The A1 in Lincolnshire is closed southbound between the A604 and the B6403 near Grantham. This is following a serious collision. Emergency services are in attendance and have closed the carriageway to allow them to work at the scene. If this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra time for your journey. […]
Hollywood comes to Grantham
Who remembers this great Grantham character?
Agriculture – The Root to Prosperity
Why not enter the London College of Garden Design’s Countryside Castle competition
Past exhibitors have gone on to make successful applications for other national garden shows. For the fifth year running, The Belvoir Castle Flower and Garden Show, in partnership with the London College of Garden Design (LCGD), wants you to show us your perfect countryside border. We are looking for creative ideas and something a little different, […]
Lincs-based HMS Yarmageddon runs neither silent nor deep on the Veterans’ Banger Rally
If the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, then the 1,500-mile road from Dover to Gibraltar on the Veterans’ Banger Rally (VBR) is paved with enthusiasm. For anyone not familiar with the VBR, it is a road trip like almost no other. Instead of the glitz and glamour of some similar events, such […]
Ambulance delays improving but “not where we would like them to be”
Great Gonerby school celebrates Queen’s jubilee
Who’s enjoyed a few pints in this Grantham pub?
Do you remember this Grantham garage?
Busy night for firefighters
Fire crews from Sleaford and Brant Broughton attended Temple Road, Welbourn, near Leadenham, to deal with a stack fire containing 600 bales. I happened just after midnight. Crews damped down the perimeter of stack to reduce size & carried out a watching brief. Billinghay crew took overas relief crew A couple of hours earlier, a […]
Pumpkin dumping a scary threat to wildlife this Halloween
With Halloween looming Grantham-based charity the Woodland Trust has issued an urgent plea to witches, wizards and spooks everywhere not to endanger wildlife by dumping pumpkins in woodland. The UK’s largest woodland conservation charity has spotted a worrying trend in recent years for Halloween pumpkins to be taken to the nearest wood and left, in […]
Developer donates bag tags to school children for International Walk to School Month
In honour of International Walk to School Month, which is taking place throughout October, housebuilder Allison Homes has donated high visibility bag tags to six primary schools in Lincolnshire, helping pupils to stay safe on the way to and from school. The bag tags are reflective and custom-made in the shape of hi-vis jackets. Children […]
Ghostbusters in Grantham
Local Journos go karting
First Air Cadets were in Grantham
Dysart Park before the war
Who do you know in these photos?
Courier fraud in Grantham
Police are investigating reports of courier fraud in the Grantham, Lincoln, and Gainsborough areas where all victims sadly lost a sum of cash. Last Friday (21 October) in the Grantham area, they received a report that a man in his 60s was contacted by a fraudster claiming to be a DC Brian 5062 from Hammersmith […]
Green Party reveals Grantham by-election candidate
South Lincolnshire Green Party has announced that Ian Simmons will be standing in the forthcoming by-election Grantham St Wulframs, on November the 10th. Ian said, “I’m excited to be standing as candidate in this by-election. The Green Party is now the third party in terms of voter intention. Voting Green therefore can make a difference […]
