Picture of the week
IT may look like an impressionist painting, but this photo shows rain streaked on a window pane during one of the many heavy downpours that hit Grantham on Tuesday.The photo was submitted by Journal...
View ArticleCRICKET: Under-11 indoor coaching begins next Monday
INDOOR cricket coaching sessions for under-11s begin next week.Grantham Cricket Club is hosting the sessions in The Meres leisure centre main hall for 10 weeks, beginning on Monday (January 16), from...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: County council to close Harrison House care home
LINCOLNSHIRE County Council has announced plans to close Harrison House care home in Dysart Road, Grantham.The home, which has 24 beds and a day care facility, will close by the end of May.However,...
View ArticleYOUTH FOOTBALL: Grantham Town under-11s make last eight of county cup
Lincolnshire County CupUnder-12Grantham Town U11 1Fishtoft U12 0A FANTASTIC team performance from Grantham saw them knock out the current Mid Lincs under-12 league champions to make it into the...
View ArticleSky-diving son says ‘thank you’ to his mum’s nurses by raising £1,700
A DOCTOR’S surgery has received a donation of £1,700 from a grateful son.Bradley Hollingsworth of Horbling lost his mother in August 2010 to cancer but was so impressed with the care his mum received...
View ArticleBelvoir Lettings announces stock market expansion plans
GRANTHAM-based Belvoir Lettings is set to be listed on the stock exchange as the company plans a major expansion.The lettings agent announced plans to raise between £6m and £8m through the move. The...
View ArticleCadet is first winner of the ‘Wigley’ award
A SPECIAL awards night was held for cadets from 47F Grantham Squadron Air Training to celebrate their achievements over the past year.The event was only the second annual awards night held by the...
View ArticlePair are renowned as two of Europe’s best
SOUNDS of the Mississippi Delta and country blues will play at the Guildhall Arts Centre in Grantham on Wednesday.Long-standing co-vocalists of The Blues Band, Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, will take to...
View Article‘Tabby-gasted’ as cat returns after 2 years
A CAT which went missing two years ago was reunited with his astonished owners – thanks to Facebook.Tigger, 10, left his home in Brittain Drive, Grantham, in 2010 and never returned.Owner Martina Haude...
View ArticlePre-school group can stay at new sport pavilion home
CHILDREN in Barrowby were told this week that they can stay in their new pre-school home at the sports pavilion.Barrowby Pre-School has been operating out of the pavilion off Low Road after structural...
View Article‘We want to go all the way to the final’
AFTER months of waiting and hours of sifting through entries from some very promising new businesses in and around Grantham, we can now announce the winner of our Local Business Accelerators...
View ArticleMiners and teachers are as bad as each other
Margaret Thatcher would be the first person to admit that she didn’t get everything right, however during her time in power I was a Royal Marine.I spent most of my years with her in charge. We looked...
View ArticleOur Christmas lunch was absolutely faultless
MY family and I went for lunch at the Kings Hotel, Grantham, on Christmas Day. The meal was excellent and along with the service, it could not be faulted.As I am now disabled I needed assistance, which...
View ArticleIt’s about time Grantham honoured Mrs Thatcher
As the film ‘The Iron Lady’ is released, isn’t it about time that Mrs Thatcher’s home town and birthplace finally gave due recognition to the UK’s greatest post-war Prime Minister, who is surely up...
View ArticleThe green man will always be a green ‘man’ to me
LINCOLNSHIRE County Council has apparently decided to rename the familiar ‘Green Man’ pedestrian crossings as ‘Green Figure’ crossings.However, since councillors regularly refer to the current...
View ArticleMany jobs would go if hunting was abolished
SO, Mr Mills want to see all kinds of countryside sports and hunting abolished (Letters, Journal, January 6).Does he realise that it employs thousands of people, from farmers, vets, stable staff, horse...
View ArticleI like hunting and I’m not an over-privileged ‘toff’
EVERY year I go to see the Belvoir Hunt, and support a great tradition that we’ve had for hundreds of years. I am well aware of the fact that not everybody agrees with hunting, and I am not against...
View ArticleThe Journal says...
GRANTHAM Tennis Club has this week revealed its plans to build a brand new state-of-the-art facility that will be open and used by the whole town.The Arnoldfield development will cost in the region of...
View ArticleWe should all be grateful to Margaret Thatcher
THERE should be a statue to commemorate Margaret Thatcher - but not with the plaque suggested by Mark Rowe. Frankly, in any other country it would be automatic to have some sort of substantial tribute...
View ArticleA&P party raised £700 for charity
On Saturday we held our annual anniversary party at The Walton Girls’ High School in Grantham.We would like to say a big thank you for the attendance of over 600 customers. We held a raffle and raised...
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