Annoyances and Irritations News & Updates
- 21st March 2009
Sharon Clephane of BigPinkHeart has been telling us all about the latest developments. She has been meeting with the Mayor of Leicester - who wants to hear more about BigPinkHeart as one of her own passions is humanitarian causes, and she likes what the
- 12th March 2009
Useless ramps for Stamford StationThe badly planned ramps - intended to comply with disability discimination laws
- have been approved by the planning authority.South Kesteven District Council said that Network Rail can build the new ramps
as part of a
- 2nd February 2009
In May, Radar guns will be introduced in Ketton to catch speeding motorists. It will run for a 3-week initial stint.
The guns will be used by members of the scheme, ie villagers, who will then pass the readings on to Rutland Council, who will con
- 17th November 2008
I hear that traffic's been at a standstill again this morning due to the roadworks at Carpenter's Lodge Roundabout. Fortunately I only heard about it on radio2, but it has been pretty bad lately, making my journey to work at least 15 minutes longer th
- 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