HOCKEY: Rivals share ten goals
Rivals Spalding 5th and Long Sutton 4th battled out a 5-5 draw in East Men’s Hockey League Division 6NW (N) at Surfleet.Spalding were never behind in the match after taking the lead through a penalty....
View ArticleINDOOR BOWLS: Top trio ready for popular Spalding Open
Spalding Indoor Bowls Club again welcomes a number of the world’s best players over the festive period.The club is holding its annual ‘Spalding Open’ at the Castle Sports Complex just after Christmas....
View ArticleRUGBY: Confident Town eye perfect end to 2012
Red-hot Spalding RFC complete their 2012 fixtures with a grudge match at fierce rivals Market Rasen and Louth on Saturday (2.15pm).Having won three on the bounce, another victory for Town would...
View ArticleWoman treated for cardiac arrest in Spalding
A woman was treated for a cardiac arrest by paramedics during the busy lunch period in Spalding yesterday.Ambulance crews were called to Bridge Street, near High Bridge, at about 1pm and the woman was...
View ArticleMystery of loud bangs in Spalding
Mystery surrounds reports of loud bangs in Spalding earlier today which one resident thought were explosions or gun shots. A resident tweeted the Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian claiming...
View ArticleBack garden flooded in Thurlby
Heavy rain caused problems at a house in Thurlby where fire crews had to use a pump to stop water from flooding the house.Crews from Bourne, Market Deeping and Stamford were called to a house in Main...
View ArticleTwo injured in A16 crash near Algarkirk
Two women, including one from Gedney, were injured after a two-vehicle crash on the A16 near Algarkirk.A black Vauxhall Corsa collided with a silver Peugeot 206 at about 5pm yesterday and police had to...
View ArticleGreat new website
The Spalding Guardian’s parent company Johnston Press has launched a national online entertainments platform – WOW247.co.uk.It will keep users up to date with what’s on where and what’s on when locally...
View ArticleCHAMBER TALK – A monthly column by Spalding and area Chamber of Commerce...
Reasons to be cheerful in 2013Enough has been reported on the Red Lion Quarter during the year and we have to hope and believe that South Holland District Council will learn from the mistakes made. We...
View ArticleGlamorous hairdressing
Students at Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School showed off their hairdressing skills in a competition for Year 11 pupils.First place winner Gabbie Bryant (front) is pictured here with second placed Jade...
View ArticleHelp prevent spread of illness
Hospital visitors are being asked to protect vulnerable patients this festive season by helping to prevent the spread of the winter vomiting bug.Reported cases of norovirus are particularly high so far...
View ArticleSuspected illegal immigrants found
Suspected illegal immigrants were detained after officers searched lorries in Spalding this morning.It is not yet known how many people were found during the search in the Clay Lake area.
View ArticleCouncil letter arrives after 13-year wait
Imagine waiting 13 years for your council to respond to requests for a new footpath to be built in your town.That’s the experience Henry Osborne had when he wrote to county highways chiefs in September...
View ArticleSATURDAY UPDATE: Weather wipes out fixtures
Games involving Spalding United, Holbeach United, Deeping Rangers and Spalding RFC have all been called off today (Saturday).The heavy rain wiped out Spalding v Shepshed Dynamo, Yaxley v Holbeach,...
View ArticleFamily ‘terrified’ after break-in at late father’s home
A family is devastated after thieves broke into their late father’s home in Gosberton Risegate and stole items, including a classic Jaguar car.Louise Chapman said her family was “terrified” after the...
View ArticleFoodbank leaders say ‘thank you’
Volunteers have started packing hundreds of food parcels ready to give desperate people in South Holland a Christmas they will never forget.The Lighthouse Church in Spalding, headquarters of Agape Care...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Mutual respect ahead of ‘clasico’
Rarely in the history of South Holland’s biggest sporting rivarly has a derby match been more eagerly-anticapated than Holbeach United against Spalding United on Boxing Day.The UCL Premier Division duo...
View ArticleSupport for road safety crackdown in Crowland
About 100 people have signed a petition calling for a crackdown on bad parking and speeding on a Crowland Road.The petition was launched last month after complaints from residents about vehicles...
View ArticleWhat to do for New Year’s Eve
There are parties all over the district such as the one at Spalding Grammar School in aid of St Barnabas Hospice (7.30pm).There are also parties at the United Services Club, Holbeach (8pm) for over-18s...
View ArticleAgricultural Wages Board to be abolished
Farmers will be able to compete for labour on an equal footing with other local employers from October, when the Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales is abolished.Farming minister David Heath...
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