SPORT TALK: Worst-ever United sum up Prem, FA Cup farce and clasico faux pas
SO, it seems the worst Manchester United side I can remember is still going to be good enough to win the Premier League.Not a great advert for the competition, which seems to have lost a bit of quality...
View ArticleAfter 70 years, time is finally up for sugar club
AILING finances mean one of Spalding’s social clubs will close its doors at the end of this month – with no hopes of it relocating elsewhere. The committee behind the British Sugar Sports and Social...
View ArticleSymphony of sounds from South Holland
THE sound of rhubarb growing in the dark makes great music, at least when it’s interpreted by a remarkable musician and composer such as Duncan Chapman.He’s done the same with a field of sprouts, as...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Rocking Rangers reach fourth, Tigers in stalemate, Tulips beaten
DEEPING Rangers moved up to fourth in the UCL Premier Division with a 3-1 home triumph over Cogenhoe United on Saturday, while Holbeach United drew 0-0 at Desborough Town and Spalding United were...
View ArticleHeads up for helpers for the Flower Parade
VOLUNTEER “headers” and stewards are needed to help out at this year’s Flower Parade which is just a month away.Fixing tulip heads to the floats – known as heading – needs all hands on deck and at...
View ArticleKeeping farming in the family
THE Kerfoot family of Gosberton Clough appears to have an idyllic lifestyle on their family farm, where three generations work and live closely together.Cattle munch sweet smelling hay in ancient...
View ArticleBoys learn what keeps Royal Navy crew ship-shape
SECONDARY school students have been given some hot tips on what keeps the Royal Navy fit and ready for action.Students at the Sir John Gleed School boys’ campus in Spalding and The Deepings School were...
View ArticleVillage store armed robbers are jailed
Two armed men who “terrified” an elderly shop worker during a New Year’s Eve robbery at a village store have each been jailed for more than five years.Luke Hamilton and Fabio Teixeira (both 26) got...
View ArticleWarning at dawdling over rail freight hub
COUNTY councillors are being urged to continue to support any potential rail hub scheme for South Holland before major employers choose to go elsewhere. The warning that “we must act now” has been...
View ArticleCouncillors get ‘pro-active’ thanks to grot spot cash
GROT spot cash is to be used to clean up Spalding in a ‘pro-active’ response to littered areas.Members of the Town Forum have agreed to each put £100 of their budgets into a fund to tackle the...
View ArticleJUNIOR RUGBY: Bourne land Shield at maiden Town tournament
SPALDING RFC welcomed 18 teams as they hosted their first-ever NLD Regional competition.The club’s junior section held the under-13 three counties sevens event, which saw Town progress to the...
View ArticleTULIPS: Washington’s double sinks sloppy Spalding
SPALDING UNITED 1 (Good 58) ST IVES TOWN 2 (Washington 35 & 59): PAT Rayment lamented two “appalling” Conor Washington goals as Spalding suffered a third UCL Premier Division loss on the spin.The...
View ArticleTIGERS: Chand rues two points dropped
DESBOROUGH TOWN 0 HOLBEACH UNITED 0: JOHN Chand admitted Holbeach should have ended their winless streak in this bore draw on Saturday.The Tigers made it five games without a victory after a...
View ArticleRANGERS: Moreman sends Deeping fourth
DEEPING RANGERS 3 (Moreman 38 & 68, Holt 82) COGENHOE UTD 1 (Wells 5): BUOYANT Deeping supremo Tuncay Korkmaz wants to go the rest of the UCL Premier Division season unbeaten after jumping up to...
View ArticlePair airlifted after crash in village
A MAN remains seriously ill in hospital with life-threatening head injuries after a collision involving two cars in Sutton Bridge. The 19-year-old man from Long Sutton was airlifted to University...
View ArticleToast to new centre as developers hand over keys
KEYS to the new community centre on Bourne’s Elsea Park have been handed over to the estate’s community trust. The £750,000 building from Kier Homes, which will be known as The Centre @ Elsea Park,...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Tulips stun Star, Lynn tame Tigers, Deeping continue streak
SPALDING United cruised past Peterborough Northern Star 4-1 in the UCL Premier Division on Monday, while Holbeach United were beaten 2-0 by King’s Lynn Town and Deeping Rangers beat Blackstones 2-0.In...
View ArticleMan stole to annoy shop staff
FORMER drug addict Stuart Grogan stole two cans of paint from Halfords to annoy staff after he thought they had called him a “smackhead”, a derogatory description for a heroin user.His solicitor, Mike...
View ArticleHomeowners’ shock at access bridge collapse
A COUPLE have spoken of their shock at a bridge collapsing at their home and fracturing a gas main.The drama sparked a seven-hour closure of one of South Holland’s busiest roads as police cordoned off...
View ArticleStudents get an appetite for a career
Students were surprised at what the food and drink industry could offer them when the University of Lincoln held an Appetite for Skills session at the Holbeach campus.The event included presentations...
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