GOLF: Trio handed Tydd captaincy
TYDD St Giles Golf Club have announced a trio of captains for 2012.Lee Smith will be club captain for the year, with Sue Racey taking over as skipper of the ladies’ section and Trevor Sewell leading...
View ArticleSPALDING RFC: Town turn tables to snap losing streak
SPALDING RFC 25 MATLOCK RFC 17: TOWN ended their five-game losing streak in style as they leaped out of the bottom two of Midlands One East on Saturday.SHigh-flying Matlock had thrashed Spalding 65-9...
View ArticleTown centre playing field could be used for shops
SPALDING’S Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field is likely to be built on as part of plans to redevelop Holland Market.An agreement in principle has been reached between developers and Spalding United...
View ArticleThanks to ‘amazing’ Good Samaritans
A DRIVER who passed out at the wheel of his car has thanked a Good Samaritan who helped him at the roadside while he waited for medical assistance.David Williams was driving with his wife Nycollette...
View ArticleCaravan fire at travellers’ site
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a travellers’ site in Pinchbeck earlier today.Two crews from Spalding were called out to the incident on Moortoft Lane, just behind the Johnson Community Hospital, at...
View ArticleWater leak shuts Spalding department store
A FIRST floor water leak shut a Spalding department store at lunchtime today (Wednesday).Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue sent one fire engine to Beales Department Stores, in Market Place, at about...
View ArticleTroubled Holbeach hotel could lose licence
POLICE are seeking revocation of the premises licence at The Chequers Hotel, Holbeach, following alleged violence and under-age drinking.A licensing panel will meet at 9.30am tomorrow at South Holland...
View ArticleSplit on support for crematorium
OPINION was divided as members of the public came face-to-face with developers behind a proposed crematorium in Surfleet. There was only two votes difference in an informal show of hands from 42 people...
View ArticleJUNIOR FOOTBALL: Sweet 16 for Holbeach as quartet net trebles
HOLBEACH UTD U/11s 16 NORTHERN STAR YELLOW U/11s 1: A FANTASTIC four players notched hat-tricks as scorching Holbeach slammed 16 goals.The young Tigers started the match slowly and were behind within...
View ArticleSNOOKER: Lucky number seven as Services race clear
A MAGNIFICENT seventh win on the bounce has sent Services A ten points clear at the top of Spalding and District League Division Three.Frame wins from Jason Rose (O7), Paul Quincey (R7) and Charlie...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Referees meet is tonight
THE Spalding Referees Association’s meeting is being held at Spalding Services and Social Club tonight (Thursday).Junior referees are advised to attend from 7pm, with the seniors’ meeting starting at...
View ArticleTIGERS: Boss eyes perfect month
Holbeach Utd v Wellingborough Town (Saturday, 3pm): JOHN Chand wants his Tigers to complete an unbeaten January as they approach a pivotal four-day period.Holbeach have won all three of their 2012...
View ArticleAstronomy club members enjoy some stargazing
STARGAZING has been the topic of extra lessons for aspiring astronomers from Spalding Grammar School.Members of the school’s Astronomy Club joined SOLAGS (South Lincolnshire Astronomical and...
View ArticleHOCKEY: Deadly Doades fires Spalding to derby win
SPALDING 2nd 4 LONG SUTTON 2nd 0: SPALDING took the local bragging rights as they sealed a double over chief rivals Sutton in Division 4NW on Saturday.It wasn’t long before Spalding took the lead, with...
View ArticleVow to replace Sir Halley with better
DEVELOPERS behind plans for Spalding’s Holland Market have promised to give back more than they take away if the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field is built on.Our sister paper the Lincolnshire Free...
View ArticleCouncil puts off centre protesters
CAMPAIGNERS opposed to the closure of Spalding’s Chappell Centre must postpone their planned visit to the county council’s Adult Scrutiny Committee.Maurice Chappell and Michael Lee were due to adress...
View ArticleDangerous driving case
A MAN accused of driving dangerously on Boston Road South, Holbeach – and in the Tesco store car park on that road – will stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court.Kiene Blake (18), of High Road, Whaplode, is...
View ArticleMinor success for police’s drink-drive festive campaign
THE number of drink and drug-drivers on Lincolnshire’s roads over the festive period appears to have “stagnated”, according to the county’s Road Safety Partnership.Almost 4,400 drivers were stopped...
View ArticleBurgled old boss – but owned up
A MAN got clean away with a £1,200 burglary at his old boss’s home but then owned up two months later and handed himself in to the police.At the time Daniel Harrison (21), of Delgate Avenue, Weston,...
View ArticleCaravan fire ‘deliberate’
INVESTIGATIONS are under way after a caravan fire at a traveller site in Pinchbeck yesterday. Firefighters believe the blaze, which caused “severe” damage to a touring caravan in Moortoft Lane, may...
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