Doctor Calling: Enjoy spring flowers without sneezes – by Dr Kevin Hill
South Lincolnshire’s gardens, parks and woodlands have burst into a stunning riot of colour following a ‘perfect’ winter for spring flowers.South Lincolnshire’s gardens, parks and woodlands have burst...
View ArticleLooks a bit like honey beer
Angel’s friend said she visited the Prior’s Oven in Spalding at the weekend and was admiring all the little jars of honey about the place... until she was told they were actually beer samples to show...
View ArticleDeepings and Bourne lose heavily as league season ends
Deepings have the bragging rights over Bourne in their league rivalry but that was the only bright spot as both sides lost heavily to superior opposition.The Green Machine went down 72-10 to champions...
View ArticleYour letters: Ordinary folk can still make a big difference
People who think ordinary folk can’t make a difference – those who don’t believe in the power of public pressure – will be amazed at the success of the parents fighting for clubs and holidays for their...
View ArticleYour letters: Why it’s time for a change
Has your MP delivered what you really need?As a previous local election candidate and ardent follower of national and local politics, I enjoy a fair, lively and constructive debate. And equally, like...
View ArticleYour letters: focus taxpayers’ money on where it should be spent
I’m pleased SHDC leader, Gary Porter, takes the time to read my letters in the Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian.With regard to his comments and criticisms about my recent letter posing...
View ArticleYour letters: UKIP version of ‘working together’
Criticising without a shred of evidence – it’s the UKIP way.Paul Foyster, of UKIP, writes claiming that his party’s way is the right way and the rest of us are wrong and failing to serve the taxpayers....
View ArticleBanned driver from Sutton St James gave police a false name
A banned driver who gave a false name when he was stopped by police has been jailed at Lincoln Crown Court.Nathan Lake attracted the attention of officers in Holbeach because of the state of his...
View ArticleLadies bike stolen near Spalding Railway Station
A purple ladies Apollo bicycle has been unlocked and stolen from Britannia Gardens, next to Stepping Stones Bridge, Spalding.The bike was stolen on Friday afternoon and anyone with information should...
View ArticlePolice issue doorstep salesman warning in Bourne
Police have warned people in Bourne to watch out after reports of door-to-door sellers in the town on Friday.Two people are to appear in court for selling without a pedler’s certificate.Anyone with...
View ArticleFire service rescue girl from tree
Spalding firefighters rescued a girl of 11 who was stuck up a tree on Saturday evening.A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the girl had climbed a tree in a park area on Balmoral Avenue,...
View ArticleCourt order to stop hotel raves
Police have won a court order to prevent raves being held at the Bridge Hotel in Sutton Bridge.The closed hotel building has been repeatedly targeted by vandals and squatters.Last week, police put up...
View Article‘Extremely dangerous’ laser attack on aircraft flying over Lincolnshire
An ‘extremely dangerous’ laser attack was carried out on a low-flying aircraft in Sleaford at midnight yesterday (Sunday).Police are appealing for information about the incident, which took place as...
View ArticlePlanning Applications
From the local councils – South Holland District CouncilWestleigh Partnership, Malting Lane, Donington. Discharge of conditions.DONG Energy UK, land east of River Nene, north of Sutton Bridge....
View ArticleCourt 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 ArticlePOLITICS: Check your facts on the costs of parish magazine
As Gary Porter said last week: check your facts! The Pinchbeck letter writer in Thursday’s Spalding Guardian has again given incorrect information regarding The Chimes.The printing costs of parish...
View ArticleROADS: Shame to see our roadsides look so untidy
As I travel to Spalding on the A151, between Baytree’s roundabout and McDonald’s, I think how lovely the daffodils look and I wonder why nobody cuts the reeds down before the bulbs grow. It would look...
View ArticleUPDATE: MONDAY 4.55PM: Elderly man taken to hospital after crash in Bourne
An elderly man has been taken to hospital after a crash between a car and a pick-up truck in Bourne earlier today.It involved a Kia Picanto and a Mitsubishi L200 which collided at the A151/A15...
View ArticleThree times the limit driver set off to buy booze
A driver was more than three times the legal alcohol limit when he drove to an off licence after midnight to buy more booze.Police saw Ceslovas Gaidukas “travelling very slowly” in his vehicle along...
View ArticleSOUTH HOLLAND HUSTINGS: We need your questions
Five candidates are in the battle to become the next MP in South Holland and The Deepings.They are John Hayes (Conservative), who has held the seat for 18 years, Matthew Mahabadi (Labour), David...
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