Grantham Town go top of the table
GRANTHAM Town returned to winning ways and rose to the top of the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Division One South with a 3-1 victory at Ilkeston on Saturday.Gio Carchedi put the Gingerbreads in...
View ArticleGrantham business targeted in metal theft
A SCRAP metal dealer admitted theft after attempting to take scaffolding from a Grantham business without permission.Craig Lambley, of Grindon Crescent, Nottingham, rented a van for scrap metalling...
View ArticleDriver admits causing pensioners’ deaths
A CARE worker admitted two charges of causing death by careless driving following a head-on smash which left two pensioners dead - including a Grantham woman. Lindsay Smith, 20, of The Cloisters,...
View Article‘Use us or risk losing us’ warn town centre traders
THE Journal is urging all readers to do their bit to help Grantham’s numerous High Street stores by supporting late night shopping on December 15 and 22.Grantham Business Club has contacted retailers...
View ArticleLate night shops
The following Grantham shops will be open late on December 15 and 22:Empire DesignwearBootsSaversPhones4YouCar Phone WarehouseJohn CussellThe Light HouseArgosThorntonsRymansOrangeMax...
View ArticleFinal three announced in the Journal’s search for most promising new business
THE hunt for Grantham’s most promising fledgling business is well and truly on, with judges this week pawing over entries to select a shortlist of three.The businesses who we felt best matched the...
View ArticleGrantham awash with big- hearted Santa fun runners
A HUNDRED Santas lined Castlegate on Saturday morning to take part in the first ever Grantham Santa Fun Run and Walk.The race was organised to raise cash for the British Heart Foundation and St...
View ArticleChoral society performs two Christmas concerts this week
SINGERS from Grantham Choral Society perform in two carol concerts at ChristChurch, Finkin Street, Grantham, on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 13 and 14.As well as chance to hear favourite carols...
View ArticleAmbitious science festival launching in Grantham
AN AMBITIOUS project looks set to finally harness the proud heritage of Grantham – and use it to promote our town on a national scale.Last night (Thursday) ‘The Gravity Fields Festival’ held a fitting...
View ArticleConcern for missing Grantham man
POLICE and family members are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a Grantham man who has been missing since Tuesday.Stuart Taylor, 46, was last seen at around 1.30pm on Tuesday, December...
View ArticleWin an executive box for a match
A RAFFLE has been organised to raise money for the Diabetic Clinic at Grantham Hospital.John Foster is raising money following the death of his father.The top prize is an executive box for eight people...
View ArticleService bringing books to the villages could be scrapped
MOBILE library services to villages around Grantham face being scrapped.Mobile library stops at villages such as Allington, Carlton Scroop, Great Gonerby, South Witham and Colsterworth could go, along...
View ArticleChristmas presents stolen in spate of Grantham burglaries
POLICE are warning people to beware after two families lost Christmas presents in burglaries.On Wednesday thieves broke into a house in Cliffe Road, Gonerby Hill Foot and stole jewellery, watches and a...
View ArticleChallenge ‘Wolfie’
DARTS player Martin ‘Wolfie’ Adams will be taking on challengers at The Three Gables pub, in Signal Road, Grantham, tonight (Friday) from 7.30pm.Eleven people will have the opportunity to play against...
View ArticleDon’t miss Grantham’s Christmas #1 gig on Sunday
NEARLY 24,000 votes were cast in the race to name Grantham’s Christmas #1 song and this Sunday you can listen to the top three original tracks, as voted by you, at a special gig at Eden Wine Bar.The...
View ArticleBT: Phones in Colsterworth should be back on tomorrow
METAL thieves who stole underground cabling in the Stainby area were responsible for leaving villages in the Colsterworth area without telephone and internet connections this week.However, a BT...
View ArticleLate night shopping in Grantham TONIGHT!
STILL not done your Christmas shopping? Help is on hand from Grantham’s traders on Thursday!Shops in Grantham town centre are staying open late and the Journal is urging all readers to do their bit to...
View ArticleChain restaurant offers good food, but lacked atmosphere
IT was a cold Thursday night when I decided to visit Ask Italian restaurant in Grantham High Street for my dinner before going to do a comedy review.I’ve been to the chain restaurant in other towns but...
View ArticleMusic Machine presents a real cracker
A REAL Christmas Cracker will take place at Grantham’s leisure centre on Monday.The Meres, in Trent Road, will host Christmas Cracker II, a concert by Music Machine.The youth band performs several...
View ArticleArtist Jim holds new exhibition of his work
RETIRED Journal sports editor Jim Allen opens a new exhibition of his art at Grantham’s Guildhall Arts Centre next week.Jim returned to his hobby of painting after he retired and has held several...
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