Environment

People in the district are being urged to recycle their unwanted clothes or shoes at charity shops or at recycling points and not in their silver bins or clear bags at home.

People in Bourne and the Deepings are being urged to take their unwanted clothes and shoes to charity shops so they can go to a good home.

South Kesteven District Council is asking business owners and residents to avoid using the district’s public litter bins to dispose of commercial or household waste.

South Kesteven District Council is asking business owners and residents to avoid using the district’s public litter bins to dispose of commercial or household waste.

People living next to 60 bins which are left outside near their homes 24 hours a day say they are an eyesore and in warmer weather they stink.

Households in the Deepings and Bourne will have their rubbish collected as usual on Good Friday, March 25.

Rutland Osprey Project is getting ready to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

The waste recycling centre at Leadenham will close down on March 31.

Residents are encouraged to register to be part of South Kesteven District Council’s garden waste collection scheme, or renew if you are an existing member.

The energy market is still failing the majority of customers who are missing out on savings of up to £400 a year, a watchdog has warned.

People in Bourne and the Deepings can report vehicles abandoned on public land in their community.

Water company Severn Trent has organised a drop-in session for those affected by the burst main on Sunday in Bingham.

A Leicestershire Police wildlife officer responsible for investigating allegations of illegal fox hunting as part of her role is coming under pressure to leave her post – over claims she is a member of the Belvoir Hunt Club.

Volunteers are being asked to make Grantham ‘Clean for the Queen’ as part of her 90th birthday celebrations.

Spring cleaning and uncluttering of homes in Bourne and the Deepings is being made easier through a home collection service for the area.

Energy-saving measures and renewable technologies will be the focus of an upcoming event hosted by Stamford’s transition town group.

More than half a million people expected to participate in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend.

A new action plan to improve air quality in areas such as Bourne and the Deepings is under review and open to the public.

New guidelines about rubbish collections in Bourne and the Deepings have been brought out “to keep the district cleaner”.

People in Bourne and the Deepings can have their say now on new charges for waste collection due to come in from April 1