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The growing problem of households putting wrong items in recycling bins is costing the council – and the taxpayer – over £100,000 a year.
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Super slimmers in Sleaford have lost over 25 stone between them in just three months.
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Lincolnshire’s under-fire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick has hit back at his critics and insisted he has no intention of resigning.
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I am writing to ask if you would be so kind as to print a thank you to all the people who voted for me, in your paper.
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I stood as the Labour candidate for Hough division in the recent County Council elections. I want to thank all those who voted for me.
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Thanks go to all the following for their support for the Sleaford Live festival of live music and performing arts:
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For many years the Solo Club in the Market Place at Sleaford, has been the home of Sleaford & District Lions.
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The red carpet was laid out in Ropsley for Barry Buxton as he received his British Empire Medal last week.
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As well as releasing the next chapter in a ‘dead’ good trilogy, a Welbourn author is up for a top literary prize and needs your votes.
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As hospitals face a review of their safety, a businessman from Folkingham has announced the launch of Cure the NHS Lincolnshire.
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Sleaford and North Hykeham MP Stephen Phillips is upping the ante in his ongoing battle to backing residents’ campaigns to get speed limits lowered through their villages.
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Film buffs are being given the opportunity to watch the legendary film The Dam Busters at Woodhall Spa’s Kinema in the Woods.
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Fundraisers in Ruskington are once again getting ready to stage a fashion show to raise money for disabled children’s charity KIDS Strut.
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Police are appealing for information after a fatal collision at Billingborough Fen.
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A derailed freight train in the Nottingham area has delayed passengers travelling to and from Sleaford by up to 90 minutes.
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A cat welfare charity has hit out at supermarket giant Tesco’s after they removed one of their donation collection bin from near the tills.
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Police have released an E-fit of a man they believe could be related to a sexual assault on a woman in Sleaford.
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Sleaford man Simon Davies met Sir Bruce Forsyth on Saturday when he and his dog Poppy collected a bravey award.
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We are currently in the middle of Local Newspaper Week and I wanted to take this opportunity to pen a column about why I believe The Standard – and our sister titles – play an ever-increasingly important role in all of our lives.
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Sleafordian Coaches has won the coveted county title of School Bus Route of the Year after it was nominated by one of its drivers.
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The loss of his job with a drink-drive ban will hit a man and his parents because he pays the mortgage on their home, his solicitor says.
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