A Grantham car park will be closed for three days next week due to survey works. St Catherine’s Road car park will close from 8am on Monday December 8 until 8am on Thursday December 11. Motorists should use Welham Street or Wharf Road car parks during this time. The car park is used by day […]
Several homes targeted in serial burglaries
Late Saturday evening or possibly in the early hours of this morning (Sunday) several properties in Oasby, near Grantham,were broken in to. If anyone can recall anything suspicious overnight or in preceding days that may be linked please call 101 quoting Incident 489/06/12/2014 Police warn that given several properties were targeted in the same evening […]
Polish firefighters in Grantham
POLISH firefighters have been spotted in Grantham today. They are part of an international exercise, including crews from Italy and Austria who are in the county this week, based at RAF Waddington Fire and rescue’s International Search and Rescue Team are involved in a scenario where aftershocks of an earthquake have affected Lincolnshire, causing the […]
Help to keep Grantham canal open
Osberton is the latest addition to Grantham Canal Society’s fleet of boats. It is similar to ‘John Nuttall’, the weed boat that was used on the canal for many years and was sold to British Waterways’ contractors a couple of years ago. The Canal is in desperate need of weed and reed clearance for boating, […]
Grantham & District Saturday Football League – Results for – 06-12-14
Theft of heating oil
Heating oil was stolen from an outside tank on Caythorpe Heath sometime over night of 04/12/14 A police spokesman said: “Crime in the north rural in low but with the winter months please can you be vigilant check you heating fuel on a regular basic and if going out in the evenings leave lights on […]
Christmas lights stolen
Grantham builder gets four regional awards
IT was terrific Tuesday for Grantham builder who proved to be a top man in his field. At the Marshalls Regional Awards (East Midlands) at the Belfry, Nottingham, Brian Harrison of BH Building won a staggering four awards. He collected the best in the region for… Best patio over 35sqm Best use of a new […]
Sex offender who fled Grantham in 1988 finally behind bars
Grantham nursing teams show services to Japanese visitors
Community nursing and therapy teams in Grantham have been giving two Japanese visitors an insight into how services are run. The teams from Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust welcomed Fumiaki Yasukawa, a professor from Yokohama City University, and Akiko Hamada, a registered nurse and President of Nurse Career Support in Yokohama, as part of […]
Fire at Grantham House
TWO fire crews from Grantham were called to a chimney fire at Grantham House, Castlegate last night. It happened at 7.40pm. Assisted by an aerial ladder from Lincoln, they extinguished the fire, in a gardener’s cottage, before it spread to the main house. They used a hose reel to put out the fire. There were […]
Will Santa visit your street this week?
Santa Claus has revealed his programme for next week, when he will be touring parts of the town in his sleigh, helped by Grantham firefighters. All start at 6:30pm Monday 8th Gonerby Hill Foot and Gonerby Village Tuesday 9th Earlesfield and Trent Road area Wednesday 10th Princess Drive, Queensway area Thursday 11th – Barrowby Gate […]
Have you seen this man?
Lincolnshire Police is appealing for help in identifying the man pictured in connection with a fraud investigation. An enquiry was launched after a member of public living in Lincolnshire reported a fraud. It is believed that a number of names and addresses used to set up Ebay accounts and bank accounts were fake. Officers investigating […]
Kinoulton Court flat fire – update
A MAN was rescued by fire fighters, during a flat fire at Kinoulton Court, Earlesfield, this afternoon. He made his escape by a 10m ladder and was unharmed. He was checked by paramedics for smoke inhalation. The small kitchen fire destroyed a door but there was little more than smoke damage to other property. Firefighters […]
Oar-some fun at Grantham’s indoor rowing festival
Overall winners Charles Read Academy Youngsters from across South Kesteven have pitted their rowing skills against each other in an indoor rowing festival. In the first event of its kind in the area, 90 children from four schools from across the district gathered to compete in the event at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre on December […]
Eight men in court over Dunsby rave
Santa’s sleigh timetable
Grantham Lions will be accompanying Santa’s Sleigh on his annual tour of Grantham, starting next week. Starting at 6-15pm every night his timetable is… Thursday 11th December at Alma Park Friday 12th December. Manthorpe 1 Saturday 13th December. Manthorpe 2 Monday 15th December. Dysart Road Tuesday 16th December. Springfield Road Wednesday […]
Small Business Saturday today
LOCAL retailers are joining in the spirit of this weekend’s Small Business Saturday, with the focus on a Food and Drink Fair and Christmas ‘Cake Off’ baking competition in Grantham’s George Centre on 6th December. A retail treasure trail will also encourage shoppers into 21 town businesses, searching for the correct letter within the 21 characters […]
Before Lincoln magistrates
Andrew Luke Mason, 34, of New Beacon Road, Grantham, pleaded guilty to possession of 0.39 grams of a methylmethcathinone derivative a controlled Class B drug and failing to surrender to custody. He was fined £70 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £20. He was detained at the courthouse. The drugs were forfeited and destroyed. […]
Man killed at level crossing
Trains were disrupted between Grantham and Sleaford yesterday after a man was hit by a train. East Midlands Trains said the incident happened at Quarrington crossing, Rauceby, at around 6pm. Trains were delayed until around 10.15pm, when services were reopened. A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesman said: “Our officers were called to Quarrington crossing, Rauceby, […]