Callum will live on with charity for sick children
Friends of a Pinchbeck teenager who died of cancer are to pay tribute to him at a memorial service later this month – and help boost a charity launched in his name.Callum Pite (14) fought a...
View Article‘Lost’ tricksters steal £500 in cashcard con
Cunning car park conmen targeted a 64-year-old Spalding woman in a £500 cash card scam.Sue Senior was approached at her car by a smartly dressed Asian-looking man wearing dark glasses, who asked for...
View ArticleChimney fire in Wigtoft area caused by soot build-up
A fire at a house near Wigtoft was caused by a build-up of soot in the chimney breast, it has been confirmed today.One fire engine from Donington attended the blaze at a house in Hoffleet Stow which...
View ArticleFind out more about the LCHS NHS Trust
The Board for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) meets on Tuesday at 1pm in the Royal Oak Boardroom at Bridge House, The Point, Sleaford.Dr Don White, chairman of LCHS NHS Trust,...
View ArticleFarming thoughts from Steve Barber
There is an issue which arises as spring approaches and which is best left alone if you wish to avoid the wrath of either indignant farmers who want to simply protect their livelihood or alternatively...
View ArticleChecks on school meals providers
All school meals providers in South Holland and Lincolnshire are being checked in the wake of the horse meat in beef scandal.So far tests have revealed none of the providers is selling contaminated...
View ArticleAdvice for South Holland Growers’ Club
South Holland Growers’ Club members have heard advice on reducing losses as a result of disease problems in flowering plants.Dr Martin McPherson, science director at Stockbridge Technology Centre, and...
View ArticleTwo arrested on European warrants
Two men arrested separately in Spalding on European warrants are due to appears at London’s City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Rafal Ciesielski (36) was arrested on a warrant detailing 35...
View ArticleSAWS extension plea to avert harvest catastrophe
The NFU, fearing workers from Romania and Bulgaria will turn their backs on temporary agricultural jobs once work restrictions are lifted at the end of the year, has asked for more labour from non-EU...
View ArticleIf you don’t want horsemeat, buy quality
UK farming bodies have united to get the ‘Buy British’ message across to consumers in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.The NFU, Eblex (English Beef and Lamb Executive) and Red Tractor Assurance are...
View ArticleLonger-term agricultural supply agreements needed
A longer-term approach is needed in the “flawed” food and agricultural supply chain, according to a report from a global bank with agriculture at its roots.Rabobank has called for a transformation to...
View ArticleNew appointment at Produce World
Produce World Ltd, whose companies include Produce World Solanum Ltd in Sutton Bridge, has appointed a new product development manager.Dara O’Doherty joined the UK’s largest grower and supplier of...
View ArticleToddler group at risk due to falling numbers
A Holbeach parent and toddler group fears it could lose one of its two remaining sessions because of a lack of support.The group, which meets at the Reading Rooms, has already been forced to drop its...
View ArticleStudents from other counties flock to Long Sutton school
Teenagers are flocking into Lincolnshire to attend a college in Long Sutton.More than 100 of the 670 students at Peele Community College are now from the neighbouring counties of Norfolk and...
View ArticleTULIPS: Spalding ‘still in title race’ despite Saints draw
ST IVES TOWN 1 SPALDING UNITED 1: Defiant Spalding supremo Pat Rayment is adamant that his side are still in the UCL Premier Division title race after this Tuesday night stalemate.The Tulips needed a...
View ArticleAction call for kids living in poverty
A shock report reveals more than one in five children live in poverty in two deprived areas of South Holland.Sutton Bridge has 22 per cent of its children living below the breadline while Spalding St...
View ArticleSNOOKER: Derby delight as leaders Sutton B roar clear
With just six rounds of Spalding and District League fixtures left to play, Long Sutton B have opened up a potentially pivotal 23-point lead in Division One.The long-term leaders defeated struggling...
View ArticleFighting back against ‘nation of fatties’ label
Residents in South Holland are fighting back at claims Britain is a nation of fatties.In spite of NHS statistics showing the district has higher than the national average numbers of obese adults and...
View ArticleTIGERS: Pressure on rivals after draw - Chand
John Chand admits Tuesday night’s draw between title rivals St Ives Town and Spalding United was the ‘best possible result’ for his table-topping Holbeach United side.The Tigers chief, who takes his...
View ArticleSpalding coach carrying rail delay passengers crashes
A coach run by a Spalding travel company carrying passengers delayed by rail problems crashed on the A1 at Little Paxton yesterday.Travellers between Peterborough and London were facing chaos with the...
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