FOOTBALL: Harrox the big winners on weekend of postponements
Only a handful of local teams managed to complete their fixtures as the weather decimated the Saturday football.UCL Premier Division trio Spalding United, Holbeach United and Deeping Rangers all saw...
View ArticleBus firm explains role in pass row
The bus company whose driver refused to let a 92-year-old woman on board in a row over an “obsolete” pass has explained its position.A driver for Boston-based Brylaine Travel told Thelma Branch, of...
View ArticleEvents to help Callum charity
Efforts to form a new charity in memory of a brave Pinchbeck teenager are gathering pace with a series of fundraising events taking place in the coming weeks.Family and friends of Callum Pite (14), who...
View ArticleFlytippers to pay if caught, says council
Flytippers who have turned land just outside Spalding into a dumping ground for rubbish, including asbestos, face being hit in the pocket if they are caught.The warning comes from South Holland...
View ArticleNo job losses at bank due to shut in Holbeach
None of the staff working at NatWest Bank in Holbeach will lose their jobs when the branch closes this summer.It emerged last week that the branch in West End will close on June 19 because of reduced...
View ArticleFightback on hare hunting welcomed
Farming and animal welfare groups have praised police for their operation against hare coursing in Lincolnshire. Police confirmed this week that Operation Galileo, targeting gangs hunting hares with...
View ArticleNew name for hospital
After eight years of providing healthcare to local people the Boston NHS Treatment Centre is to be been renamed the Boston West Hospital. Feedback from patients and the public suggested that the name...
View ArticlePolice in line for more Government cuts in 2015?
More cuts could be on the way for Lincolnshire Police with a Government minister saying the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office will share the pain of planned £11.5billion savings in...
View ArticleCounty hits road gritting record
Gritting crews salting Lincolnshire’s roads hit an all-time record by Friday as snow and frost continued through March.The county council had used 37,730 tonnes by the end of the week – beating the...
View ArticlePolice boss praises Galileo
A determined police operation to tackle hare coursing in South Holland has been praised by the man overseeing policing in Lincolnshire.Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick said the results for...
View ArticleLIVES recruiting first responders
Emergency medical response charity LIVES wants to recruit more first responders during an open evening on Thursday starting at 6.30pm in The Curlew Centre, Sutton Bridge.LIVES hope the meeting will be...
View ArticleCourt Register
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, 80 milligrammes of...
View ArticleTwo people hurt in A16 crash near Kirton
A man and a woman were taken to hospital after the car they were travelling in crashed on the A16 near Kirton. It involved a black Audi A6 driven by a 27-year-old woman from Kirton and carrying two...
View ArticlePolice on alert after Spalding arson attacks
Police patrols are being stepped up in Spalding after a spate of arson attacks where trees and fencing have been set alight, putting residents at risk.They took place in the Albert Street, Queens Road...
View ArticleSpalding and Holbeach escape Post Office strike
Main Post Offices in Spalding and Holbeach will be unaffected by the planned strike at the Post Office “Crown Network” offices.Staff at some 370 Crown branches are due to strike on Easter Saturday in a...
View ArticleFiremen use breathing gear to put out car fire
A fire crew used breathing apparatus to put out a car fire near the A17 in Long Sutton.It happened on Vicarage Lane at about 5.15pm last Wednesday where a Ford Focus and some grass verge was on...
View ArticleCandidates back report on ‘shambolic’ PCC election
Candidates in Lincolnshire’s first ever Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections have backed a report slamming the Government over its handling of the poll.Victorious candidate Alan Hardwick and...
View Article‘Lights will not go out’
South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes has defended the Government over allegations that “there is a very real risk of the lights going out in Britain”.Mr Hayes, in his role as energy minister,...
View ArticleRUGBY: Ben’s timely try moves Town out of drop zone
SPALDING RFC 11 PETERBOROUGH RFC 10: A late Ben Williamson try could prove the defining moment of Spalding’s season as they jumped out of the Midlands One East relegation zone with a derby win.The full...
View ArticleLOCAL FOOTBALL: Harrox continue to reel in leaders
In-form Moulton Harrox closed the gap on Peterborough Premier Division leaders Peterborough Sports to just six points in emphatic style on Saturday.Harrox made it six league wins on the trot with a 5-0...
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