Grantham based rockers known as Rats Arse are taking a social media revived Punk Rock scene by storm. They released a 4 track EP just before Christmas and in that time over 50,000 people have listened to their tracks on all the various online streaming platforms. Rats Arse is made up of Christopher Button (Grim) […]

1Life has announced a brand-new initiative to encourage more pregnant women to get active for free in its leisure centres.   From today, pregnant women will be able to have swim for free in all the 1Life swimming pools in the South Kesteven area, in a bid to promote healthy, active lifestyles amongst expectant mums. Women […]

More than 200 arrests have now been made as part of Operation Raptor, Lincolnshire Police’s dedicated campaign to tackle weapons offences. Officers executed warrants at various locations across the county during the last week, part of ongoing action which forms part of a wider violent crime reduction initiative. This puts the care and safeguarding of […]

Commonwealth Day was marked by South Kesteven District Council with a flag raising ceremony on St Peter’s Hill, Grantham. (Monday 9 March) The event was part of the ‘Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth’ initiative, now in its sixth year, and guests included the Chairman of SKDC, Cllr Jacky Smith, local schools and representatives of […]

There were delays on the A1 southbound at Grantham this morning, following a collision on tha A1 at Great Ponton. It involve a white van than was left with serious front-end damage. Conditions are now back to normal.

Registered between 2 – 6 March 2020 You can click on the following link to view the forms and plans of any planning application. http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/planningsearch S18/2007 Harrowby Without Application to vary conditions 2 (approved plans) and 3 (site development scheme) of S17/1378. Land Between 2 And 3 Harrowby Lane Harrowby LNG31 9HB; Applicant: Mr Gaskin […]

Huge improvements in dealing with firearms licenses in Lincolnshire have been recognised nationally. Every year the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) creates a league table to grade the speed at which forces deal with licenses. This year BASC rated Lincolnshire Police as in the top three for dealing with certificate grants and renewals […]

How many times will you make a splash in 2020? That’s the prize-winning challenge being set by Aqua Park Rutland which is creating a league table to see a King or Queen of the park crowned at the end of the season. The attraction, which is returning to Oakham in May, has had many ‘regulars’ […]

By MARIA CHIORANDO Major new pro-vegan billboards in the UK ask passers-by provocative questions about eating animals. The boards, created by animal protection charity Viva!, have been put up at 60 locations across the East Midlands, including Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton Derby, Beeston, Heanor, Hinckley, and Grantham. Carefully placed in high footfall areas, and in bus stops […]

From left to right: paramedic Ed Cannon, nurse Nova Charles, Jack Thompson, doctor Pete Watson, and 999 call handler Theresa Etheridge. A schoolboy from Barrowby who suffered a cardiac arrest outside the school gates has been reunited with the ambulance crew, doctor and hospital nurse who saved his life. Jack Thompson, who was 11 years old […]

Eight in ten Brits would be embarrassed to admit they fell for a scam Dating scams tops the list of criminal tactics people would be embarrassed to talk about, followed by online, investment and phone scams Less than half of people would tell their friend if they fell for a scam, and fewer than one […]