CRICKET: Dale’s delight as Town break duck
Spalding 2nd (222-6) beat Cavaliers (104) by 118 runs: TOWN skipper Tom Dale was gushing with pride as his charges finally secured their first South Lincs and Border League Division Two win of the...
View ArticleTULIPS: Posh legend Ebdon excited by Spalding role
MARCUS Ebdon admits that he knows next to nothing about Spalding United – but can’t wait to meet up with the squad for the first time tomorrow and get going.The 41-year-old former professional, who has...
View ArticleCOMMENT: If you’ve got nothing good to say...
I’m fed-up with people taking the chance to have an untimely dig at the Royal Family this week.And one member who certainly doesn’t deserve it is The Queen herself.Almost always throughout our history...
View ArticleTULIPS: Semple turns down Spalding move
TOP transfer target Ryan Semple has decided against a move to ambitious Spalding United.The ex-Peterborough United and Deeping Rangers winger, who left Boston United at the end of last season, has told...
View ArticleThreat issued to owners of eyesore Spalding site
OWNERS of one of Spalding worst eyesores could be forced to sell the site unless they clean up their act.The former Bull and Monkie pub in Churchgate has lain derelict for a number of years, despite...
View ArticleFear of arsonists at full recycling bins
PILES of paper and clothing overflowing from unemptied recycling bins in a town centre car park could be an arson attack waiting to happen, it is feared.Furniture, including sofa cushions, have also...
View Article‘Suicide pact’ by care home’s owners after announcing its closure
THE owners of a South Holland care home told of their “great sorrow” in a letter announcing its closure written just hours before they were found dead in an apparent double suicide.The bodies of...
View ArticleDriver remains critically ill
A SUTTON Bridge motorist remains in critical condition in hospital after a crash on June 2.The 31-year-old was driving a silver Ford Focus which crossed the main carriageway on the A52 Wainfleet Road...
View ArticleInterim ban for drink driver
SPALDING magistrates imposed an interim driving ban and adjourned sentence to June 21 when Moulton man Graham Pearce admitted driving with 103 microgrammes of alcohol in breath – nearly three times the...
View ArticleHaulage firm pays tribute to lorry driver who died at the wheel
SHOCKED staff at a transport firm are in mourning after one of their lorry drivers died at the wheel on Saturday.Colin Wright (62), of Pebble Close, Sutton Bridge, was confirmed dead after emergency...
View ArticleLONDON 2012: South Holland clubs boosted by Silver Spirit
TWO organisations in the South Holland have received grants to fund an Olympic and Paralympic inspired project.Holbeach Senior Links has been awarded £200 of grant funding to support their Celebration...
View ArticlePOOL: Lucky seven for leaders Woadman’s
DEFENDING Holbeach and District Tomahawk Pool League Division One champions Woadman’s Arms have made it an ominous seven wins on the trot.Spalding cue ace Jonathan Leuty was among their individual...
View ArticleSPORT TALK: Decent start, but it’s time to play Walcott
IF the build-up to Euro 2012 was low key, the first week certainly hasn’t been. So far, so good as far as I’m concerned.The same could be said of England, who showed enough on Monday to suggest Roy...
View ArticleTIGERS: Holbeach swoop for duo, chase hitman Harris
HOLBEACH United boss John Chand has finally revealed his hand in the summer transfer market after making moves for a trio of top talent.The Tigers supremo, famed for his wheeler-dealing, has agreed...
View ArticleSaddle up for Bike Week
It is Bike Week from Saturday until next Sunday, an annual opportunity to promote cycling nationally and to show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life.Pedals – Spalding’s cycle action group –...
View Article‘Zero tolerance’ of football violence
POLICE will be operating a zero-tolerance policy on troublemakers during Euro 2012.Extra officers were drafted in to patrol the town centre on Monday night during England’s first game of the tournament...
View ArticleWife pays tribute to Spalding chef who died on long-haul flight
THE WIFE of a Spalding man who died on a plane on his way to Thailand has paid tribute to her “lovely” husband.Paul Gregson died last month, aged just 56. He had fallen asleep a few hours into the...
View ArticleUPDATE: A17 closure to remain until Sunday
Friday, 5pm: Police say the section of the A17 where a tanker overturned on Friday will remain closed until Sunday. The incident - involving a lorry carrying liquid nitrogen – on the Sutton Bridge side...
View ArticleLorry park plan is thrown out
A SPALDING businessman has lost another round in his seven year battle to develop land in Moulton Chapel.Sam Kandola’s latest application – the fifth to be rejected since 2005 – involved creating a...
View ArticleSign up for charity 10k walk
MARIE Curie Cancer Care holds its annual summer evening walk at Grimsthorpe Castle on Friday, August 17, and is calling on everyone to take part. The 10k walk is one of a series of unique ‘Walk Ten’...
View Article
