Grantham

Mrs Pamela June Palethorpe, of Brick Kiln Place, Grantham, has died in Grantham Hospital. She was 72.

Mr Ivan Stanley Burch, of Manthorpe Road, Grantham, has died. He was 88.

Firefighters attended a forklift on fire outside Moy Park yesterday.

A £830,500 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is funding a volunteer-led project to restore Grantham Canal’s series of historic locks.

Thanks to the fund-raising efforts of parents’ association Friends of Little Gonerby School, all the pupils were treated to a trip to the Guildhall on Monday to see this year’s pantomime, Aladdin.

The owner of a Castlegate pizzeria says he has ‘lost all confidence and trust’ in the police, as he is yet to receive compensation after a passer-by smashed his shop’s window.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service is urging people to think twice before dialling 999 after it received a record number of calls on Saturday.

There’s even more reason for one community group to celebrate this Christmas, after it raced past the half-way line towards its target of raising £20,000.

Grantham Sugarcraft Club has donated cakes to the elderly, sick and bereaved for the Christmas period.

Organisers of the Rotary Swimarathon in Grantham are urging teams to take part in next year’s big splash.

Plans are underway to transform a former nightclub in Grantham town centre into an indoor market.

There have been two attempts to steal dogs in Bottesford over the past few days.

A retrospective planning application for a military-style bootcamp currently operating at Heydour, has been deferred by South Kesteven District Council’s development control committee.

Rotarian John Asher won the Super Senior award at the Journal’s Grantham is Great Awards on Friday night.

Lincolnshire’s Road Policing unit have stopped a vehicle going at 101mph on the A1 near Grantham this morning.

There will be no Grantham Saturday market on December 27 as most traders have chosen not to set up on that day.

A young girl who overcame cancer has won her category at the Journal’s Grantham is Great Awards.

Caythorpe and Ancaster Children’s Centre has a new team in place and plenty of space for families in the area.

Two vans have been broken into overnight in Bingham.

A cabin in a building site opposite Belton golf course was broken into at some point over the weekend.