Grantham Town’s joint managers Ian Robinson and Gary Sucharewycz have collated the final pieces of their “jigsaw” which make up the 18-man squad for next season.

The managerial pair this week added a final forward and midfielder to their line-up, having lured Romaine Graham and Paolo Piliero away from relegated Eastwood Town.

Robinson said that the last two additions to the squad would be important for the way they wish the Gingerbreads to play next season.

He said: “With these two signings, we have done what we wanted in terms of squad building. Adding a striker and a midfield player gives us the quality, balance and competition for places everywhere that we wanted.

“The options we have up front now will worry a lot of defences.”

The final two pieces in the puzzle came after Grantham agreed terms with goalkeeper Dan Haystead who has been released by Boston United.

Sucharewycz said: “A new manager brought in his own player and Dan was surplus to requirements. He brings a lot of experience with him and is prepared to fight for the shirt.”

Haystead will be vying for the number one shirt with Jake Turner who eased fans’ favourite James Martin out of the six-yard box and the club.

Sucharewycz said: “We could only keep one of James or Jake. It came down to the performances Jake put in over the last few games of the season.”

Robinson said they were excited to see what the new squad will deliver: “That’s our business done. We set out to have a smaller squad and have got the players that we wanted to bring to The Meres within 
the budget we have been given.”

A £15 million Margaret Thatcher Centre is to be built in London, David Cameron has confirmed.

The library and museum is expected to be built in or close to Westminister.

David Cameron is quoted in the Daily Telegraph as saying: “During her life Margaret Thatcher believed in action - and this memorial will produce real results for generations to come.

“I am delighted that young people will be able to come to the Thatcher Centre and learn about her achievements, and ensure her legacy lives on.”

St Chad’s Church, Welbourn, will host a talented group of four young Russian singers on Saturday, June 15, at 7.30pm.

All are music graduates of St Petersburg Conservatoire, who will perform an exciting programme of church and classical music, and folk songs. David Close, concert organiser, said: Their strong and versatile voices, and their sense of humour, are truly entrancing, as are their colourful national costumes”.

The concert, in aid of roofing renovations at St. Chad’s, will be held in the large Grade 1 listed medieval church, even though it will have a scaffolding over-roof in place, as the roofing work will not have begun.

Tickets (including a drink and light refreshments) are £10 (£8 for concessions), and are available from David Close, The Old House, Welbourn, Lincoln LN5 0NJ (email: david.close@zen.co.uk), or on the door.

Very little remains of a house in Barrowby after a devastating fire tore through every room.

Four fire crews were called to the home in Low Road in the early hours of Sunday morning to fight the blaze, which escalated when flames reached a gas supply and blew out a window. Neighbouring properties were evacuated.

Although upset by the loss of their belongings, homeowners Janet and Phil Lee were simply thankful that they were not at home at the time of the blaze – nor their beloved cat Stokey.

Mrs Lee, 63, said: “They are just articles; not people, not animals.

“The first thing I said was ‘is the cat OK?’”

The couple were holidaying in Scotland when the fire began in the early hours of Sunday morning. It was a text message from their son reading: “Urgent. Call me” that led to them finding out about the fire.

On their return to their home later that day, they were met by the smouldering remains. Mrs Lee said: “Not having to see the fire I didn’t have to face it. It hasn’t shocked me because I didn’t see it. My husband is shocked more than me.”

Mr Lee, 62, was devastated by the loss of a prized fine ornament which took pride of place in the living room – a collectable which took him 10 years of searching to find. Although barely touched by the flames, a beam from the ceiling crashed down on to the ornament, destroying it.

Mrs Lee said she was barely concerned about losing 
everything in the house – instead, she was annoyed at the “aggravation” to come as the lengthy process of repairs begins and they search for a temporary home. She feared their home may have to be rebuilt as the structure is heavily damaged.

She added: “It’s happened and that’s that. There’s not a lot you can do. You just have to accept it and get on with it.”

A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the cause is still under investigaton, and Mrs Lee hoped that a cause is found to put her mind at rest.

She was full of praise for the fire crews which attended. They came from Grantham, Brant Broughton, Corby Glen and Newark, and were called at around 5.40am on Sunday.

Fire investigators say fire, smoke and heat have caused damage to 90 per cent of the house.

Pentangle Engineering Services is a real success story for business and engineering in Grantham.

Its products are being shipped around the world, an increase in demand is seeing the company expand and its reputation is growing globally.

Yet, few people living locally have heard of Pentangle or understand what it does. Despite this, the products its impressive fleet of equipment helped to make may be fastened to your car or have a place in your home.

The company, based on the Alma Park Industrial Estate, makes special purpose-built machines which create all manner of items, from car exhausts to conveyor rollers to hot water cylinders. They aim to be an engineer’s best friend, by replacing manual tasks which robotic and automatic machines do just as well.

State-of-the-art modelling software and electrical design systems allow the team to build a machine for almost any purpose, largely within the construction, aerospace, petro-chemical, mining and automotive industries.

Nigel Rivers is one of six directors, and he believes that the team’s vast knowledge and experience is the making of Pentangle’s great success.

He said: “Apart from the apprentices, each person within the company has over 20 years’ experience within the welding and automation industry, giving us a very impressive knowledge base when looking at enquiries for customers.

“Currently, we have three apprentices and the company’s aim is to take at least one apprentice every year to supplement each department. This also allows for our knowledge to be passed on.”

Managing director Mark Paterson added: “Although our past knowledge was heavily biased towards the cutting and welding industry, we took the decision at the outset to broaden our horizons by focusing on a variety of other manufacturing processes to open up new markets. We believe this has helped us to ride the wave of recession and remain profitable.”

Pentangle’s achievements have not only caught the eye of partners within the industry, but also business leaders in Grantham. The company was entered into the Business of the Year category in the Grantham Journal Business Awards 2013 - and won. Judges were impressed by the directors’ commitment to their work, and also their commitment to other local businesses.

Nigel said: “As a policy, Pentangle tries to use the services of local companies wherever possible. As well as helping us to keep a closer working relationship with suppliers, the hope is that our success allows other local companies to benefit and Grantham in general.”

The business was born in June 2004, set up by Nigel, Mark and Andrew Kennedy. After six months spent building tooling in Nigel’s conservatory and meetings held around Mark’s kitchen table, the trio were finally able to secure start-up premises on Withambrook Park Industrial Estate.

Six months later, two further directors were added to the team, Keith Adcock and Kevin Meakins, followed by a sixth in Tom Tyndall, who brought with him a wealth of knowledge on laser systems.

In 2007, flying high with year-on-year growth in profit and size, Pentangle moved to larger premises on the Alma Park Industrial Estate.

Nigel said: “We purchased the building and immediately raised the company’s profile. Suddenly we were visible worldwide and were supplying services all over Europe as far as Russia.”

By 2010 a further six full-time employees joined the team, along with the first apprentice. The team grew to 17 full-time employees by the end of the following year.

Nigel said: “By the end of 2012 our turnover had doubled from the previous year and our profits had also increased.

“2013 has started in a similar vein and we have introduced our own fabrication unit, which we hope as well as making our own manufacturing leaner, will help us to diversify into new markets such as sub contract services and will lead to further local employment.”

* Information: www.pentangle-eng.co.uk

A woman is demanding the district council removes a “dangerous” extension built on her home by a previous tenant.

Lorraine Calvo said she made the mistake of signing a form taking responsibility for the house in Beechcroft Road, Grantham, before viewing it, as she was living down south.

On entering her new home with her teenage daughter, she discovered a rickety extension and gazebo built out of wood.

Ms Calvo, 48, said: “As soon as I walked in I saw the state of the extension and reported it. I said I cannot be responsible for something that doesn’t look stable.

“I spoke to a structural survey bloke at the council and he said he came at the beginning of January. We started having a disagreement because he said it’s sound and there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s dangerous.”

The mother and daughter moved into the house on April 22, and since then Ms Calvo says she has made repeated unsuccessful calls to SKDC requesting that someone comes out to assess the extension with a view to taking it down.

Concerned for the safety of her pet cat, she removed part of the structure herself.

Ms Calvo said: “I’m not at all happy about the way it’s been handled.”

South Kesteven District Council’s strategic director for community and environment focus Tracey Blackwell said the previous tenant was given permission to erect the structure in January.

She added: “The current tenant accepted the tenancy which included taking on responsibility for the gazebo without viewing the property – very much against our advice at the time. We have made every effort to assist the tenant with this matter and will be happy to continue to offer advice in future.”

SKDC has now agreed to send workmen out to Ms Calvo’s home on June 25 to remove the remainder of the wooden structure.

It is quite some time since I read such a myopic view of politics as that offered by David Burling in last week’s Journal.

To paint one party as black and the other whiter than white is stretching things further than most people would want to go.

His argument about party funding is very relevant coming the same week as the Labour Party managed to accept a gift of £1.5 million with the donor, Mr John Mills, having to pay no tax on this gift. It was not illegal, but was it morally correct to deprive the taxpayer of, by my reckoning, £675,000? Obviously David Burling thinks that is very acceptable. How many taxpayers would agree? This is also the party that has a (then) senior cabinet minister who claimed over £100,000 to live in her sister’s spare bedroom and managed to escape prosecution due to her seniority.

His views on the unions is most interesting. I doubt that David Burling is old enough to remember the days and nights that the unions spent at 10 Downing Street, discussing Government policy over beer and sandwiches, because Harold Wilson dare not carry out any changes without the agreement of union leaders. As for the donations made by the unions to the Labour party, many, many years ago I belonged to a union and asked for my party donation to be stopped. The union representative said he would see to it but I never received any proof that my wishes were carried out and I doubt they ever were. I left the union shortly after that. It was my only resort.

The undercover sting operation was a brilliant piece of journalism by the BBC and Daily Telegraph but once the Leverson report becomes law this type of operation will be no more so, if the Labour party are so concerned, why did they vote for it in Parliament for, without their support, the bill would not have become law.

Step back and look at the whole picutre Mr Burling and regard all politicians as crooked and lacking in morals until you have proved otherwise.

Barry Ladds

Mill Row, Barrowby

Around 2006, United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust had serious financial problems and people asked for Grantham Hospital to be moved to another hospital trust. Nobody stepped forward to help Grantham Hospital and in 2013, we find Stamford Hospital is in the same position.

At a time when Grantham Hospital is threatened with downgrading in the guise of name change and losing what is left of our maternity unit, our MP Nick Boles thinks it is a good idea to put Stamford Hospital under the Lincolnshire Trust. This would most certainly deplete any funds destined for the hospitals already in ULHT and would not resolve Stamford Hospital’s problems.

Stamford Hospital is in the Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust and should remain there. The clue is in the name Mr Boles.

If Mr Boles has any spare time, maybe he would like to support us in the fight to keep the name Grantham Hospital and not the name change as suggested in the minutes of Shaping Health for Mid-Kesteven. We would also like to keep what little is left of our maternity unit. Is this too much to ask Mr Boles?

Linda Jones

By email

The Government’s new rules will give local people the power to stop wind turbines being built in their community.

The same Government, almost paradoxically, is offering significant discounts on energy bills for those who do have wind turbines in their locality; such discounts will, of course, be paid for by increases on everyone else’s bills. ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’ would seem to be an appropriate metaphor.

We also read that agricultural land near Skillington and Allington could become solar farms, generating substantial cash for the landowners and developers – again paid for by the rest of us in our energy bills.

If wind and solar systems are so efficient, why on earth are such massive subsidies needed to persuade investors to install them? And can the self-styled “green” and “eco-friendly” zealots guarantee that the enormous energy used in the manufacture, installation and maintenance of wind turbines and solar panels will ever be recouped? Our British weather regularly reminds us that the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine. Yet, UK politicians are inflicting the most unreliable, inefficent and costly energy options upon us, while we have to import nuclear electricity from France, gas from Eastern Europe and buy turbines and solar panels from foreign manufacturers. Since there is no scientific or economic logic behind this, could there possibly be a financial motive for a few privileged politicians and industrialists?

Brian Bruce

Bourne Road, Colsterworth

Like everyone else in the town, I feel the carnival organisers are just not up to the job and should be replaced.

They seem to not be bothered with generating interest.

I gave them the contact details, well in advance, to get the 501UK garrison to do a march in the parade. You would have had characters from Star Wars and raised money for children’s charities.

Unless there is a radical change in the organisation, the carnival is dead in the water.

Jonathan Turner

By email

Fans of British film star Danny Dyer are furious after a DJ set he was due to give at Legends nightclub in Grantham was cancelled.

The actor, who also performs as a DJ in clubs, was due to come to Grantham on June 22, but, just a few months after the club was taken on by new owners, it has been sold. The owners of Pulse nightclub have taken on Legends, which until recently was called Vibe.

This week some fans were furious because they had been left in the dark about the cancellation and were still waiting for a refund. VIP tickets were sold on the internet for £15 each.

On Wednesday, Lee Collins, who took on Legends earlier this year, apologised to those who had bought tickets, but said everybody had now been refunded.

He said: “We are sorry to let everybody down with the Danny Dyer night. Everybody has been refunded.”

He added: “I sold the club to Pulse because they are good operators. I know they will make it work.”

Jessica Hill told the Journal: “Myself and a few friends purchased four VIP tickets to see Danny Dyer at Legends nightclub Grantham. However, we have recently heard information to suggest that Legends has now changed hands and that there was no information to suggest this particular gig was going on.

“As you can imagine we are left angry at the prospect of losing our money and not knowing if this concert is on or not.”

On its Facebook page, Pulse confirmed that Dyer was not coming to Legends, replying to one disappointed customer: “We aren’t having him any more” and adding: “Sorry it’s nothing to do with us”.

Daniel King, of Grantham, has also been left disappointed after he and some colleagues, who run a music project called From Tha Intro, were due to put on a hip hop gig at Legends this weekend.

But Mr King said that despite months of preparation, it had looked ominous from the start.

Mr King, 23, said: “I went there with the best intentions to do something positive, but it has been a complete disaster.”

Dyer is well-known for his roles in films such as The Business, Severence, The Football Factory and Human Traffic.

Students from Grantham Kickboxing Club competed at the annual BCKA National Championships at Corby.

Following a 12-year absence from training, first degree black belt Trevor Digan made a good comeback, winning several fights in the men’s open weight/grade veterans’ category, only losing narrowly in the final.

Trevor last week found out that he has been selected for the England team which will contest the WAKO Open Championship in Ireland next year and will also be joining the squad in this year’s calendar of tournaments.

Grantham instructor Alex Barrowman Jnr said Trevor had been a key part of the England team before taking time out. Alex said: “Trevor has been working hard since his return this year and has been training with myself, both at Grantham and over at Corby.”

Alex himself did the club proud, winning both the men’s under-80kg black belt events as well as the main event of the day to be crowned BCKA national champion.

The club’s kickboxing and Kung Fu classes are held at The Meres leisure centre main hall on Mondays between 7pm and 8.30pm. Classes are open to anyone over the age of five.

For more information contact Alex on 07930 260705 or visit www.bckakickboxing.com

Kneeling on the front row with Grantham Kickboxing Club students are Trevor Digan (left) and Alex Barrowman Jnr. Photo: 251D

Grantham Town’s annual Terry Bly Memorial golf day was won by a former Gingerbreads manager.

Held at Belton Park Golf Club, the stableford Am-Am competition saw ex-Grantham Town boss Lee Glover’s team win with a score of 90. Also in Lee’s team were Jim McBurney, Ian Hales and Gordon Huxtable.

Gingerbreads physio Nigel Marshall’s team finished second on 88. The rest of the team were David Price, Steve Dickinson and Trevor Ireland.

Steve Glenn’s team scored 86 to take third on countback with Steve Hodgson, Kev Blow and Mo Khan. Fourth-placed Dale Maplethorpe’s team comprised Dean Revill, Neil Cleveland and Stewart Boylan.

Nearest the pin on the sixth hole was J. Marsden and Lorraine Robertson was closest on the 17th. Nearest the pin in two on the third was Stewart Boylan and closest on the 16th was Andy Cameron.

Pictured with Terry Bly’s widow Glenda, the winning team are, from left – Gordon Huxtable, Ian Hales, Lee Glover and Jim McBurney.

Barnstone saloon car driver Garrie Whittaker continued to dominate the Kumho Tyres BMW Championship with two more victories at Thruxton last weekend.

Having fixed the problem with his BMW E36 M3 that blighted his 100 per cent record the previous weekend, Garrie qualified in pole position for race one on Saturday.

He took the chequered flag after 15 laps and recorded a new lap record in the process.

Garrie triumphed again on Sunday, outclassing the field by almost 20 seconds at the finish, registering another lap record of 1min 22.284sec, at an average speed of 103.07mph, for the quickest circuit in the country.

The next round of the championship is at Croft at the beginning of July.

South Lincs & Border League

Premier Division

Grantham 259-5

Moulton Harrox 109

Grantham continued their unbeaten home record for the season on Saturday with a convincing 150-run win over Moulton Harrox.

On winning the toss, Grantham made the brave decision to bat first in cloudy conditions. Despite losing opener Martin Parmley for 11, the Grantham batsman soon showed that the correct decision was made.

For the second week running, Cleton Payne and Gaz Bennett put on a partnership of more than 100 runs before the latter went for 54.

A few quick wickets followed as the batsman tried to increase the rate further but Payne continued to bat superbly to get a well deserved century before being toppled on 122 with Grantham in a commanding position.

In reply, Moulton Harrox struggled to cope with the pace of Samuel Peters (3-31) and the swing of Danny Ashley (2-43) meant that the run chase never really got started.

The only real resistance came from J. Cornwall (23) but when he was dismissed by Ady Wing, the wickets continued to fall at regular intervals. The flight and guile of Neel Stevenson (4-16) was too much for the Moulton Harrox lower order batsman and this sealed yet another win at Gorse Lane.

South Notts League

Division A

Belvoir 188-9

Radcliffe on Trent 189-5

Eddie Torr (4-47) and Simon Ward made good use of early bounce and movement on the Belvoir square and were unlucky not to have three or four wickets in the first half dozen overs.

However, Olly Clayfield (65) and Tom Neville slowly came to terms with the conditions. The former’s innings was peppered with his customary driving through the covers, and the latter’s with powerful back-foot hitting until he perished to a fine catch in the gully by Torr.

The next three batsmen all got in and got out as the Radcliffe fielding continued to impress. Tony Dyer then played a resolute innings of 20, easing the score to 148-5.

Radcliffe captain Rob Sutton brought back the penetrating Torr who took wickets in both of his first two overs. Sutton (2-17) chipped in with a couple of his own, ending Dyer’s resistance

Fraser Fentem found the edge of Michael Bratt’s bat to give keeper Ryan Lewis a neat catch in the second over of Radcliffe’s reply.

This brought Kunal Jogia to the crease. His busy attitude and Jack Russell terrier pugnacity were a delight to behold as he flicked, scampered and battered his way to the top score of 68.

He was aided by a more traditional innings of 25 from Lui Holliday and 43 from Sutton.

Division F

Belvoir 2nd 212-9

Caythorpe 3rd 180

Ross Denton took over the Belvoir captaincy at Caythorpe and elected to bat after winning the toss.

Harry Adams and Danny Ross made a solid start before the former was undone. Ross battled along with the rest of the top order who found it difficult to get the ball away.

The outfield was fast and when gaps were found, Bradley and Denton were not shy. A middle order attack from Butterworth and Alex Ingram relieved some pressure.

In reply, an early wicket but Belvoir on top but Caythorpe number three Patidar took his side to 85-1 from 13 overs.

Adams and Forbes turned the screw with the ball and the spin of Denton (6-24) worked through the Caythorpe middle order. Penford slowed the run rate further.

Grantham & Melton Association

Division One

Buckminster 271-6

Barkby United 82

Buckminster stretched their winning start to the season with a 199-run hammering of Barkby.

Jon Senescall (74), Alex Sears (78) and Andy Roberts (31no) laid the platform for a big total for their bowlers to defend.

Alex Forbes’s seven over spell of 4-3 saw the visitors immediately on the back foot, with Stafford (2-22) offering assistance.

Division Two

Harlaxton 250-6

Syston Town 152-7

Harlaxton hosted Syston fielding just nine players and elected to bat after winning the toss.

Davidson and Gray (5) saw out the Syston strikes and the new ball. Gray’s demise brought Chalk to the crease and he and Davidson kept the scoreboard ticking over before Chalk fell. Middle order innings from Horton (19) and Averill (7) took the home side over 100.

Parker replaced Averill and scored a quickfire 60 from just 20 balls. Davidson was finally bowled for 81 and later contributions of 18no from Sharp and 5no from Leadenham took Harlaxton to their second highest score of the season.

The Syston openers worked the ball well until Gray made the breakthrough with an LBW. Other bowling contributions included Davidson (1-33), Parker (3-27) and Chalk (2-18).

Bingham 142

Grantham 144-0

Grantham sent out a strong message about their promotion aspirations by beating high-flying rivals Bingham convincingly.

Having won the toss, Bingham chose to bat and got off to a good start. However S. Peters dismissed the dangerous D. McCall (14) early on, and was well supported by N. Stevenson who kept the cap on the Bingham runs, with five maidens in his 10 over spell. He took three of the top five batsmen in the process, courtesy of two sharp catches from P. Abraham and A. Shaw, and an absolute ripper which took the top of middle stump.

C. Standen then came to the forefront, taking three wickets in a delightful over for Grantham, destroying the Bingham middle order in the process. The final two wickets were taken by M. Wing who finished on 2-3 off 1.3 overs.

In reply, Grantham openers D. Ashley (36no) and C. Payne (92no) got off to a steady start, but soon accelerated the scoring rate. Payne hit 14 fours and two sixes and was well supported by D. Ashley.

Division Three

Melton Town 102

Croxton Kerrial 103-7

Looking for a third straight home win and buoyed by recent bowling demolitions, the home side had no qualms in putting Melton in to bat.

The visitors soon had both openers back in the hutch, one piece to Richardson and Crossland. Next in was the dangerous Taylor, but he was no match for the league’s leading wicket taker Richardson, who bowled

him neck and crop with a superb slower delivery.

Malc Brown offered some resistance but he was undone by a quicker ball from Aylin, superbly caught by Clement-Sutcliffe behind the stumps.

Luke Porter took his first wickets of the season, Humphries caught behind and Whitfield LBW. In between, skipper Aylin chipped in with 4-21, Richardson returning 3/19.

In reply, despite struggling early on to Taylor, now getting exaggerated help from the pitch, an eighth wicket partnership of 60 between Anthony Richardson and Hamster Harrop saw the home side comfortably past the line in the 33rd over.

Croxton bowlers now occupy the top three spots in the league’s wicket takers and remain unbeaten at home.

A large crowd turned out for the turf-cutting ceremony at the launch of work to build Grantham Tennis Club’s new £3.2 million facility at Arnoldfield on Friday.

The official groundbreaking was carried out by club chairman Lianne Tapson and former British tennis number one and TV presenter Andrew Castle, who is a friend of the club.

Also joining in was Grantham MP Nick Boles, and David Knifton and Salv Martell of Clegg Construction who will build the new tennis centre.

Once completed, the ambitious facility will house four indoor acrylic courts, a social lounge, cafe, gym, changing facilities, treatment rooms, office and indoor and outdoor viewing areas. Outside, there will be four artificial grass courts, four mini red hard courts and five artificial clay courts.

Work on the tennis centre will be completed in two phases, allowing the club to remain open while construction takes place. The new facility is scheduled to open in March next year.

Funding for the project has come from Grantham businesses and £1m in grants and loans from the Lawn Tennis Association.

Prior to the groundbreaking ceremony, Grantham Tennis Club junior organiser Sarah Patton addressed the assembled audience and thanked the various people that have contributed to making the project come to fruition after more than four years of planning.

Chairman Lianne said they were somewhat surprised at the enthusiastic turnout, which numbered around 150: “We were amazed by the number of people at the groundbreaking. It was a super day; everyone had been looking forward to it.”

Lianne said that the impetus to build the ambitious new centre was fuelled by the need for more court space, with club membership hovering around 500.

She said: “We’ve run out of court space for the numbers we have. We are looking to the development of youngsters and have run out of space for coaching.

“We asked members what they’d like and they said indoor courts.”

Lianne said the half million grant and half million loan from the LTA were the biggest to have been issued in the last two years.

She said: “We are quite special in the eyes of the LTA.”

Once you have enjoyed the parade and entertainment at Grantham Carnival tomorrow (Saturday) why not top it off with a party in the evening?

Party in the Park is a gathering of local bands who will entertain in a marquee as part of the Carnival weekend.

The line-up will be led by Ultra 90s who will be supported by Reinst80’d, JJ Youngstar and Soul Patrol.

Ultra 90s are led by Chris Wade and Kelly Borkertas who bring the 1990s back to life with a range of hits together with an impressive light show and dancers. Reinstat80’d take us back further. Nick Gooch and Shaun Muffett perform songs by the likes of Depeche Mode and Erasure.

JJ Youngstar play blues rock and their own material, while Soul Party are a talented duo.

Tickets cost £5 and are available from Sharon on 07717 311533 and Roy on 07796 183392. The entertainment kicks off at 7.30pm and goes on to 11.45pm.

Who do the grey and black bins belong to which are situated outside Newton House on Westgate, near its junction with Wharf Road?

They have been there over a month-and-a-half now and they are filled to the brim. When the wind blows rubbish is strewed all over the pavement.

Why do we pay Council Tax for rubbish to be collected - not in this case apparently?

It must be a sight for sore eyes for the dustmen...as, presumably, they can’t see it.

David Holmes

Earlesfield Lane

Grantham

I was delighted to win two tickets for the live performance of Swan Lake from the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia, screened at The Reel cinema. It was a fantastic production and a most enjoyable evening.

Perhaps there will be another ‘live’ experience in the future?

Thank you for the opportunity of winning two tickets through the Journal.

Christine Smith

By email

In April when out with my dogs, I found a three-headed dandelion; three heads on one stem.

I did not realise at first how rare this might be, but on showing it to people and asking around, I cannot find anyone else who has come across one.

Is there anyone reading this who has?

I would be interested to find out.

Christal Medcalf

High Street

South Witham