Blaze in boiler house at Grantham Hospital
A fire broke out at the boiler house at Grantham Hospital this evening (Sunday).Six fire engines and a hydraulic platform were called to the scene at around 7pm.The flames were put out and the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Britain’s Got Talent’s Pudsey and Ashleigh perform in Grantham
Ashleigh Butler and Pudsey - the winners of Britain’s Got Talent in 2012 - performed in Grantham on Sunday to mark the opening of a new vets in London Road.The dog-trick duo performed at the opening of...
View ArticleMiaow can you resist these moggies?
A plea to rehome cats is being made by a Grantham rescue centre as all its pens are full.Cath Rowson, of Grantham Rescue of Cats and Kittens (ROCK), says she cannot take in any more cats until some...
View ArticlePIGEON RACING: President Gilbert wins Grantham North Road race from Wetherby
Grantham and District North Road Club’s race from Wetherby was won by club president Dave Gilbert, whose birds returned home first and second.Race sponsor was Kesteven Skips.Results: 1 D. Gilbert...
View ArticleTENNIS: Grantham club players perform well in Cromer tournament
Grantham Tennis Club sent a contingent of players to contest a week-long tournament on the lush, green courts at Cromer.Andrew Isaac played well, getting to the 18-and-under boys’ singles...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Picture of the Week
Grantham teenager Alan Szymanski, 15, sent in this stunning shot of the skies.Alan is a pupil of Priory Ruskin Academy.Have you taken any photographs recently that you are really proud of? Well, don’t...
View ArticleGrantham ten pin bowling round-up
THURSDAY DOUBLESResults (week 28): Lavender Hill Mob 7 Jetsetters 3, Giraffes 10 Kanada St 0, Smokey Mountain Duo 0 Cobblers 10, Old Codgers 10 Cool Runnings 0, Spare Parts 2 Revrite 8, New Venture 7...
View ArticleHarrowby United enjoy emphatic victory over Newark side
The Arrows enjoyed an emphatic friendly victory over Central Midlands League outfit Newark Town on Saturday, running out 7-0 winners.Prior to kick-off, there was an excellently observed minute’s...
View ArticleNottingham Forest fans visit Ewood Park
Nottingham Forest Supporters’ Club (Grantham branch):Forest are away to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday, August 10, kick-off 3pm.Bookings are being taken for away games at Watford on Sunday, August 25,...
View ArticleGrantham Journal columnist: Jacob Stuart says town’s problems are largely...
The current situation with the Grantham canal is indicative of a larger issue.We know why the canal has turned out this way; lazy people too self-obsessed to be bothered to get rid of waste properly....
View ArticleDiamond couple Eric and Ann have been together for 66 years
A couple will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary this week, 66 years after they first met at a dance.Eric and Ann Blakey of Denton Avenue, Grantham, first met at a dance in Bourne when Ann was...
View ArticleThe work of not one, not two, but three Dozy Parkers captured in Grantham
Yes indeed, more Dozy Parkers are this week gracing the web pages of the Journal - it seems they will not learn!A Grantham shopper, who asked to reamin anonymous, sent in this photo, which shows how...
View ArticleJoin the bat walk through Grantham’s Wyndham Park
If you love wildlife, a bat walk through a Grantham park on Friday night will be right up your street.It is a guided walk around Wyndham Park with detectors to discover which species of bat are living...
View ArticleGrantham Town held to draw at Loughborough
FriendlyLoughborough Dynamo 2Grantham Town 2Grantham certainly got the more physical work out that joint managers Gary Sucharewycz and Ian Robinson were expecting against Loughborough Dynamo. After...
View ArticleMums demand a crackdown on dog fouling in Grantham neighbourhood
Sick and tired of side-stepping piles of dog excrement, two mothers have launched a petition to show the district council that residents want more to be done.Jackie Smith, 37, and Emma Stockdale, 30,...
View ArticlePolice search for wanted Grantham man
A Grantham man is wanted by police for recall to prison.Lincolnshire Police is appealing for information on the whereabouts of Lee James Sentence, formerly of Dysart Road in Grantham.The 35-year-old is...
View ArticleGrantham Journal columnist: Conservative councillor Richard Davies says...
As many readers will no doubt be aware, this summer sees a range of road improvements going on in Grantham: junctions widened; extra lane space; bridges repaired and roads resurfaced.Obviously it is...
View ArticleGrantham pharmacy reveals its ‘healthy living concept
A pharmacy in Grantham has unveiled its new look after £80,000 was spent transforming it into a ‘centre for healthy living’.Barrowby Gate Pharmacy, a Lincolnshire Co-op, has undergone a complete...
View ArticleCRICKET: Belvoir toil manfully to defeat against Ellerslie
South Notts LeagueDivision AEllerslie 225-7Belvoir 146Having stood firm for 32 balls, Matt Irvine followed a Charlie Shreck ball to leg and edged to Ellerslie’s captain and keeper John Wakeling, giving...
View ArticleDriver ‘traumatised’ after rock is thrown from footbridge over A1 near Grantham
A motorist is lucky to be alive after a rock thrown from a footbridge over the A1 caused only a dent on his car roof.A notice describing the incident has been placed on a board in Great Ponton, which...
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