Three fire crews, including a rescue support unit from Grantham, released a driver from his vehicle after an accident in Welbourne yesterday.

Crews from Lincoln South, Waddington and Grantham attended the incident on Cliff Road, Welbourn, just after 7pm.

Crews used hydraulic rescue equipment and an access platform to release the driver and made the vehicle safe.

The town celebrated St George’s Day yesterday with entertainment on St Peter’s Hill Green and the traditional Scouts parade through the town.

Watch Toby Roberts’ video of the day’s celebrations.

A motorcyclist in his fifties was injured when he came off his bike in Grantham town centre at the weekend.

The incident happened in Harlaxton Road near the junction with Wharf Road. No other vehicles were involved. The rider was taken to Grantham Hospital.

If anyone has any information about the incident they should call police on 101, quoting incident 177 of Saturday, April 22.

Firefighters used two hose reels to tackle a fire which started in a shed and spread to a hedge in Sedgebrook.

The Grantham crew attended the fire at 9.26am this morning in Whattons Close. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the fire was an electrical fault.

A former TV Gladiator, who grew up in the Vale of Belvoir, will take on the hardest Tough Mudder event at Belvoir Castle... and in total darkness.

Rod Bradley, who was Spartan in the revived TV series of Gladiators almost 10 years ago, will join his brothers Charles and William for the gruelling event. Their team will also be made up of golfer Luke Melling and footballer Sean Cairnes, both of whoma are Rod’s brothers-in-law.

The team will be raising money for The Brain Tumour Charity. Charles’ sister in-law Laura Fremantle was diagnosed with a brain tumour in August last year.

The event takes place on May 13 and will take about eight hours during the night.

Rod said: “Charles, Will and I actually all grew up in the Vale of Belvoir so it is really cool to be coming back and taking on this challenge so close to home.

“We are aware that this is a tough challenge and have been training hard to ensure we give it our best go. Those battling health issues have much harder battles everyday which is our motivation to drive on through the night. We are very close as brothers and my brothers-in-law are also very close, we are going to need to be for this challenge as we help each other through the night.

“I also mentioned that my company is supporting us with all the kit we will need too use! PlayerLayer was founded by myself and two other Grantham Lads. We started with a small office opposite the King’s School and eight years later we employ 50 plus people in our HQ in Nottingham and supply sports kit to teams all over the world.”

The event website says: “We’re taking all the mind-numbing terrain, icy water and thick mud that Belvoir Castle has to offer and jamming it into the most intense five-miles you will come across in 2017. Don’t worry about being out there in the early hours of the morning, just concentrate on navigating your team through a course intent on separating the tough from the toughest.”

For more details on the event go to toughmudder.co.uk

To sponsor the Bradleys and their team go to www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ParadiseBoys

The team also on Instagram at www.instagram.com/paradiseboys

The first race of the season for Grantham and District North Road Racing Pigeon Club was won by Mr and Mrs D. Dixon, of Wilsford, whose birds were the first two to return home.

Race sponsors were Bev and Ian Doughty.

Results: 1 Mr & Mrs D. Dixon 1518.9, 2 Mr & Mrs D. Dixon 1517.1, 3 J. Norris 1476.6, 4 J. Norris 1476.3, 5 T. Ballaam 1459.7, 6 D. Fowler & son 1459.6, 7 J. Norris 1453.9, 8 J. Norris 1445.1, 9 D. Fowler & son 1438.2, 10 D. Gilbert 1426.3.

l Grantham United’s second race of the season was won again by J. Ramm whose birds came home first, second and fourth for the second successive week.

Ten members sent 191 birds from Bedhampton.

Results: 1 J. Ramm 1311, 2 J. Ramm 1311, 3 D. Parker & son & Rogerson 1294, 4 J. Ramm 1292, 5 Mr and Mrs L. Gilbert 1278, 6 D. Parker & son & Rogerson 1276, 7 C. Creighton 1244, 8 A. J. Gillbard 1225, 9 J. Ablitt 1208, 10 H. Walker 1190, 11 K. Hollingsworth 1107, 12 G. Jones 1040.

Grantham and District Indoor Bowling Club’s season is over and the silverware has been presented.

League winning teams for 2016/17:

Mornings, Div 1 – Lazys R Lewis, Div 2 – Pilgrims J Morris, Div 3 – Earlybirds W Johnson; Afternoons, Div 1 – Matjac T Asher, Div 2 – Buttercross C Hodgson, Div 3 – Colsterways M Needham; Evenings, Div 1 – Buttercross C Hodgson, Div 2 – Allsorts W Johnson; Late EBA – Boxers J Lewis; EBF – Perchersons D Rainsford; Ladies’ – Bluebells R Murphy; Australian Pairs, Div 1 – Canaries B Allen, Div 2 – Robins R Atter; Jack High League – Grantham; Sencit League – Grantham.

Individual club winners:

Men’s Pairs – N Orrey R Orrey; Mixed Pairs – M Pullin P Thompson; Novice Pairs – R Sumner T Asher; Ladies’ Pairs – C Hodgson R Murphy; Men’s Club Triples – J Lewis M Eurich N Smith; Novice Triples – G Smith L Smith S Bailey; Men’s Rinks – N Orrey R Orrey S Harrison M Orrey; Men’s Singles – Mathew Orrey; Ladies’ Singles – C Hodgson.

The latest Bottesford and District Angling Association match held at Willow Lakes in Foston on Sunday was won by Paul Kimberley.

Results: 1 Paul Kimberley 54lb 8oz, 2 John Harrison 41:08, 3 John Brookway 40:00.

The next club match is next Sunday (May 7) will be fished on Grantham Canal. For entries, contact match secretary Bryan Baines on 01400 318345 or 07538 876131, or check out the Association website at www.bottesfordanddistrictanglingassociation.com

A runner from Corby Glen completed the London Marathon on Sunday despite a skiing accident just a few weeks before.

Penny Hedley Lewis finished the marathon in four hours and 43 minutes. Penny is raising money for the Red Cross. She is president of the Lincolnshire branch.

Penny said: “I was slower than previously but within my GoodforAge time. Perhaps I can blame the three weeks in a sling but age probably too. Conditions I thought were perfect though this year. As always it was an amazing atmosphere and organisation.”

Penny was running her 12th London Marathon despite injuring her shoulder in the skiing accident last month.

She hopes to raise £1,000 for the Red cross and so far has reached about £600. To make a donation go to www.tinyurl.com/k2csua9

United Counties League

Premier Division

Harborough Town 7

Harrowby United 0

Harrowby United travelled to Market Harborough on a pleasant afternoon, deprived of key players through injury, suspension and the usual cry-offs.

Fielding a very young side, they gave it their best shot but ended up on the end of a heavy defeat.

The Arrows kept the scores level until the 21st minute when a corner from the left deceived the Arrows keeper and fell kindly to ‘The Bees’ skipper Ben Williams, who poked the ball home from a couple of yards out.

Williams made the most of his aerial prowess with a distinct lack of height in the Harrowby defence, and headed a second in the 28th minute from a cross by Barnes Gladman.

Three minutes later, another header made it three and a hat trick for Williams as he was was afforded a free header from a corner. On 33 minutes, Callam Traynor should have made it four but his header from a free kick went wide.

The second half was only underway for a minute when Harborough got their fourth. That man Williams was again up in the penalty area and on the end of a cross from the right which he headed down and into the bottom right corner of the net.

Just after the hour mark, a rare break down the right from the Arrows was taken forward by Scott Floyd but his low shot failed to trouble the keeper, drifting wide of the goal.

Harborough notched a fifth goal after 65 minutes when a long throw into the Harrowby box was flicked on by Williams and fired home from six yards out by the Bees top scorer, Gladman.

The sixth goal arrived in the 71st minute when an unchallenged run from midfield by Callum Milne ended when he played the ball through to Gladman, who scuffed a weak shot across the goal on to the far post, where the ball fell nicely for Joel Konteh to smash home from close range.

Gladman almost added a seventh on 77 minutes, with his header rattling the frame of the goal and bouncing to safety.

Harborough did add a seventh two minutes from time when a low, tame shot from Usher somehow squirmed from the hands of the Harrowby keeper and trickled into the net.

Another tough afternoon for the young Arrows team, not helped by late pull-outs and player unavailability; and not the performance the lads would have hoped for in front of a film crew recording for a documentary on grassroots football.

Morrisons in Grantham is giving away used coffee grounds from its in-store café to local gardeners to help fertilise their plants.

Starting tomorrow (Wednesday), Grantham’s gardeners can collect the used coffee grounds by visiting the Morrisons store on Isaac Newton Centre, and picking up a bag located on a dedicated stand within its café. There will be no limit to the number of bags available to each gardener to take away.

Used coffee grounds are a source of nitrogen which is needed by plants in order to grow. They also encourage the growth of micro-organisms and are thought to attract earth worms.

Gardeners can either compost their used coffee grounds or put them directly into the soil around their plants. Putting it directly into the soil also adds organic matter which improves soil’s water retention, drainage and structure.

Robert Barrett, Store Manager at Morrisons Grantham, said: “Used coffee grounds are a great organic resource which gardeners can use in their composter or soil. We sell a lot of cups of coffee in our stores and don’t like to see anything going to waste - so it’s great to see this natural fertiliser going to a good home. We hope that Grantham’s plants will soon be in full bloom as a result!”

Nationwide, Morrisons serves over 18 million cups of coffee and grinds nearly 316 tonnes of coffee beans in a year. The coffee recycling scheme will be available in all 390 Morrisons cafés across England, Scotland and Wales from April 26.

Next month three Grantham pub signs will be sold at auction at Golding, Young and Mawer in the town.

They have been entered for sale by a private vendor – all from Grantham pubs which are no longer open - to go on sale on Wednesday, May 3.

A spokesman for the auctioneers said: “The social changes of the last 50 years are vast. Gone are the days when Grantham boasted the most number of pubs per head anywhere in the country and as these places disappear forever, the objects from them need to be preserved and displayed.

“On offer are signs for The Isaac Newton, The Huntingtower Arms and The Malt Shovel, all establishments synonymous with the area but long gone.

“We are dealing with local, attractive, usable objects which can be hung, or displayed – items which people are crying out to buy and which once gone will be lost forever. Historically and aesthetically important, they need to be rescued.”

Viewing takes place on May 2, from 10am to 4pm and on the morning of the sale from 8.30am to 10am, when the sale starts.

Students and staff from Charles Read Academy in Corby Glen recently visited Google UK as part of a project which aims to increase the use of technology in the classroom.

The event, which brought together primary, secondary and Sixth Form students from across the David Ross Education Trust (DRET), was the perfect opportunity to find out more about the skills young people will need to prepare for future careers in technology.

As part of the session, students experienced a Virtual Reality tour (using the viewfinder boxes pictured) of the solar system, the International Space Station and World War I trenches as part of Google Expeditions. This was just one example of some of the technologies Google believes will become increasingly important in the coming years.

Guy Shearer, Head of IT and eLearning at the David Ross Education Trust, said: “It was a real privilege for our students to meet experts from Google and find out more about the new technologies that are going to influence their futures.”

Working alongside DRET governors and trustees, the students also had the chance to contribute to the Trust’s vision for the use of technology across its academies.

In one workshop, staff and students thought about the skills teaching staff will need in the coming years and came together to compare their ideas.

Students also considered what life will be like in schools in a few years’ time, applying ideas about how mobile technologies and machine learning can improve education whilst still retaining the best features of today’s education.

Mr Shearer said: “In the Trust’s strategic plan Trustees made eLearning a key priority for our academies. We have already started an ambitious programme to develop eLearning across our Trust, which has included the introduction of over 100 Star Classrooms, which promote best practice and the sharing of teaching and learning expertise.

“Fifteen classrooms across Charles Read Academy now follow the methods and practices of the programme. From new approaches to marking work, to utilising technology to explore experiments in more depth it is making a real difference to the learning environment.

“This event was another key opportunity for our students to be actively involved in how we shape the eLearning provision across our academies. I would like to thank Google for hosting such a fantastic day.”

Thirteen members of Grantham Running Club blitzed the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon with a new club record, six personal bests and a truly unforgettable experience for the marathon debutantes who joined the record 39,349 finishers, cheered home by the estimated 800,000 spectators lining the course from start to finish.

Matthew Kingston-Lee was the first GRC runner home. Surviving an injury scare on the way to the start, Matthew put in a metronomic master class of even paced running, culminating in a new club record of 2hr 41min 42sec, bettering his old personal best by a second shy of two minutes. This time secured him a prestigious Championship entry for the next two years.

Matthew said: “The pre-race injury fortunately didn’t affect me too badly in the race. I felt very comfortable for the first 20 miles, had a bad patch from 20-22 miles, but with 5km to run I gave it full gas and prayed I didn’t hit the wall. Happily I didn’t and I was delighted to walk, albeit slowly and painfully, away with a big new PB.”

Next home was Chris Limmer who also ran an impressively even paced marathon to knock a minute off his old PB, describing his 2:50:12 as “an emotional marathon”.

Dean Riggall bravely opted to target a cherished ‘sub-3’ performance. On target at halfway he suffered somewhat in the final miles, but his time of 3:06:54 bettered his old PB by two-and-half minutes and secured a Good For Age place for the next two London Marathons.

First woman home for GRC was Holly Durham. Holly, running her second London Marathon and fourth marathon, ran a superbly consistent race to clock a new PB of 3:17:41.

Less than 30 seconds behind Holly finished Catherine Payne. Running a slight negative split, Catherine ran an exceptional new PB of 3:18:10, bettering her old best by 75 seconds. This earned her a brilliant 19th position in the VF50 age category.

Paul Davies, running his first London Marathon, ran an exuberant opening half to the race which led to six miles of painful cramp to the finish, yet it yielded a 3:30:46, just over a minute outside his PB, and a promise to return faster in the future.

Penny Hodges did not enjoy an ideal preparation for her first London Marathon and planned to run a very conservative opening half of the race, with the hope of a strong finish. This reaped a big new PB of 3:40:57, almost certainly securing a delighted Penny a prized Good For Age spot at the London Marathon for the next two years.

Tommy Williamson, running his third London Marathon, also went into the race a little undertrained due to work and family commitments. He was happy to finish in under four hours with a time of 3:55:01.

Promising afterwards, like every year, it would be his last marathon, Andrew Spencer slipped outside four hours after a strong opening half to the race, but finished in a highly commendable 4:05:09.

Jacqueline Jacobs admitted her first marathon “didn’t go quite to plan”, clocking 4:50:40, but enjoyed the amazing experience of being cheered on by the fantastic crowds at Tower Bridge in particular.

Embodying the spirit of the London Marathon that has helped make it one of the world’s most famous sporting events, marathon debutantes Hazel Dunthorne (4:56:25), Jo Moore (5:47:12) and Amanda Mumby (6:14:57) collectively raised nearly £4,000 for Steps, Cancer Research and the Dogs for Good charities respectively.

GRC club chairman Matthew Kingston-Lee commented: “It was a fantastic day for the club, an experience none of us will forget. I was enormously proud of all our runners and hugely grateful for the support of those who travelled down on the day to support or who followed online.

“All our spring marathon finishers are now looking forward to a well deserved rest over the next few weeks and a group celebration this weekend.”

Four young table stars from Cliffedale Chandlers Table Tennis Club are preparing for the Butterfly Schools National Table Tennis Championships.

Jake Crane (Barrowby School), Lucy Bridle (Cliffedale Primary)and Steffi Popa (Priory Ruskin) and Benjamin Rigby (Charles Read) came through their qualifying rounds a couple of months ago to be able to compete at the championships being held in Wolverhampton where they will face competitors from all over the country.

But it is not only players representing the town’s schools and club as Cliffedale Chandlers are also providing several officials for the championships.

Club stalwarts Cathy Steeples and Peter May will be joined by Walton Girls pupil Alexandra Robinson who at 15 years old is currently one of the youngest female county-qualified umpires on the circuit.

Alexandra has herself played at these championships in the recent past, as well as helping her primary school team to the team finals whilst at Isaac Newton Primary. She said: “Although I’m nervous about umpiring at this event, I’m also excited and looking forward to it.”

Alexandra has also recently been selected to officiate at the upcoming School Games at Loughborough University in September.

Joining them will be Tim Bridle who will also be there coaching his daughter Lucy, whilst Benjamin Rigby will be umpiring in between his matches.

All of this follows a busy time for the club who have just completed the National Cadet League and Grantham and District League seasons, and also had members competing in the Lincolnshire Senior Closed Championships in Grimsby last weekend.

Benjamin Rigby used this as a warm-up for the Butterfly Schools Individual Championships by winning the Junior Boys’ category, beating Henry Walshe from Scunthorpe 3-0 (12-10 11-8 11-7).

The club also had success in the Women’s Singles with Hannah Winfield beating Grimsby’s Chloe Lingard 3-2 (8-11 10-12 11-8 11-7 11-9) to clinch the title.

Hannah and her 10-year-old sister Emily also finished as runners-up in the Women’s Doubles, losing 3-0 (3-11 7-11 11-13) to Lincoln’s Lesley Keast and Alkista Olympiou.

l Cliffedale Chandlers hold sessions at The Meres leisure centre on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays (12-2pm and 2-4pm) which are open to all ages and abilities.

The club is currently encouraging more girls of all ages to come and try out this fantastic sport. First two sessions are free.

For more information check out the club’s Facebook page or www.cliffedalechandlers.org.uk

Nottingham Forest Supporters Club (Grantham branch):

Forest are away to Queens Park Rangers on Saturday, kick-off 3pm.

For details, contact Bob Taylor on 01476 550242.

United Counties League

Premier Division

Deeping Rangers 4

Harrowby United 1

Harrowby United travelled to Market Deeping on a bitterly cold Tuesday evening to face league runners-up Deeping Rangers in their penultimate game of a difficult season.

The Arrows defended staunchly for most of the game and rode their luck on a number of occasions.

Rangers got off to a flyer on a dry, bumpy and, in parts, threadbare pitch when after only seven minutes a cross from the right from Tom Smith saw the Arrows keeper get his fingertips to the ball which took it away from the head of returning centre back Billy Stubbs to leave Tom Waumsley with a simple task of nodding into an empty net.

The Harrowby defensive unit dug in and held the home side at bay under severe pressure for the next half hour.

Rangers scored a second goal in the 35th minute when a good move down the right saw Dan Schiavi get away from his marker, slip the ball to Smith who played a neat one-two with Scott Coupland before firing into the net from around six yards out.

With two minutes of the half remaining, a good run down the right from young Arrows midfielder Ben Browne saw him play the ball inside to Tom Parker whose shot brought a fine save from former Gingerbreads keeper Richard Stainsby, who had to scramble to his left to turn the ball behind for a corner.

Harrowby survived a penalty appeal six minutes into the second half when Stubbs appeared to bring down Coupland. A minute later, Arrows skipper John Currall did well to block a goalbound effort from David Burton-Jones.

Deeping added a third just past the hour mark when a patient build-up created an opening for top scorer Coupland who slotted the ball home from close range.

Completely against the run of play, Harrowby pulled a goal back in the 73rd minute when a poor back pass was intercepted by an alert Dean Michniew who, having just come on as a substitute, calmly slotted the ball past Stainsby and into the net with his first touch of the game.

A lapse in concentration by the Arrows allowed Deeping to restore their three goal lead straight from the restart. They advanced down the left and a cross into the box was chested down by Coupland for Mooney who finally hit the target.

A resolute Arrows side kept working to the end and were almost rewarded with a second goal when the ball fell to Currall whose right foot shot cannoned of the right hand upright, with Stainsby well beaten.

The hosts were presented with their league runners up medals after the final whistle and were applauded for their efforts by a respectful Harrowby who stayed on the pitch for the ceremony.

Harrowby United: McDonnall, Eatough, McCartney, Currall (c), Stubbs, Chavundura (Farmer 60), Browne, Parker, Hammond, Denty (Michniew 72), Matongo.

Grantham Tennis Club 16 and under boys’ Aegon team kicked off their season by hosting Horncastle on Saturday.

After all four players had played singles and doubles, the match was tied at two rubbers all. Adam Abi Haidar and Aidan Oliver stepped up to win the shoot-out 10-3. The full team also included Matt Jagger and Finn Morton, the latter competing in his first tennis match for the club.

The 14 and under boys’ Aegon team preceded the season with a home fixture against Rustons on Sunday.

The team of Luke Griffin, Alex Harris, Will Edwards and Thomas Legard, fought hard but ultimately came out second best to the experienced team from Lincoln. The overall score was 10-2.

Grantham and Boston competed in the first round of the Aegon Mini Orange Under-9 league and as always had a very competitive match.

Three of the 10 matches went to three sets, with Grantham triumphing 7-2 overall.

The match was played with fantastic sportsmanship in the beautiful spring sunshine. The Grantham team were Joshua Mackender, Toby Cullen, Marc Blake and Ted Robson.

The 14 and under girls travelled to Boston to contest their first match of the season.

After the first round, the Grantham girls were 2-1 up and went on to win the match 4-2 with some strong hitting.

Comedian Jason Manford is the latest big name to announce he will be hitting the stage at The Meres leisure centre in Grantham.

The popular comedian is appearing at Grantham’s biggest live entertainment venue, Meres Live, in March next year. as the venue continues to grow its reputation among comic, TV and dance acts.

Strictly Come Dancing Stars Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette Manrara’s show Remembering Fred began its tour at The Meres earlier this month while comic Ross Noble and Icons of the 80s stars Go West and T’Pau have graced the Meres Live stage already this year.

In many cases the stars perform at lower prices at Meres Live with the same tour show compared with theatres around the country.

Giovanni Pernice’s Dance Is Life is next up on Friday, June 30, and TV’s favourite outspoken comic Jimmy Carr has his third gig at the venue on September 8.

The venue’s continued success is down to providing a warm welcome and listening and adapting to acts’ and customers’ expectations says SKDC’s venues and facilities manager Paul Stokes.

He oversees each event along with SKDC’s Guildhall Arts Centre and Leisure and Amenities teams and 1Life who run the leisure centre.

Paul said: “It’s testament to all the teams, led by programming from Graham Burley our Team Leader for Cultural Services, that our reputation at The Meres as a place to watch great shows continues to grow.

“Acts, their agents, riders and technical personnel increasingly comment on our friendly approach and the improvements they see backstage when they return to the venue and particularly because it isn’t just another performance venue.

“They like that we adapt The Meres so easily for a gig or evening’s entertainment and love the location and accessibility being close to the A1 and that we are so convenient to book as part of tours.

“The dance based acts also know that we have a flexible seating plan so we can leave room for audience members to get up and join in the fun!

“Our customers also tell us how much they love the access of the venue with all the free parking and how it provides so much more of a close knit venue to see their favourite entertainers compared with the huge venues in the cities.”

A production of Dirty Dancing arrives on Friday, October 13, Big Girls Don’t Cry features on Saturday, November 11, and the maverick comic Milton Jones performs on Saturday, December 2.

From the first Meres Live event back in 2010 the venue is increasingly on the radar of dance, arts and TV figures because of the way the venue can adapt so easily with different size stages and backdrops.

Grantham and the surrounding area’s hotels, bed and breakfasts and restaurants are also benefiting as more and more show goers choose to stay over when attending The Meres Live.

Paul added: “Jimmy and his comic friends like the venue and yes at times acts like him might mock the leisure centre setting in their script but they love it enough to come back time and again!

“It’s our staff’s efforts and attitude that really grow the reputation though. They do whatever they can to help each show run smoothly. They don’t just direct acts and help move equipment behind the scenes but are versatile, becoming assistants front and back stage or whatever else the shows demand.

“Group entertainers are always pushing to come back because we work differently to bigger theatres, we just have more time to adapt to the needs of acts compared to that of some of the more traditional venues.

“Our Box Office has seen big changes too to cope with the demands of audiences that come from all over the region and further afield including repeat bookings from customers in London, Warwick and many other places throughout the country.

“We can also charge that little less than a city theatre as our teams become ever more skilled at dealing with the expectations of the acts and our customers.

“When Aljaz and Janette were here tickets were £30. A night later in Blackpool they were £49. We’re keen to offer great value wherever we can.

“We want to do everything bigger and better but retain that friendly charm that this is The Meres where people know you’ll always get a great welcome.

“We continue to learn though and adapt to what people expect to see when they come to a big name show and our ambitions are to only attract a higher and higher calibre of act to further boost the local economy.”

Jason Manford plays The Meres Live on March 9 2018 and tickets for his and all up coming shows are available at www.guildhallartscentre.com

A resident has been left with a £220 bill for dumping her household refuse at the side of a public waste bin.

Stephanie Waldren was given a fixed penalty notice for the offence on September 12 last year but refused to pay and was instead left with the cost and a six month conditional discharge at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on April 19.

The court heard she walked a matter of yards from her property on Bridge End Road, Grantham, to place two black bags next to the bin instead of placing her rubbish in pink or clear bags at the edge of her property on collection day.

Correspondence was found in the bags containing her address when picked up by SKDC’s Streetcare Services team.

She appealed the penalty notice which the authority turned down and was given further time to pay the penalty but also refused this opportunity.

She pleaded guilty to one offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and was ordered to pay £200 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.

SKDC’s Executive Manager for Environment Ian Yates said: “Public waste bins are not the places for household waste to be deposited.

“We appreciate Ms Waldren wished to dispose of the waste but this must always be done in the appropriate manner. We educate residents waste must be placed on the edge of their properties in the correct bins or bags by 7.30am on the day of collection.

“All the advice on where to leave bins or bags is outlined at www.southkesteven.gov.uk or residents can call 01476 40 60 80 if they are unsure over our rules over where and when they should be presented.”