May I suggest council becomes more efficient?
SKDC is now creating a charge for those of us doing the ‘green scene’ despite a fee having already been paid to be a green bin owner.If only half of green bin users decide to pay the new fee, then...
View ArticleTurn your green bin into a gardening composter
I BELIEVE South Kesteven District Council is breaking a contract by putting a £25 charge on to empty green bins. Why should people with a small garden pay the same as those with big gardens?I have...
View ArticleSKDC is forcing none-car owners to pay even more
HOW will non-car owners dispose of garden rubbish? Surely they are being forced into paying an extra £25. Cllr Linda Neal states: ‘why should none-garden owners pay for a scheme only used by garden...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty found dead
NOTTINGHAM Forest owner Nigel Doughty has died at his home in Skillington near Grantham today.Mr Doughty, 54, stepped down as chairman of the club earlier this season.The club released a statement on...
View ArticleMP is apathetic to Grantham’s suffering
HERE’S why I will be opting out of the grren bin service.So many new charges introduced as ‘modest’ can soon grow out of control.How much suffering is MP Nick Boles going through during the recession?...
View ArticleThe determined Di deserves a medal
What a brilliant job Di Ablewhite did in tracing the relatives of the lost airmen that crashed near Long Bennington.To spend 11 years doing so is truly a labour of love, and for that she deserves the...
View ArticleKick the drunks out of our town centre
Am I alone in feeling intimidated by the people drinking beer in Grantham Town Centre, in particular, around the statues on St. Peter’s Hill?I always believed that this was illegal yet recently. What...
View ArticleDuo still making us laugh
I very much enjoyed reading your recent article about the visit of Laurel and Hardy to Grantham. As a big fan of the “Boys” I recently started a Laurel and Hardy Club at Barkston and Syston Primary...
View Article...but a fairy story is better than a horror
Re: ‘Journal should not print nasty Thatcher letters’ – Isn’t the press there to air everyone’s views, not just those of David Close?Yes, she deserves her place in history, and a blue plaque, both...
View ArticleRe-name Guildhall after Mrs Thatcher
Grantham should have some form of recognition of the fact that the UK’s first female Prime Minister came from this Town.However, I have no doubt that a statue placed in any open public area of the town...
View ArticleThank you for your care
thanks to Ward 6, Grantham Hospital, for looking after my husband, Sam. The last two weeks of his life were spent in St Edmunds Nursing Home, Grantham, where nothing was too much trouble. We were both...
View ArticleLabour’s presence is just a fairy story...
I hope David Burling continues to write his column after his retirement as Chairman of the Labour Party, as I do enjoy a good fairy story.As for ‘working hard to ensure the council is transparent and...
View ArticleClosing top care home is a disgrace
I could not believe what I was reading in the Journal recently, about the impending closure of Harrison House on Dysart Road, Grantham. Just what are the powers-that-be thinking?This is a very...
View ArticleNo school closures reported in the Grantham area
No school closures are currently reported in the Grantham area.Check this page later for further updates.
View ArticleRe-arranged dates for Grantham Town
FOLLOWING the postponement of Grantham Town’s home game against New Mills on Saturday due to a frozen pitch, the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Division One South has announced dates for rescheduled...
View ArticleThieves use tractor to steal cash machine
THIEVES used a tractor to rip a cash machine from the wall of Natwest in Market Place, Bingham, in the early hours of this morning.The theft took place at around 2.45am and a police cordon remains in...
View ArticleWoman helped herself to a telly
STEALING a television worth £170 ended up costing a woman £213 after she was eventually caught.Nyree Rozalia Bonar of Houghton Road, Grantham, was leaving Sainsburys in March of last year when she...
View ArticleMan was ‘hiding under a mattress’
POLICE found a man on bail hiding under a bed in a house he should not have been in.Darren Payne, 41, of Uplands Drive was on conditional bail with a condition not to go to a property in Queen Street....
View Article‘I feel like an idiot, to be honest’
A TEENAGER was arrested for abusing commuters with foul language after being ejected from a train at Grantham station.Officers found eighteen-year-old Ben Smales of Linnet Way, Sleaford, face down on...
View ArticleLucky escape for speeding driver
A VAN driver successfully argued to keep his licence after being caught driving at 91mph on a 60mph stretch of the A1 at Barrowby.Peter Williams of The Naze, Essex, brought a letter to the court from...
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