‘A year is not enough for taking a life’
A couple say they are “angry” at sentences handed to two drivers who killed their pregnant daughter and robbed their two-year-old grandchild of his mum and a new baby brother or sister.Kim See was...
View ArticleDead to be buried with ‘cabbages and cauliflowers’
Seven hundred lorry loads of topsoil will be dumped on allotments at Long Sutton in a “bizarre” plan to turn the site into a cemetery.The project will see 14,000 tonnes of soil shifted to the site off...
View ArticleSutton Bridge primary still needs to improve
Big improvements by Westmere Primary School at Sutton Bridge have not been enough for it to leap up an Ofsted category.A previous inspection in 2010 described the school as “satisfactory” – and it...
View ArticleSexual suggestions to girl (13)
A man made sexual suggestions to a 13 year old girl after contacting her on Facebook, Lincoln Crown Court was told yesterday.Aaron Britchford, who knew the girl, had conversations with her on the...
View ArticleNews on your doorstep in coming week
Spalding Guardian and Lincolnshire Free Press reporters will be out on the road again in the coming week giving you the chance to bring the news to us.Our team of reporters will be out and about in...
View ArticleTough subject made easier
Child cruelty was highlighted when students ran workshops on slavery at a Quadring school. Thomas Cowley High School students used a number of games to teach Quadring Cowley and Brown’s Primary School...
View ArticleMaking music
Music makers at Spalding High School donated £200 to Marie Curie Cancer Care in memory of a former head of music, Jennifer Chappell, who died last year.The sum was raised from the school’s Christmas...
View ArticleFly high for Easter
Lincolnshire’s big skies have welcomed and hosted the training of airmen and women both in and out of uniform last century and this.Fenland Airfield at Holbeach St Johns has played its part in more...
View ArticleHow to keep your Easter cacti for years
As I write this, snow is falling, and I could be forgiven for writing on some Christmas topic this week.But the shops are full of Easter goods, and garden centre houseplant shelves are covered with...
View ArticleSNOOKER: Frantic finale will see trio of titles decided
Three Spalding and District Snooker League titles are still up for grabs ahead of tonight’s explosive final round of fixtures.Top spot has yet to be determined in Divisions Two, Three and Four after...
View ArticleSchools working together
Primary schools around Long Sutton got together for their annual school councils’ conference.Organiser Sonya Ripley, head of Tydd St Mary, said this year’s theme was eco-schools and how to make your...
View ArticleHOCKEY: Sutton’s survival hopes aren’t looking gr-eight
Struggling Long Sutton Hockey Club 1st saw their hopes of beating the drop in East Men’s Hockey League Premier B take a big hit on Saturday.Sutton were handed an 8-1 home reverse by promoted Norwich...
View ArticleGovernment aid with deposits extended now
Seven first-time homeowners were due to move into new Broadgate Homes properties at The Triangle, Wygate Park today with help from the Government’s FirstBuy scheme.Since last week’s Budget the scheme...
View ArticleMOTORSPORT: Awesome Aaron a cut above rest at Silverstone
Aaron Williamson showed he’ll be a force to be reckoned with in the Renault UK Clio Cup this season after delivering a devastating display of speed at Silverstone.Holbeach Drove car racer Williamson,...
View ArticleTrial by winning students
Legal brains at a Long Sutton school were on the right side of the law when they won a countywide competition. Students from Years 8 and 9 at The Peele Community College travelled to Lincoln to compete...
View ArticleSupport for scrap business
A vehicle dismantling business is likely to be allowed to carry on operating after submitting a restrospective planning application.NKR Motors of Gull Bank, Whaplode Drove, had applied for permission...
View ArticleFeedback on patients’ experiences
A troubled hospital trust is changing the way it collects feedback in a bid to improve the service it provides.United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, which runs Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital among others, is...
View ArticleRUGBY: Thommo’s delight at Spalding RFC’s steely spirit
Spalding RFC coach Niall Thomson has paid tribute to his side after Saturday’s energy-sapping derby win over Peterborough.The 11-10 success, played in sub-zero conditions at Thorney RFC, has put Town...
View ArticleSuicide verdict on Sutton St James seige man
“Tell my family I only need a black bag. When you pick my body up, you put me in the black bag, you take me to the crem... burn me up and then dump my ashes and that’s all I want.”Sutton St James...
View ArticleTHEY DIED HOLDING HANDS
A husband and wife who owned two care homes were discovered holding hands after they committed suicide in their car.Jaswant Beeharry and Isabel Ibanez-Mahiques died of carbon monoxide poisoning in June...
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