<![CDATA[Grantham Journal - News]]> Feed http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news Copyright 2012, Johnston Press Plc http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/news_feed_1_327118 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:52:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 <![CDATA[VIDEO: Audacious Bingham cash machine theft caught on CCTV]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/video_audacious_bingham_cash_machine_theft_caught_on_cctv_1_3496216

THE audacious theft of a cash machine in Bingham was caught on CCTV.

]]> 1.3496216 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:52:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Developers head back to the drawing board after Manthorpe Lodge appeal]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/developers_head_back_to_the_drawing_board_after_manthorpe_lodge_appeal_1_3495195

DEVELOPERS have failed in their bid to overturn a decision to reject plans for flats on the old Manthorpe Lodge site.

]]> 1.3495195 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:47:30 +0000 <![CDATA[Stone-throwing yobs target trains]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/stone_throwing_yobs_target_trains_1_3495188

A FATHER-of-two was hit on the head by a large stone when it smashed through the window of the train he was on-board - one of a series of similar incidents near villages to the north of Grantham.

]]> 1.3495188 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:45:58 +0000 <![CDATA[‘Government plans could mean more secrecy and surprises from authorities’]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/government_plans_could_mean_more_secrecy_and_surprises_from_authorities_1_3495107

PROPOSALS which would mean authorities no longer have to advertise roadworks in their local newspaper have been criticised by MP Stephen Phillips.

]]> 1.3495107 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:40:03 +0000 <![CDATA[We have got it in writing: £30m to get Grantham’s bypass under way]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/we_have_got_it_in_writing_30m_to_get_grantham_s_bypass_under_way_1_3495095

GRANTHAM’S east-west bypass may soon become a reality after the county council announced proposals to budget £30m for the long-awaited project.

]]> 1.3495095 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:38:03 +0000 <![CDATA[Ravaged roads to be resurfaced]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/ravaged_roads_to_be_resurfaced_1_3493186

POTHOLED roads in Grantham are to be resurfaced, causing weekend road closures.

]]> 1.3493186 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:47:27 +0000 <![CDATA[SLIDESHOW: Journal readers’ snow photos]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/slideshow_journal_readers_snow_photos_1_3492871

DOZENS of Journal readers have sent in their photos from the weekend’s snow fall.

]]> 1.3492871 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:21:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Time to nominate in our business awards]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/time_to_nominate_in_our_business_awards_1_3383106

THE Journal’s annual celebration of Grantham’s best of business is back.

]]> 1.3383106 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:20:33 +0000 <![CDATA[Take unwanted clothing to ‘shwopping’ event]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/take_unwanted_clothing_to_shwopping_event_1_3493111

DO you have items in your wardrobe that you no longer wear? Then why not bag them up and take them to a clothes swapping event?

]]> 1.3493111 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:04:59 +0000 <![CDATA[Assaults at bowling alley left woman soaked in own blood]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/assaults_at_bowling_alley_left_woman_soaked_in_own_blood_1_3493041

A GOOD Samaritan who tried to help a drunken man instead found herself being attacked by him.

]]> 1.3493041 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:40 +0000 <![CDATA[Foul language saw a man arrested]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/foul_language_saw_a_man_arrested_1_3493040

CCTV caught an altercation between a man and a bouncer outside the Late Lounge in Grantham.

]]> 1.3493040 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:38 +0000 <![CDATA[Man wanted to sell drugs to his friends]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/man_wanted_to_sell_drugs_to_his_friends_1_3493039

POLICE who arrested a 21-year-old in a town centre nightclub found he was carrying eight bags of a Class B drug.

]]> 1.3493039 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:36 +0000 <![CDATA[Wasted chance to work off debt]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/wasted_chance_to_work_off_debt_1_3493037

FAILING to carry out his community service caused magistrates to send a 20-year-old man to prison.

]]> 1.3493037 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Night in the cells for door attacker]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/night_in_the_cells_for_door_attacker_1_3493038

A LOSS of temper saw a man spend the night in the cells.

]]> 1.3493038 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:33 +0000 <![CDATA[Lucky escape for speeding driver]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/lucky_escape_for_speeding_driver_1_3493036

A VAN driver successfully argued to keep his licence after being caught driving at 91mph on a 60mph stretch of the A1 at Barrowby.

]]> 1.3493036 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:30 +0000 <![CDATA[‘I feel like an idiot, to be honest’]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/i_feel_like_an_idiot_to_be_honest_1_3493034

A TEENAGER was arrested for abusing commuters with foul language after being ejected from a train at Grantham station.

]]> 1.3493034 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:29 +0000 <![CDATA[Man was ‘hiding under a mattress’]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/man_was_hiding_under_a_mattress_1_3493035

POLICE found a man on bail hiding under a bed in a house he should not have been in.

]]> 1.3493035 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:29 +0000 <![CDATA[Woman helped herself to a telly]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/woman_helped_herself_to_a_telly_1_3493031

STEALING a television worth £170 ended up costing a woman £213 after she was eventually caught.

]]> 1.3493031 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:39:21 +0000 <![CDATA[Thieves use tractor to steal cash machine]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/thieves_use_tractor_to_steal_cash_machine_1_3492284

THIEVES used a tractor to rip a cash machine from the wall of Natwest in Market Place, Bingham, in the early hours of this morning.

]]> 1.3492284 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:53:35 +0000 <![CDATA[No school closures reported in the Grantham area]]> http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/no_school_closures_reported_in_the_grantham_area_1_3491994

No school closures are currently reported in the Grantham area.

]]> 1.3491994 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:20:09 +0000