Joanna Lumley (b1946) Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE FRGS was born in Kashmir, India, the daughter of a major in the Gurkha Rifles, and spent most of her early childhood in the Far East where her father was posted. Lumley was raised in Kent, where she attended Mickledene School in Rolvenden as a boarder then was […]
Plane crash near Castle Bytham – updated
A LIGHT aircraft has crashed after crashing into the roof of a bungalow on a farm at Counthorpe, near Castle Bytham, south of Grantham. The crash occurred at about 2:08pm today. The emergency services are on the scene including an air ambulance. The pilot, a 73-year-old man from Thurnby, Leicestershire, was rescued by firefighters from Grantham and Corby Glen. He does […]
Property marking event
BOURNE and Billingborough Neighbourhood Policing Team is hosting a property marking event at the village hall, Rippingale on Saturday 22nd November 2014 between 9.30 am and 1.30pm. Take your high value gardening equipment, push bikes and any other high value portable item along with you, and get them marked for free. They will also be […]
Man arrested in Grantham for wearing Army uniform
A MAN was arrested at Grantham Hospital on suspicion of wearing a military uniform without permission. It happened on Wednesday, 12th November 2014 . He was wearing full British Army uniform and trying to portray himself as a member of the Armed Forces. The man was found to be in possession of a large amount of Royal […]
Grantham students complete Challenge 100 – pictures
GRANTHAM College students and staff studying on public service courses took part in and completed a series of challenges as part of the Challenge 100 last week. The Challenge 100 commemorates a century since the start of the First World War and gives the public service students a challenge that would stretch them physically, whilst raising money […]
Magic of Fungi at Dr Who film site – pictures
Children and professionals explored an old woodland to find a bumper crop of fungi, including two new kinds not seen here before. Following the recent damp weather, members of West Kesteven Wildlife Watch and RSPB Explorers had bumper finds of fungi on a hunt in Twyford Woods, near Colsterworth, on Sunday. The experts are still […]
They made their own pizzas – pictures
New Era restaurant, held an I Made My Own Pizza event at its Wide Westgate premises on Saturday. With the help of its chefs, the children were involved in making pizza for themselves to enjoy along with other fun-filled activities. The event raised £240 for the children of Grantham Disabled Children Society.
Grantham’s Christmas fun starts tomorrow
GRANTHAM’S fun packed Christmas Market Day and Christmas on the Green events are set to kick off the town’s festivities on Sunday November 30. From 10am to 5pm there will be Christmas stalls and features at the market place and St Peter’s Hill green, culminating in the town’s Christmas lights switch on at 4.15pm. Santa’s grotto […]
High Court bid to quash Grantham’s southern bypass plans fails
BLACKADDER GOES FORTH TO GUILDHALL
Grantham Dramatic Society’s next production will be an adaptation of the TV sitcom Blackadder Goes Forth. The show will be on stage at the Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham, from 26th to 29th November, and is set in the trenches of the First World War. The production was planned to commemorate 100 years since the outbreak […]
Lincolnshire Police one of best in country for crime recording
An HMIC (Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary) Report on Crime Recording issued today has recognised Lincolnshire Police as being one of the five best forces in the country for managing its crime recording processes. This is due to a simplified crime recording process, effective and appropriate training for staff, and leadership which is supportive of […]
How good is your GP’s surgery? – Check!
Today, the Care Quality Commission has published their ratings of England’s GP surgeries. CQC has produced thirty-eight indicators on whether patients at the surgery could be at ‘risk’ or ‘elevated risk’ beyond what would be expected normally for each of these. CQC has then placed every practice into bandings from one (highest perceived concern) to […]
Lincolnshire amnesty yields 132 firearms
Lincolnshire Police says the two week firearms amnesty held between 3rd – 14th November has resulted in a total of 132 weapons being handed in. These include revolvers, pistols, rifles and shotguns. During the period of the amnesty there was a steady flow of weapons handed into to a number of police stations around the county. […]
Poll shows 69% of residents want UK to leave the EU
Town MP’s staff caused mass evacuation
MPs and staff evacuated from Portcullis House in Westminster today, due to a security alert involving Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles. Mr Boles has said his new apprentice’s iPad caused a security scare. It was the trainee’s first day. The MP tweeted: “An exciting begin to my apprentice’s first day at Parliament: the entire […]
Are you ready for Grantham’s Great Christmas Cake Off?
ARE you missing The Great British Bake Off? Then join in with South Kesteven District Council’s Great Christmas Cake Off in Grantham’s George Centre next month. The tasty all-ages and all- abilities cake baking competition is an added ingredient to Small Business Saturday, to be celebrated throughout the district on 6 December. Bakers are being […]
Residents enjoy the Big Brew
Avery Lodge Care Home, Beacon Lane, took part in the Big Brew up on Friday, a charity close the hearts of many of its residents as they have lived through being in the war or loosing close family members. They held a coffee morning to raise funds for SSAFA and Lewis Renchaw, a WW2 veteran,talked about of his memories […]
Drunk driver hit parked car
We’re good at recycling – but we want to be even better
SKDC is thanking residents in South Kesteven for their good rates of recycling – but they want to be even better! Checking only the correct items go in silver bins and clear bags has ensured contamination levels have reduced and helped the council currently recycle 50 per cent of household waste. But there is still much […]
Thirteen rail sex crimes revealed
Thirteen sex crimes have been recorded on trains and at stations in Lincolnshire in the past three years, British Transport Police has revealed. The offences include sexual assaults on women in Grantham, Market Rasen, Lincoln, Hykeham and Sleaford, indecent exposure at Lincoln, and committing an act outraging public decency at Heckington. Chief Inspector Derek O’Mara, […]