WEEKEND WEB: We owe it to all not to abandon Parliament
HAYES IN THE HOUSE: By MP John HayesThe Palace of Westminster is one of the most recognisable buildings in the world, symbolic of London and the nation to people across the globe. Still more than that,...
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The following decisions have been made by magistrates at court hearings. In all drink-drive cases, the legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrammes of alcohol...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Triple trauma for young Jessica in 1999
We look back at the Free Press this week in 1999...Firefighters were called when four-year-old Jessica Forbes got her fingers stuck in a wardrobe.Jessica, of Laxton Road, Pinchbeck, had been struggling...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Butler serves up some die-hard action
GAVIN MILLER reviews Gerald’s Butler’s latest movie, Den of Thieves (18)This so wants to be this generation’s version of the Robert De Niro/Al Pacino-starring Heat – but ends up more on a par with...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Can you foster gorgeous dogs like Bridget?
MAN’S BEST FRIEND: A weekly column from the South Lincs Centre of Jerry Green Dog RescueHello, my name’s Bridget! I have the best news ever... after over a year of being with Jerry Green Dog Rescue I...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: When the circus came to town
TIM MACHIN of Long Sutton and District Civic Society with memories of the travelling show...Late author and journalist Bruce Robinson spent his childhood in Long Sutton and the society has been given...
View ArticleTraffic wardens to make comeback at Deepings school after mum’s campaign
A mother-of-two from Deeping St James has won her fight for better road safety measures outside a village school.Emily Elliott launched an online petition for a pedestrian crossing at Linchfield...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Week to raise awareness of tinnitus problems
A weekly column by the chairman of South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group Kevin HillSouth Lincolnshire CCG is raising awareness of tinnitus during Tinnitus Week which runs until February 11....
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Guardian letters
Your views on buses, education and gambling... plus Thought for the WeekPeople in the villages will be strandedAfter reading about the 505 bus route (‘Question mark for future of 505 trips’, February 1...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Family members get in touch about photo
The photograph taken outside Gedney village school published in last week’s Guardian stirred up memories for one reader.Janet Pell (79), believes the photograph, which was uncovered by Roz and Colin...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Hoarding is an increasing problem
CABINET CALL: A weekly column written by members of South Holland District Council’s Cabinet. This week with: Coun Christine Lawton, Portfolio Holder for Housing and HealthOur small Private Sector...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Lutton Vicar reports in from Palestine
This week in 1918, The Vicar of Lutton, the Rev H C Dixon-Spain, who served as a Chaplain with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, wrote to the Free Press from Palestine . . .“This is just a brief...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Time to reflect on our business
EDDY GENT is planning for the future in the quiter winter months in WORD ON THE GROUND...Winter is a quieter time in the farming industry, we tend to have more time for reflection on the past year, the...
View ArticleSpalding primary school pupils launch their own business
Six ten-year-olds launched a new business this week with dreams of selling handcrafted items to schoolmates ... and to people around the world.Pupils at St Paul’s Community Primary School, in Queen’s...
View ArticleSpalding primary school creates new outdoor classroom
There’s a new outdoor classroom at St Paul’s Community Primary School, where youngsters sit on tree stump seats for lessons.The spot is surrounded by a willow-weave fence, which pupils helped to make,...
View ArticleMovement starts to protect under-threat bus routes serving South Holland
A Long Sutton church leader and a host of parish councils are preparing for a fight to protect under-threat bus services in South Holland.Father Jonathan Sibley, priest-in-charge of St Mary’s Church,...
View ArticleDiana’s sister to attend opening of county road crash memorial in Wyberton
The sister of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, will be attending the opening of a new memorial for road crash victims in Lincolnshire.Lady Sarah McCorquodale, a former High Sheriff of Lincolnshire...
View ArticlePrison for Sutton Bridge man who downloaded indecent images of four-year-olds
A man who downloaded hundreds of indecent images of children has been jailed at Lincoln Crown Court.Police officers who checked the computer of Russell Nason found images of children as young as...
View ArticleChip pan fire in Spalding
Firefighters from Spalding and Donington attended a house fire on Britannia Gardens, Spalding on Saturday night.The fire, at 11.36pm, was caused by a chip pan left unattended. One person was treated...
View ArticleMissing Spalding woman Carol Smalley drowned, says coroner
A woman reported missing and whose body was found on the seashore at a Suffolk nature reserve had drowned, an inquest has heard.The body of Carol Smalley (54) was discovered near the RSPB reserve at...
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