A man charged with the murder of a woman found dead in the grounds of a Spalding church has this morning (Monday) appeared before Lincoln Magistrates Court . Paul Neilson, 30, who gave a postal address of Priory Road, Spalding, is charged with the murder of 26-year-old Colette Law on July 10. The body of Colette, from Greenock in Scotland, ...

A man has been charged with five offences after a police chase in Long Sutton. The incident happened shortly after midnight on Thursday, July 20. The driver of a grey BMW X3 failed to stop after being asked by police who eventually deployed a stinger device to burst three of its tyers. Three people were arrested for the incident. Josh ...

A 30-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a 26-year-old woman whose body was found in a tent in a Spalding graveyard. Paul Neilson of no fixed abode has been charged with the murder of Colette Law who was from Scotland Her body was found in a tent on Monday July 17 in the grounds of St Mary ...

Holbeach Car and Bike Show is to go ahead tomorrow (Sunday) but at a new venue. The free event will now take place at The Lawns Caravan and Camping site on Lowgate off the A17. The event was due to take place at Holbeach Primary School, but can’t due to concerns over the weather and ground conditions. The organisers had ...

A man “panicked” when a machete fell out of his jacket in a Spalding pub, a court heard. JoJo Taylor (23) quickly left with the weapon and hid it in a drainhole, returning with bleach with the intention to wipe it clean of his fingerprints. However, police had been called and arrested him in Market Place. Taylor, who has learning ...

A 30-year-old man from Spalding has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a 26-year-old woman’s body in a tent in a church graveyard. Colette Law from Greenock in Scotland was found dead in St Mary’s and St Nicolas churchyard around 9pm on Monday, July 17. She was named this morning (Friday) as Lincolnshire Police announced they’d ...

A Spalding mother and her daughter who fought with another woman outside a town nightclub have each been ordered to do 200 hours’ unpaid work. Nicola Richardson (49) and Dominique Richardson (28) were drunk when they assaulted Alana Kirk at about 3.45am on June 18, after all leaving XO. CCTV footage of the incident in Westlode Street was shown as the pair appeared before ...

As ridiculous calls to 999 go, police might have briefly smirked at a Spalding man’s request for help to find him a girlfriend. But it was no laughing matter when 54-year-old Brian Chappell called nine times in quick succession over his quest for love – potentially delaying the Lincolnshire force’s response to an emergency.The self-styled “social justice warrior” insisted he ...

Police have said that the body found in a tent in a Spalding graveyard was that of a 26-year-old women. They were called to St Mary’s and St Nicolas at 9pm on Monday night. Today a spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “We are continuing to appeal for information that will help with our investigation into the death of a 26-year-old ...

A Spalding teenager who has a brain tumour has been left distraught after his only mode of independent transport was stolen. Jack Schweikhardt often doesn’t often feel well enough to leave the house, but last Thursday he felt OK to go to Gregg’s in Hall Place.The 18-year-old locked his BMW bike with mudguards in a rack, but between 10.15am and ...

Pupils and staff at University Academy Long Sutton raised around £3,000 with a day’s sponsored walk to recognise a returning teacher. History teacher Mr Charles Gooding recently came back to the school after completing his radiotherapy for prostate cancer.So to welcome him back last Thursday they put on a sponsored walk for the charity Prostate Cancer UK.Several pupils returned after ...

Augmented Reality came to Spalding with the official launch of a new project at the weekend. A joint event between Transported Arts and Spalding Gentlemen’s Society Museum saw the new ARTeFACT Trail come to life.By downloading an app to a mobile phone, the new artworks around town come to life as you look at them.The launch on Saturday also saw ...

The Spalding Lions have marked another successful 12-months by appointing a new president and handing out more donations. Stuart East has officially taken over from Michele Elvin.At a recent social event, he started his year by congratulating Lion Julie Grant on becoming second vice president.A spokesman for the club said: “Stuart, Julie and everyone in Spalding Lions Club are looking ...

Dentists could be given a £15,000 ‘Golden Hello’ to open in the county and see NHS patients. The lack of NHS dentists is a national issue, and South Holland is no different.A meeting of the county council’s Health Scrutiny Committee received an update on the situation this week.The commissioning of all NHS dental services was fully delegated to the Lincolnshire ...

The family of a swimmer who is hoping to one day represent her country at the Paralympics is calling on the new Castle Sports Complex to be built so she and others can continue to train there. Lincolnshire para-swimming champion Orlaigh Greer already has bronze medals at a national level in the 100m backstroke and freestyle and part of the ...

I was sorting through some of my late father’s stuff, and came across this photograph, which given the renewed interest in the flower parade, I thought may be of interest to you.I believe my father was working for a Dutchman called Jac Amand at the time, so I would think it was a publicity stunt by him.Many would probably remember ...

I saw these lovely bright sunflowers in a field at Lutton Gowt.It looked like a beautiful field of sunshine.Julie SmartGrimston.

I live near Holbeach and a couple of years ago I noticed the road surface on the roundabout at the junction of the A17 and Holbeach had broken up into a trough 8cm deep and about 6m long.As I’ve previously ridden motorbikes I realised this road defect is a serious risk to road users, so I reported it to the ...

Last Thursday I had a bad puncture in Spalding.I was on my own, no-one wanted to stop and I just got shouted at.I phoned the breakdown company I was with and they didn’t want to know as it was a puncture, not an actual accident. I have an at home call policy.I tried Kwikfit, they said they were on the ...

Disappointed to read that the ticket office will be closing at Spalding.Readers please understand that this, along with hundreds around the country, is a bid to force the country to be cashless.Rishi Sunak is driving the agenda, the only way we stop this is to say no.Many are very concerned about Britain being a cashless society and the Chinese-style restriction ...