Why are they trying to kill our carnival?
I am having difficulty in choosing words which you can print to demonstrate my feeling of disgust regarding the approval for the route for the Grantham Carnival this year and every year. I find it...
View ArticleFestival performers deserve huge praise
The 50th Grantham Music Festival finished last Saturday evening following a week of classes covering a wide range of music. We had the highest number of entries for several years, and enjoyed...
View ArticleThanks for supporting Ancaster Preschool
Ancaster Preschool would like to thank everyone who helped, supported and donated to the Spring Fair on March 10th. The fair was a great success and we rasied £412.60 towards the Preschool. Thank-you...
View ArticleThanks for supporting Wyndham Park Nursery
The Friends of Wyndham Park Nursery School would like to thank everyone in Grantham who so kindly supported us when we held a tombola in the Isaac Newton Centre in front of Morrisons supermarket on...
View ArticleThank Heaven there are still wonderful people
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the family who helped me with my shopping when my bag broke the Saturday before Mother’s day. I found myself at the Watergate traffic light island with...
View ArticleFluffy chick is new addition at school
A CHICK has hatched at Charles Read Academy, just in time for Easter.The new arrival hatched in the Corby Glen school’s three-egg incubator, which aims to help pupils with their studies of reproduction...
View ArticleSupporters’ club chairman says come and celebrate Grantham Town’s success at...
I MAKE no apology for writing again to remind the Journal’s many readers that our senior local football team are now within touching distance of the league title.I am not “counting chickens” but it...
View Article£50k to help shopkeepers spruce up their shop fronts
SHOPKEEPERS in Grantham can apply for a share of a £50,000 pot of cash to improve their shop fronts.South Kesteven District Council is helping property owners to improve their premises, in turn...
View ArticleCommunity penalty for man who dealt drugs in village
CANNABIS and mephedrone were found when police carried out a drugs raid on a house in South Witham, Lincoln Crown Court was told.Officers staged the raid on the home of Paul Smith after earlier...
View ArticleGYMNASTICS: Walton Girls triumph in two titles
GRANTHAM’S 25th Schools Gymnastics Championships were held at The Meres leisure centre last Sunday, with more than 200 competitors from 21 local schools in attendance.Walton Girls were again...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Jail for man who used ‘sticky device’ to steal from cash machines
A ROMANIAN man who stole £440 by placing a “sticky device” over a cash machine in Grantham High Street was today (Wednesday) jailed for four months.Ionut Ciofu, 20, was caught by an undercover police...
View ArticleROBSON’S CHOICE: Don’t let the bean counters win - save Grantham Hospital
I was really upset to read about the latest attack on our hospital in last week’s Journal, which was brilliantly reported by Suzie Pike – it was good to see both sides of the debate reported so...
View ArticleFantastic, friendly service at Panini, and lovely food too
Suzie writes:SERVICE with a smile and a polite chat to match is what greeted me when I walked through the doors of Panini, in Westgate, Grantham, in desperate need of some food to get us through...
View ArticleChildren get creative for bonnet contest
CHILDREN at Little Leaps Nursery, in Gonerby Road, Gonerby Hill Foot, had fun making Easter bonnets.They competed to make the best bonnet and then had an Easter egg hunt. Supervisor Karen Smith said:...
View Article4,000 homes for south of town, but which option would you like?
PLANS for a major 4,000 home planning development to be built on land to the south of Grantham have been opened up for public scrutiny.The ‘Southern Quadrant’ development is planned for land between...
View ArticleEnthusiastic volunteers clear rubbish from river
THE Journal joined Grantham Rivercare volunteers on cold and blustery Saturday as more than a dozen people gave up their morning to help clean a stretch of the River Witham at Queen Elizabeth...
View ArticleChildren loved Newton the Bunny
EASTER eggs come in all shapes and sizes and so do the helpers of Newton the Bunny! A huge thank you for making my Easter this year. What a lovely idea to parade around the streets of Grantham, for all...
View ArticleIs this ‘barn’ really a house?
A PICKWORTH man must demolish a ‘barn’ in the middle of the countryside because it looks like a house.Alastair Taylor, of Folkingham Road, applied for planning permission in 2010 to build a barn with...
View ArticleMaking case for refusal could prove costly to the council
DEVELOPERS seeking to build a residential home in St Catherine’s Road, Grantham, have taken their case to a planning inspector.Developers McCarthy & Stone were frustrated by the council’s decision...
View ArticleGreen light for tennis complex plans
PLANS for a multi-million pound tennis complex to be built in Grantham were given the go-ahead by South Kesteven District Council this week.The 13-court tennis complex will be built on the site of...
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