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- Lottery couple defend benefit claim
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Parish field in the frame for BMX cycle track site
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE – Make-up for black and white television will be the topic for the next meeting of the WI in the village hall on Thursday, February 9 at 7.30pm, when Sue Soper will be the speaker.
Learning how to save energy
PUPILS from around the area have taken part in a pilot project looking at practical ways to save energy.
Pub fines for under-age alcohol sales
TWO pubs near Market Rasen have been fined for selling alcohol to under-age teenagers.
Discharge after bicycle theft
A MARKET Rasen man who admitted stealing a bike has been given a conditional discharge by Lincoln Magistrates’ Court.
Bill for scrap
BRIGG MP Andrew Percy is celebrating after the Government announced it is going to change the law on scrap metal sales within weeks.
Business
Lottery cash aids learning for life
LIFE skills in the great outdoors will help more young people thanks to a boost from the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All programme.
Co-op sales up
SALES rose by 7.4 per cent at Lincolnshire Co-operative stores over the festive period, with shoppers picking up 57,000 tins of sweets and 50,000 boxes of mince pies.
Recycle to help charity
A UK cancer prevention charity is calling for people to donate unwanted mobile phones and other gadgets to its vital research and education programmes.
Lincs farming of national merit
A LINCOLNSHIRE food and farming organisation is among the select few joining a new industry network – giving the county a voice at a national level.
Small businesses still pessimistic
“THINGS are going to get worse before they get better,” is the message from Neil Sharpley, a spokesman for the East Lindsey Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses.
Crime
Man charged for church cash theft
Police have charged a Gainsborough man in relation to the theft of cash from Walesby church.
Mindless thieves cut through high voltage electricity cables
IDIOTIC thieves have cut through live electricity cables still attached to pylons next to Clay Lane in Kirton Lindsey.
Woman’s guilty plea to animal care charges
A HORSE keeper has admitted repeatedly failing to look after animals in her care at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court.
1 commentWoman in court on fraud charges
AN ACCUSED benefit fraudster is to stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court.
Rasen woman misses court date
A MARKET Rasen woman has been found guilty of sending offensive messages.
Education
Can you help group’s trawl through GS history?
THE HISTORY of Caistor Grammar School from the 1930s onwards will be the subject of an exhibition next month.
De Aston considering Priory federation invite
PARENTS at Market Rasen’s only secondary school are being asked to have their say on its future.
New facility for young families
NEW family sessions are being held at Lincolnshire Montessori in Caistor.
Environment
River’s set for £2.7m works
BRIGG is set to be the focal point of a £2.7 million project to develop the River Ancholme.
Show importance of county’s woods
THE Woodland Trust is encouraging everyone in Lincolnshire to show how important trees are to them by taking part in an official Government consultation on ‘well-being’ before it closes on January 23.
Tree-mendous importance of our county’s woodlands
THE Woodland Trust is encouraging everyone in Lincolnshire to show how important trees are to them by taking part in an official Government consultation on ‘well-being’ before it closes on January 23.
Health
Getting fit locally can help with illness
What medicine can help you lose weight, sleep better, reduce aches and pains, is cheap and has no negative side effects? Exercise.
Help on offer to make sure you keep warm in Lincs this winter
HELP to keep warm this winter is now just a phone call away after £500,000 funding was been provided by the Department of Health towards assisting vulnerable people in Lincolnshire.
Blood donor date
THE first blood donor session of the year in Market Rasen takes place in the Festival Hall this Friday, January 13, from 1pm to 4pm and 5pm to 8pm.
Work out now to get ready for summer
GET a winter work-out at Caistor Yarborough Sports Hall and get ready to be toned up for summer.
Features
Romance the key to good relationship
ROMANCE is in the air and St Valentine’s Day is an occasion for seduction.
Letters & Opinion
Councillor’s only trying to serve his voters
EDITOR – I was most disappointed to read of Geoff Wiseman’s suspension from West Lindsey District Council.
No pool, but a warm welcome please
EDITOR – Reference the request for resident comment, in no particular order:
Cemetery gates
EDITOR – Re the Neighbourhood Plan: I think it would be a good idea to have new gates at the cemetery on Legsby Road, which could be locked at night.
Time to apologise?
EDITOR – In reply to Mr A Jones (18/01/12), I wish to express my views on his comments regarding Beverley of Touches letter published 11/01/12.
Another plea to clean up mess
EDITOR – I am not sure if this will get put in the paper, but I am a resident of Anglian Way and have been for the last 13 years and I am sick and tired of cleaning up people’s DOG MESS in the public footpath that leads from Anglian Way to Willingham Road.
Regional News
Dog thrown from car and run over
Witnesses are being sought after a dog was allegedly thrown from a car window and run over by the driver in Nottingham.
Undercover officer 'outraged'
An undercover policeman whose actions led to the collapse of a trial of environmental protesters accused of planning to invade a power station near Nottingham has reacted with "outrage" to an official report that he was "resistant to management intervention".
Man jailed for encouraging rioting
A man from Nottinghamshire has been jailed for three years and three months after he admitted encouraging hundreds of people to join in widespread riots during the summer.
£1,000 reward for wanted man
Nottinghamshire Crimestoppers are offering a reward of up to £1,000 in the hunt for a suspected burglar and car thief.
Beauty queen denies benefit fraud
A former Miss Great Britain competitor from Northampton has denied claiming more than £22,000 in benefits as a single parent while living with her partner.
National News
Young 'lack attention for Dickens'
Modern-day children are not being educated to read with the attention span necessary for a Dickens novel, a leading expert said as the country prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the revered author.
Tory MPs rebel against wind farms
More than 100 Tory MPs have written to David Cameron calling for a dramatic cut in subsidies to onshore wind farms and more influence for local people to stop them being built.
Barton's Terry tweets under review
Footballer Joey Barton could be in trouble with the Attorney General after posting a series of comments online about John Terry ahead of his trial for allegedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.
Labour chiefs in Doughty tribute
Labour leaders past and present are mourning the death of millionaire Nigel Doughty, the owner of Nottingham Forest and a major party donor.
Queen's Jubilee eve village worship
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will attend a church service on the eve of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee anniversary.
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Weather for Market Rasen
Sunday 05 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: -0 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: -0 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
Wind direction: North west
