A Grantham man has denied criminal damage after being accused of breaking a neighbour’s window.

Emanuel Swidrak, 27, of Cambridge Street, Grantham, pleaded not guilty at the town’s magistrates to causing criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. The incident is alleged to have taken place in Cambridge Street on December 8.

Magistrates adjourned the case for trial at Grantham court on March 14. Mr Swidrak was granted unconditional bail.

Grantham Town Supporters’ Club lotto (sponsored by Galaxy Fish Bar), winners of January 18 draw:

£200 – 902 J. Patten; £10 – 378 B. Mason; £5 – 142 T. Pacey, 476 M. Fraher, 263 G. Lindford, 403 A. Cox, 605 Islanders, 411 C. Howitt.

A drinker “squared up” to police in a Grantham pub and was arrested after refusing to leave.

Tafara Tenederia Washoma, 33, admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place in the Goose at the Bank on December 18.

Prosecuting, Paul Wood told Grantham magistrates that police were called to the pub where they found Washoma drunk and refusing to leave the premises. He was holding a half-full pint of Guinness and would not listen to the officers.

Mr Wood said: “He squared up to them and said it would take more than two of them to arrest him.

“He would not go quietly and he was arrested.”

Washoma, who was not represented, told the court that he could remember was happened quite clearly.

He said he had taken some friends out before Christmas because he would not be able see them over the festive period.

They had a meal and then went to the Goose where he bought a few rounds for his friends. Washoma said it was very busy in the pub and he was getting overwhelmed by the number of customers at the bar.

He complained to staff and they asked him “to chill”.

After a while he was asked to leave and then the police arrived.

Washoma said: “I asked if I could leave after finishing my drink and then I was placed under arrest. Maybe I got a bit too merry.”

Washoma, who is claiming incapacity benefit, was fined £35 and ordered to pay costs of £45 and a victim surcharge of £20.

Shed break-ins and thefts from vehicles have risen sharply in parts of Grantham, according to police.

Officers have received reports in Dudley Road, Langdale Crescent and Northcliffe Road.

Residents are urged to lock their cars, keep any valuables out of sight and ensure their sheds are secured.

Report suspicious activity or information to police on the non-emergency 101 number.

** Lewis Bremner, 26, of George Street, Grantham, is accused of failing to comply with requirements of an unpaid work order made in October last year. A warrant for his arrest was issued.

** Brendan Jablonski, 31, of Manthorpe Road, Grantham, pleaded guilty to assault and committing a further offence while under a suspended sentence. He was granted a 12-month conditional discharge for the assault and ordered to pay £50 in compensation. For the second offence he was sentenced to six weeks in prison suspended for two years.

** Louis Kidd, 27, of Houghton Road, Grantham, pleaded not guilty to speaking to a prohibited person while subject of a non-molestation order. He was granted bail to reappear on April 2 on the condition he does not speak to named individuals, nor enter Alexandra Road in Grantham.

** Michael Chapman, 60, of Billingborough Road, Folkingham, pleaded not guilty to driving a vehicle while over the drink-drive limit, to driving with no insurance and to driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence. He was remanded on unconditional bail to reappear at the court on March 19.

** Angela Hill, 31, of Tennyson Avenue, Grantham, is accused of stealing cleaning products worth £16.23 from Poundstretcher and of stealing two packets of bacon and a block of cheese worth £10 from Farmfood on August 19 last year. A warrant for her arrest was issued.

** Christopher Jones, 34, of New Street, Grantham, is accused of stealing a Bosch angle grinder worth £50 from a person’s vehicle. Court records show he arrived at court but was drunk and did not stay. A warrant for his arrest was subsequently issued.

** Jonathan Locking, 36, of South Parade, Grantham, pleaded not guilty to having in his possession 0.88g of class B drug ethylmethcathinone and to having in his possession 0.19g of diamorphine. He is also accused of failing to surrender to custody at the court having been released on bail in September last year. He was remanded on unconditional bail to reappear on March 12.

** David Santini, 51, of North Drove, Quadring, pleaded guilty to fraud having written a cheque from a closed bank account to make £1,200 while in Horbling. He was ordered to carry out 60 hours’ unpaid work over 12 months, and to pay £1,200 in compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and court costs of £250.

** Ryan Swinnock, 18, of Sharpe Road, Grantham, pleaded not guilty to arson. He is accused of starting a fire which damaged a shed, water butt and fencing at a Grantham property. He was remanded in custody to reappear via video link on February 4, when a trial date will be set.

** Catherine Grainger, 57, of North Parade, Grantham, pleaded guilty to allowing a male to use a BMW when there was no insurance in place. She was fined £125 and told to pay £43 in court costs and a £20 victim surcharge. Six points were placed on her driving licence.

A former pupil from Walton Girls’ School is making waves in the world of horse racing.

On leaving school, 20-year-old Amelia Green of Thoroton, near Bingham attended the British Racing School in Newmarket and made an instant impression on leading jockey coach Frank Condon, a well known figure in the horse racing industry.

Condon suggested she approached the late Sir Henry Cecil at Warren Place. Despite the calibre of the stables and Amelia’s inexperience, Sir Henry offered her a trial and took her on as an apprentice jockey.

Amelia completed three years’ work, riding alongside greats like Frankel and many Group One winners.

Following Sir Henry’s death last year, she moved to the USA for the winter and has been based at the Santa Anita racetrack near Los Angeles. She won her first race at nearby Hollywood Park in December, riding three-year-old gelding Twin Six.

The race was all the more special as it was one of the last to be held at the historic track, famous for horses like Sea Biscuit, which is due to close after 75 years of racing.

Amelia is set to return to the UK at the end of this month when she will become apprentice jockey to trainer Clive Cox in Lambourn, near Hungerford.

Grantham Tennis Club’s veteran second team recorded a good victory over Boston 3rd at the weekend.

The team, captained by Mike Roys who waiting to make a big comeback in the next few months triumphed 5-3 and comprised Nigel Birch, Martin Garratt, John Legard and a new addition to the team, David Horton, who played extremely well on his veterans debut.

The win sees Grantham sitting pretty at the top of the table with only one match to play.

l Undefeated in the Notts Winter League, the men’s first team travelled to Keyworth on Sunday. In difficult conditions and on slippery hard courts, the team of Paul White, debutant Evo Marsik, Simon Cormer, Josh King, Jonathan Cummins and James Drennan played solid tennis to narrowly win 58 games 50 and keep their record going.

With one more winter league match left to play, the team is aiming for another win and promotion before heading into the summer tennis season.

l The ladies’ third team played against Caunton B and managed to win 64-44. It was a great victory for the ladies and they put on a great display of tennis in doing so. The team, captained by Jo Carstairs, consisted of Katie Dines, Liz Stokes, Sue Cox, Sarah Isaac and Laura Dixon.

l The men’s winter fourth team played away at East Bridgford at the weekend. The team, comprising captain David Hall, Harry Larkin, Tom White, Michael Cragg, Sim Cook and Peter Elphick, gave it their all but the home side were too strong and narrowly edged the match overall.

The district council is urging diners to check the food hygiene ratings of restaurants before booking for Valentine’s Day.

The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme rates food businesses on their hygiene standards, based on inspections carried out by South Kesteven District Council.

Businesses in the area are rated on a scale ranging from 0 which means ‘urgent improvement necessary’ to a top rating of 5 which is ‘very good’.

Portfolio holder for healthy environment Councillor John Smith said: “Valentine’s Day is a busy time for our local restaurants, cafes and pubs in South Kesteven and we’re pleased to say the majority of food businesses in the area rated 4 or above.

“The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme makes it easier for everyone to choose to eat their romantic meals in places where food hygiene is taken seriously.”

Of the 965 eateries in the district, 684 have the top rating, 154 have a rating of 4 and 77 have a rating of 3.

Catriona Stewart, head of the food hygiene ratings team at the Food Standards Agency, said: “The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme is a great tool when choosing where to eat out, particularly when celebrating a special meal, because it tells you what’s going on in the kitchen and behind the scenes.

“For local eateries, a good rating will be good for business during this busy time.”

Look out for the green and black food hygiene rating stickers displayed on windows and doors. If you can’t see a sticker, then ask staff in or check online at http://ratings.food.gov.uk/authority-search/south-kesteven

Grantham Town make the short trek to Market Deeping to contest their quarter-final tie of the Lincolnshire County Senior Trophy tonight (Tuesday).

Should the Gingerbreads triumph, they will face Stamford at home on February 22. The Daniels reached the semi-finals after they defeated Spalding United on penalties last week.

Kick-off at Deeping tonight is 7.45pm.

The Old Manor House in the heart of Great Gonerby is a Grade II listed 18th century home which has enough versatile accommodation and space to be used as a family home or for joint residential and business use.

The home – which has several outbuildings – has grounds approaching an acre in size and is on the market for £675,000 through Grantham agents Buckley Wand.

Outbuildings included in the price are: a self-contained annexe, detached office block, gym and two double garages; there is also a summer house and workshop as well as extensive off-road parking available.

An impressive panelled entrance door provides access to the beamed ceiliing dining hall, which has a flagstone floor, feature stone fireplace and inset chimney breast, timber mantel and inset grate. There is access to the rear garden, stairs to the first floor and doors to the other ground floor rooms.

There’s a feature stone fireplace with flagstone hearth timber mantel over and inset grate in the drawing room, which also has feature beams and stone mullion windows to front, back and side elevations.

The sitting room has a beamed ceiling and brick open fireplace and stone mullion windows to the front and rear. A panelled latch lever door leads to a storage cupboard and Butler’s Pantry with quarry tiled wall, oak worktop and drainer, Belfast sink, glass fronted wall cupboards, built-in larder, beamed ceiling, floor to ceiling pantry and window to the back.

The inner hall/utility area has an impressive panelled door to the front, built-in utility cupboard, beamed ceiling, fitted base units, roll edge worktop, stone mullion window to the front and a stone architrave opening to the dining kitchen. This room has a comprehensive range of limed oak fronted base and wall mounted units with roll edge worktop, inset single sink and drainer with Victorian-style mixer top, tiled splashbacks, tiled floor, fitted Aga cooking range, windows to front, rear and side and full height built-in cupboards.

There is also a utility cupboard with tiled floor and a cloakroom, which houses a toilet.

The beamed first floor landing has a stone mullion window to the rear. It provides access to the family bathroom comprising a roll top claw foot Victorian style bath, wash basin, toilet and double walk-in shower cubicle, period style heated towel rail and stone mullion window to the front.

The rest of the first floor comprises three bedrooms, two of which have built-in wardrobes and one of those also has an en suite shower room. An inner landing has a beamed ceiling and wall and stairs to the second floor.

On that floor is the master suite which has feature beamed ceiling, a dressing area with His and Hers wardrobes and dressing tables and access to the en suite shower room which has a toilet, wash basin and walk-in shower cubicle.

The seperate annex has a sitting room with oak beams, vaulted ceiling and painted stone walling, a mezzanine study area with galleried balustrades overlooking the sitting area, a kitchen with impressive feature arched window, shower room with His and Hers wash basins, toilet and shower and a bedroom which has two feature arch windows to the rear and doors leading to the rear courtyard.

There is an attached double garage with hobby room, which can be used for storage, and a gym.

There are two offices with built-in storage in the office block, plus a workshop, kitchenette and cloakroom, cloakroom and a detached double garage.

The front garden is laid mainly to lawn, while the rear and side gardens feature a patio, plants and shrubs in borders. a tree-lined avenue, timber summer house, open-fronted pantile and block store and another patio area.

GREAT GONERBY

£675,000

Buckley Wand

81 Westgate, Grantham NG31 6LE

Website: www.buckleywand.co.uk

Email: info@buckleywand.co.uk

Tel: 01476 561100

A new campaign group will host a public meeting on Wednesday to debate a plan for 13 wind turbines on the former Fulbeck Airfield.

The campaign group, called VETO, has been formed to represent the local community and will hold the public meeting in Fulbeck Village Hall tomorrow (January 22) at 7.30pm.

Developer Energiekontor has put in an application to South kesteven District Council for “scoping opinion” on its proposal which, if successful, would see 13 turbines, each 415 feet high, erected on the former airfield.

The developer has requested meetings with parish councils to understand what aspects need to be considered in a pre-scoping report, the usual stage before a full planning submission. The Fulbeck Airfield was recently sold by the Ministry of Defence to local landowner Jeremy Haywood.

In an interesting twist, the MOD through RAF Cranwell has opposed the nearby Temple Hill scheme on the grounds that it would interfere with radar coverage. Another group, reVOLT, has been campaigning against the Temple Hill plan.

VETO spokesman John Cooke said: “VETO will work closely with the reVOLT group as sadly many people will be directly affected by both plans. However, we do need a separate group for three reasons: we need to quickly make the community aware that this is another, different and way more significant development. It is also at a much earlier stage than Temple Hill and finally the Fulbeck Airfield project is so large, it straddles two District County Council areas.”

VETO is running a series of village hall meetings to brief local people and have set up first contact details via info@vetocampaign.co.uk and www.vetocampaign.co.uk for anyone concerned and wishing to learn more at this stage. VETO is also looking for local residents who are prepared to assist in their campaign against the Fulbeck Airfield project.

reVOLT spokesman Paul Miley said: “We understand they have been assessing the site for a year and are proposing something two and a half times the size of Temple Hill. reVOLT exposed the uncoordinated way in which wind turbine development proceeds and flagged that Temple Hill would be the project that could open the flood gates to the Vale of Belvoir becoming MaegWatte Valley.”

Mr Miley added: “In their community consultation, RWE stressed that one large industrial development was not the fore-runner of many; indeed they suggested that allowing one would stop any more large developments. The Fulbeck plans put a lie to that assertion. It is the case that the developers do not coordinate their activities and therefore anyone living in the South and North Kesteven areas should consider that we are now a target region for significant industrial wind turbine farm proliferation.”

The next clean-up of the River Witham will be on Saturday, February 8 – and everyone is welcome.

Voluntary group Rivercare holds regular clean-up events throughout the year, focusing on the stretch of river through Wyndham Park in Grantham.

Anyone interested in joining the group is asked to meet at 10am by the river in Stonebridge Road.

Midlands League 2

East (North)

Kesteven 10

Spalding 19

Kesteven welcomed top side Spalding to Woodnook for a Lincolnshire derby, looking to build on their strong performance of last week.

Spalding kicked off and Kesteven looked to have secured the ball, but they were penalised and the visitors kicked the goal for an early three-point lead.

Kesteven settled well after this and contained the Spalding attack. The defensive partnership of James Goodrich and Sean Templeton could not be broken while the back three of Olly Wood, Alex Ingram and Aaron Whitaker cleared any danger.

Ks struggled to get out of their own half but when they did, they were eventually awarded a penalty 40 metres out. Dan Turner was handed the kicking duties and he steered the ball safely between the posts to level the scores.

From the restart, the home side were penalised again for not releasing the ball. This time the kick failed but Spalding had a hold in the Kesteven half and eventually won a line-out near the home line. From this, their pack were able to roll over the line to score. The conversion from out wide was successful to open up a 10-3 lead.

Kesteven showed some good spirit and when Spalding were penalised for a late tackle and their number seven was sent to the sin bin, Ks were able to get some time in the Spalding 22. They had a number of drives for the line and just when it seemed like they would come away with nothing, they manufactured a try.

The ball was worked out to the left and when it looked like the move had broken down, man-of-the-match Whitaker broke clear to go in under the posts. Turner’s kick was good to level once more at 10-10.

The second half started well for Kesteven. The forwards started to get on top in the scrums and kept Spalding in their own half.

But the turning point came 20 minutes in as first Templeton went off to be replaced by Jake Hughes, then Goodrich was sent to the sin bin, taking one for the team as the number of penalties for handling in rucks counted against them. Spalding kicked the penalty to ease in front and then added another with 10 minutes remaining.

One final penalty allowed Spalding to deny Kesteven even a losing bonus point with the last kick of the game.

Kesteven: Odams, Sheardown, Cowley, Carew, Webster, Sayle Jnr, Woolerton, Turner, Draper, Dent, Ingram, Goodrich, Templeton, Wood, Whitaker. Reps: Pert, Peabody, Hughes.

Under-14

Kesteven 64

Bourne 5

Kesteven enjoyed a big win on Sunday and helped themselves to 10 tries.

The team played against a combined Bourne and Market Deeping side which was augmented by Kesteven players Josh Peters and Ben Cole. Both gave good accounts of themselves with Peters arguably deserving the man of the match award for both teams.

Bourne were always going to find it hard going against a Kesteven side coming off the back of a superb NLD Cup victory the previous week, but probably did not expect such a difficult start with Harvey Fuller scoring from the opening move of the game.

The first half saw further scores from Bartlett (3), Brenton and Brighten as the Black Army played with attacking flair and the necessary steel to counter a Bourne side who never gave up competing, and scored a well deserved try of their own just before half time.

Props Davey Hodgson and James Cole carried well throughout and wingers Der Brocco and Parr were dogged in defence when called upon.

The second half saw the entry of winger Spriggs who showed a clean pair of heels with an excellent hat trick, and Palin got on the end of a Bartlett break.

A. Tapson kicked seven Kesteven conversions successfully.

Kesteven: Hodgson, Peters, B. Cole, J. Cole, T. Tapson, Hughes, Fuller, Brighten, Bartlett, Cox, Brenton, Rogerson, Brewis, Moth (c), Wainwright, Parr, Del Brocco, A. Tapson, Palin, Spriggs.

Under-13

Paviors 38

Kesteven 43

Kesteven travelled to Burntstump Hill in a top-of-the table NLD Shield quarter-final clash.

Paviors caught the kick-off and moved the ball around comfortably, eventually almost walking over the line for the opening score. From the restart, they moved the ball out to their quick outside centre and scored a second try. Both tries were converted.

But Kesteven got back into the game and started to play some phases. Paviors conceded a penalty and from a quick tap Pirie charged over to score. Danny Moore then made a great break and stepped the full back to score, and then added the conversion.

Paviors scored another, but a second try for Moore, this time converted by Whinney, levelled the score at 19-19 just before half time.

Kesteven conceded a try after the break but then entered a purple patch, adding four tries without reply. First Ethan Archer raced away down the wing and managed to get under the posts. Eagle drove over from close range to give Ks the lead for the first time, before Pirie picked up and went over for his second try.

Man-of-the-match Archer then got his second as he made a break and stepped through the tiring Paviors defence to give Kesteven a seemingly unassailable lead of 43-26.

But Paviors came back strongly and dominated the last 10 minutes, scoring two further tries

The win progressed Kesteven to the semi-finals of the competition.

Nottinghamshire Junior League

Under-17

Worksop A 7

South Kesteven 3

Home advantage for Worksop turned out to be significant in the top-of-the-table-clash between two in-form teams.

Worksop’s victory probably now leaves South Kesteven only able to challenge for the runners-up spot in the league, still a big achievement given the strength of the league.

South Kesteven’s remaining two matches are against Mansfield and Chilwell.

The South Kesteven team comprised captain Carl Jennings, Andrew Watson, Harry Simpson and Jack Railton.

Bingham Cricket Club aimed to pick up where they left off in 2013 as winter training sessions began at the club’s Bingham Leisure Centre indoor base this week.

Last season was one of the most successful in the club’s 227-year history, with the Saturday first team being promoted and the second string winning their league as well.

At junior level, Bingham under-13s won the Newark and District Colts League for the second time in three seasons, and numbers flourished in each age group.

Growth at the club has led to the formation of a Saturday third team which will play friendly matches this summer – the BCC committee had tried to enter the South Notts League but missed out due to a league

restructure.

Bingham CC club chairman Paul Maylard-Mason said “Despite the growth at the club, and the on and off field success we have enjoyed, we are still very keen to welcome players of all ages and abilities.

“We now have three Saturday teams catering for all levels of ability, as well as a Sunday league team and midweek games.”

Senior net sessions run on Tuesday nights, from 8pm to 9pm at Bingham Leisure Centre’s main hall.

Kwik cricket sessions for under-10s with no hard-ball cricket experience are on Saturdays, 8am till 9am.

Hardball junior sessions for under-11 to age 15 boys and girls are also on Saturdays, from 11.30am to 1pm.

Costs is £4 for non-members and £3 for members.

For more information, call the club phone on 07834 774195, e-mail binghamcc@hotmail.co.uk,

twitter @binghamcc, or visit facebook.com/binghamcricketclub

Lincolnshire Senior Shield

Quarter-final

Deeping Rangers 0

Grantham Town 1

Grantham Town went through to the last four of the competition with a single goal victory at Deeping Rangers on Tuesday night.

Niall Davie marked his move up from the youth team to score the Gingerbreads’ sole goal with five minutes of the first half remaining.

Grantham will now meet Stamford in the semi-finals next month.

+ Full report to follow.

A cat owner is pleading for help in finding her missing cat.

Maggie Pritchard, of Ely Way, in the Barrowby Gate area of Grantham, is devastated by the disappearance of her cat, described as black, fluffy and microchipped. It has not been seen for two weeks.

If you have seen the cat, or know whether something has happened to it, call Ms Pritchard on 01476 404924.

Some sort of residents-only parking scheme is long overdue in parts of town.

We saw on the front page of the Journal last week how one Grantham man, Krystian Stormowski, has got fed up with commuters who use the train station leaving their cars all day on his street.

We all know this kind of thing has long been a problem.

College students regularly park along Dudley Road and many use side streets to get to their work places in town.

Perhaps it is this kind of commuter parking that Grantham MP Nick Boles should be looking at rather than ways to attract people into the town centre.

Shift workers who live in the area of the train station must have a hard time coming home to find their entire street is filled by those who do not live nearby, aiming to avoid paying actual parking fees.

Of course, with limited space to begin with it is going to be hard to convince these people to move to the car parks that were created for them.

Unless whole areas of Grantham are going to be designated ‘residents-only’ we are only going to see them shift around town onto other streets.

It is a complicated issue but as we know the best way to deal with these issues is to listen to those being affected and have the solution come from that.

Receiving a parking ticket because your road was filled by commuters is not a solution. I hope Mr Stormowski sees this issue through to the end.

** What do you think to the idea of residents only parking in Grantham? Is it needed to improve parking for residents? Is it a fair scheme? E-mail: comment@granthamjournal.co.uk

Precast concrete firm Bell & Webster has been sold on.

The firm, which has a plant on the Alma Park Industrial Estate in Grantham, has been bought by FP McCann, after three days in administration.

According to administrators John Alexander and John Dickinson of accountants Carter Backer Winter, the sale was confirmed on January 9, having gone into administration on January 6.

Mr Alexander said: “We were pleased to be able to conclude the sale to FP McCann ensuring that the business can continue.”

According to its latest published accounts, Bell & Webster had a turnover of £4.2m for the year ending December 31, 2012.

The business, formerly owned by Eleco, employed about 50 staff and two directors in Grantham before going into administration.

Grantham Running Club were represented by six runners at the Folksworth 15 near Peterborough.

It was the first warm-up race in preparation for this season’s spring marathons.

On a hilly course, three experienced runners were making their debut at this rarely raced distance of 15 miles. First home was male senior and Matthew Kingston-Lee in sixth place in an extremely high quality field of 500 runners.

Also running well was Paul Rushworth with a top 50 finish, but the biggest improvement of the day was made by Andrew Pask who reduced his personal best for the distance by six minutes.

Results: 6 Matthew Kingston-Lee 1hr 28min 40sec, 49 Paul Rushworth 1:42:41, 74 Andrew Pask 1:46:06, 141 Gordon Geach 1:53:59, 159 Robert McArdle 1:56:12, 191 Catherine Payne 1:59:55.

l Despite slippy underfoot conditions, all three of GRC’s athletes recorded personal bests at Saturday’s Parkrun in Newark.

Quickest was Gordon Geach in 23:01, followed by Mark Hillson in 23:28 and Yvonne Taylor (32:59).

l Andrew MacAllister, a member of GRC’s cross-country team, set a time of 54:32 in extremely muddy conditions, in the aptly named Wellingborough Dirt Run last Sunday.