DARTS: Hendriks calls tune as Wolfie bows out
Three-time champion Martin Adams crashed out of the BDO World Darts Championship at the first hurdle after suffering a 3-2 defeat against teenager Jimmy Hendriks at Lakeside on Sunday.It’s the fifth...
View ArticleOpposition to biomass power plant stacks up
Opposition to a £300million biomass power station at Wingland is growing with The Borough Council of King’s Lynn set to lodge what it calls a “holding objection”.The council’s planning committee meets...
View ArticleLatest from the area’s magistrates’ courts
The following decisions have been made recently by magistrates at court hearings. In all drink-drive cases the legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, or 80 milligrammes...
View ArticleNew weight loss classes launched in Bourne
Help is at hand for people wanting to lose weight, get fitter and increase their self-confidence. Deborah Rolfe has opened ten new Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness classes, some of which are in...
View ArticleTracey’s top motivation tips
The New Year brings with it lots of new aspirations, ideas, resolutions and promises, many related to getting fit and losing weight.Health clubs, gyms and leisure centres are usually brimming with new...
View ArticleMan arrested after death crash
A man from Kirton was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a crash on the A1 at South Witham on Saturday teatime.The 30-year-old man suffered minor injuries in the...
View ArticleWyberton man is facing court
A Wyberton man is facing court after an incident in October.Dean George Everitt (43), of Parthian Avenue, has been charged with assault and criminal damage in connection with an incident that took...
View ArticleWitness appeal
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fight in Spalding on Saturday night.The incident happened at about 9pm near to the hairdressers in The Crescent.Police believe that a 37-year-old man was...
View ArticleCouncil tax payers will be able to pay over 12 months instead of ten to ease...
Council tax payers will now have 12 months to pay their bills after new rules brought in by the Government.From April this year, South Holland District Council residents can choose to spread their...
View ArticleNew heart unit set to open to save lives
A new £4.3million centre is to open to help save the lives of people suffering heart attacks.The development of a second cardiac catheter laboratory has seen the current specialist unit at Lincoln...
View ArticleYoung artists win awards
Spalding High School art student Alex Neaverson (second right) will exhibit in London in March at The Mall Galleries, London, alongside members of The Royal British Artists (RBA).Alex also won the KS4...
View ArticleAssaults for trial
A man of 36 pleaded not guilty to two assault charges when he appeared before Spalding magistrates on Thursday.Philip Malone, formerly of Godsey Lane, Market Deeping, and now of no fixed address, will...
View ArticleRow over penalty points led to court
A teenager ended up in court for a public order offence after police warned drivers their cars were illegally parked.Marie Stace, prosecuting, said police saw a group of males and females by the side...
View ArticleThe no-diet approach to health
We’ve all seen the articles on becoming healthier for the new year, but did you know that singing has beneficial effects?According to South Holland Community Choir, singing is good for the heart, the...
View ArticleOut of court action saving police time
Criminals in Spalding are among thousands in the county being dealt with out of court in Lincolnshire for offences including sexual assault and robbery.Police are using restorative justice rather than...
View ArticleBook of the Week: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
This comes extremely highly recommended; all of us in the bookshop have read and absolutely loved this book and we’re sure that you will too.The book begins with the arrival of a letter from an old...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Early Bourne blitz tames Thrapston
THRAPSTON TOWN 1 BOURNE TOWN 3: An impressive first-half showing earned the Wakes a deserved victory on Saturday.Johnny Currall was on hand to open the scoring for Bourne on 11 minutes, before Craig...
View ArticleMinister behind GM
The government minister in charge of food and farming is encouraging farmers to turn around the image of GM.Environment secretary Owen Paterson has made it clear he backs the controversial technology...
View ArticleIn court for impersonating a PC
A man accused of impersonating a police officer on the A16 at Stamford faces a trial in March.Louis Jon Woodward, formerly of Six House Bank, West Pinchbeck, Spalding but now living in Peregrine Place,...
View ArticlePolice took six years to arrest drink-driver
A drunken motorist who caused a head-on collision has escaped an immediate jail sentence after police took nearly six years to arrest him.Judge James Sampson said “police incompetence” was a factor in...
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