The happy smiles of people at a tea party in Fleet are hiding a much more sinister undercurrent.

Drinking tea, nibbling cake and making small talk with fellow guests in the beautiful grounds of Battleford Hall, the guests are all playing a part – literally.

They – and everyone is invited to take part in this – will be extras in a feature film due to be partly shot in Fleet from mid-June.

If you are free on Saturday, July 9 and prepared to dress in 1950s costume then the producer and director of the forthcoming film Hallusinogen wants to hear from you.

The seemingly agreeable tea party is one of the scenes that turns to horror after a group of friends who have come together for a house party take hallucinogenic drugs.

Jack Percy, who founded the film company Sun Eats Moon in 2012, describes Hallusinogen as “a horror and murder mystery, but it’s got other genres in it, so it’s a genre film”.

When assembling the cast and crew, Jack tapped into some of the local talent involved in the film Dishonoured that was largely shot on South Holland’s soil last year.

So Jake Pearse, who was involved in Dishonoured is acting for him, while his sister Lauren is make-up artist. Charlotte Thorn is costume designer, Cara McWilliam-Richardson is script supervisor and Theo Salisbury is special effects.

Production assistant and crew member Jamie Webb – who was script supervisor for Dishonoured – lives in Spalding when he is not studying Film and Television at Nottingham University.

Jamie tries to get as much practical experience as he can outside of university. He said: “It’s great, especially as it’s in the local area. Most TV and film you have to go to London or Manchester, so to have this opportunity is really great.”

It was Dishonoured crew members who mentioned Battleford Hall has been used as one of their film locations.

Jack said: “I got the grand tour and I thought, ‘This is amazing’. You could film ten films here and not know it’s the same place.”

Battleford Hall owner Peter Day was only too happy to oblige. His grand home has previously been used as the backdrop for a music video for his niece Kay Jay, and some of Dishonoured was shot in the garden.

Peter says: “I am quite happy to support up and coming local film companies, if I can.”

And when filming starts in June, Peter may be happy to step into a role: he was an extra in the 1980s film White Mischief.

Email suneatsmoon@live.com to be part of the tea party with food and music – it will raise funds for Fleet Preservation Trust.

Christenings tend to follow weddings and so it was for youngsters at Tydd St Mary Primary School.

Last year, some of the pupils took part in a ‘wedding ceremony’ and this has been followed by the ‘christening’ of ‘Grace Mary’ at St Mary’s Church in the village.

The Rev David Oxtoby conducted the ceremony and “proud parents” Toby Ketteringham and Daisy Smart took the baby to church, accompanied by godparents Callum Burton, Holly Murphy, Finlay Hunt and Matilda Rivett, plus youngsters in Toucans and Robins class.

Spalding’s Chloe Hannam won a 200m backstroke bronze medal in a new East Region record time at the British Championships in Glasgow.

The City of Peterborough Club member was drawn in heat five of six and she is not the best at starting a race.

As a result of her start Hannam was placed third after the first 50m but at the 100m mark she had moved into second place, although she remained a full second behind the leader.

Over the next 50m she closed the gap by seven-tenths of a second and she took the lead in the final 50m to finish in a new personal best time of 2:11.74.

Hannam’s qualification time placed her in lane five next to the favourite Lizzie Simmonds who previously represented Great Britain at Olympic and World events.

Hannam’s start left her trailing the leader by over half a body length and at 50m she was in fifth place.

In the next 50m Hannam pulled her position back to third place and, despite a storming finish, she had to settle for the bronze medal in a new personal best time of 2:11.47, which is also a new East Region record.

However, it was a case of ‘the morning after the night before’ as Hannam returned to the Tollcross Pool.

On day five Hannam swam in the 200m individual medley and was in lane three in heat three.

At 50m she was in fifth place but on the backstroke leg she showed her form from the previous day by moving up to lead the race at the 100m mark.

By the end of the butterfly leg Hannam had dropped to third place and, despite a spirited final 50m of freestyle, she was unable to pull back from third place and finished in a time of 2:19.15, which was outside the qualifying places for the final.

Meanwhile, former Deepings School pupil Adam Mallett (26) won the men’s 200m butterfly, producing a storming finish to pip Edinburgh’s Mark Szaranek and Jay Lelliott of Bath University.

Mallett moved to Australia to take up a two-year scholarship at Southport School near Brisbane. He now works on the Gold Coast and his parents still live in Deeping.

SOUTH HOLLAND CENTRE SPALDING, SATURDAY AT 2PM & 7.30PM.

In the third film of the four-part Divergent dystopian sci-fi series, Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) leave the only home and family they’ve ever known in order to find a peaceful solution to their embroiled city.

But beyond the ‘wall’ the duo are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare – led by Jeff Daniels’ David. Naomi Watts and Miles Teller co-star.

The owner of a Crowland wine bar who set fire to his own premises has been jailed for six months at Lincoln Crown Court.

John Carr piled up wooden chairs and a wooden clothes horse inside the bar before starting the fire at the Trinity Wine Bar in West Street, Crowland.

Phil Howes, prosecuting, said that Carr, who had been drinking, had earlier texted his estranged wife warning her what he planned to do.

As a result Carr’s daughter went to check out the wine bar, which was closed for the night, and on discovering the fire she alerted the emergency services.

Mr Howes said: “Firefighters with breathing apparatus were sent in and extinguished the fire.

“The defendant had locked himself in a toilet on the premises.”

Mr Howes said that Carr and his wife had been married for eight years. He said the defendant was described as a big drinker. His situation then deteriorated because of the death of a close friend.

The prosecutor added: “A lighter was used to start the fire. It was deliberate and determined.”

Carr (51), of South Street, Crowland, admitted arson on November 25, 2015.

Judge Simon Hirst, passing sentence, told him: “This was a deliberate, calculated decision to cause this fire. Under those circumstances I am unable to suspend the custodial sentence.”

Neil Sands, defending, said that at the time he committed the offence Carr had reached “an absolutely desperate state” in his life.

He said that Carr later paid for repairs, allowing for the bar to re-open but his wife was unable to run the premises on her own and the bar is currently closed.

Mr Sands added: “He has now formed the intention that the business should be sold.”

Towns and villages across south Lincolnshire will take part in a national beacon lighting ceremony to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday on Thursday.

Pinchbeck, Holbeach and Long Sutton will all participate in the ceremony that has been used for decades to celebrate landmark events in the royal calendar.

Donington and Surfleet will also use their beacons to mark Queen Elizabeth’s milestone birthday.

Judy Chapman, a Surfleet parish councillor, said: “This is an opportunity for residents young and old to get together to celebrate this special occasion.”

The Queen will light the principle beacon at Windsor Castle, joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

More than 1,000 beacons will then be lit throughout the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the UK’s overseas territories.

For the first time in history, members of the Army Cadet force will also light beacons at the top of the UK’s four highest peaks – Ben Nevis in Scotland, England’s Carfell Pike, Mount Snowdon in Wales and Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland.

The last major beacon ceremony was in June 2012 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.

Pinchbeck: Parish Council chairman Andrew Chamberlain will light the beacon on top of St Mary’s Church at 8.30pm.

Holbeach: The Wignals 
Gate beacon will be lit at 7.30pm. Holbeach Town Band will play celebration music and refreshments will be available.

Surfleet: Beacon will be lit at Glen Park at 8pm. Complementary soup and soft drinks will be served.

Donington: Celebrations at Thomas Cowley High School from 2-4pm.

Long Sutton: Winfrey Park beacon will be lit at 8pm. Refreshments will be served by the Royal British Legion.

Councillors will decide this week whether to grant a booze licence at the premises of a former Spalding take-away whose previous owner was linked with smuggled cigarettes.

The application to grant a new premises licence for former restaurant China City will be considered on Thursday.

A previous application to sell booze from the building – being re-opened as a grocery – was withdrawn after owner Karwan Ahmad lost his licence to sell alcohol at Baltic Off Licence and Winsover Off Licence within 24 hours back in February.

On both occasions a panel of South Holland District Council’s licensing committee heard that smuggled cigarettes had been concealed in the stores.

Appeals have been lodged in both cases, with Mr Ahmad saying the smuggling went on before he bought the businesses.

Criminal investigations in relations to the seizures of smuggled cigarettes are ongoing. The new application is from Hassan Khoshparwar, of Birmingham.

In his application, Iranian -born Mr Khoshparwar says he wants to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises, from 6am to midnight, seven days-a-week.

Mr Khoshparwar was named as designated premises supervisor in the previous application on December 31 but is now named as the owner.

Lincolnshire Police is calling for the licence to be refused on grounds of the prevention of crime and disorder.

The police’s objection states that Mr Ahmad may still have an ongoing interest in the business and that the application has been made in Mr Khoshparwar’s name to cover this fact.

There have been a number of representations made against the application by members of the public, mainly citing street drinking, drink driving, anti-social behaviour and littering.

The committee can either grant the application, modify the conditions of the licence or reject all or part of it.

SOUTH HOLLAND CENTRE SPALDING, FROM TUESDAY.

A new assignment forces Mark Strong’s top secret black-ops agent Sebastian Grimsby to team up with his idiotic long-lost football hooligan brother Nobby (Sacha Baron Cohen) – in this movie from the makers of Borat.

Now the perfect spy must go off the radar in his brother’s hometown of Grimsby – living with Nobby and his wife Lindsey (Pitch Perfect’s Rebel Wilson) – before re-grouping with his sibling for the ultimate mission.

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A serious crash has shut the A17 in both directions at Sutton Bridge.

Police have few details available at this time but it has taken place at East Bank and is causing long delays.

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The safety of some services run by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been labelled ‘inadequate’ in a Care Quality Commission report on released today (Thursday).

The trust, which provides mental health services across Lincolnshire, was given an overall rating of ‘requires improvement’ following the inspection which took place between November 30 and December 4 last year.

Safety of services was given a rating of ‘inadequate’. The report also said the trust ‘requires improvement’ when it comes to services being effective and well-led.

It was rated as ‘good’ in the areas of being caring and responsive.

CQC’s Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals and lead for mental health Dr Paul Lelliott, said: “Our inspectors found the trust must make a number of improvements to bring its services overall up to a level that would earn a rating of ‘good’ overall. We gave immediate feedback to the trust following the inspection and this report presents the detail of our findings, our ratings and our recommendations.

“In particular, we were concerned about the safety of some of the services.

“The trust had not done all it could to assess risks to patients or to minimise the risks on some wards to patients who might be at risk of suicide. Additonally, we found that seclusion facilities at the trust needed to be managed within the safeguards of the Mental Health Act Code of Practice.

“The trust needed to make sure that sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified staff were available at all times to make sure the care provided met people’s needs.

“Our inspection also highlighted that the trust needed to make sure systems to monitor quality and performance were in place and that learning and improvement took place to ensure the future safety of patients and staff following incidents.

“Despite these concerns, we also found a number of areas of good practice across Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This included its commitment to dementia research, how it included former service users in its work and its progression of its Child and Adolescent Mental Health services.”

The trust has been told by thr CQC to take action in a number of areas including those related to safety, effective management of medication and food standards.

The authority praised the trusts introduction of ‘street triage’ (which responds to police calls for assistance), the speed and effectivenetss of the community learning disability assertive service (CAST) and volunteer engagement.

It also noted LPFT’s ‘heavy involvement’ in dementia research.

LPFT chief executive Dr John Brewin said the trust had anticipated the rating and said most mental health trusts inspected by the CQC had been given it to date.

He moved to reassure patients that LPFT had taken action to address the inadequate rating.

He said: “Around 27,000 people are under our care at any one time, and whilst we are extremely disappointed to have received an ‘inadequate’ rating for safety we want to reassure our patients that the trust has already taken action.

”We will continue this work with focus and pace to address any further concerns identified.”

He added: “We were pleased that inspectors recognised our staff and volunteers - commenting on their caring, compassionate approach and the clear patient focus demonstrated by all teams.”

He vowed the trust was ‘absolutely committed’ to constantly improving our services for patients and carers.

“We always welcome external scrutiny and this report from the CQC will help inform the improvements we need to make, so that we can continue to provide high quality, safe care for our patients,” he said.

“In common with any inspection there will always be areas for improvement, as well as examples of good practice. Our specialist community child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) received an ‘outstanding’ rating for their services for young people and families. Community services for older adults, learning disabilities and forensic inpatient care were also rated ‘good’ overall for the standard of care they provide.”

A local pub is offering Spalding foodies the chance to design a brand new pie dish to be featured on a specials menu later this year.

The Pied Calf on Sheepmarket, which is owned by Greene King, is calling for aspiring pie-connoisseurs to submit their culinary creations online including details of their perfect pastry, meat, vegetable and sauce combination.

The overall winner will bag themselves a £500 cash prize and the title of Greene King’s first official Great British ‘Pastriot’. Two runners-up will each receive a £100 cash prize.

Laura Elwes, general manager at the Pied Calf, said: “We decided to mark the launch of our Best of British festival by launching a competition to find a new twist on one of Britain’s best dishes, the humble pie.

“We are hoping to find pies that are both creative and delicious in equal measure; whether it’s an old favourite, a personal speciality or a classic pie with a modern twist. We can’t wait to see what the Spalding community come up with.”

Participants can enter their pie designs on the Pied Calf Facebook page, www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pied-Calf/242775430339 until the end of the month.

As a prequel to next month’s ASA East Midlands Regional Championships, seven of South Lincs Competitive Club’s 17 qualifying swimmers headed to the Ponds Forge International Pool in Sheffield for the Lincoln Vulcans Open Meet.

A total of 38 events were swum over the weekend with a medal haul of seven golds, six silvers and four bronzes.

Day one saw Luke Elliott (17) pick up gold for the 50m butterfly (27.32), 50m backstroke (28.33) and 100m backstroke (1:00.93), plus silver for 400m freestyle (4:15.84) and 200m individual medley (2:15.79).

Calvin Wilson(17) claimed silver for the 50m backstroke (29.75).

Alice Gowing (17) won gold for the 200m backstroke (2:41.03) and Ellisha Cookson (12) collected bronze for the 100m butterfly (1:20.99).

Will Swain (16) was fourth in the 100m freestyle (56.14) and Dusty Saines(12) showed good skills in preparation for the championship events.

On day two Elliott was on form again with gold for the 200m backstroke (2:13.07) and 200m butterfly (2:11.51), plus silver in the 400m individual medley (4:48.20) and 100m butterfly (1:00.07).

Wilson won bronze for the 200m backstroke (2:19.23).

Cookson collected gold in the 200m individual medley (3:00.92) and silver for the 50m butterfly (36.43).

Cheryl Wilson (22) claimed bronze in the 100m backstroke (1:10.17) and 50m backstroke (32.51).

Saines claimed fourth place in the 100m backstroke (1:20.61).

Head coach Callum Lawson said: “This has been a nice relaxed weekend in preparation for the weeks ahead with some personal bests/seasonal bests.

“These swimmers have a benchmark now and know what they need to do in training to ‘up their game’ for the Midland Championships.

“I’m looking forward to some good results.”

A man has died following a collision on the A16 in Peterborough yesterday afternoon (April 20).

The man was a passenger in a grey Vauxhall Vectra that was involved in a collision with a Landrover Discovery at 4.04pm close to Welland Road.

A 51-year-old man from London who was driving the Vauxhall Vectra has received serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Landrover, a 63 year-old man from Melton Mowbray, also received serious but not life-threatening injuries.

Anyone who saw the collision should contact the road policing unit by calling 101.

UPDATE: Police name man killed in A16 crash

Mums campaigning for wheelie bins to replace South Holland’s black and green bag collections are ready to put paper petitions in shops so more people sign up in support.

Tracey Tugwell, from Lutton, and Deborah Weekes, from Sutton Bridge, have so far collected more than 600 signatures online.

But Mrs Weekes said paper petitions will reach more people – and she hopes volunteers from across South Holland will help them put petitions in as many shops as possible.

Anyone willing to help with the petition can contact the campaigners by sending an email to wheelies4us@mail.com

Mrs Weekes says considering wheelie bins were introduced in this country in 1986, South Holland is behind the times and it’s the only district in Lincolnshire not to have them.

“Even Shetland Borough Council has them and they are in the middle of nowhere,” she said.

Mrs Weekes says most people she’s spoken to complain about black bags being ripped open by animals and she believes people would recycle more waste if they had wheelie bins.

“On those green bags, it’s very specific what you can and what you can’t put in them,” she said.

Mrs Weekes had a fridge-freezer delivered this week and her son cut up the packaging, putting it into two green bags.

“When I looked outside, only six or seven other people had put their reycling out, which tells me people aren’t recycling properly,” said Mrs Weekes.

She says councils earn money from recycling and South Holland would earn more cash if people recycled more of their waste.

• The council recently said its priority is to continue weekly collections rather than a fortnightly or less frequent service using wheelie bins.

• You can find the petition on www.change.org/p/tracey-tugwell-wheelie-bins-for-south-holland-district-council-area

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A woman who drove at a police officer manning a road block and carried on with him straddled on her car was jailed for 12 months.

Chelsea Harvey attempted to drive her Peugeot 206 through the road block set up by officers on a slip road off the A1 at Colsterworth to prevent people attending an illegal rave at nearby Twyford Woods.

James Bide-Thomas, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court that Harvey simply drove on with Bourne-based Pc Rob Bentley on her bonnet, reaching up to 30mph.

The prosecutor said that Harvey, who had two female friends in her car, weaved from side to side in a bid to remove the officer from the car.

At one point she was involved in a collision with a camper van but then continued for a further 115 metres with the officer still on her bonnet before she finally stopped.

Other officers then smashed a window of the car and Harvey and her two friends were arrested.

The officer suffered relatively minor physical injuries including bruising to his arm and leg but suffered serious psychological damage and was subsequently diagnosed with suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

He was off work for several weeks and now, almost a year after the incident, is still on restrictive duties due to the effect on him.

Mr Bide-Thomas said that as Harvey reached the roadblock PC Bentley placed his hands on the bonnet of her car and shouted at her to stop.

The prosecutor added “The vehicle’s engine was revving. It was jerking forward in a way described as kangarooing.

“Then it jerked forward more violently and this caused Pc Bentley to come off his feet. He was spread-eagled on the bonnet of the Peugeot. He had his hand through the open driver’s side window and grabbed hold of the support. With his other hand he grabbed hold of the aerial of the roof but the aerial snapped off.

“The vehicle continued to pick up speed. It is described as going at between 20 and 30 mph. PC Bentley was holding onto the vehicle and was driven for a distance of 235 metres. At that point a camper van crashed into the wing of the car. PC Bentley was terrified that the camper van would collide with him.

“The Peugeot then accelerated for a further distance of 115 metres. Pc Bentley by this point was attempting to punch his way through the windscreen and shouting at the defendant to stop the car. The vehicle continued to weave from side to side. He described the vehicle at one point as braking heavily , he thought in an attempt to throw him off. The window was wound up trapping his fingers. The vehicle then came to a halt. The defendant and her two friends were later arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.”

Chelsea Harvey, 21, of Ashley Walk, Dereham, Norfolk, admitted dangerous driving at Colsterworth, near Grantham, as a result of the incident on 23 May 2015. She was jailed for 12 months and disqualified from driving for a year.

Judge Michael Heath, passing sentence, told her “If you drive as you did with a police officer on your bonnet for the distance that you did and at the speed you did there can only be one sentence that I can impose upon you. That is immediate custody.”

Jonathan Straw, defending, said that Harvey works in a centre for deaf-blind people run by the charity Sense.

He described her as acting in “blind panic” and added: “She is very sorry for what happened. She didn’t intend to hurt anyone. She went out with two friends that day simply to enjoy a party.”

Geoffrey Collings & Co is letting this house in Sutton Bridge for £700 per calendar month.

This modern mid-terraced house is to let in the village of Sutton Bridge.

The accommodation comprises an entrance hall, living room, kitchen/breakfast room, and downstairs cloakroom.

Upstairs there are three bedrooms, an en suite to the master, plus a family bathroom.

Outside, there is a garage, plus off-road parking in front of the garage, and a garden at the rear.

The house is to let unfurnished on a minimum one-year term.

It’s feared new house builds in Holbeach will stretch services like schools and family GPs to breaking point.

If a new planning application in the pipeline for nearly 200 houses at Damgate is granted, it will add to consents already given – meaning around 2,000 homes are on the way.

Holbeach Parish Council has an extraordinary meeting on April 25 to talk about the application from King Bros (Butchers) Ltd to develop what is described by the company’s agent as “a private and affordable” residential scheme of 195 homes with one to five bedrooms.

Parish council chairman Isobel Hutchinson says the town’s doctors struggle to cope now – and, although surgeries and schools can be extended, Holbeach may struggle to find additional doctors and teachers.

“You can build a bigger surgery but you have got to find the doctors to come and man it,” she said. “You can build biggers schools, you can add extra classrooms, but you have got to find the teachers who want to come and live here.”

Coun Hutchinson says the influx of residents could also impact on health services further afield, as patients from the town are treated in hospitals in places like Boston, Lincoln and Leicester.

She said: “You can build houses very quickly but you can’t put in the infrastructure quickly.”

County and district councillor Nick Worth believes Holbeach schools will cope, saying there are places currently at the primary schools, and there will be “two new primary schools going in at some point” as the town’s housing capacity expands over the coming years.

Coun Worth says there will be room in the future for University Academy Holbeach to expand to the current University of Lincoln Holbeach Campus (National Centre For Food Manufacturing) site once the food manufacturing centre of excellence moves to the A151 link road.

Lincolnshire County Council is spearheading schemes to replace the A151/A17 Peppermint Junction with a roundabout as well as putting in infrastructure for building work on the same side of the road as the travellers’ site – and the agri-food centre of excellence will be based between the travellers’ site and the A17.

He says the university (Lincoln) “could be ready to go” within the next two years.

Coun Worth says there are issues around a lack of doctors for the town, and they need addressing, but he stresses that housing developments will happen gradually.

“You are not going to build 2,000 houses tomorrow or the next year,” he said. “It’s going to be over a long period of time.”

The homes plan for Damgate, Holbeach, is one of four big residential applications to be submitted to South Holland District Council in the last two months.

Other applications involve:

• Donington – Cemex Properties is seeking outline consent for “approximately 73 dwellings” on land off Malting Lane

• Sutton St James – Peter Heanes wants outline consent to build 42 homes on Chapelgate

• Crowland – Ashwood Homes wants to build 58 homes on land off James Road

Coun Nick Worth says the Damgate plan extends Holbeach towards Fleet, which he doesn’t want to see happen.

“It’s extending Holbeach into an area I would rather not see it extended to, personally,” he said.

The plan for homes in Donington sparked concerns over infrastructure in the village.

District councillor Jane King told us recently that the village needs homes but they should be developed alonsgside new services.

She said: “I realise people need places to live but we also need schools and both of ours are oversubscribed. We don’t have a doctor’s in the village and we don’t have a dentist’s.”

Sutton St James parish councillor Jennifer Garbutt wants to see some affordable housing in the village.

She said: “There’s a lot of younger people trying to get on the housing ladder.

“If it (the Chapelgate application) offers affordable housing, I think it would be great. We need to help the younger people.”

A design and access statement for the Crowland application says the project “addresses housing need and the difficulties facing first time buyers and young families” by providing modern homes that people can afford.

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Work is due to start on Monday on the long-awaited, £900,000 commercial and pleasure boat marina at Sutton Bridge.

Lincolnshire County Council says the first visible signs will be the installation of power and water supplies, involving trenching works along the riverbank.

This will be followed by the driving of piles into the riverbed and the attaching of new mooring pontoons and access brow, beginning around 1 June. Old moorings will be decommissioned and a new bank-top footway constructed before the marina comes into operation.

The council anticipates that the leisure moorings will cater for up to 20 boats (a combination of those owned by local boaters and visiting craft), while the commercial moorings will ensure that both the Nene navigation pilot boat and Eastern IFCA (a fisheries protection agency) can remain based in Sutton Bridge.

Each mooring point will provide boaters with electricity and water connections at the tie-up point, while a car park will allow marina users to leave their cars safely off the road while tending their boats.

Coun Colin Davie, the council’s executive member for economic development, said: “The marina will act as a gateway to the county, and we want to make it as attractive to visitors as possible.

“We anticipate it will lead to increased visitor numbers, many of whom will be using local shops, pubs and restaurants. We also expect to see opportunities arise for businesses providing services for the boating community.

“This will provide a significant boost to the local economy, something that will benefit businesses and residents alike.

“I’m delighted to see the work begin, and look forward to seeing the completion of this important development for the village.”

The works to create the marina are expected to be completed by autumn and boat owners are likely to be able to begin using the new facility in early 2017.

Funding for the project has come from Lincolnshire County Council, a s106 community development fund for Sutton Bridge, and the two commercial users.

• Applications from boat owners seeking mooring space are now being invited and can be made to the Lincolnshire County Council’s economic development service on 01522 550600.

Newton Fallowell is selling the house in Clarence Gardens, Spalding, for £149,995.

This semi-detached house is situated in a cul-de-sac location within a short distance of Spalding town centre.

It comprises three bedrooms, a lounge/diner, kitchen, utility room and shower room.

From the entrance hallway, there is a lounge with uPVC bay window to the front aspect. A large opening leads to the dining room with uPVC window to the rear, and a rear access goes through to the kitchen. The kitchen is fitted with a range of modern wall and base units with soft close draws. There is a gas hob with extractor hood and integrated double oven. There is space for a fridge and plumbing for a washing machine. The stainless steel sink and drainer and fitted with a mixer tap. There is a uPVC window to the rear. A door from the kitchen leads to the pantry/utility area that has a side door leading to the garden.

There is an enclosed rear garden surrounded by hedge as well as off-road parking to the front of the property.

Clarence Gardens is near to local primary and secondary schools, as well as all the amenities of Spalding town centre.

A drug addict who carried out a string of shoplifting offences while under the threat of a suspended jail sentence was today locked up by a judge.

Philip Malone, who had convictions for over 60 previous offences of theft, was told by Judge John Pini QC: “You have an extremely bad record for dishonesty. You are a persistent shoplifter.

“You have been given chance after chance after chance. I have lost count of the number of times the courts have tried to help you.

“There comes a time when my fundamental duty is not to you but to give the public some respite from your thieving.”

Malone, 40, of Churchfield Close, Market Deeping, admitted two offences of shoplifting and was committed for sentence by magistrates after he was convicted of a third similar offences.

He also admitted breach of a nine-month suspended jail sentence imposed for an earlier drugs offence and he asked for seven further offences of shop theft to be taken into consideration. He was jailed for 15 months.

Noel Philo, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court that Malone stole from shops in Peterborough, Billingborough, Langtoft, Bourne, Stamford and Grantham.

Sarah Munro, defending, told the court: “Since he was 15 or 16 years old he has suffered from an addiction to drugs. It is an extremely hard habit to kick.

“He has done everything he possibly can in the past to try and cure his addiction. He is on methadone. He has got a job. He has everything to lose.

“He feel absolutely devastated and is disgusted with himself at what he has done.”