Grandmother and grandson drowned while feeding ducks
A GRANDMOTHER and her six-year-old grandson drowned whilst feeding ducks in what police believe was a “very tragic accident.”Dawn Mullany, 71, of Castle Bytham, was looking after her grandson Laurence...
View ArticleGrantham Town stretch out lead at top of league
GRANTHAM Town extended their lead at the top of the league with a 4-3 victory at Goole today (Saturday).The Gingerbreads went ahead from a 12th minute penalty struck by Paul Grimes. But an own goal...
View ArticleSenior citizens’ rummage sale
ON behalf of Grantham Senior Citizens Club, I would like to express my thanks to the person who donated the packs of whist playing cards.I would also like to add that on Tuesday, March 6, the club is...
View ArticleROWING: Callum competes in Great Britain trials
A BOTTESFORD teenager went a step closer to retaining his place in the Great Britain junior under-19 team when he competed in the GB Junior Long Distance Trials at Boston last weekend.Sixteen-year-old...
View ArticleChristians are not anti-scientific idiots
As a Christian, I have some sympathy with a separation of church and state (secularism, if you like). However, I’d just like to pick up on something that Cllr Rob Shorrock (a fellow Labour Party...
View ArticleSome of us still have worthwhile values
I’m afraid Cllr Rob Shorrock, the aethiest councillor and the National Secular Society appear very sad - including their Executive Director, Keith Porteous Wood.They are not compelled to attend any of...
View ArticleTrailers ARE welcome at the county’s tips
Regarding the letter in a recent Journal (‘trailers at tips are banned’):Lincolnshire County Council does not have any such plans to ban trailers from any of our Household Waste Recycling Centres....
View ArticleWind turbines over nuclear power for me
I am an avid advocate of keeping our landscapes free of ugly blots, and also protection of our wildlife, however, don’t you [Mike Robinson: ‘Is anyone listenting to wind turbine fears?’] think it’s a...
View ArticleCouncillors need Divine guidance
THE Journal asked for comments from readers on the inclusion of prayers at council meetings.But surely the argument is not the based on the prayers per se, but their being item number one on the...
View ArticleThe Journal says...
EVERY now and then Grantham stands up, puffs out its chest in pride and declares: ‘Grantham IS great’.And when those moments come, there is more often than not a tireless Granthamian (or several) in...
View ArticleStreep wins Oscar for Thatcher role
ACTRESS Meryl Streep scooped an Oscar last night for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the film The Iron Lady.It was Streep’s third Academy award, with the last coming in 1982 for Sophie’s...
View ArticleVIDEO: Mark will ride 4,000 miles across the Sahara...on a scooter
IMAGINE riding 4,000 miles on a scooter across the Sahara, crossing seven countries, one war zone and a minefield.And then handing over the trusty ride that got you there.Well, that’s what Mark Denton...
View ArticleMurderer Mark Lee arrested in Grantham
A MURDERER was picked up in Grantham on Saturday morning, 12 days after absconding from prison.Mark Lee, from Grantham, was arrested by Lincolnshire Police officers in Dysart Road at about 11.15am.Lee,...
View Article‘First Class’ cadets ready to fly gliders
CADETS with 47F Grantham Squadron Air Training Corps who passed their first exams can look forward to flying gliders and learning to shoot.The ten cadets who began their 18-week training course...
View ArticleMan is punished for driving while banned
GOING out for a drive with his girlfriend cost a banned driver 160 hours of his time.Grantham magistrates heard how Mark Varnham, of Kings Road, Long Clawson, was stopped in South Parade, Grantham, on...
View Article‘Foolish’ learner driver drove drunk
A LEARNER driver has got off on the wrong foot by driving while more than twice over the legal drink-drive limit.Provisional licence holder Ashley Leonard, of Great North Road, Great Ponton, admitted...
View ArticleDismay at absence of interpreters
A LITHUANIAN man will face a charge of failing to provide a specimen of breath.The case of Andrejus Kiseliovas, of Derwent Road, Grantham, was adjourned until March 22 as an interpreter was unable to...
View ArticleGuilty plea from man found with cocaine stash
COCAINE weighing in at 0.92oz was discovered by police when they stopped a car on the A1 at Colsterworth.The Class A drugs were found in a jacket pocket worn by Steven Ella, of Black Lane, York.Ella,...
View ArticleRUGBY: Fine away win for Kesteven
Midlands League 3East (North)Notts Corsairs 5Kesteven 50KESTEVEN set off for Nottingham in good heart after their previous week’s big win. Unavailability of regular scrum halves Lines and Wood saw...
View ArticleHundreds of children dress up as heroes for the hospice
HUNDREDS of children dressed to impress as their favourite famous people this month to raise money for Grantham Hospice.Red Carpet Day was started last year by the manager of Yorkshire Bank in...
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