Grantham

The Leader of South Kesteven District Council, Coun Linda Neal, is to step down as a councillor after the election in May.

Three separate thefts have occured in villages north of Grantham.

A 26-year-old man described himself as ‘stupid’ after driving four days before his 32 month disqualification was due to end.

There have been several recent thefts and break-ins at Barrowby, Great Gonerby, Marston and Long Bennington.

A 45-year-old father pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order against the mother of his child by sending three emails and a text message, all of which were read out in court.

The court heard how a wanted man was discovered by police hiding in the kitchen cupboard of his aunt’s house.

Planning applications before South Kesteven District Council include:

The court heard how a 29-year-old man punched another man who had been suffering racial abuse from others during a night out in Grantham.

Plans to build four terraced houses on the site of the Church of the Epiphany in Grantham have been submitted to South Kesteven District Council.

A mother who admitted headbutting her neighbour as they said goodbye in an ‘unexpected’ attack, is to pay £120 in compensation for the injuries caused.

During a night out, a Grantham man was arrested for being verbally abusive to staff at Best Kebab on London Road.

Historic sexual offences against minors were put before Grantham magistrates, as a 45-year-old man appealed Lincolnshire’s Police decision to keep him on the sexual offenders’ register.

There are tailbacks on the A1 southbound carriageway following an accident between North and South Witham.

Beginning of the end! How many times have we heard that phrase during the past five years?

The wonders of the universe were the focus of a stargazing event at Woolsthorpe Manor.

Hmmm, now what can politely be said about the letter from the mildly-irritated ‘Name and address supplied’ in last week’s Journal?

Isn’t it a shame that the policeman who so diligently threatened to take Sophie Lindley’s bike from her if she rode on the pavement again, can’t be as diligent when it comes to stopping grown men and women from riding their bikes on the roads around Grantham, in the dark, without lights.

I had to check my calendar this morning to make sure it wasn’t April 1, after reading in Friday’s Journal about the policeman stopping his car to inform a father that his four-year-old should not be riding her little bicycle on the pavement, and that he would be watching to make sure she got off the bike.

Here are your wonderful Mother’s Day messages. We hope all you mums have a lovely day!

A number of redundancies will take place at Grantham Magistrates’ Court next week.