Day: October 2, 2025
Boy suffers ‘potentially life-changing’ injuries after being hit by Audi A4 in Lincolnshire village
A boy was taken to hospital after being hit by a Audi A4 as he walked in a village. Lincolnshire Police officers were called to Station Road in Castle Bytham at 3.19pm on Wednesday, October 1, following reports of a crash. Once emergency services arrived at the scene they found a pedestrian had been hit
Struck-off Grantham doctor illegally supplied Botox prescriptions for a decade
A struck-off doctor from Grantham illegally gave out Botox prescriptions for more than a decade. Shreeder Vaiyda pleaded guilty to a charge of giving a prescription in respect of a medicinal product of a description or class in relation to which he is not an appropriate practitioner, when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court this
Kate Middleton makes special visit to Lincolnshire’s RAF Coningsby – as it happened
The Princess of Wales visited Lincolnshire on Thursday (October 2) to speak with personnel at RAF Coningsby about their work. Kate Middleton became the Royal Honorary Air Commodore in August 2023, and this was her first visit to the station. Catherine arrived at RAF Coningsby via helicopter and was escorted around the base in a
Police job cuts averted for now as force to use up all savings
Lincolnshire Police is planning to use all of its remaining savings to prevent catastrophic job cuts. Without extra funding, the force could lose up to 200 police officers and 200 support staff. Chief Constable Paul Gibson said that the necessary job cuts to balance the budget would have left the force unable to provide “adequate
Council admits ‘mistake’ over parking signs in town as people wrongly fined
A Spalding councillor has admitted that the county council has made a ‘mistake’ and has put up the wrong parking signs in the town centre. At a Spalding Town Forum meeting on September 30, chairman Rob Gibson (Reform UK) said that Lincolnshire County Council has wrongly put signs in Spalding saying no parking was allowed
New digital app for Spalding will help tackle footfall decline, business group says
A business group in Spalding says a new digital app will help tackle a decline in footfall in the town. Spalding Business Improvement District (BID) is developing a new app for the town which will provide information on local businesses and events. At a Spalding Town Forum meeting on September 30, Spalding BID manager Sarah