Q&A: Grantham PCSO Stuart McBride
It may not seem like it, but police community support officers have now been working the streets of Grantham for a decade.PCSOs, once derided as “plastic policemen”, are now the most recognisable...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Reward offered in effort to catch robber who held machete to...
A machete-wielding robber who held a knife to a woman’s throat and demanded cash is on the run from police.The robber jumped over the back wall at Costcutter in Springfield Road, Grantham, on Thursday...
View ArticleGrantham Journal: Village News
A look at what’s been happening in the villages around Grantham...B.I.G. REPORTBarrowbyBarrowby Improvement Steering Group (B.I.G.) will present its final report, executive summary and Action Plan to...
View ArticleFarewell to Grantham’s famous road roller
When a 1922 Aveling and Porter road roller was presented to Grantham in 1963 by Eddison Plant, having reached the end of its working life, it became a popular feature in the play area at Wyndham...
View Article‘No further action’ to be taken against Grantham Canal sexual assault accused
A man arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault against a teenage girl has been released with no further action to be taken.The girl was reportedly forced into a car in Huntingtower Road and driven to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Body found is that of missing Grantham woman
A body found this week in a Grantham park has been confirmed as that of missing woman Alexandra Dryburgh.The 55-year-old woman, of Belton Grove in Grantham, was reported missing on Monday, with an...
View ArticleDecision on whether Grantham firms will be forced out is due in March
Two Grantham businesses will find out in March whether a compulsory purchase order made against them by Lincolnshire County Council will be upheld by the secretary of state.The order, made to allow the...
View ArticleWATER POLO: Grantham’s Vicky continues to make her mark
A former Grantham girl is continuing to make her presence well known in the world of water polo.Twenty-three-year-old Vicky Bowen goes into this weekend’s British Gas Championships in her adopted home...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Letter: Defence committee has outlived its relevance
Ian Mihill’s article (Journal, February 15) confirms that the surest way for any organisation to neutralise opponents is to massage their egos by inviting them into their tent, there to immerse them in...
View ArticleRUGBY: Kesteven RFC invites old boys to reunion
Kesteven Rugby Club president Mike Money has issued an invitation to its reunion for all former members.The club’s reunion will be at Woodnook on Saturday, March 9,when the promotion-chasing first team...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Letter: Tax-payers’ money wasted on silence
I’m outraged at the behaviour of East Midlands Strategic Health Authority and once again, according to BBC Radio Lincolnshire, our erstwhile MP was, as usual, “unavailable for comment”. What a...
View ArticleFamily’s tribute to teen killed in A1 crash
The family of 17-year-old Emily Challen have paid tribute to a “beautiful and very talented daughter that we were so extremely proud of”.Emily was from a loving family and she was extremely close to...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Letter: In defence of SOS Granthm Hospital
I feel I must write in defence of SOS Grantham Hospital.SOS was set up by people who were members of Grantham Hospital Defence Committee, who were wanting a more proactive response to the cuts in our...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Letter: Do we want a Magaret Thatcher Museum?
Grantham has been made to look foolish on a national stage. The debacle over the Margaret Thatcher statue is symptomatic of a deeper problem - an inability of the town to come to terms with its own...
View ArticleGOLF: Hardy Belton Park ladies contest monthly competition
A smaller than normal field of players contested the February Stableford due to dreadful winter weather conditions.The hardy souls who did venture out to play the monthly competition saw Annette...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Letter: Iron statue for an Iron Lady?
The problem with the present statue of Margaret Thatcher is that it is marble and therefore needs protection from the elements, which may even include vandalism.This is not the Iron Lady known to the...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Letter: Amazed by negativity towards Magaret Thatcher
It was with total amazement that I read that Charmaine Morgan is so negative regarding having a monument to recognise Margaret Thatcher.As we have a business in Grantham, we know that anything...
View ArticleGOLF: Stoke Rochford captains exchange
More than 100 members attended Stoke Rochford’s annual meeting last Wednesday night, when the new club captain replaced last year’s.During the evening’s proceedings, outgoing captain Roger Smith...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: What about SKDC?
With Mr Walker coming clean, it would be nice if some brave person in SKDC came clean with the truth on the departure of the last CEO.Why he left? Why so suddenly? How much he left with? And why over...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Dog mess disgust
May I say how disgusted I was on arriving at Barrowby Football Club’s pitch to find that the field had been used by dogs as their own public loo.I don’t think it is too much to ask people to clean up...
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