Council faces making £393,000 savings in 2013
Job losses cannot be ruled out as South Holland District Council faces further squeezes on spending in the next financial year.The council is currently looking at making efficiencies of £393,000 in...
View ArticleInternet ‘spam’ led to a bride for Jonathan
A message from a stranger in Seattle might have been junked as Internet spam – but it led to a three-year web cam romance and marriageFormer stock car driver Jonathan Andrew, who has been in a...
View ArticleBOWLS: Spalding Under-25s’ emphatic double rink win
Spalding IBC Under 25 double rink team are through to the next round of this national competition after an emphatic win against Erewash.The home rink of Charlene Leuty, Jordan Philpott, Ashley Caress...
View ArticleWoman (64) in road accident
Emergency services were called to Beggars Bush Lane, Weston, at 4pm on Thursday after a VW Polo went into a ditch.The driver, a Pinchbeck woman aged 64, went to hospital for a check-up.
View ArticleRotary and Lions are rolling out Santa
Santa will be out and about in Holbeach and the surrounding area delighting children of all ages in the run up to Christmas.The Rotary Club of Holbeach is being assisted by other local groups – the MS...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Tulips sign King’s Lynn Town keeper
Spalding United have signed King’s Lynn Town goalkeeper Alex Street.Street will go straight into the side – although unlikely to be on Saturday with major doubt over the state of the pitch at...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Tydd St Mary hit SIXTEEN goals
Tydd St Mary 16 AFC Peterborough 0: Tydd St Mary are really finding their feet now in their first season in the Peterborough League.The Saints started well and thoroughly dominated this Division 5...
View ArticleDeepings MP John Hayes wins Commons Minister of the Year award
An MP has been recognised for a year of good work with an award.Deepings MP John Hayes was presented with the Commons Minister of the Year award at a ceremony in the House of Commons on...
View ArticleHOCKEY: Spalding girls beat city side to qualify for regional finals
Spalding Hockey Club’s Under-16 girls qualified for the England Hockey Midlands Finals with a hard-fought win over Leicester on Sunday.Tamika Providence’s goal for Spalding was countered by a short...
View ArticleParish poll call over village biomass plan
A parish referendum is set to be held in Sutton Bridge over controversial plans for a £300m biomass plant.Dozens of residents demanded a poll be held during a packed public meeting at the Royal British...
View ArticleNeighbour nabs drink-driver
A neighbour detained a woman drink-driver until police arrived when she was almost double the legal limit.The neighbour, Curtis Berrow, had followed Sally Mason (46) from Swan Street, Spalding, to her...
View ArticleARCHERY: Medals for Spalding club
Silver Spoon Bowmen archers had some success in Fakenham Bowmen’s World Record Status Fita 18 Indoor Tournament on Sunday.Emily Must and Stephanie Mountney came first and second respectively in the...
View ArticleDrug dealers have sentences slashed
Three leading members of a crime gang which peddled hard drugs across Lincolnshire today won cuts in their prison sentences at the Court of Appeal.Stephen John Payne, Philip Mark Cox and Timothy Scott...
View ArticlePolice hand out free purse theft warning bells
Christmas shoppers need to listen out for more than just tills ringing - because it could be the sound of someone trying to steal a purse.Spalding police are handing out free bells that clip to a purse...
View ArticleWarning - jewellery could be stolen
Do you recognise these watches? They are part of a haul of costume jewellery found in an old HMV bag thrown into a skip in Stonegate, Spalding.Sgt Stuart Brotherton said: “It could be that someone was...
View ArticleHayes is Commons Minister of the Year
South Holland and The Deepings MP John Hayes has become Commons Minister of the Year.He was short-listed alongside two Secretaries of State – Theresa May and Michael Moore – and beat them in a vote by...
View ArticleRoad record puts county on danger list
High accident numbers in Lincolnshire have put the county in the top ten most dangerous places in the country.Figures released by the Department for Transport show there were 2,355 accidents in...
View ArticleMums locked out of town centre car park
A group of parents and children were caught out in the cold after their cars were locked in overnight at a Spalding store’s car park.The parents used the car park outside Homebase in Westlode Street...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Young Tulips going well
Spalding United Under-18s are going well in Division Two of Peterborough Youth League. They are lying second, a point behind the leaders with a match in hand.This Sunday they are at home to Oundle in...
View ArticleNew community bus hits the road
A brand new, £44,000 community minibus had its official launch in Holbeach on Saturday.The VW Crafter is fully kitted out to VOSA standards and has a tailgate lift so disabled people and wheelchair...
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