Author Archives: Tom Cassidy

LETTER: Demand priorities are set out

Lincolnshire is one of the poorest parts of Northern Europe in GDP terms. Indeed, Lincolnshire currently stands third bottom in the league table of Northern European areas (adjusted for local purchasing power), standing just above Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and West Wales and The Valleys. In stark contrast, Inner London currently stands as the richest, most vibrant economic ...

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Moulton Chapel homes plan voted through

Controversial plans for 86 homes in Moulton Chapel have been given the go-ahead by planners. Larkfleet Homes has been allowed to build the homes on land off Roman Road despite opposition from local residents. The site is earmarked for development in the South Lincolnshire Local Plan, but only for 74 homes. The applicant had initially asked to build 99 homes ...

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Road blocked after Moulton RTC

The A151 at Moulton is blocked following a collision between two cars this morning (Wednesday). A police spokesman said: “A collision between two cars in High Street, Moulton was reported to us at 8.28am.  “Those involved have sustained minor injuries.  “The road is blocked and motorists are advised to use alternative routes if possible.”

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Spalding drink-driver who killed mother of two jailed

A Spalding drink driver with killed a mother-of-two and left three others seriously injured after overtaking a lorry and then crashing into slowing traffic ahead has been jailed for nine years. Adam White (38) of Acacia Avenue was driving his Vauxhall Vivaro van on the A16 towards Crowland just after 5pm on January 23 last year. He was travelling on ...

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Former right wing group member fined for carrying screwdriver

A former member of a right wing group found in possession of a seven-inch screwdriver, told magistrates he carried it for his own protection after being assaulted by a group of ‘Asian males’ just a week before. Bailey Chapman (21) of Bear Lane, Pinchbeck admitted illegally possessing the screwdriver in a public place, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. ...

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DJ at Spalding nightclub wore double knuckledusters

A 47-year-old DJ was found to be wearing knuckledusters at a Spalding nightclub, magistrates at Boston have been told. The DJ, Darren Barnes of Stoke Golding, Nuneaton in Leicestershire, was compering the event at the XO Nightclub in Westlode Street on December 15 when, in the early hours just as he was completing his set, one of the assistant managers ...

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Murdered Boston man had links to Spalding

Police have named the murder victim found in Boston on Sunday as 46-year-old Marcin Stolarek. UPDATE: Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Two men, aged 26 and 33, and a woman, aged 26, were arrested in Boston last night (January 15). They remain in police custody. Lincolnshire Police have released videos in English and Polish in the ...

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Drink-driver stopped in Pinchbeck by fellow motorist

A former magistrate has received a suspended sentence and a four-year driving ban for drink-driving. Alison Justine MacDonald was more than three times the limit when she was stopped by a member of the public in Pinchbeck just before Christmas. MacDonald – a healthcare support worker in the NHS – told Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday that she was considering ...

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Feuding former friends’ fracas ends in broken jaw

Two former friends feuding over a girlfriend traded punches during a “protracted fight” in a Spalding street. Michael David Severn started the early-hours fracas but came off worst, later needing metal plates fitted to a broken jaw. He fought with Tristan Jack Mansfield in New Road, first at the junction with Red Lion Street before the scrapping moved over the ...

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Council turns on chargers

South Holland District Council’s new electric vehicle charging points in Spalding have gone live. The points are available in Vine Street and Victoria Street, as well as in the visitor section of the council’s Priory Road car park. The charging points are all fast charging of between 7kW and 22kW, as well as being dual socket units, allowing two cars ...

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Firefighters lobby MPs to protect county

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue has launched a consultation into its Community Plan as several firefighters joined colleagues in the East Midlands to lobby against cuts. They met with MPs at Westminster on Tuesday in a meeting arranged by the Fire Brigade Union. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue’s ‘Community Plan’ aims to look at the main risks to lives, properties, infrastructure and ...

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Japanese film crew’s ‘precious’ time with nuclear test veteran

A Japanese documentary filmmaker and his crew were in Moulton at the weekend speaking to a British nuclear test recognition campaigner. The film’s director Hideaki Otoh is in the UK making the documentary about British nuclear tests in the Pacific for Nankai Broadcasting Co Ltd. based in Matsuyama, in Ehime Prefecture, across from Hiroshima Bay. Mr Hideaki previously made a ...

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Spalding Motorbike Show is ready for the go

It’s once again time to get revved up for the Springfields Motorbike Show. It returns this weekend (January 18/19) for the 34th year with a host of attractions. Fresh from a successful British Superbikes season, Kawasaki rider Danny Buchan will be in attendance. He’s be joined on the Sunday by TT legend Steve Plater. Steve is a former British Champion, ...

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Breathing three and easy

A group that helps those with breathing related conditions has celebrated its third birthday. The Happy Breathers group was initially set up as an academic study group for sufferers of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD) and ran by Community Respiratory Nurses. It’s future was put under threat when it lost its funding, but it’s been taken on by Lincolnshire Community ...

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Authorities bid to SCRAP fly-tipping

A new initiative has been launched to SCRAP rogue traders fly-tipping. South Holland District Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Lincolnshire Police and the Environment Agency are part of the scheme which aims to fight fly-tipping in the county and cut clear up costs. The campaign reminds people to check that their waste is being taken away for disposal by a licensed ...

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Mary’s marvellous milestone with the Guides

A Moulton woman has been given a special award for her 40-years volunteering with the Guides. Mary Lane first joined the movement in 1960 as a Guide herself. She’s currently the Holbeach District Commissioner, leader of Holbeach Brownies and Guides, Holbeach Ranger Unit, South Holland Division depot manager and treasurer, assistant county GO coordinator and county badge secretary. Her early ...

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Witness appeal after woman and dog bitten in Holbeach

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman and her dog were bitten by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier in Holbeach. At around 6pm on Monday, January 6, a woman in her 50s and her daughter were walking their two pugs in Hallgate, Holbeach, when a Staffordshire Bull Terrier escaped its owner. The white coloured bull terrier bit one of the ...

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Spalding drop-in service for new mums

A new drop-in service for pregnant women and women with children up to the age of two starts next week. Birth and Beyond Community Support (BBCS) is a Lottery funded project run by the NCT in Lincolnshire. The service is run by experienced volunteer local mums who have been trained to offer peer support. The volunteers are non-advisory and can ...

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When neigh-bours become good friends at Four Winds

A Spalding equestrian centre is helping to bring disabled people together through a newly formed Friday Morning Club. Four Winds Equestrian Centre is putting on non-riding sessions developed to allow disabled people to spend time with horses, while socialising and making new friends. The woman behind the session, Kirsty Sweeney said: “I met a lady who had been around horses ...

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Council defends ‘devastation’ of Spalding riverside trees

A tree expert has condemned recent work in Spalding as ‘wilful vandalism’. Arboriculturalist Brian Ogden has detailed the damage he says the method of cutting will have done to the trees on London Road but a South Holland District Council spokesman said the work was carried out following the correct process and under regulation. Mr Ogden has called for the ...

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