Annoyances and Irritations News & Updates
- 30th September 2008
After buying a pet rabbit, a woman realised that it didn't have floppy ears as the newspaper ad promised, so she called 999 to complain!
Other nuisance calls include two people who dialled 999 after being splashed by cars in wet weather.
After bei
- 31st August 2008
Stamford's Red Lion Square could be a slipping hazard, says a report by the county council's highways comittee. The controversial £1.4m 'facelift' for the square, which was carried out last year, had an assessment carried out recently.
The repo
- 18th August 2008
Seems there's a mini crimewave going on in the Stamford area!Burglars forced open a kitchen window in a house in Casterton Road last Friday and stole jewellery.
Friday lunchtime was unlucky for a shopper in the town when her purse was stolen from her bag
- 29th July 2008
Fly Tippers prosecuted by SKDC
If you're going to illegally dump rubbish the Stamford area, then you're going to have to pay the price.
SKDC is getting mean - they've just successfully prosecuted another fly tipper in the area - Viking Electrical - wh
- 22nd July 2008
Devices discovered at two banks
Police are appealing for witnesses after fraudsters attacked two cashpoints in our area.
Card skimming devices were discovered at two local cash machines on Monday morning - one at Barclays in Bourne and one at Natw
- 9th July 2008
A teenager was mugged in the cattle market car park on Saturday night.....
Two people attacked a 16 year old teenager, stealing his mobile phone whilst he was using it to send a text message. The muggers punched him on the back of the head, and one of th
- 25th June 2008
Rubbish idea binned
... The idea of going back to weekly rubbish collections during the summer months has been dismissed by SKDC councillors.
Coun Paul Wood (Ind) proposed that the district swap back to the old rubbish collection pattern during the su
- 25th June 2008
Art on Friday gets people to Red Lion Square ...
Thanks to Stamford Chamber of Trade and Commerce, who organised the Art on Friday exhibition, the square once more showed some signs of life after it's dismal 'revamp' earlier in the year. This is to be th
- 25th June 2008
Heartless Abandonment of Kittens on the Al
TWO six week old kittens need a home after being abandoned by the side of the A1 in a layby near Stretton.
Fortunately a lorry driver found the cardboard box containing them and took them to a roadside cafe.
- 30th May 2008
Cost of Living hits us all ...
In my spare time I'm a crafter. For the past 8 years or so I've been doing local craft fairs in and around the region, with varying results. However, this year, and the end of last year, have been the worst that I can reme