Thanks for supporting Swimarathon
May we take the opportunity to convey our thanks to everyone who worked so magnificently at this year’s Rotary Swimarathon.The organisation was truly spectacular and very much appreciated by our family...
View ArticlePoor grades are not linked to free meals
I would like to say that releasing the GCSE league table is maybe a positive move to reiterate the successful steps being taken to improve the grades at all the schools in the Lincs area.However, I...
View ArticleHiding planning applications is not cost saving - it’s cloak and dagger
THERE is a proposal that authorities would not have to advertise work, which affects local residents, in their local newspapers (Journal, February 3). Officials at every level, demand more and more...
View ArticleGreen bin sting is surely illegal?
Dear Cllr Linda Neal:I join the chorus of objectors to the notion of charging for green bin collections. Please think again and acknowledge, as our PM has, that well-meaning proposals may not always be...
View ArticleATHLETICS: Josh enjoys best race of the season
FORMER Grantham College student Josh Norman took part in the British University Cross-Country Championshps at Cardiff on Saturday.It was possibly 20-year-old Josh’s best race of the cross-country...
View ArticleVIDEO: White-out hits Grantham sport scene once again
A SECOND successive weekend of snow and ice put paid to the majority of sport in Grantham.Grantham Town’s game at Carlton Town was postponed and there was no play whatsoever in the Grantham and...
View ArticleBOWLS: Annual match raises money for charity
THE annual Ladies’ President versus Men’s President bowls match took place at Grantham Indoor Bowling Club.A good afternoon of bowls was enjoyed, followed by a two-course mean which raised £220 for...
View ArticleAnother adjournment for Jeremy Kyle fan
THE case of a man accused of harassment and breaching a restraining order was adjourned for the second week running.Nicki Clark, of Home Court, Hockwell Ring, Luton, is charged with contacting a woman...
View ArticleTrial for man facing 11 paedophilia charges
ELEVEN charges involving paedophilia have been put to a Grantham man, who will now stand trial in March.James Bacon, of Sunningdale, has entered no plea to the charges, which include four counts of...
View ArticleChristmas Day visitor was more of a St Nick-alot than St Nicholas
HAD the man who paid Clive Taylor a visit on Christmas Day with a sack of goodies been sporting a red suit and white beard, Taylor might not have ended up in court this week.But instead, the man was a...
View ArticleMan denies being in charge of car whilst over limit
A CHARGE of being drunk and in charge of a vehicle was denied by a Grantham man at Grantham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.Simon Munnis, of Edward Street, pleaded not guilty to being in charge of a...
View ArticleDishonest housemate used card to buy items
A MAN has betrayed the trust of his housemate by using his bank card to buy goods.Alexander Baker, who now lives in Stamford Street, Grantham, used the Co-op bank card to order pizza from Domino’s,...
View ArticleBoozy thief busted at Asda
PILFERING alcohol from a Grantham supermarket was the third such conviction in just six months for a Grantham man.Richard Godson, of Princess Drive, admitted stealing the booze from Asda on January...
View ArticleTrial for motorist after breath test
A MOTORIST has denied failing to breathe satisfactorily into a breathalyser when at Grantham Police Station on January 21.Wayne Butler, of High Street, Leadenham, pleaded not guilty and will stand...
View ArticleMan’s drunken behaviour was ‘quite stupid’
SHOUTING and swearing at police officers and staggering about drunk were acts admitted by a 20-year-old Grantham man in court this week.Alastair Noon, of Green Hill Road, admitted to using threatening...
View ArticleSkillington millionaire ‘will be missed by whole village’
TRIBUTES have been paid to the owner of Nottingham Forest, Nigel Doughty, who died at his home in Skillington last Saturday.Mr Doughty, 54, was a multi-millionaire who made his fortune through private...
View ArticleDoughty’s former housekeeper has fond memories of him and his family
Ann Williams spent two years as a housekeeper with the Doughty family at their home in Skillington.She said: “They were a really nice family and he was fantastic - really down to earth.“He was a family...
View ArticlePlayers and manager pay tribute to Nigel Doughty
A BOOK of condolence was opened by Nottingham Forest this week, giving fans the chance to pay their respects to the owner and former chairman of the club.Forest manager Steve Cotterill paid an...
View ArticleEnglish Heritage and SKDC councillors at loggerheads over precious hall
PRAISE has been lavished on building work which, in the eyes of English Heritage, caused “unjustified and demonstrable substantial harm” to a Grade II* listed building.Mr Sowerby, owner of Caythorpe...
View ArticleGirls save boy from Grantham Canal
TWO heroic school friends rescued a boy who fell into the ice-covered Grantham Canal and could not get out.Elisha Raado, 11, and Olivia Parke, 10, were walking to school when they saw the boy heading...
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