- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
Environment
Recycling centres to remain open
FOLLOWING a widespread outcry at a proposal to close waste recycling centres at Whisby and Leadenham, Lincolnshire County Council has done a u-turn.
Skirth works will reduce flood risk
HOMES and businesses in a Sleaford area village are to benefit from flood defence improvements.
Orchard House site for sale at around £1.5m
A FORMER hospital building near Sleaford is on the market and the site is expected to be redeveloped for housing.
Motorists stay safe during coldest weekend of winter
DESPITE temperatures in Lincolnshire plunging to the coldest recorded so far in the country this winter, there have been no major incidents on the roads.
Failed bid for second bridge on cycle link
LINCOLNSHIRE County Council has been unsuccessful in bidding for additional money to fund enhancement works for cyclists heading into Sleaford from Holdingham.
Planners reject Wind farm plan
A BID to site a wind farm of up to 22 turbines, each dwarfing the Boston Stump, on fenland near Sleaford has been stopped – for now.
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‘Footbridge will cause difficulties’
IN last week’s Standard, Sleaford Civic Trust gave their considered views on plans for the development of Sleaford and expressed concerns about various issues of the plans, including the closure of Southgate level crossing.
TV powerdown plugs for free
NORTH Kesteven District Council’s SustainNK team will be appearing at supermarkets around the district to give away 800 TV power-down plugs donated by E-on.
Trust fears new road will only benefit Tesco
MEMBERS of the Sleaford and District Civic Trust have weighed into the debate about future development plans for Sleaford by issuing a statement giving their observations on the proposals.
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Leylandii face the chop but who is responsible?
CONFUSION has arisen over who is ultimately responsible for chopping down a line of conifers to the north of the former tennis courts on Boston Road recreation ground in Sleaford.
Work on collapsed drain due to start in car park
WORK is to begin next week on rebuilding a collapsed drain that has been causing flooding in Sleaford’s Money’s Yard car park.
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Weather for Sleaford
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 9 C to 17 C
Wind Speed: 22 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 3 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: West
