Grantham woman to have head shaved for cancer charity
A Grantham woman who lost her mum to cancer will have her head shaved for charity.Michelle Roberts is undergoing Brave the Shave for Macmillan Cancer Support. She will have her head shaved on Sunday...
View ArticleIt’s ‘full steam ahead’ for Downtown’s Grantham designer outlet village plan
Bosses at Downtown are forging ahead with their £125 million plan for a designer outlet village after submitting the plans yesterday (Thursday).The plans for the outlet village, which include 107...
View ArticleCYCLING: Local riders perform well in Lincs League ’cross
There were some good rides by local riders in the latest round of the Lincs Cyclo-Cross League at Hubbards Hills, Louth.Joshua Lane was up to 15th in the under-12s and Paul Conneely 23rd in the...
View ArticleATHLETICS: Grantham RC take on Halloween Half Marathon
Nineteen members of Grantham Running Club took part in the 36th edition of the Worksop Halloween Half Marathon on Sunday.The race, the majority of which takes place in Clumber Park, manages to combine...
View ArticleGrantham A&E: Executives recommend A&E is fully reopened over winter
Executives on the trust which runs Grantham hospital are recommending that the town’s A&E unit is fully reopened over the winter.If United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) board decides to...
View ArticleTalented Grantham couple through to Britain’s Got Talent auditions
A couple from Grantham have beat 4,000 other hopefuls to make it through to the judges’ stage of Britain’s Got Talent.Dale Weatherstone, 25, and Hayley Goodwin 24, travelled to Birmingham last Sunday...
View ArticleGrantham couple who met online says: ‘Don’t settle just because you’ve hit...
A retired couple who met each other online are hoping to share their amorous experiences in a tell-all book, to dispel myths that life has to slow down once you hit retirement age.Elizabeth Brownlow,...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Barrowby FC overcome stern test in style
Notts Senior LeagueDivision TwoBarrowby 3Southwell City Development Squad 0Barrowby faced a stern test on Saturday as they faced a very young side who were sitting second in the league and had been...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Wroughton kicks off his career at Harrowby United and the county
Grantham College student Joe Wroughton kick-starts his football career, representing Harrowby United and Lincolnshire county’s first team.Joe came to Grantham College from Toot Hill School, Bingham,...
View ArticleMEMORY LANE: Grantham’s ‘Electric’ darts marathon trio and hirsute village...
Simply labelled ‘EMEB darts’, the old 1980s Journal photo, above, we presume is of players from the East Midlands Electricity Board, who we also assume played at the Electric Club in Commercial Road,...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letters: Come forward as scout trustee
Trustees’ Week starts on November 13 and what better time to celebrate the vital contribution of these fantastic volunteers.Across the UK, there are over one million trustees and in Grantham and the...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Business Awards winners announced at glittering ceremony in...
There was a real buzz in St Wulfram’s Church tonight (Friday), as the business community gathered for the 18th Grantham Journal Business Awards.After months of anticipation, the 2017 finalists, main...
View ArticleGrantham association to learn about the role of a magistrate
The Grantham Association of the National Trust will be given a talk by magistrates next week.On Wednesday, November 8, the Grantham Association of the National Trust will hear a talk on the subject of...
View ArticleGrantham Journal column: It’s time to re-open A&E at Grantham as a matter of...
I remember getting the call. It was early August last year. I had stopped in the Lake District on my way to a family holiday on the west coast of Scotland. The chief executive of United Lincolnshire...
View ArticleLincolnshire project to tackle domestic abuse awarded £1.4 million grant
A Home Office grant of £1.4 million has been awarded to an innovative project to tackle domestic violence.The pilot programme is being run jointly with Sussex and comes after a bid by the Police and...
View ArticleGrantham Journal column: What’s the purpose of education?
Education has always been and always will be a priority at the start of every person’s life. It drives our economy, it lays the foundations to your future and is the direct path to your career....
View ArticleAllington Biking Vikings raise up to £4,000 for Children in Need with cycle...
A group of cyclists from Allington who have been supporting Children in Need over 25 years have raised up to £4,000 for the charity after a bike ride from Ironbridge near Telford.The group of 21...
View ArticleMOTOR RACING: Balfe Motorsport clinch GT class title at Catalunya
Caythorpe’s Shaun Balfe and Rob Bell clinched the Pro Am class title in the International GT Open Championship at Catalunya in the best possible way, with podium celebrations after taking third place...
View ArticleSlideshow: All the action from the Grantham Journal Business Awards 2017
Relive the action – or see what you missed – at this year’s Grantham Journal Business Awards with this slideshow of photos.The event, which celebrates business success stories, was held at St Wulfram’s...
View ArticleQuarry company calls meeting over controversial plans
A quarrying company will hold a public meeting in Grantham next week to outline its plans for extracting minerals in the Denton, Harlaxton and Great Ponton area.Mick George Ltd has called the meeting...
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