Great Ponton Saints under-8s are pictured proudly showing off their medals after they won the third-tier, mini-league competition in the Onyx Teamwear Grantham Youth Football League Trophy event at Carres Grammar School last Sunday.
Ponton Saints are a newly formed and promising team who play soccer in the Grantham Youth Football League.
Any unattached players (school Year 3) looking to play club football should contact Dinos on 07841 191937.
Police are holding a neighbourhood panel meeting at Westborough Village Hall this Saturday.
PCSO Barbara Mooney said that from 10am-12 noon on December 6 villagers can come along to share their views and raise any concerns with the neighbourhood team.
Notts Pennant League
Group 2
Bakewell 2nd 7
Kesteven 2nd 34
A stripped down Kesteven’s ‘dog pack’ took to the road once again for their furthest away trip of the season.
With a number of regulars unavailable, a bare 15 brave souls made the trip with many asked to play out of position. Having been relocated to the showground pitch just out of town, there was little time to prepare the side for the game.
The pitch itself was in poor condition very muddy with patches of standing water making the going extremely heavy and not particularly conducive to Kesteven’s style of flare rugby. Undeterred Ks took the kick-off against a 14-man Bakewell and looked to take early advantage.
The opening exchanges were positive for Kesteven but Bakewell were no mugs as they created good field position. This early attack was repelled and a couple of good breaks ensued, allowing Ks to find a foothold in the Bakewell half. The breakthrough came soon after as quick hands allowed Will Aspinall to score at the posts. Without a recognised kicker, the conversion attempt failed.
The lead was doubled soon after when Aspinall was again the recipient of some good work and managed to complete an early brace.
This seemed to galvanise the hosts and they rallied to put some pressure on the Kesteven defence.
The hospitalisation of Des Friel with a badly cut finger evened the sides’ numbers up, but Kesteven were determined to finish the half with a further score and Richard Midgley forced his way over the line following a tap penalty for a good try.
And Ks were not finished and quickly wrapped up the bonus point before half time with the try of the game when skipper for the day Phil Jordan made a break on half way. Showing good awareness of the supporting Ben Betts, playing out of position at hooker, he completed the scoring pass for Betts to crash through the puddle guarding the goal line. Jordan slotted the resulting conversion.
Bakewell came out all guns blazing in the second half, playing some great territory but unable to get much reward until a dubious penalty was awarded deep in the 22. From the tap, the ball was seemingly dropped forward by the pass recipient, however, play moved on and Bakewell forced their way over the try line. With the conversion successful, Ks were set on pulling themselves clear.
The pitch and light were deteriorating at a great rate and with as much endeavour as they could muster the dog pack tried as hard as possible to create further scores. The ball was proving difficult to keep hold of and a number of fumbles meant all too often the tries went begging. But Bakewell were tiring and themselves running out of ideas.
Eventually a break was made and Sam Danford was able to keep hold of the final pass for a well deserved try which was converted by Jordan.
Determined to finish with a flourish and with time running out, a speculative kick was followed up and, with the last defender struggling to control the ball, it was left to Jordan Payne to slide over the line for the final score and, indeed, play of the game.
Kesteven: P. Dolan, Betts, A. Clift-Hill, Danford, Midgley, Armstrong, Cole, Friel, Payne, P. Jordan, Charles, R. Dolan, Aspinall, Cartwright, Windsor.
Grantham Passage are continuing their efforts to create a dedicated outreach centre for the homeless, with a clearance sale this Saturday.
The charity is working towards a £50,000 project to convert a building currently used for storage at the back of St Mary’s Church, into a centre providing the homeless with hot food and other useful facilities like washing machines and showers.
In order to both clear the building ready for renovation, and at the same time raise money for the project, Grantham Passage are holding a clearance sale at St Mary’s Hall on the corner of Barrowby Road and North Parade.
It will take place from 12.30pm-4pm on Saturday, December 6, and will have a range of items for sale, including children’s games, toys, toiletries, books, DVDs and much more.
Project co-ordinator Mike Monaghan said that work was beginning on the building, with double-glazed windows being put in thanks to a £1,000 donation from Williams Southern Ltd, the construction company behind the recently renovated Sainsbury’s petrol station.
Grantham Passage are the town branch of Sainsbury’s charity of the year, and have been accepting donations of food at the store.
You can also help Passage’s project by calling co-ordinator Mike on 564809.
Grantham Running Club’s Paul Rushworth continued his world tour of running by taking part in the Standard Chartered Half-marathon in Indonesia.
Starting in the Tangerang District of Jakarta at 5.30am, Paul had to cope with temperatures of 30 degrees and 80 per cent humidity, making the run a test of endurance rather than a test of speed.
More than 3,000 runners took part in the races and proceeds from the event were donated to the charity Seeing is Believing which aims to eliminate avoidable blindness.
Paul finished the race in 1hr 50min 49sec, crossing the line in an excellent 44th position.
Paul said he was relieved to get to the finish line: “It was hot out there but I had an amazing experience running through Jakarta as the sun rose over the city.”
l Following his win in his first outing at Newark Parkrun last week, William Parkin repeated the feat on Saturday in a staggering 19:15.
He finished first but was 35 seconds short of his personal best set last week.
Grantham Running Club fielded a further five runners in the event with new PBs for Rob Howbrook (20:27) who came in fifth and Paul Durham (25:30) who finished 38th.
Iain Brown completed the course in 20:58, Warren Stark 22:05 and Andrew Macallister romped home in 26:04.
l Grantham Athletic Club had eight athletes Parkrunning at the weekend.
At Lincoln, Adam Madge came second with a creditable performance of 18:08 for the 5km distance.
Junior Kate Davis-Bavin tackled her first event at Newark which she completed in 33:04.
Others: 11 Paul Davidson 21:27, 22 Keith Measures 23:16, 32 Janice Anderson 24:37, 62 Richard Hall 26:49.
Dean Houlton notched up second place at Clumber Park in 18:54.
Meanwhile, a little further afield at Cannons Hill, Birmingham, Naomi Collier was second female home in an excellent time of 19:05.
Sixty schools signed up for the Lincolnshire Schools Switch Off Challenge on November 21, saving almost a tonne of carbon dioxide – enough to meet an average house’s energy use for 27 days.
The Lincolnshire Schools Switch Off Challenge (LSSOC) encourages schools to reduce their carbon footprint in a fun and inventive ways. They were challenged to switch off all non-essential electrical items, and use meter readings to compare their electricity use to a ‘normal’ day.
The challenge saw schools not only switch off their lights, but create and maintain fires, build turbines and solar-powered cars, and design energy-saving superheroes.
County councillor David Brailsford said: “I’m so proud of the enthusiasm shown by Lincolnshire schools as they took part in the Switch Off Challenge. They came up with some really creative ways of saving energy and introducing sustainability into the curriculum.
“They saved an impressive amount of energy on the day, and hopefully the schools will continue their energy saving habits into the future.”
Switch Off Challenge is part of the SCoRE Programme, a free education programme for schools in Lincolnshire.
For more information on making your school more sustainable, please visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/score
Four air cadets used their first aid skills on Monday to help a man who appeared to be having a heart attack.
CWO Jake Spridgens, Sgt Alice Cox, Sgt Dave Cox and Sgt Jess Howorth were on their way home from 47F Grantham squadron when they saw the man near Asda and sprang into action.
A couple who were also on the scene praised the cadets for their help. Geoff and Danni Broad, of Grantham, posted on the Squadron Facebook page: “I was at ASDA last night with my wife when we saw a gentleman obviously ill with what appeared to be heart problems walking alongside the road. We stopped to help him along with another lady plus some ASDA staff came out to help. Some of your Air Cadets, who were passing, rushed over and were very helpful and professional in their First Aid while we waited for an ambulance to arrive.
“We just wanted to say how impressed we were the great efforts your cadets made and what a credit they are to you.”
OC 47F Flight Lieutenant Paul James said: “This is wonderful to see such great comments on our Facebook and of course we are all very proud of these four cadets. The ACO ensures that our cadets receive First Aid training at the very start of their career. I have to say the staff do a wonderful job training our cadets. Sgt Jane Howitt and Tom Hobson, who deliver First Aid training on the Squadron, got a real sense of pride knowing the training works.
“It would have been so easy to walk past this situation, I am proud that the team spirit and determination shown by these young people was appreciated. I hope the gentleman involved is making a good recovery and is on the mend.”
Events to celebrate the magic of Christmas are taking place at libraries across Lincolnshire, including at Grantham Library.
On Saturday, December 13 there will be a storytime session for under-fives from 10.30am to 11am. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Visitors to Grantham Library on the same day can also take part in a drop-in festive crafting session suitable for all the family.
This will be from 11am to 1pm, and there is a £1 contribution towards craft materials.
To spread the message about staying safe this Christmas, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue enlisted the help of local school pupils, who designed a range of creative posters.
Amongst the winners of the competition were pupils from Grantham’s National C of E Junior School, as well as from Barkston and Syston Primary School.
There were two age categories, for those aged 4-6 and those between 7-11, who had the chance to win Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue LFR advent calendars.
The service thanked all the excellent entrants and said it was extremely difficult to choose the winners.
The children were asked to create posters using the following safety advice:
*Make sure you have a smoke alarm with working batteries on each floor of your house
*Test your smoke alarm at least once a week by pressing the button
*Make sure you don’t leave the kitchen when cooking in case it burns and catches fire
*When charging phones, laptops and gadgets, don’t put too many in the socket at the same time
*Put out the fire properly before going to bed or leaving the house
*Switch off christmas lights before leaving the house or going to bed
The gallery of winners is available to view {http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lincolnshire-fire-and-rescue/fire-and-rescue-news/staying-safe-at-christmas-childrens-poster-competition/124215.article|here}
Grantham hospital has apologised to anybody who has had cause to complain about it services following last week’s ombudsman’s report.
The trust which runs Grantham hospital received 712 complaints last year, of which 94 were sent to the ombudsman who investigated 14 at the highest level.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman fully or partially upheld five complaints against United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) during 2013-14. Two per cent of written complaints to the trust were investigated by the ombudsman.
The ombudsman has published the Complaints about acute trusts 2013-14 so trusts can identify regular themes and recurring problems and take action on them.
In response to the report, Pauleen Pratt, Acting Chief Nurse at the trust, said: “As an organisation we take all feedback from our patients and their relatives or friends seriously. We welcome and use feedback to ensure we achieve high standards of care and a positive experience for patients and their families. We are also aware most people don’t raise their concerns lightly.
“We apologise to any complainants who have had cause to complain and then experience delays in our complaints responses. We recognise this is unacceptable but we have plans in place to clear these delays and ensure complaints are dealt with effectively and in a timely manner. We want to improve our services so our local population have confidence in us and we respond to concerns and complaints in a timely way.
“As part of our quality improvement programme we have reviewed and redesigned our complaints handling process, working closely with patients and ex-complainants. Our new approach, called See it My Way, focuses on responsiveness, openness and transparency and involves the patient or complainant being central to the process.
“We have also introduced a patient advice and liaison service (PALS) and site based complaints teams across our three main hospital sites and reviewed the way we document and respond to complaints. As part of this new model we have recruited new staff and have trained staff on our expectations and principles.
“The Ombudsman’s report shows the number of complaints received by ULHT is largely in line with other large NHS Trusts. Of the 94 enquiries received by the Ombudsman during 2013-2014, they investigated 14 and the number of cases per 100 written complaints was 2.0, below the national average.
“Whilst we cannot disclose the detail of the complaints due to patient confidentiality, we can confirm that the issues raised by the Ombudsman on cases that were upheld ranged from communication; delays in complaints handling and the need for more information to be given to patients about their complaints.
“As a Trust we are doing all we can to improve quality and reduce the need for patients and families to complain. When we have got it wrong we aim to do all we can to resolve someone’s complaint or concern. We would encourage any patient, relative or carer who has any concerns to raise them with a senior member of staff during their stay in hospital or to contact the PALS or complaints teams at the Trust. All areas have a matron who will make themselves available to meet patients or families. All complaints and actions are discussed internally, reported upon and monitored so we can make further improvements to our care and services. We want our patients to be confident we will learn from any feedback.”
Executive member for economic development at Lincolnshire County Counci, Councillor Colin Davie, has given his reaction to today’s announcements in George Osborne’s Autumn Statement.
Coun Davie said: “Today’s statement has a lot of good news for small businesses, which are the backbone of our local economy.
“The reduction in business rates, along with a review of the system is a positive step for local firms, and will help High Streets around the county.
“Another important move is the easier access to loans for small businesses. Some local firms have been held back through a lack of finance, and today’s announcement will help remedy that.
“The news of new trade advisors will also receive a warm welcome locally. Over the last few years we’ve been helping county businesses find opportunities to export their products, and the measures announced today should help boost our numbers.
“In addition, I’m delighted to see the abolition of National Insurance on apprenticeships. We’ve been helping smaller employers understand the benefits of apprentices, and this move could encourage more to take them on.
“There were also positive announcements about the Northern Powerhouse. We’ve been making our case to the Chancellor that Lincolnshire should be seen as a part of this, and he has written to us to assure us that we are in the picture.”
Coun Davie added that today’s Autumn Statement will benefit Lincolnshire residents as well as businesses.
He said: “In a rural county like Lincolnshire, news of the freeze in fuel duty will mean more money in everyone’s pockets.
“And the opening up of a new 4G spectrum will mean better mobile phone connectivity, something that is becoming more and more vital for residents and businesses alike.
“The abolition of stamp duty on properties under £125,000 and the increased investment in affordable housing will also be of benefit, particularly to younger people trying to get their foot on the property ladder.
“Finally, I’m pleased to see the additional £1bn funding for LEPs. We would have liked to see more in the pot, but we’ll be lobbying hard for funding for our projects, adding to the £68m we won in the last round.
“All in all, this is a very positive Autumn Statement for businesses and for our county.”
SATURDAY
Football
Northern Premier League
Premier Division – Grantham Town v Halesowen Town (3pm).
United Counties League
Premier Division – Harrowby United v Long Buckby (3pm).
Leicestershire County Cup
K. S. Leicester Polska v Bottesford Reserves.
Grantham & District Saturday League
Premier Division – Aslockton Cranmers Reserves v Blue Pig.
HITS Consultancy Senior Knockout Cup – Ancaster Rams v Croxton, Barrowby v Cranmer Arms.
Rugby
Midlands League 3
East (North) – Kesteven v Grimsby (2.15pm).
SUNDAY
Football
Arion Grantham & District Sunday League
Premier Division – Lions v Ropsley, Helpringham Rovers v Osbournby Rangers, Long Bennington v Witham Wanderers.
Division One – Nobody Inn Athletic Reserves v Holdingham, Colsterworth United v Totemic, Caythorpe Sports & Social v Ancaster Athletic, Ruskington v Digby Lions.
FOOTBALL RESULTS
Northern Premier League
Premier Division – Skelmersdale United 1 Grantham Town 1.
United Counties League
Premier Division – Wellingborough Town 2 Harrowby United 1.
Nottinghamshire County Cup
Greyhounders 1 A. S. Plant United 1 (aet).
Grantham & District Saturday League
Premier Division – Beehive United 17 Barrowby 1, Caythorpe 2 Ancaster Rams 8.
Lincolnshire Sunday Cup
Third round – Nobody Inn Athletic 1 Dynamo Varsity 0.
Arion Grantham & District Sunday League
Premier Division – Helpringham Rovers 4 Witham Wanderers 2, Lions v Osbournby Rangers HW, Ropsley 2 Long Bennington 0.
Division One – Ancaster Athletic 1 Colsterworth United 4, Caythorpe Sports & Social 10 Holdingham 1, Ruskington 0 Nobody Inn Athletic Reserves 6.
Men’s East League
6NW (N)
Louth 3
Grantham 2
Grantham travelled to Louth on a mild, late November afternoon, although not having won the previous week at Long Sutton, they were buoyed by a comeback performance that very nearly brought a point in a hard fought match.
Changes in personnel on Friday night and Saturday morning meant last minute alterations to the playing positions to produce the strongest team against Louth – a team who in recent weeks have been scoring freely.
Grantham opened the stronger of the two teams, Will Hill and Sam MacAllister playing solidly in central midfield, with Andy Hill and Mark Pearce on the right and left wings respectively.
Time and again, Grantham pushed forward with strong runs from Andy Hill, Mark Pearce, Ron Manguizis and George Lodge forcing Louth backwards.
Eventually the first goal came and shortly after, from a short corner, a second for ‘Super-Sam-Mac’.
Grantham were cruising, with passes and deft touches coming off nicely, with little the opposition could do.
But the young Louth team, to their credit, kept pushing with endless energy and industry. Flurries into the Grantham half and short corners were repulsed by Nick Wraith, Chris Hill, Paul Glover, and David Braunton, along with Arnold Manguizis in goal.
Louth finally did convert one chance to bring the score to 2-1 at half time.
A good victory and a valuable three points to bring Grantham in touching distance of the top two in the league still looked on the cards, but Louth’s goal had given them greater impetus.
The second half started and almost immediately Louth pressed hard, putting Grantham on the back foot. The visitors fought to clear the lines at the back, but the ball all to soon came back with wave after wave of attack from the revitalised Louth team. The second goal came all too soon to bring the home side level.
Whether Grantham had taken their foot of the pedal, Louth had improved greatly, or the effort in the first half had drained them, it was clear Grantham were fighting a losing battle. Eventually, Louth found their third goal of the game.
Althouth Grantham probed forward, it was all too often solo ventures that failed to produce clear cut chances to equalise and so the visitors had to accept another narrow defeat.
The first collection of the Grantham Scouts Christmas Post took place yesterday, with two more planned over the next fortnight.
The annual scheme sees the local scouts groups delivering cards in the area, using special ‘Scout Stamps’ which raise money for the groups and district-wide projects.
The ‘Scout Stamps’ cost just 20p each - except for large cards and calendars which will be 40p each - and are currently on sale at the outlets listed below, all of which have special posting boxes.
The groups who deliver the cards receive 15p of the 20p for each stamp on a card delivered in their area, with the remainder going towards other district projects.
The first collection from the designated posting boxes took place yesterday, ahead of the second on December 10 and the last on December 17 at 12 noon.
Deliveries are then taking place on the weekends following the collections. Organisers want to make it clear to those using the service that the scouts ONLY deliver to addresses in the Grantham NG31 post code, including Great Gonerby, Barrowby, Bottesford, Colsterworth, Ancaster and Harlaxton. They are not able to deliver post addressed to other areas - this WILL NOT be delivered. The reason for deliveries in the above villages is that they have scout groups there or a large presence of members to carry out the deliveries.
The ‘Scout Stamps’ and posting boxes can be found at:
* Barrowbygate Pharmacy, Winchester Road
* McColls, New Beacon Road
* The Melton Building Society, 43 High Street
* G Skinner & Sons Butchers, Barrowby
* Coversure Insurance, Conduit Lane (opposite Café)
* Grantham Library, Isaac Newton Centre
* Gonerby Groceries
* Day - Today News, Rushcliffe Road
* Cards for Good Causes, George Centre
* John Beaty Motors, Castlegate
* Pizzini, 5 High Street, Bottesford
Police are appealing for information about 39-year-old Emily Holloway, who left an address in Yarborough Road, Lincoln at just after midnight on December 2 and was last seen in Newark.
It’s been established that Emily took a taxi from Lincoln at about 12.30am on December 2 and was dropped off in Newark.
Emily is described as 5ft 9” tall, of medium build, with short dark hair and blue eyes.
She was wearing dark jeans, a maroon jumper and a red mac coat.
Lincolnshire Police have supplied a photo, available to view {http://www.lincs.police.uk/News-Centre/News-Releases-2014/Missing-Person-Appeal.html|here}
Emily’s family and the police are concerned for her welfare and would like to know that she is safe and well.
If anyone has any information about Emily, or has seen a woman meeting her description, they’re asked to contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 376 of December 2.
Schools from the Grantham area again shone in the Lincolnshire Secondary Schools Floor and Vault Competition at The Meres leisure centre on Sunday, taking some top spots in both team and individual events.
KGGS won both the girls’ under-19 and under-13 team categories, narrowly pushing Walton A into second spot in the junior category by one whole mark.
In the under-16 girls, Walton reversed the positions and pipped KGGS to win in a closely fought team competition, separated by just 0.7 marks. Both schools produced some very powerful vaults and cleanly executed floor routines.
Individually, Walton team-mates took first and second positions in the under-16 girls’ level two competition with Phoebe Collins and Aleksandra Madejskam with only 0.1 points divided the two. Other close runners-up spots were also claimed by Emily Aldous Johnson, Rachael Humphreys and Chloe Goy.
From KGGS, Kathleen Sanger, Millie Inman and Megan Stott finished first in th under-13 level one, under-16 level one and under-19 level two respectively, with again several medal places being achieved across the age groups by Helena Proctor, Savannah Brook, Bethan Hitchcock, Katie Pilgrim Caitlin Ayres and Jess Flindall.
In the boys’ competitions, Priory Ruskin Academy student Kyle Davidson scored the highest overall total at under-13 level to take first. Daniel Watson, from King’s, was much improved in the performance of his difficult floor routine which helped him win convincingly in the under-16 level two.
Tom Wharmby (King’s) also performed a secure and precise floor performance but was not quite so fortunate, taking second place by a mere 0.05 behind the winning boy from Spalding.
Overall, the standard of performance continues to improve yearly with the Grantham area schools, in particular, demonstrating a very strong broad base of gymnastics skill.
A ceramic poppy from the Tower of London and an Olympic service coin presented by the Prime Minister were among items sold in a charity auction at Rumours on Sunday.
The Grantham bar hosted the event organised by the charity ‘Band of Brothers’, who provide support and financial assistance to former and current members of the RAF.
Owner of Rumours Dean Ward helps organise events for the charity alongside Dave Pascoe, a police officer with Lancashire Constabulary and former RAF serviceman.
The pair decided that for Christmas the charity would raise money to buy presents for children in four hospital wards around the country that have cared for kids of RAF personnel, including Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.
The event on Sunday attended by more than 100 members of the RAF and their supporters raised £1000 to buy the Christmas gifts, and the charity hope that the supermarket they plan to buy them from will also add to the total.
Among the charity lots was a ceramic poppy bought from the Tower of London’s First World War commemorative installation, which raised £230 in a matter of minutes.
This was donated for the auction by Dean, while Dave also gave up a prized possession in order to raise funds - the coin he received for being part of the security team at London 2012.
Dave said: “If it raises money for the charity it’s worth it. We are there to support members of the RAF who are down on their luck, or need financial or moral support, whether they served back in the 50s or are still serving.”
The Mayor of Grantham Ian Selby was also at the event, along with local celebrity Richard “Nooky” Nauyokas from TV series Bad Lads’ Army.
Players from Cliffedale Chandlers Table Tennis Club formed the Lincolnshire 2nd team that contested the National County Cadet League in Halifax on Saturday.
Benjamin Rigby, Joshua Kettle, Aalhad Kulkarni, Sarah Henderson and Stefania Popa played against other top county players in teams from Cleveland, Durham and Cheshire, as well as the Lincs first team.
Coach Clive Henderson saw real promise as most of the players were gaining their first county caps and, although they lost all four matches, they gained invaluable experience playing against the best cadets from these regions.
The players were on the road again the following day, this time to Wellingborough to take part in the National Cadet League at club level.
Despite the gruelling weekend schedule, Cliffedale Chandlers had one team promoted, one relegated and two remained in their divisions.
Cliffedale Chandlers chairman Darran Leete was very pleased with the continuous development of club players towards county level, in both the Cadet (under-15) and Junior (15+) squads.
The club is always looking for new players. For more info contact Darran on 07702235644.
A group of residents and parish councillors have decided to take their own action against motorists who regularly speed through their village.
Hougham parish councillor Robin Johnson, vice-chairman Robert Scott and others living in the village have started monitoring those driving up Main Street with a purchased speed gun.
Despite clear 30mph signs as you enter the road, they have recorded a high number of motorists driving in excess of the speed limit.
During their first speed check session over six hours on one day in September, they recorded 172 people driving over the limit.
The worst offender was a motorcyclist clocked driving at 61mph, and subsequently their details along with others were passed on to police.
This Monday the group were out in force again armed with their speed gun and additional 30mph signs.
After just two hours they reported that 45% of those going past were driving over 30mph, and 9% over 40mph.
Mr Johnson added: “One lady who we clocked going too fast, drove back and said that what WE were doing was illegal.”
The group have received assurances from their local police officer that they are completely within their rights to do these speed checks.
Moreover they stress that they are only doing it because speeding has long been an ongoing issue affecting their community.
“It comes up at every parish meeting,” said Mr Scott. “The police do their best, but they have to cover a wide area - this is our way of helping to tackle the problem.”
The group plan to do more speed check sessions in the future, and are liaising with Lincolnshire Police and the county’s Road Safety Partnership about other possible speed enforcement measures.
A spokesman for the Road Safety Partnership has clarified the rules around the use of speed guns. For a successful prosection, the equipment must be Home Office type approved, a record of pre-use checks must be held, the operator must be authorised by the Chief Constable and trained in speed assessment.
They added that it is not illegal to own the equipment or operate it, as long as it is not considered a nuisance to road users.
Lincolnshire Police is appealing for help in identifying a man from CCTV in connection with a fraud investigation.
An enquiry was launched after a member of the public living in Lincolnshire reported a fraud.
It is believed that a number of names and addresses used to set up Ebay accounts and bank accounts were fake. Officers investigating the incident subsequently identified links in Avon and Somerset, West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, and Berkshire.
At just before 11.40am on Tuesday, September 23, a man in the Swansgate Shopping Centre in Wellingborough, Northants, made a card payment of £2350.65 to Eurochange. On the same day there were further transactions and payments in the Wellingborough area.
The card used is thought to be linked to a Barclays Bank account which has been involved in a high value Ebay fraud.
Between September 22 and 23 £5,306 was paid into the Barclays account by someone who thought they were bidding on and ultimately won a Land Rover Defender. The vehicle was never for sale and fake addresses and personal details had been used to set up the Ebay account and Barclays bank account.
Investigating officers would like to talk to the man pictured above and {http://www.lincs.police.uk/News-Centre/News-Releases-2014/Do-You-Recognise-This-Man-1.html|here} to see if he can assist with the enquiry.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 and ask for PC Ben Courton at Grantham Police Station.