Graham’s batter recipe is delicious
Graham Hutton will be sorely missed - his battered fish recipe is delicious. At the start of his Manthorpe Road days we would call for our supper on Friday evenings after completing our weekly shop at...
View ArticleI’ll vote for someone who can deliver
MR Ayto’s extraordinary comments in the Journal, December 9 where he says ‘the Conservatives could place a blue rosette on a sheep, stand it as a candidate, and it would be voted in’ hardly endears him...
View ArticleGravity FM is now steadily improving
Recently there has been some uncalled for, unneccesary bad press about Grantham’s community radio station. I personally applied and joined Gravity FM about 18 months ago. At this time the station was...
View ArticleCadets dig deep to fill Christmas hamper for Grantham pensioners
CADETS from Grantham visited pensioners at Newton House nursing home over Christmas to bring some festive cheer.The cadets from 47F Grantham Squadron Air Training Corps delivered a Christmas hamper...
View ArticleGraham, you were a wonderful man
GRAHAM Hutton, I knew you for nearly 50 years. You were my younger sister Julie’s first boyfriend.I remember we were not allowed out in Sleaford on a Saturday night, so it was always a Friday night and...
View ArticleSincere thanks for helping my husband
I WOULD like to thank the kind gentleman who brought my husband home after his fall in Huntingtower Road, on Saturday, December 12.MRS MARRIOTTAlexandra Road, Grantham
View ArticleThanks for support for school’s tombola
THE School Council would like to say a big thank you to all the people who bought tickets for our Christmas tombola on Friday, December 9. We raised £93.Thank you again for your support.ISAAC NEWTON...
View ArticleGreen fingered drug grower sent to crown
SENTENCING will be at crown court for a man who claimed to be growing 35 cannabis plants for medical reasons.Stephen Green, 59, of Mallard Court, Grantham, admitted growing the plants and illegally...
View ArticleParents shouldn’t pay for nativity plays
AT this time of year when money is tight, especially for those with young children at primary school and even more so if the parent or parents are on benefits, seeing the children act in the nativity...
View ArticleFirm wins £200m police contract
LINCOLNSHIRE Police Authority has formed a partnership with a security firm in a bid to save money.In the first partnership of its kind in the country, the authority has given a £200 million contract...
View ArticleGrantham Town stay top after Boxing Day win against Stamford
Evo-Stik LeagueDivision One SouthGrantham Town 1Stamford 0A SINGLE first-half goal was enough to give the Gingerbreads victory and keep them top of the league going into the New Year.Grantham...
View ArticleStaff buy their party outfits at hospice shop
A GROUP of bank employees decided to support Grantham Hospice by buying their Christmas party outfits from the St Barnabas Hospice shop in Welby Street.The staff at Yorkshire Bank have raised thousands...
View ArticleNew care facilities
NEW breast cancer care facilities are set to come to Grantham Hospital.United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, the organisation which runs Grantham Hospital, announced this week plans to develop four...
View ArticleFire risk warning
FAMILIES are being warned to follow simple fire safety advice following a recent spate in 999 calls to accidental house fires.The majority are thought to have been caused by cooking appliances and...
View ArticleJoin the big green bike ride
CYCLISTS are needed to join a charity bike ride that passes through Grantham in May.Friends of the Earth’s Big Green Bike Ride follows a route from London to Edinburgh, with the second leg of the...
View ArticleHannah’s nursery raises £700 for cystic fibrosis
A SPONSORED bounce raised more than £700 recently for a charity which it is hoped will help a toddler with a life-threatening illness.Seventeen-month-old Hannah Roberts, who attends Hilltop Day...
View ArticleKing’s boys and Walton Girls top speech contest
PUPILS from King’s School and Walton Girls’ High School successfully competed in the 2011 Rotary Youth Speaks competition to promote public speaking in young people.The Rotary Club of Grantham Kesteven...
View Article‘I thought my beloved dog was going to die’
A LABRADOR was savaged and almost killed in front of its owner as they walked home on Christmas Eve.Paul Jarvis of Bedford Close, Grantham, was walking his dog, Smudge, along Sandringham Drive when a...
View ArticleGRATEFUL MUM’S NEW YEAR PLEA
A MUM is encouraging people to donate to a special charity which helps babies like her nine-month-old son Leo.Little Leo received a special new helmet two days before Christmas after being diagnosed...
View ArticleNo police apology after Christmas raid
POLICE officers who raided a Grantham home last week and found £5,000 worth of “stolen” Christmas presents had to return the gifts after full receipts were provided.The story was featured on page 2 of...
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