FOOTBALL: Tigers’ sixth straight win
HOLBEACH UTD 2 (Mulready 40, Parker 73) BLACKSTONES 1 (Nelson pen 67): The Tigers set themselves up nicely for Saturday’s FA Cup clash with Stamford (Carter’s Park, 3pm) by edging this league match...
View ArticleHayes lands top job in the cabinet reshuffle
SOUTH Holland MP John Hayes has landed a top job as energy and climate change minister in the Cabinet reshuffle, despite his past vociferous opposition to wind farms.Mr Hayes, speaking from his new...
View ArticleFire death man named
THE pensioner found dead at his Swineshead following a fire has been officially named as Alan Thorne (67).Mr Thorne’s badly burned body was found in the garden of Tarry Hill House in Tarry Hill on...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Hall given contract by Tulips
Spalding United have handed a one-year-deal to midfielder Chris Hall.The attack-minded player, who made more than 100 appearances for Burton Albion under Nigel Clough, goes straight into the squad for...
View ArticleGYMNASTICS: Challenge in Portugal for Crowland club
These are the girls from Crowland’s Abbey High Fliers Trampoline Club who have been getting a taste of major competition in Portugal this week.They flew out on Sunday for the Loulé World Cup – an event...
View ArticleMOTORSPORT: Career-best finish for Moulton Marsh ace
Moulton Marsh racer Simon Goodale continued his great performances in 2012 as he took a career-best fourth place in the Unlimited Banger World of Shale Final at the Norfolk Arena on Saturday.The final,...
View ArticleFOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Clitheroe hat-trick as Sutton beat league leaders
Long Sutton Ath 5 Hampton Sport 3: Sutton went third in Division One by ending Hampton’s 100 per cent start.Jake Clitheroe scored twice in the first 15 minutes but Hampton pulled it back to 2-1 with...
View ArticleRacers turn town into ‘Wild West’
SPALDING is being turned into the “Wild West” by boy racers who plague the town centre with their wheel-spinning and horn-blaring antics.South Holland district councillor Roger Gambba-Jones claims the...
View ArticleTaste of Bourne at Olympia
PRODUCE from two food businesses in Bourne has been exhibited in the Speciality and Fine Food Fair in London this week. Wine Jellar, makers of homemade and handcrafted wine jelly and Lincolnshire...
View ArticleWhaplode man jailed for repeated rape of child
A WHAPLODE man who repeatedly raped a young girl was today (Thurs) jailed for 19 years at Lincoln Crown Court. Benjamin Rodgers was convicted by a jury of what was described as a campaign of rape...
View ArticleRiverbank litter caught on camera as complaints grow
THIS photograph shows the growing problem of litter being dumped along the banks of the River Welland in Spalding.They were taken by keen cyclist Graham Petts who wrote to the Guardian this week in...
View ArticleFogle backs Spalding clean-up campaign
PEOPLE are still signing up to our We’ve Had Enough campaign which got a thumbs up from TV adventurer Ben Fogle.About 1,200 people have returned the coupon printed in the Guardian and Free Press over...
View ArticleRUGBY: Town ‘several weeks’ off their best
Newark RFC 1st v Spalding RFC 1st (Saturday, 3pm): It could be weeks before Spalding RFC 1st team is at full strength and reaping the benefits.Coach Niall Thomson says injuries, unavailability and the...
View ArticleAnglers’ fury over riverbank booze litter
AN ANGLING official has blamed Eastern European immigrants for piles of litter being left on the banks of the River Welland.Andy Jackson, secretary of Peterborough and District Angling Association...
View ArticleANGLING: Large bream is key factor
A 4.5lbs bream catch helped swing Holbeach and District AC’s Bowell Cup match in Nigel Claridge’s favour.He netted 10lbs 12oz and also picked up the snowball peg money to make it a good day’s fishing...
View ArticleTIGERS: FA Cup clash ‘will be Stamford’s toughest test yet’
FA Cup 1st round qualifying: HOLBEACH UTD v STAMFORD (Saturday, 3pm): Stamford boss Graham Drury paid Holbeach United a big compliment on the eve of this clash by tagging it as the Daniels’ biggest...
View ArticleRed Lion Quarter restaurant closes
SAGE restaurant at Spalding’s Red Lion Quarter is to close next month.The eaterie, which is used as a training ground for students of Boston College’s food-related courses, will close at the end of...
View ArticleJane is helping others to overcome fear of unknown
OVERCOMING fear is something Jane Hickford knows far too much about.Forced to give up a high-power job with Carlton Television when a tumour was discovered on her brain, Jane has since experienced...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Accidental Naturalist
“Look at this turtle! – I have caught this turtle with my bare hands!” The man “puffed with pride and excitement” and standing in front of a BBC film crew in the wilds of the Nile had actually caught a...
View ArticleTULIPS: Wilting treatment table puts player exits on hold
A plague of injuries has forced Spalding United manager Pat Rayment to shelve plans to jettison some of his star signings.The treatment table at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field is bowing this week...
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