Pupils pull in the prizes at the end of Year 6
ALL 20 pupils in the leaving group at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School were honoured in the Year 6 prizegiving.Former headteacher Brian Chittick, who left at the end of the Easter term, returned to...
View ArticleParish council hires private investigators
MYSTERY surrounds a decision by Holbeach Parish Council to pay out almost £1,200 on a firm of private investigators.The revelation emerged at a meeting last week where members were asked why £1,185...
View ArticleGOLF: Crampton is strokeplay top dog at Spalding
James Crampton is Spalding Golf Club’s 2012 men’s strokeplay champion after winning the 36-hole Tester Salver trophy competition.His total winning tally was 146 gross, having shot a 72 gross in the...
View ArticleCautious welcome for heart unit debate
FAMILIES in Spalding have given a cautious welcome to plans for a parliamentary debate on the future of a child heart surgery unit. MPs are today due to discuss a recommendation to close the unit at...
View ArticleMP vows to save flower parade
MP JOHN Hayes has vowed not to let Spalding’s Flower Parade wither and die.He says he will use all the flower power he mustered four years ago when the event last ran into trouble to make sure the...
View ArticleHarvesting delights of Nick’s autumn years
SOME of the exotic salad leaves that have become familiar on British supermarket shelves may have been as a result of the work of one man, Nick Sandall.Nick (65), who has just retired from J E Piccaver...
View ArticleBOWLS: Spalding Town women at nationals
Three Spalding Town players are gearing up to represent the county in a national event.Talented trio Maxine Coleman, Betty Deaton and Sylvia Wade will be bowling for Lincolnshire in the three wood...
View ArticleDenies breath test charge
A DRIVER has denied failing to provide a specimen of breath when requested by police on May 27 at Holbeach.David Thorpe (44), of Severn Road, Spalding, appeared at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on...
View ArticleResidents’ despair over car park fly tipping
RESIDENTS and businesses are calling for action to stop flytipping at a Spalding car park.Piles of rubbish, including mattresses, chairs, black bags and even an electronic printer, have been dumped on...
View ArticleOlympics fayre nets £2,000 for Holbeach Primary School pupils
AN Olympics Fayre raised nearly £2,000 for Holbeach Primary School when staff, pupils, parents and friends focused their minds on the 2012 summer games.Outdoor sports planned for the event were rained...
View ArticleTimber! Dangerous tree cut down
A ROAD in Long Sutton has been closed for two days while a dangerous 200-year-old oak tree was cut down.The tree, in the grounds of St Mary’s Church by the High Street, was 60ft high, rotting and...
View ArticleWoman jailed for luring ex to attack site
A GOSBERTON woman involved in a vicious baseball bat attack on her former husband has been jailed for six years.Alison Lakin drove Julian Staff to an isolated beet stand in Beech Lane, Gosberton, where...
View Article‘Face of Laddies’ dies, aged 88
Derek Ladbrook, one of the most popular and well-loved characters in Holbeach, has died aged 88.Mr Ladbrook – known to many as the face of Laddies Ice Cream, which was founded 90 years ago – died on...
View ArticleATHLETICS: Year of events saw 4,500 pupils benefit
TEAMS from Moulton John Harrox Primary School and Gedney Drove End were on top of the podium in a primary schools athletics festival last Thursday.The big event staged at Spalding High School was the...
View ArticleNext year’s town Flower Parade definitely the last
COUNCIL chiefs yesterday sealed the fate of Spalding Flower Parade – next year’s event is definitely the last.South Holland deputy leader Paul Przyszlak and county executive member for economic...
View ArticleHave you lost mower?
POLICE are asking everyone to look in their sheds and report if their lawnmower has been stolen after parts were discovered during a stop and search.Part of a petrol mower was discovered after a...
View ArticleAcademy’s link to school in Gambia
TEACHERS from University Academy Holbeach are to fly out to Africa in January to strengthen their students’ links with a school in The Gambia.Head of maths Jackie Hallett and colleague Jacqui Sestein...
View ArticleSAILING: £50,000 funding for Spalding club
Welland Yacht Club has secured £50,000 of Olympic legacy funding.The project involves the extension and upgrading of the toilet and changing facilities as well as improving insulation and introducing...
View ArticleNew rose catches eye at show
IT wasn’t just the judges at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show who rated Chris Styles’ roses.Chris and Margaret, of Style Roses of Holbeach, came away from the show with a Silver Gilt Flora for their...
View ArticleVacancy in parish
VOTERS in Gedney have the chance to request an election to fill a vacancy on the parish council.The vacancy has arisen following the resignation of Coun Zoe Sheldon.An election will be held if ten...
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