Academy scheme is deferred again
PLANNING permission for the new state-of-the-art Priory Ruskin Academy, in Rushcliffe Road, Grantham, was deferred for a third time on Tuesday after residents raised concerns over access to the site...
View Article‘We will carry on the fight to keep carnival parade’ says the chairman of the...
DEBATE over the route for this year’s Grantham Carnival parade rages on.Carnival committee members claim Lincolnshire County Council is continuing to throw obstacles in their way, casting doubts over...
View ArticlePOKER: Grantham pair head for Vegas after nationals wins
TWO players from Grantham came out on top in the Live Pub Poker League National Finals which took place in Southport.Playing out of Grantham’s Hunters Bar, Steve Booker and Andy Bingham reached the...
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A BIG thank you from all the residents at Gregory House, who received Easter eggs from the bikers, and to those people who donated the eggs for the run. They were very much appreciated.The coffee, cake...
View ArticleHospital
MY wife needed to visit Grantham A&E department after a motor car accident. The attention and treatment she received, under the supervision of Paul Lewis, was second to none.To employ other staff...
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I WOULD like to say a big thank you to all the doctors and nursing staff for the care and attention they gave to my husband, Brian, during his stay on Ward 1 at Grantham Hospital.I would also like to...
View ArticleLandlord transforms The Ropsley Fox pub
WHEN Dave Smith bought The Ropsley Fox it was an empty shell, but in the last 18 months he has transformed it into an inviting village pub.It now caters for functions, offers an extensive menu, has...
View ArticleGreen space
GONERBY Hill Foot will be losing another green space - 4.6 acres in total - to a huge shed which will be an indoor tennis complex. It will cover all of Arnoldfield.Next to his we have the stone...
View ArticleSmall businesses benefit from fayre
MORE than 80 businesses attended the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Real-Life Entrepreneurs Networking Fayre at Belton Woods Hotel.The event at the hotel, near Grantham, was designed to inform...
View ArticleTrio embarks on new venture
AN award-winning Grantham landscaping business is enjoying a recession-beating boom in business.Grantham-based Elite Landscaping Ltd was set up 12 months ago and has already scooped an industry...
View ArticleROWING: Teenager keeps GB place to compete in Munich regatta
Bottesford rower 16-year-old Callum Jones has retained his place in the Great Britain Junior (under-19) team by being selected to row in the Munich International Regatta at the German Olympic rowing...
View ArticleToo many Army lorries using town’s roads
WHO gave the British Army (namely Prince William of Gloucester Barracks) permission to use the streets of Grantham as a training area? That is a training area for ten, 54ft artics. They go by my place...
View ArticleChurchyard
ON visiting Irnham churchyard to put flowers on our family graves, we were most disgusted that the churchyard was being used as a playground. An Easter egg hunt was taking place and those involved had...
View ArticleGarage owners left reeling by theft of tools worth £20k
TOOLS worth £20,000 were stolen from two independent garages in a Grantham industrial estate.The burglaries on Friday night have dealt a blow to the owners of the small businesses in Woodland Drive, in...
View ArticleQuaint decor creates a wonderful atmosphere
CLAIRE Cant’s two daughters inspired her when it came to choosing a name for her business venture - a tea room and fancy goods shop in the centre of Grantham.The entrepreneur has named the tea room...
View ArticleVIDEO: Grantham Town win the league
MORE footage from after Saturday’s 1-0 win over Quorn which secured the league title.For more on the game and the celebrations see Friday’s Journal.
View ArticleGrantham Town lose for only sixth time at Loughborough
SHARP second-half finishing from Loughborough sent Grantham Town to only their sixth defeat of the season. Although the Gingerbreads drew level after going behind just after the break, they gave...
View ArticleUPDATED: Cyclist seriously injured in Bridge End Road, Grantham
A CYCLIST was seriously injured this morning in Bridge End Road, Grantham, when her bike collided with a van.The woman was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham after the accident, which...
View ArticleDrivers are training in case of a strike by fuel tanker drivers
THE mystery surrounding the lorries that have been circuiting Grantham since Friday, April 6 was solved on Thursday when the Ministry of Defence confirmed that they are training in Grantham in case...
View ArticleLorry overturns on the A1 at Great Gonerby
THE A1 northbound was closed this morning after a lorry accident at Great Gonerby.The lorry, which overturned just after 7.30am, caused a stretch of the A1 between Great Gonerby and Long Bennington to...
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