Court Register
The following decisions have been made 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 alcohol...
View ArticleFUNDRAISING: Charity only worthy if he agrees with it
In response to Mr MacDonald’s letter about giving money to charity, I totally agree that it is a well worthy thing to donate to charity, but I strongly disagree with him on his views on giving to...
View ArticleTaking stock of South Holland’s heritage
A unique county-wide survey of our historically most important buildings has uncovered a hit list of structures at risk – and many of them are in South Holland.The very nature of the district means...
View ArticleHeritage survey results in hit list
The Heritage at Risk exercise has been a useful one, believes Dr Godfrey, because the data allows the various groups concerned with heritage to form a strategy and target specific buildings.He says:...
View ArticleFresh bid to demolish Cowbit’s wrecked pub
A housing company is making a fresh bid to demolish Cowbit’s only pub, the fire-wrecked Ye Olde Dun Cow, and build homes on the site.Market Homes Ltd say the pub should come down because it’s “not...
View ArticleHeating oil stolen from home in Rippingale
About 300 litres of heating oil was stolen from a house in Dovecote Estate, Rippingale, between Sunday January 5 and last Sunday.Meanwhile, police are looking for a man who is 5ft 10ins tall, in his...
View ArticleMan flown to hospital after road crash in Holbeach St Johns
A 50-year-old man from Whaplode Drove was flown to hospital by air ambulance after a car crash in Holbeach St Johns on Friday.Firefighters used hydraulic rescue equipment to free the man who was then...
View ArticleTwo-vehicle crash on A15 in Baston
A two-car crash on the A15 Deeping Road, Baston, caused the road to be closed for half an hour on Friday.It involved a Renault Megane and Volkswagen Passat which collided just before 8.45am, but it is...
View ArticleCROSS COUNTRY: Six-cessful county meeting for Harrier
Six proved to be the magic number for Bourne Town Harriers at the Lincolnshire Cross Country Championships.No less than half of the club’s sizeable contingent placed in sixth spot at Caythorpe last...
View ArticleJUNIOR RUGBY: One Hull of a win for Grammar side
Spalding Grammar School’s talented under-13 rugby team have marched into the last eight of a national competition.The lads progressed to the quarter-final of the School Sports Magazine under-13 Rugby...
View ArticleSpalding’s last man of Arnhem
Seventy years ago this month there must have been great excitement as about 250 men suddenly arrived in Spalding, living in accommodation huts on the Grammar School field, the Odeon Cinema and...
View ArticleReturn of some of the few
“They have come back, but the majority who went from here have not.”They are the words used in an article in the Lincolnshire, Boston and Spalding Free Press of October 2, 1944, entitled “Men of Arnhem...
View ArticleSouth Holland Concerts’ latest offering
Michael Callaghan previews John Paul EkinsOn Saturday at 7.30pm South Holland Concerts have pleasure in welcoming a piano soloist, who is in great demand worldwide, John Paul Ekins, a name to note for...
View ArticleSwapping the playing fields of Eton for Bourne
High society magazine The Tatler is urging its readers to send their children to Bourne Grammar School rather than exclusive private schools like Eton.Bourne Grammar – described by the magazine as...
View ArticleTABLE TENNIS: Big hitters deliver to increase gaping gulf
The gulf between the top teams and the strugglers grew even bigger as the Spalding and District Table Tennis League returned from its winter break.In the first round of fixtures in 2014, the top...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Cracking comeback fires Deeping into semis
DEEPING RANGERS 5 OADBY TOWN 1: Delighted Deeping chief Tuncay Korkmaz is hoping for a home tie in the UCL Knockout Cup semi-finals after producing a five-star display to dispatch Division One leaders...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Rusty Tigers satisfied after Star stalemate
HOLBEACH UNITED 1 PETERBOROUGH NS 1: Billy Smith’s blistering bolt from the blue denied Holbeach United a winning start to 2014 at a soggy Carter’s Park on Saturday.Having not kicked a ball since...
View ArticleRUGBY: Town leave it late to grab vital victory
SPALDING RFC 27 DRONFIELD RFC 15: A fantastic final ten minutes saw Spalding RFC come from behind to secure a potentially pivotal bonus-point victory over Dronfield on Saturday.Having trailed 15-5 at...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Tulips ace toughest test ahead of Stamford derby
COGENHOE UNITED 2 SPALDING UNITED 5: Dominant Spalding eased to their most impressive away win of the UCL Premier Division season so far as third-placed Cogenhoe were ruthlessly put to the...
View ArticlePuss in Boots in Spalding
The Hurst Children’s Theatre Group presents Puss in Boots at South Holland Centre in Spalding next Friday, January 24 (7pm) and Saturday, January 25 (2pm and 7pm).Entry is £8.50 for adults and £6.50...
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