Grantham

A leading county councillor has written to Lincolnshire’s district planners highlighting the authority’s concerns about the growing number of solar farms proposed for the county.

Hundreds of families across Grantham will have seen Newton the Easter Bunny this week, on his travels about town.

After seeing the effect of Alzheimer’s on both his father and grandmother, Andy Hayton has decided to set himself a 1000 mile cycling challenge to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK.

A quarry near Ancaster has supplied stone for a fitting resting place for a former king of England.

The lights in St Wulfram’s Church will go out on Saturday to mark the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour.

A leading supplier of biomass energy technology has entered administration, resulting in the loss of 45 jobs.

Grantham’s fire station became a car wash at the weekend when firefighters lathered up in aid of a charity close to their hearts.

Anyone who went to Huntingtower Community Primary Academy on Friday would have been forgiven for thinking they had gone back in time, with jousting, falconry, and chainmail costumes aplenty.

Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor has resigned as private secretary to the Duke of Rutland following a search of his home by police investigating allegations of historic child abuse.

Lincolnshire Police have not identified any member of the force involved in making a threat to confiscate a bike from a Grantham four-year-old.

Judging by these pictures, plenty of fun has been had at the Mid-Lent Fair this year.

This Saturday St Wulfram’s Church is hosting a free recital of music for percussion and organ, being performed by students from London’s Royal Academy of Music.

Customers and staff of Oldrids & Downtown, which has a store in Grantham, has raised over £10,000 for the Respite Association, a charity that cares for carers by providing respite care.

Crowds of visitors to Hansen’s Chocolate House in Folkingham have been impressed by a 7ft tall egg, which proprietor Jan has taken over 20 hours to make.

Ten Hungarian students accompanied by two of their teachers enjoyed a visit to Walton Girls’ High School and Sixth Form earlier this month.

The district council is sending out films as part of a special elections pack to encourage young people to register to vote.

Don’t get caught out this weekend – it’s time to change the clocks again.

Planning applications before South Kesteven District Council include:

More than 5,000 visitors attended the Shire Horse Society’s National Show – the largest gathering of Shires in the world - at Arena UK in Allington this weekend.

The ‘Young Lincolnshire RELOAD’ event is taking place during the Easter holidays on April 1 for young people and their youth workers at Ancaster’s Woodland Waters.