Nine children from Moulton Chapel Primary School visited the John Lewis store in Peterborough.

The youngsters had drawn pictures of Moz the Monster from the John Lewis adverts and were invited there to see their work on display.

Police are offering a £500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a 20-year-old man they believe may be in the Gosberton/Quadring area.

Andrew Prince is wanted in connection with a stabbing that took place in East Sussex on October 30.

At about 5.40pm on that day police were alerted to a man who had been stabbed in Lushington Lane, Eastbourne.

The 21-year-old local victim sustained serious but not life-threatening wounds to his back, and was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton for treatment.

Prince is also wanted on a warrant after failing to appear at Hastings Magistrates’ Court for possession of an offensive weapon.

Anyone seeing Prince or knowing of his whereabouts is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident number 71 of December 19. Alternatively, please contact Crimestoppers, the independent charity, anonymously, on 0800 555111.

Firefighters from Holbeach and Spalding were called to a smell of burning in the kitchen of a property on College Close, Holbeach.

This was damage to a light fitting caused by a water leak. Crews isolated the power supply and ensured all was safe.

The thought of no exercise classes over the festive period is unbearable for some, but thankfully fitness instructor Helen Lea (pictured) is on hand, hosting her annual Christmas party in Holbeach.

The session which starts at 6.30pm on Thursday, December 28 will include a 90-minute workout combining Clubbercise, Body Blitz and Glow Dance, followed by fundraising in aid of Lincs Ark Animal Welfare.

As well as a raffle, with tickets costing £1 each and a variety of prizes up for grabs, Helen is also organising a bottle stall, proceeds from which will also go to the animal charity.

“A lot of people feel they eat too much and drink too much at Christmas, and don’t like the idea of not being able to go to a class until the New Year,” she said.

“So we hold a party every year.

“Everyone brings some food and a Secret Santa present along and we have a lot of fun.

“This year we thought we’d hold a raffle too and raise money for a worthy cause.”

The party night at the WI Hall, Park Lane, is open to anyone, not just regulars to Helen’s fitness classes.

A schoolgirl has reported being assaulted by a man in Deeping St James.

A man described as aged around 30 years, medium build and wearing a black coat assaulted a young girl as she walked passed him on Linchfield Road, between 4.30 and 4.45pm yesterday (Tuesday December 19).

The victim and the man were walking in opposite directions and the girl says the man grabbed her arm as they passed. She was able to kick out and run off.

A police spokesman said: “This is an unusual incident and we are keen to speak to anyone who was on Linchfield Road and may have information that will help.

“We have not received any further reports and believe this to be an isolated incident. The young girl was frightened, but not injured. If you think you may be the man involved in this incident, or you are a witness, please call on 101.”

If you have any information which could assist the enquiry, you can also report it:

• Via the non-emergency number 101, quoting crime refernce 297 of 19 December;

• Through the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or on-line at crimestoppers-uk.org.

In an emergency, always call 999

Drivers are facing misery in the run-up to Christmas because of roadworks on one of the main routes into Spalding.

A burst water main has resulted in a section of Winsover Road, near its junction with St Thomas’s Road, having to be closed for repairs and resurfacing work.

An Anglian Water spokesperson said: “We are sorry for the disruption caused by the repair work carried out on Winsover Road which has been resurfaced but still needs a specialist, anti-skid surface applied to the road.

“This can only been done after the new material has set for twelve hours and we will be on site tomorrow (Thursday) to apply the anti-skid top surface.

“We then expect to get the road reopened later the same day.”

The family of well-known Holbeach musician David Stubbs (67) have lashed out at the “disrespectful” driver who “tailgated” them on the way to his funeral.

Mr Stubbs, who died last month after a two-year battle with cancer, was being taken to Surfleet Crematorium in a hearse on Friday when a highway maintenance lorry cut in between it and a limousine carrying his family.

Wife Sue and daughter Linzi Stubbs were shocked by the lorry driver’s actions and have urged people to “think twice” before deliberately following behind a funeral cortege.

Sue said: “As the hearse reached the McDonalds roundabout on the A16, having come from Holbeach, a lorry sat in behind it and in front of our funeral limousine

“It tailgated the hearse all the way along the A16 
towards the crematorium when it could have turned off at the next roundabout (the B1180 West Marsh Road).

“For us, it was a heart in your mouth moment as my daughter was sat in the funeral limousine next to me.

“It shouldn’t happen and it’s an unwritten rule not to come in front of a funeral procession.”

Linzi, of Holbeach St Marks, said: “I was so angry and upset that the highway maintenance driver could be so disrespectful to my dad who was an amazing man, my hero and the soul of our family.

“Dad deserved every respect known to man and I’d just wanted the day to be perfect because Dad deserved it to be perfect.

“What’s amazed me is (I’ve found out since) how many people this has happened to and it’s just so disrespectful to the deceased, let alone the family.

“I couldn’t believe that the lorry driver didn’t pull off at the second roundabout, choosing to tailgate the hearse instead which was disgusting behaviour.”

It is unclear who the lorry driver was working for but a spokesman for Morris and Haynes Funeral Directors of Holbeach, organisers of Mr Stubbs’ funeral, revealed that it was a “fairly common occurrence”.

The spokesman said: “Only on Tuesday, a car pulled out right in front of a funeral hearse that was on its way to Boston Crematorium.

“It’s a fairly regular occurrence, especially when you have ordinary cars in the funeral cortege.”

Linzi said: “I don’t want to single out this lorry driver, but I do want people to think next time they are behind a hearse and respect that person and their family.”

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About 60 guests sat down for pre-Christmas lunch at The Reading Rooms in Holbeach where festive meals were served for the community.

The lunch on Friday was part of the service provided by Holbeach Community Larder whose volunteers collected more than 150 trays of food from shoppers at the town’s Tesco store during a four-day collection earlier this month.

Jane Francis, a trustee of Holbeach Community Larder, said: “The Community Cafe Christmas Lunch was extremely successful and I think that we fed about 60 people in total.

“People have been very generous and I get phone calls quite often to say that someone has food to donate to the Community Larder.”

Two incidents where people were nearly hit by cars on a zebra crossing have prompted fresh calls for a clampdown on speeding in Bridge Road at Sutton Bridge.

PCSO Fylippa Bennett said cars are going so fast when they get to the crossing that pedestrians aren’t getting their numbers because they’re too busy “thinking about their own safety and keeping their kids back”.

She said: “We have had a couple of near misses in the last week.”

PCSO Bennett said one lady had asked if the crossing could become light-controlled, but Coun Chris Brewis doubted the county council would agree because of the cost.

He said: “A few years ago to change a crossing to a light-controlled one cost about £72,000. It’s very, very expensive.”

The parish council decided to ask Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership to do a covert Archer survey to assess the full extent of speeding on Bridge Road, where 30mph reminder signs have already been put up.

Councillors hope a survey will prove the need to have police enforcement in the village with a speed detection van.

Bridge Road is the main street through the village and councillors have already asked for a school safety zone to be created at the spot where a footpath leads to Westmere Primary School, but so far the county council hasn’t acted.

District councillors Michael Booth and Chris Brewis are offering cash from their ward budgets to buy handheld ‘speed guns’ for volunteers when Community Speedwatch steps up its fight against speeding next spring.

Sutton Bridge is also suffering ‘boy racer’ vehicle nuisance, with wheelspins and doughnuts being pulled in the Memorial Field car park at nights.

PCSO Bennett said the people involved may be the same ones causing nuisance at Tydd St Mary and Holbeach, and urged residents to call police when they see or hear anything.

The parish council is already developing a plan to install bollards or something similar to prevent car drivers causing a nuisance in the parking area to the side of the Curlew Centre at nights.

Councillors are asking the police to stop HGVs parking on double yellows on West Bank and in Lime Street because they say they are blocking access for emergency vehicles.

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A Community Speed Watch scheme could be on its way to villages in the Whaplode Parish Council area if enough volunteers come forward.

Parish councillors gave their enthusiastic backing to the scheme, relaunched by Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones at a road safety summit two months ago in response to almost 60 fatalities on the county’s roads last year.

Whaplode, Whaplode Drove and Whaplode St Catherine could all see teams of trained volunteers using radar guns to check the speeds of drivers travelling through their villages.

In October, two villagers from Whaplode St Catherine shared their concerns about speeding along Cranesgate North, which has no footpath and limited street lighting.

Coun Malcolm Chandler, Whaplode parish councillor and deputy leader of South Holland District Council, said: “I’ve contacted the local police team and they have agreed to do some speed checks in the vicinity where the residents live.

“I’d certainly like us to consider being involved in a Community Speed Watch scheme and I propose that we write to Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership to register our own interest in joining the scheme.

“We should also speak to prospective volunteers who we can then invite to a meeting with the road safety partnership to present the scheme to the parish council.

“But we’ll need to get our own equipment as a parish council to be used by the volunteers and it’s important to have a large speed indicator device, so our volunteers know where they need to be.”

Under the Community Speed Watch scheme, drivers caught speeding in 30mph and 40mph zones in areas where the scheme is in operation will be sent a warning letter together with some road safety advice.

Further speeding will result in another letter, plus a possible visit from a police officer, and Mr Jones said: “Every road death we eliminate will save a family from terrible suffering.”

The motor racing brother of Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is backing a Spalding man’s campaign to raise awareness of a little known medical condition.

James Wilson-White and a fellow chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) sufferer Charles Carter have won support from Nic Hamilton, a cerebral palsy sufferer who races Renault Clios.

Nic will carry the ‘CPRS - Racing for a Cure’ logo on his car and support has come from another driver closer to home, Spalding optician Andy Molsom, who will carry the logo on his Caterham.

James (43) and Charles launched their mission at Brands Hatch in mid-November, raising more than £400 for the charity, CPRS UK, and their cause is fast gaining momentum across British motor sport.

James developed CPRS after an accident at work when he broke his leg and says it can be triggered by something as simple as stubbing your toe.

It is dubbed “the suicide syndrome” because sufferers are left in agony.

Next month James will spend two to three weeks at a specialist pain clinic in Bath.

He said: “I am at the point where painkillers don’t work. The morphine patches don’t touch the pain now, it’s in both legs, my right arm and shoulder.”

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A Kirton couple’s fundraising for brain tumour research in memory of their daughter has come to an incredible end after reaching the £100,000 mark.

Fred (76) and Margaret Clarke (73) have spent the past 17 years supporting the work of the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre at Nottingham University as a tribute to their youngest daughter Katie (24), who died in June 2000.

Katie, who grew up in Wyberton and went on to study languages at the University of East Anglia, was diagnosed with two brain tumours within five years and was eventually treated at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham.

Margaret said: “We never planned on raising £100,000, as the idea was to raise £50,000 because that was how much the operation cost after Katie was diagnosed with her first brain tumour in 1995.

“When Katie died, Fred and myself thought of how we could turn it into something good and the first fundraising event we did was a bed push from Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital, where the first brain tumour was diagnosed, to Kirton.

“Pilgrim Hospital let us have a bed and all of our friends dressed up in pink, the colour of Katie’s car, as we pushed the bed from Boston to Kirton, in the pouring rain.

“We stopped off at every pub, where people were throwing money into the collection buckets, while lorry and car drivers gave their support as well.

“The bed push raised about £8,000, still the biggest single fundraising event we did, and that’s what got the momemtum going to raise more money.”

Since 2000, every kind of fundraising event has been organised by Fred and Margaret Clarke, including an annual Katie Clarke Memorial Fund Golf Day, which was held for the final time in August and took the fundraising over the £100,000 mark.

Margaret said: “We’ve had sherry parties, cake sales at Christmas, balls, shops have named the Katie Clarke Memorial Fund as their charity of the year, candle parties and one person even jumped out of a helicopter.

“One of Katie’s friends did a half-marathon from which he wanted to raise £500.

“So we decided to help by asking people to sponsor him and he raised £1,800 in the end.”

Fred and Margaret’s last fundraising event together was the 15th annual Katie Clarke Memorial Fund Golf Day at Boston West Golf Club, near Kirton Holme, in August which raised £10,000, taking the total amount raised through the £100,000 barrier. Fred said: “We’re very grateful to Boston West Golf Club because after we held the first golf day, they wanted to keep it going every year.

“We must have raised about £30,000 through the golf day over the years as people would come from all over Lincolnshire and once they did, they would come back the next year.”

Margaret added: “As two ordinary people, we can’t believe the support we’ve been given.

“But the biggest thing for us is that the people who started out on this journey with us, after Katie died in 2000, have stayed with us.

“One of the doctors who treated Katie opened up his house for a garden party which raised over £1,000, whilst the ball we used to have every year raised quite a bit of money for the fund as well.

“You just don’t seem to realise how the money accumulates, but I remember a doctor at Queen’s Medical Centre telling us ‘from little acorns, mighty trees grow’”.

Katie’s name and legacy will live on at the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre in Nottingham where she will be added to its “roll of honour”.

Emma Simpson, a fundraiser for the centre, said: “It’s absolutely incredible what Fred and Margaret have achieved over the years and they have been amazing supporters of the centre.

“We’re hugely grateful to them because the centre is doing a lot of research so it can raise awareness about reducing the delay in diagnosing brain tumours.

“Currently, it’s taking 14 weeks for patients to be diagnosed, whereas through our Headstart campaign, run in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons and the Department of Health, the timescale has been reduced to six weeks.

“We wouldn’t have been able to do that without the support of people like Fred and Margaret Clarke, so we’re delighted, thrilled and grateful for all they have done.”

Fred said: “When we held the golf day, we told people that it was going to be the very last one and they were ever so sad.

“We’re so grateful for the people who have stood with us from day one and who have held us up over the last 17 years.

“But me and Margaret really wanted to make a decision to bring our part in the fundraising to an end because there has to be point of closure and this is the right time to stop.

“We’d like to thank every single person who has helped and literally done anything to allow us to raise this vast amount of money.

“But there’s an age limit on life and you’ve got to live it to the full.”

Police carried out a day of action with neighbouring forces yesterday (Wednesday) as part of Operation Galileo. This resulted in a number of people being dispersed from the county and some dogs being seized.

Officers from Leicestershire Police joined Lincolnshire’s Rural Crime officers to learn about how they tackle hare coursing. Additionally, officers from Northamptonshire Police’s Cross-Border Team patrolled in South Lincolnshire, supported by Roads Policing officers from the East Midlands Operational Support Service.

Officers in Nottingham, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk were also carrying out parallel patrols in their counties.

Three men from Bishop Auckland in County Durham were suspected of preparing for hare coursing in Holbeach St Johns. They were given dispersal notices to leave the county and three dogs were seized from them for the day, preventing them from hare coursing.

In a separate incident at Long Sutton, four men from Middlesbrough were given dispersal notices and escorted from the county.

Chief Inspector Jim Tyner, who was in charge of the day’s operation said: ‘I am grateful to our colleagues from neighbouring forces who have joined us for Operation Galileo. I believe that the seizure of dogs is an effective deterrent and disrupts hare coursing.

“On the day of action we were in the position where we could have seized four more dogs but ran out of kennel space so we will rectify that for the future. “The message from me is clear: if you come to Lincolnshire for hare coursing, we will use every power available to us to seize your dogs.”

Police are continuing to name those arrested on suspicion of drink- or drug-driving over the festive period.

On Tuesday (December 19), Deanna Shaw (24), of Church Street, Northborough, was arrested in South Street, Bourne. She was charged with driving a motor vehicle when above the alcohol limit and will appear before Boston Magistrates on January 17.

On the same day, Andrew Harding (54), of Copperleaf Close, Northampton was arrested for drink-driving in Deeping St Nicholas and will appear before Boston Magistrates on January 17.

On Saturday, December 16, 38-year-old Simon Born, of Springbank Drive, Bourne, was arrested for drink-driving in Bourne and will appear at Boston Magistrates on January 10.

Joint Bourne boss Jimmy McDonnell wants more of the same from the Wakes as they enter the second half of the United Counties League Division One season.

McDonnell and co-boss Phil Gadsby have been pleased with Bourne’s progress in their inaugural season as a joint management team.

The Wakes are well placed to challenge for a decent league finish and have also claimed two Premier Division scalps during this season’s FA Vase and Lincolnshire Senior Trophy runs.

They return to league action on Saturday with a trip to face Melton Town following an enforced two-week break after matches against Irchester and Burton Park fell victim to the inclement weather.

McDonnell said: “The lads have been fantastic and we’re very pleased with how things have gone.

“It was difficult at the very beginning for the players when we decided to rotate them around for games.

“But they have all bought into it because it has involved everyone and, apart from the two bad injuries to Dan Flood and Aaron Jesson, we haven’t had many knocks.

“If lads have turned up with a tight hamstring then we’ve been in a position where we didn’t have to risk them and they have reaped the benefit.

“We have brought in a bit of experience to go with the young lads and we’re not a million miles away.

“The crowds are good, the chairman is happy and the lads have performed so everything is good.

“We might get found out one day but, if the second half of the season is the same as the first, then we’ll be happy.”

Saturday’s match is followed by a derby duel with Blackstones at the Abbey Lawn on Boxing Day (1pm).

Stones go into the clash in a rich vein of goalscoring form and have several former Wakes players in their ranks, including goalkeeper Aaron Bellairs who spent a number of seasons at the Abbey Lawn, while joint Bourne boss Gadsby is a former manager of the Lincoln Road club.

McDonnell added: “Blackstones are going well and it will be good to come up against some of the lads who have ties with Bourne.

“Aaron’s a good lad and a good keeper and Blackstones is a club that I’ve got a lot of time for.

“They are a similar club to ourselves who have people who have been involved for years. We both want the same things – and that’s to do the best for your club.”

The future is bright for Bourne Rugby Club.

The Milking Nook Drove outfit moved into second place in Midlands 4 East (South) following a derby success at Stamford College Old Boys on Saturday.

Dave Maudsley’s men ran out 30-10 winners in a fiercely-contested derby duel to bounce back after two defeats against near neighbours Deepings.

The victory elevated them to a season’s high position in the league and chairman Ted Thornburn believes it is just reward for all their hard work on and off the pitch.

Thornburn said: “The club is in a good place.

“Dave’s co-ordinating training and selection and developing a really positive culture at all levels of the club.

“Tom Dixon’s leading with his efforts on the pitch and the younger lads who have been loyal to the club are coming of age and we’re benefitting from the input of new guys like Sion Williams and Chris Greenwood who have experienced and wise heads on their shoulders.

“We’re continuing to strengthen our youth set-up and away from the pitch there’s a motivated committee who are taking every opportunity to ensure the future is bright for the club.”

Despite going behind to an early penalty on Saturday, Bourne always looked in control of the contest and Maudsley was pleased with the performance.

He said: “The lads got what they deserved – all season they’ve trained hard, made themselves available and regularly put in decent performances.

“There’s no getting away from the fact we’ve had a couple of disappointments recently but on our day we’re a good side and shouldn’t fear anybody.

“Having said that we’ve proven we’re beatable and we need to remain focussed rather than let ourselves get carried away.

“We’ve done well so far this season but our two losses to Deeping are enough to keep us grounded – when we under-perform we’re capable of losing to anyone and if we aren’t switched on, physically or mentally, we simply won’t perform at our best.”

Bourne’s man of the match on Saturday was Williams, who joined the club at the start of the season, and he was delighted with the result.

He said: “The season so far has been full of positives with considerably more good results than bad and we still believe we can get better.

“It’s great to get recognition for playing well, particularly in a side with a number of talented players, but for us it’s all about the team performance first and then the result – it’s important that we all do our bit if we want to progress as a side.”

Captain Dixon was also full of praise for his side.

He added: “The lads produced another solid display and it’s a relief that we didn’t let the pressure of a derby get the better of us this time.

“Dave’s a huge influence at the club. His contribution preparing the lads for each game is fantastic and he leaves no stone unturned in trying to get the best out of each of us on and off the field.

“I’ve learned loads from him as a leader, a player and generally a decent guy.”

Bourne are next in action on Saturday, January 6, when they entertain Wellingborough Old Grammarians.

Police are investigating two unexplained deaths in Holbeach.

They received a report shortly after midday today (Thursday) that two people had been found dead at a property in Willder’s Garth, a mixture of private houses and retirement bungalows off Foxes Low Road.

A spokesman said: “At this time the deaths are being treated as unexplained and an investigation is under way.”

Anyone with information they feel may be relevant to the enquiry is asked to call 101, quoting incident number 168 of December 21.

• Further details when we have them.

Work on the long-awaited Spalding Western Relief Road, costing more than £100million, could start in the autumn of 2021.

Plans for a five-phase development of the road, including a link-up between the A151 Bourne Road and B1172 Spalding Common have been laid out by the man overseeing Lincolnshire’s road network.

Coun Richard Davies, executive member for highways and transport at Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), revealed that funding was already in place for phase one of the scheme to pay for both a roundabout and rail bridge in Deeping St Nicholas.

In a report presented to county councillors during a meeting on Friday, Coun Davies said: “There are five phases to this western relief road, starting from the south and working north, with a scheme cost of over £100million.

“The county council and the developer (of Spalding’s Holland Park estate) have reached a financial agreement for funding section one and LCC will submit a planning application for the road only, with an aspired start date of Autumn 2021.

“Section two will be developed in tandem with section one to allow a full connection between the B1172 (Spalding Common) and the A151 Bourne Road.

“However, it is important to stress that the two sections will be developed independently with an aspiration to have both schemes constructed sequentially (back-to-back).”

Ambitions for a western relief road in Spalding first emerged as part of the South Holland Local Plan, a 15-year development wishlist for the district, published by South Holland District Council in 2006.

• Continued on page 6.

It said: “The historic development of the road network in Spalding results in there being no satisfactory link between the A151 Bourne Road (Spalding Common, formerly the A16O on the western side of the town.

“The district council holds the view that there are environmental and traffic movement benefits to be gained by building a new link road between the A151 and the B1172.

“Furthermore, the council believes that there are benefits in extending this western relief road northwards from Monks House Lane across Vernatts Drain and eastwards to Spalding Road, Pinchbeck.

“This would provide ready access to the main employment area (Enterprise Park and Wardentree Lane) and to the bypass as an alternative to town centre routes for local traffic not destined for the town centre itself.”

The rest of the project, called the “Northern Connection” by Coun Davies, would connect the southern section to the B1356 Spalding Road in Pinchbeck, running alongside Vernatts Drain and including both a roundabout and another rail bridge.

Coun Davies said: “South Holland District Council, in collaboration with LCC, has submitted a bid to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) for approximately £12million.

“If successful, this will result in an unlocking of the opportunity to progress the project, with a similar timescale as section one.

“But this would only happen if the South East Lincolnshire Local Plan is adopted and planning is granted.”

In July, the Spalding Guardian reported that South Holland District Council has secured £224,000 from the HCS to pay for “master planning and design work” related to the scheme, backed up by £100,000 of the council’s own money.

Then just two weeks ago, LCC leader Coun Martin Hill gave a commitment that the scheme “will happen”, subject to “developers’ contributions”.

Speaking to our sister newspaper, the Lincolnshire Free Press, Coun Hill said: “It’s something we’ve been working on for some time and we’re getting more confident that it’s likely to happen, sooner rather than later.

“There was a logjam but it’s looking a lot more likely that it will get sorted and we’re of a view that the Spalding Western Relief Road will happen.

“But it depends on developers’ contributions.”

The father of the young victim of a sex offender has spoken out in disgust and wants people to know the name of the man who propositioned his daughter.

Paul Raymond Stubbs (54) was sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on December 8 after pleading guilty to exposing himself and asking a child to perform a sex act.

The incident happened during broad daylight in May half-term this year, while the child, aged 14 at the time, was walking down Church Street in Spalding.

Stubbs, of Beech Avenue, Spalding, has not been jailed, but was given a Sexual Offender Treatment Order, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years, and had to pay prosecution costs of £800 and a victim surcharge of £85,

The victim’s father said: “I remember it was a bright, sunny day and I was working from home. I heard the door go and it was my daughter. I said to her ‘are you okay? I wasn’t expecting her home as she had gone out to meet her boyfriend. She said ‘no, I’m not okay’.”

The girl went on to explain to her father that the man had exposed himself to her while he was sitting in his car and asked her to perform a sex act.

“He was in his car parked in Church Street, holding out a business card and called her over to ask her if she knew where this place was on the business card. That is when he did what he did.”

“The police were brilliant. Stubbs’ car was picked up on CCTV and that’s how they managed to identify him.

“I just want as many people as possible to know who this bloke is.

“I wanted to give him an opportunity to say sorry but he has shown no remorse. We were made to feel like the people who had done something wrong.

“The police have done a fantastic job. I am disappointed with the outcome but I do not know if putting these people in prison will do any good.

“You want to give your children independence but knowing there are people like this on the streets gives you a new perspective.

“We are trying our hardest not to let this affect us and go about our lives normally but it makes you a little overcautious, overprotective.”

DC Matt Nottidge, who dealt with the case, said: “The actions of Paul Stubbs had a profound effect on the victim, leaving her feeling unsafe and in danger.

“Anyone who had come across Paul Stubbs that day would have been subjected to his utterly disgraceful behaviour. The victim in this case was extremely brave to come forward and give her evidence.”

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Students at University Academy Holbeach (UAH) had a visit from a theatre professional as part of a performing arts career development day.

Creative and performing arts director Simon Hollingworth was on hand at the end of term to reveal tricks of the trade and pass on his knowledge to sixth formers and year eight and nine students.

He has 20 years’ experience in the business, including 11 years as director of Lincoln Drill Hall and Chair of Zest Theatre, a national touring theatre company.

Head of Music at UAH, Samantha Graper, said: “The visit was funded by Transported (community arts programme) and he helped the sixth formers to write an imaginary bid to put on a panto in hospices.

“He also spoke to the year eight and nine pupils about careers in performing arts and what routes they could take.

“They did a similar thing to the sixth formers and came up with a suggestion for a Christmas event.

“Simon was really good with the kids.”

The event was on the same day as the academy’s Christmas Jumper Day for Save the Children.

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