A woman illegally claimed £16,000 benefits after failing to declare that she had a partner. Emma Grimes received income support, council tax benefit and housing benefit on the basis that she was a single parent. Mark Knowles, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said Grimes told the authorities that she had separated from her partner but in November 2012 evidence came ...

Surveying the damage to his family home of 50 years caused by a car which went airborne, Paul Wilkinson said he has no axe to grind with the driver. Arguments rage on social media about the speed the Vauxhall Corsa might have been travelling to leave a main road, clear a hedge and collide with the first floor of the ...

Long Sutton’s top side finally got back to winning ways with an eventually comfortable victory against fellow strugglers Stamford at Paradise Field on Saturday. Paul Edgeller (2-39), Jimmy Wright (2-33), Jake Burton (2-46) and Dan Oldfield (2-11) shared the wickets as Sutton limited their visitors to 162-8 batting first in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash. All-rounder ...

Spalding Town (239-9) beat Bourne (139) by 100 runs A stunning Spalding Town display handed Lincs ECB Premier League leaders Bourne their first defeat on the season on Saturday. Young gun Henry Charlton (73) and Ben Smith (81) made impressive contributions in Town’s 239-9 at the Abbey Lawn, with Josh Newton (25) also scoring smartly. Charlie Kearns (4-52), Jack Barratt ...

Moulton’s magic run of form continued on Saturday as they blew away South Lincs and Border League Premier Division basement boys Skegness 2nd. Captain Chris Beale lost the toss and Harrox were forced to bowl on what looked like an incredibly good batting wicket. However, visitors Harrox started incredibly well with 16-year-old Henry Lavery (5-17) taking a wicket in his ...

The Castle Sports Complex swimming pool in Spalding has been forced to close for more than 24 hours after a ceiling light shattered. The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon, with debris landing in the main pool and the learner pool. Specialist divers are recovering it to prevent the pools needing to be drained and refilled. Contracts manager Richard Johnson said: “We’ve ...

Spalding Cycling Club’s 2014 grass track event was a resounding success over the weekend. The Sir John Gleed School was the venue once again, with riders of all ages and supporters travelling from as far as Colchester, Chesterfield and Great Yarmouth – as well as more locally – to enjoy a varied and exciting race programme organised by Shane and ...

A major new development in Spalding – labelled Lincs Gateway Business Park – has been granted outline planning permission. The plan includes a Premier Inn hotel, Brewer’s Fayre pub, restaurant/cafe, conference and function centre and fuel station. About 2,000 jobs would be supported with Ashley King Developments’ scheme, which will be on land either side of Barrier Bank, next to ...

A police helicopter was drafted in to trace an occupant of a car involved in a crash in Deeping St Nicholas on Saturday night. Officers were called to reports of a two-vehicle collision in Hay Barn Road just after 9pm. A silver Vauxhall Corsa had collided with a lamppost and the driver/passenger had left the scene. It’s understood that a ...

There was a big moment for Holbeach United Youth last week when the first sod was cut for its new £504,000 facility, named Kings Academy. Members of the many junior football sides joined trustees of Holbeach United Community Sports Academy at the Pennyhill site to see Holbeach county councillor Nick Worth do the honours. The scheme started seven years ago ...

Time is being called at a Spalding pub heading for conversion to residential flats. Fortunes of The Vine in Commercial Road have fluctuated recently, and now plans have been drawn up to make it into five one-bedroom homes. RS Properties has applied to South Holland District Council for a change of use for the property. Little would change to the ...

A footbridge over the railway line in Spalding has been vandalised for a second time in as many months. Writing in white paint has been daubed on the sides of Stepping Stone Bridge, which links King’s Road with Park Road. A nearby resident, who claims the area around the bridge is attracting other unsavoury behaviour too, said: “Now that it ...

Local volunteers from the National Citizen Service rounded off their valuable help for Spalding’s In Bloom effort this year by donating £461.24. The young people – part of a scheme to learn skills for work and life – worked with In Bloom committee member Jan Whitbourn to tidy areas around the town in the run-up to judging. Fellow committee member ...

A building society in Spalding was unable to open on Monday after a vandalism attack over the weekend. The Hinckley and Rugby branch in Sheep Market had its glass front door smashed in the early hours of Sunday. CCTV images from the building society show a man throwing something at the door. Spalding Police are investigating. Anyone with information should ...

Embarrassed Spalding United boss Pat Rayment was on the pitch reading the riot act to his makeshift squad after a 4-0 humbling at Deeping Rangers on Saturday. Rayment had been purring with satisfaction after the 3-0 success at Yaxley two days earlier, but he left the players in no doubt about how he felt about this performance. There was no eavesdropping required ...

Spalding United boss Pat Rayment was singing the praises of his makeshift side as they swept to a 3-0 success at Yaxley on Thursday. Andrew Tidswell got all three goals to take another important step in his recovery from a career-threatening condition. The striker was on fire last season with more than 30 goals before his campaign was truncated at ...

Daring thieves stripped lead from a village church twice on consecutive nights, in acts which have been described as “desecration”. It’s believed that the same people were responsible for the thefts from St Mary Magdalene Church in Gedney last weekend. Vehicle tracks from the A17 across fields to the church have been analysed by scenes of crime officers. It’s believed ...

Josh Newton reckons Spalding Town 1st’s big win over Billingborough at the weekend was the perfect preparation for an anticipated bigger task this Saturday. Town’s current number three batsmen says morale is good in the camp ahead of the trip to Lincs ECB Premier Division leaders Bourne (noon). He said: “They beat us pretty convincingly at our place early in ...

By Ruth Jones Nene Valley Harriers’ teenage shot put sensation Robbie Shaw has been selected to compete in the prestigious UK Schools Championships in September. He will join more than 1,600 of the country’s top young sportsmen and women in Manchester, where he will hope to build on his meteoric rise in form which has taken him from nowhere to ...

Moulton were dealt a double blow on Tuesday, losing Tom Panton and Robbie Cundy to injury during a 1-0 home defeat to March Town. Both teams had good first-half chances and a 35th minute goal for March separated the teams at half-time. Moulton had the better chances after the break. Danny Cairns struck the woodwork late on as the push ...