Who remembers the pub and other businesses in this photo?
Grantham man still missing – Family appeal for information
Family and friends remain concerned for Liam Berry who has been missing since Sunday 19th September 2021. He was last seen on Sunday morning walking down Dysart Road. Please contact Lincolnshire Police if you have any information: Call: 101 Email: force.control@lincs.police.uk Contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111
Local Co-op Travel celebrates award-win as a welcome boost to the industry
Your Co-op Travel agencies in Lincolnshire & Rutland are celebrating a triumphant win at the prestigious Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards, which took place in London on 16 September 2021. Part of The Midcounties Co-operative, Your Co-op Travel, which has 76 branches across England’s mid counties, including three in Lincolnshire & Rutland, scooped the Central […]
Who do you know in the Grantham photo?
Abuse shouted a Syrian family in Grantham park being treated as hate crime
InvestSK seeks public to tell the story of Grantham
InvestSK is asking residents and visitors to Grantham to complete a short survey to advise on how they would like to see town’s history explored and explained. The work is part of the Grantham High Street Heritage Action Zone project a £1.25m programme funded by Historic England and South Kesteven District Council. It is being […]
Who do you know in this Grantham school photo?
By-election after Grantham councillor quits
There will be two by-elections in different parts of South Kesteven next month, on Thursday 28 October. They follow the death of Cllr Mike Exton (Stamford All Saints Ward) and the resignation of Cllr Helen Goral (Grantham Arnoldfield Ward). Voting will coincide with two by-elections for All Saints North and St Mary’s wards of Stamford […]
Who’s had a few pints in this Grantham pub?
Petition launched demanding speed bumps in the New Beacon Road area
A petition has been launched on change.org demanding the installation of speed bumps by County Highways, due to a high number of serious accidents in recent weeks. Georgina Hicklin says: “Myself and other residents agree that day or night these roads are dangerous to cross due to irresponsible drivers speeding up and down the roads. […]
A52 closed due to accident
The A52 Nottingham road blocked and queueing traffic due to accident, both ways between Village Street / Woolsthorpe Lane (Sedgebrook Village turn) and Rectory Lane (Barrowby turn) early this morning. This was due to a collision involving an Audi A3 and a Seat Ibiza, at about 5.30am this morning. Two people were transported to hospital. […]
Organ Donation Week – update
Following on from Organ Donation Week, which ran from 20 to 26 September, NHS Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group is reminding people that the law on organ donation has changed. Nationally, three people die every day in need of an organ, and the point of the annual NHS Organ Donation Week is to ask people to […]
SKDC claims it’s determined to hit carbon reduction target
South Kesteven District Council is continuing to pursue its ambition of cutting carbon emissions and is investigating grant opportunities to help achieve its goals. The Cabinet Member for Commercial and Operations, Cllr Dr Peter Moseley, said: “We are determined to hit our target of reducing carbon emissions by at least 30% by 2030. “There is […]
Major Lincolnshire plans in limbo as economy falters nationally
Grantham’s Heroes Commemorative Orchard officially opened – photos
Grantham’s Heroes Commemorative Orchard at Wyndham Park was officially opened yesterdday (21 September) as part of a public Open Day with Visitor Centre displays and orchard tours. The day has been chosen to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem (17-26 September 1944) as one of the local military connections which prompted the orchard […]
High winds caused damage to Harrowby homes
Protestors turn out at Army Barracks to object to felling of trees
Members of the South Lincolnshire Green Party and employees from the Woodland Trust were joined on Sunday by members of the public objecting to the removal of 67,000 trees at the Prince William of Gloucester Barracks. The trees were planted as a green lung for Grantham and they are threatened by the proposals by Homes […]
Shipping containers on fire
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue were called out at 2.08am to an incident in Long Benington. This is an ongoing fire involving shipping containers containing recycling materials and two scrap vehicles. Initially a crew from Grantham attended this incident and they have one appliance still in attendance now – a relief crew from Leverton.
Eleven more bags of rubbish from Grantham’s river
Saturday saw 20 volunteers out on the downstream section of Grantham Rivercare’s adopted stretch of the River Witham and nearby areas for our 108th group clean up. With brilliant weather (as always on RiverCare) they collected over 4 bags of recyclables (60 plastic bottles, 32 glass bottles, 39 cans) along with 11 bags of general […]
