MP’s artistic work on display
MP John Hayes is among 20 local artists with work on display at The Norman Rossiter Studio in Station Road, Surfleet.The exhibition opens daily from 10am-4pm to Sunday, when the crafts come off display...
View ArticleSanta’s coming to Springfields
It’s time for the whole family to get in the festive mood this Christmas at Springfields Outlet Shopping, Spalding, thanks to the opening of Santa’s Grotto and the spectacular Winter Wonderland...
View ArticleFree NHS talk on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Health experts are in Spalding soon to give a free talk on a common mental health problem, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).The event has been put on by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust...
View ArticleFinal push for votes as PCC election day looms large
The four candidates bidding to become Lincolnshire’s first Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) are making their final push for votes ahead of today’s election.Just days before the winner of the...
View ArticleLOCAL FOOTBALL: Harrox firmly in the driving seat
Unbeaten Moulton Harrox passed a tough test in their bid for Peterborough League Premier Division glory as they edged out third-placed Oakham United 2-1 at Broad Lane on Saturday.Unbeaten Moulton...
View ArticleSNOOKER: Champs sunk as Sutton race clear
Long Sutton B have opened up an eight point lead in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One after thumping champions Pyramid F 6-0.In a high quality game at Bourne, seven of the ten players...
View ArticleMOTORSPORT: Rival Seeley to team with Wilson
Alastair Seeley is to join Gearlink Kawasaki as Ben Wilson’s team-mate for the the 2013 British Supersport Championship.The 33-year-old Irishman, who pipped Kirton rider Wilson to the 2011 title after...
View ArticleTULIPS: Best and worst of Spalding in vital win
DESBOROUGH TOWN 1 SPALDING UNITED 2: Pat Rayment admitted Spalding went fom the sublime to the ridiculous as they moved within four points of the UCL Premier Division summit.A Ben Williams own goal...
View ArticleDriver crashed through two gardens and hit parked cars
A teenager is lucky to be alive after his car left the road and ploughed through two gardens, demolishing fences, a brick wall and hitting two parked cars.One resident heard what sounded like an...
View ArticleSix arrested after illegal immigrant swoop
Suspected illegal immigrants spotted running from a lorry parked in Moulton sparked a police search of the village and resulted six arrests.Police were informed of ‘suspicious activity’ by a resident...
View ArticleFriends have a ball for charity
A popular Holbeach artexer will have a lasting tribute thanks to the success of a charity ball.Graham Mackman, of Holbeach, was diagnosed with lung cancer in May last year and died the following...
View ArticleTulip Radio round-up: Well done to guides
Last week we were visited by the 1st Pinchbeck Guides accompanied by their parents and leaders who came to celebrate the achievements of three of their young guides. The three of them, Sophie, Esther...
View ArticleMentalist at work...
Teenage ‘mentalist’ Connor Elleston made the bold prediction in this week’s Lincolnshire Free Press that he could predict today’s (Thursday) Spalding Guardian headlines.All will be revealed in next...
View ArticleMP denies part in by- election row
Recently-appointed energy minister John Hayes yesterday said no meeting between himself and two anti-windfarm politicians accused of manipulating the Corby by-election campaign had ever taken place.The...
View ArticleStation house is back on track
As a man with a passion for transport, Peter Simpson fulfilled one of his life’s ambitions when he bought the old station house at Cowbit.However, he almost put it back on the market when he realised...
View ArticleNew signs for youth centre
Plans to help visitors find Moulton Chapel Youth and Community Centre have moved a step closer.At its meeting this month, Moulton parish councillors confirmed talks were ongoing with county highways...
View ArticleHomes for people with village link
Plans for 12-14 affordable homes in Pinchbeck are a step closer now the parish council has agreed to sell part of a field.Pinchbeck Community Land Trust Steering Group was offered several sites in East...
View ArticleCouple’s £100 wedding was built to last
It was a whirlwind romance for Michael and Sandra Wigston who eloped to Gretna Green rather than pay thousands for an elaborate wedding.Sandra (32), a health care support worker at a GP surgery, and...
View ArticleYou can help catch the crooks
Crime fighters are warning South Holland residents not to buy bargains from burglars – or you could get more than you bargained for.“Handlers” face a seven year prison term, the same stretch as the...
View ArticleWATER POLO: Sellars strike seals Spalding’s success
Spalding Water Polo Club got their East Midlands League campaign up and running with a dramatic 6-5 win over Kettering A in their first home fixture of the campaign.Kettering pressed hard from the...
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