Retail heroes at a village food store which launched a year ago following a £1.8 million investment by Central England Co-op have thanked the local community for their ‘incredible support’ during the Coronavirus pandemic. Store Manager Tom Watson and his team at the Grantham Road Food Store in Bottesford thanked villagers for the ‘wonderful welcome’ […]
Lifeline grant for Guildhall Arts Centre
South Kesteven District Council has been awarded £230,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF). The fund is to help organisations face the challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic and ensure they have a sustainable future, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced on Monday (Oct 12th). SKDC’s successful application for funding will help protect Stamford […]
Can you name this Grantham darts team?
Who remembers these Grantham businesses?
Lincolnshire’s road repairs rated ‘AA’
The AA has ranked Lincolnshire as one of the top performing councils in the country when it comes to repairing roads. The motoring organisation has analysed the latest figures from the Department for Transport from 2018/19 and has labelled Lincolnshire as a ‘big fixer’, carrying out more repairs on the road than almost any other […]
Richard Dennis France
Richard Dennis France passed away in St. Barnabas Hospice in the Hospital on 25th September aged 71 years. He will be sadly missed by all of his family friends. His funeral service will take place at Grantham Crematorium chapel on Tuesday 20th October at 11.30am. Family flowers only. donations for the Hillside Animal Sanctuary, Norfolk […]
Webinar highlights support services for mental wellbeing
The range of mental health services available to improve and maintain the wellbeing of residents in Lincolnshire will be highlighted in a webinar on Monday, 12 October. Following World Mental Health Day, Lincolnshire County Council, health and voluntary sector partners will be outlining the support in place to promote good mental health and wellbeing, from […]
Grantham area planning applications
Registered between 5 – 9 October 2020 You can click on the following link to view the forms and plans of any planning application. http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/planningsearch S20/0744 Castle Bytham Section 73 application to remove condition 2 (Materials) and condition 3 (Ancillary Accommodation Tie) of Planning Approval S14/2248 (Change of use of workshop and surrounding land to […]
Contactless coming to CallConnect
Passengers travelling on Lincolnshire’s CallConnect buses will soon be able to pay by tapping into new technology. New ticket machines offering contactless payment are set to be installed in all of Lincolnshire County Council’s CallConnect buses in the coming months, starting with vehicles operating in the south of the county from mid-October. The machines will […]
Haunting exhibition for Anti-Slavery Day
A photographic exhibition, which portrays the signs of modern slavery and exploitation, is coming to Lincoln from 12 to 19 October 2020. Entitled ‘Invisible People,’ the free exhibition will be on display in the new Dean’s Green garden outside Lincoln Cathedral. Designed by the National Crime Agency, it features a series of striking images capturing […]
Do you recognise any of these Grantham nurses?
Quick thinking Grantham bank staff thwart fraudster targetting elderly woman
Horse sculpture stolen
We are appealing for information about a metal sculpture horse, stolen from a garden in Barkston Heath Road in Belton, Grantham. This was reported on 10 October. It’s clearly unique and very distinctive. If you have information, or you see this horse for sale, please call on 101 with reference number 88 of 10 October.
Who can you name in this Grantham photo?
Car destroyed in blaze
Campaign launched to prevent romance fraud
Lincolnshire Police are supporting a national campaign during October, in conjunction with local and national partners, aimed at raising awareness of Romance Fraud. The campaign is aimed at helping our communities to be in a position to better protect themselves and to prevent and reduce this type of offence from happening. Romance Fraud occurs online […]
New CyberAlarm for businesses launched
Businesses in Lincolnshire are among the first in the country to be offered access to a new tool to help protect them from the increasing threat of cyber-attacks. Police CyberAlarm is being piloted in four regions across the UK, including the East Midlands, as part of a government-funded policing support package. Police CyberAlarm acts as […]
Director of Nursing at Lincolnshire’s hospitals
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has announced the appointment of Dr Karen Dunderdale as its Director of Nursing. The vacancy was advertised nationally. Dr Dunderdale came to the Trust as interim Director of Nursing in February at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She is also the Trust’s Director of Infection Prevention and Control […]
