Healthy diets and healthy minds too
PUPILS and staff at Fleet Wood Lane Primary School are celebrating after regaining their Healthy Schools Award status.The school was first accredited in 2008 and worked hard to get its latest...
View ArticlePolice warn against town’s rogue traders
DEALS for discount goods offered on the street might seem too good to be true – and they probably are, according to Spalding’s police. Officers are warning the public to be on-guard against suspected...
View ArticleHalf-baked pasty tax gets the cold shoulder
STUDENTS in Spalding are left cold by government plans to charge VAT on their lunchtime hot pasty snack.Jacob Chapman (17) was tucking into a pasty from Greggs in the town centre, as thousands of...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Holbeach’s Daventry trip called off again
FOR the fourth time in recent weeks, Holbeach United’s UCL Premier Division game at Daventry United was called off on Tuesday night.The Communications Park pitch was waterlogged once again – meaning...
View ArticleBye-law to tackle park dog problem
PET owners could be forced to keep their dogs on leads in a village park after several attacks.Long Sutton parish councillors are to look into changing a bye-law already in force at Cinder Ash Park...
View ArticleDelay on plans for relief road
DECISIONS on a western relief road for Spalding are unlikely to be made until the autumn.It had been thought plans would be submitted to South Holland District Council in the spring, but they have been...
View ArticleLoud and proud folk by highly-acclaimed duo
DESCRIBED by The Guardian as ‘the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene’ and twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Duo, Spiers and Boden will be at Spalding’s South Holland...
View ArticleSpalding Flower Parade day: rain is ‘not expected’
RAIN will not be dampening spirits at this weekend’s Spalding Flower Parade, according to weather forecasters. While April’s heavy showers have been dominating the headlines during the continuing...
View ArticleMOTORSPORT: Wilson is hoping for the same again
BEN Wilson is hoping history repeats itself at Oulton Park this weekend, as he bids to kick-start his season.After a three-week break, the Motorpoint British Supersport championship heads to Cheshire...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Young Colts on the Ball to end season in style
LOUTH OLD BOYS U/12s 1 WYBERTON COLTS U/12s 2: FLYING Colts finished their season on a high as they secured third place in the Mid Lincs league. Jenson Ball was the hero, burying two cracking goals...
View ArticleCYCLING: Aimee’s stock rises with record
AIMEE Stocker’s storming year continued as she smashed a long-standing Spalding Cycling Club record at round three of the club’s ten mile time trial league.Her time of 25.52 minutes saw here set a new...
View Article£2,065 court bill for gamekeeper who put pregnant fox in tiny barrel
TWO men using terriers to flush foxes from underground dens put a live pregnant vixen in a tiny barrel because the gamekeeper “didn’t have the heart” to shoot her as the law required.Police were called...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Dunn’s double vision after historic Pinchbeck success
NETHERTON UNITED 2 (Randall 12, Cullen 45) PINCHBECK UNITED 3 (Bishop 13, Gray 44, Gosling 85): BUZZING Ian Dunn is targeting a double after his Pinchbeck side won a first-ever PFA Senior Cup on Monday...
View ArticlePick-up stolen from driveway
A PICK-up truck with a distinctive double cab has been stolen from the driveway of a house in Cowbit.The black Mitsubishi L200, registration AJ10 WFF, was driven away after a window was smashed at the...
View ArticleLorry and Brylaine bus in A17 collision
RUSH hour traffic came to a standstill on the A17 after a bus and a lorry collided.Both vehicles were seriously damaged in Wednesday’s crash on the Peppermint junction in Holbeach where the A17 meets...
View ArticleFlower parade must go on!
SPALDING Flower Parade will go ahead this year, just as it has done for 53 years previously, no matter what calamaties or problems arise before 2pm on Saturday, May 5.It will go ahead largely because a...
View ArticleEverything’s rosy for Chelsea-bound Jacky
A SPALDING worker has been chosen from 19,000 colleagues to assist Homebase garden designer Joe Swift at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.Garden centre team leader Jacky Stephens will be learning about...
View ArticleBoon for cyclists in Spalding
NEW cycle racks and signage for cyclists in Spalding have been approved by South Holland District Council.Funding of £8,320 has been allocated out of the Springfields ‘Section 106’ planning money –...
View ArticleSexually abused girl in stable after tractor ride
A MAN who sexually abused a young girl after luring her to a stable block has escaped jail.Father-of-three Colin Male took the youngster on a tractor during a visit to a farm and then persuaded her to...
View Article£1.1m drug trafficking gang jailed for total of 48 years
AN organised crime gang who were caught during a special operation in which police removed drugs valued at more than £1million from the streets of Lincolnshire have been jailed for a total of 48...
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