArticleHousehold waste fire in Fleet
Firefighters attended a large blaze in Fleet yesterday evening (Tuesday).A team from Holbeach used a pump and water carrier to tackle the fire on Bens Gate at 5.30pm.Crews used one hose reel jet to...
View ArticleSpalding pub couple join mesh fight at House of Lords
Spalding anti-mesh implant campaigners Pete and Steph Williams go the House of Lords on Tuesday to witness a key question asked about why the device is used in Britain when New Zealand imposed a...
View ArticleThank-you buffet for volunteers in Holbeach
Volunteers in Holbeach are being rewarded for their efforts towards the town.Holbeach’s South Holland District Councillors Tracey Carter, Nick Worth and Francis Biggadike are arranging a buffet and...
View ArticleNear £240,000 project to rescue Sutterton’s “at risk” St Mary’s Church
The 12th century St Mary’s Church at Sutterton will be rescued from an “at risk” register thanks to a £182,200 Lottery cash award.The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Church will pay for essential...
View ArticleCROWLAND PARISH COUNCIL: No let-up in push to dual part of A16
A £12million deal to fund Spalding’s planned Western Relief Road (SWRR) has given Crowland parish councillors fresh impetus to ask for the part-dualling of the A16.Parish and district councillor Bryan...
View ArticlePatrick’s peaceful poster is a winner with Lions
Year 8 Donington student Patrick Delaney has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognised artist by winning the local round of a national competition. Thomas Cowley High School pupil...
View ArticleSpalding care home resident Margaret is all for ‘Digni-tea’
Spalding St John’s Care Home resident Margaret Iddenenden was among those marking Dignity Action Day at a Digni-tea party.The day gives health and social workers as well as the public an opportunity to...
View ArticleAn extra £1.7m to tackle county’s pothole problem
The Government has given Lincolnshire County Council a further £1,736,514 from its 2017/18 Pothole Action Fund. This is in addition to the £2.5m the Government awarded to the council previously. Coun...
View ArticleBuilder’s bags bring ‘disgrace’ to Holbeach town centre
Two bags of builder’s materiais left on Holbeach’s High Street for a year are spoiling efforts to improve the town, a civic leader has warned.Coun Nick Worth, Lincolnshire County Council member for...
View ArticleSpalding shop burglaries: ‘Why is it taking police so long to take culprits...
A Spalding shopkeeper counting the cost of four break-ins wants to know why police are taking so long to take the culprits to court.Classic News bosses Asgar Vanparekh and Abbas Lakmidhar were alerted...
View ArticleWhaplode St Catherine backs Moulton gran’s fight against ovarian cancer
Pub bosses are backing a gran’s fight against ovarian cancer with a month-long fundraiser for the charity Ovacome.Lesley Sage (71), from Moulton, was delighted when the Bluebell pub and brewery in...
View ArticleVans on fire in Holbeach overnight
Two vans were found alight in Holbeach early this morning (Thursday February 8).Holbeach firefighters were called at 2.25 to the fire on Park Road.The blazes were extinguished using one hose reel jet...
View ArticleChimney fire at Donington home
Firefighters were called to a chminey fire in Donington yesterday evening (Wednesday February 7).A crew from Donington attended a chimney fire at a property on Malting Lane, at 6.43pm. They used...
View ArticleCrash victim hoisted from vehicle after smash
One person had to be winched from their vehicle after an accident in Cowbit.Fire crews from Spalding and Crowland attended a two-vehicle crash on Mill Drove North just after noon.They used a Hilti saw,...
View ArticleFood somewhat overheated in Spalding kitchen
Firefighters were called to a Spalding property after food caught alight in a microwave ovenTwo Spalding crews attended the property on Willesby Road, Spalding at 3.30. There was moderate fire damage...
View ArticleMan charged with driving in Spalding when more than four times over alcohol...
A man charged with driving in Spalding when more than four times over the legal limit has appeared in court.Anatolijs Zelenkovs (44), of Hannam Boulevard, Spalding, was told by Lincoln magistrates on...
View ArticleNew pupil statistics is proof of The Deepings School’s ‘rapid improvement’,...
The head of The Deepings School has welcomed the latest GCSE and A-Level performance figures as proof of its “rapid improvement”.Head teacher Richard Lord said he was “very pleased” with the secondary...
View ArticleMystery clearance of vacant Post 16 Centre in Spalding
A clearout of furniture is taking place at the former South Holland Post 16 Centre in Spalding, but mystery surrounds who is doing it.Both Spalding Academy, former owners of the building in Matmore...
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