Boston Target
Bulldozers poised to move in to York Street stadium
WORK will soon start to demolish Boston United’s former Jakemans Stadium at York Street under a redevelopment plan to build a new £24.9 million community diagnostic centre. The site of the abandoned stadium will be cleared ready for groundworks to...
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Man to pay more than £1m after he ran illegal dumps all over country
A PROLIFIC criminal has been ordered to pay more than £1m after dumping waste. Varun Datta illegally dumped more than 4,275 tonnes of waste across England through various illegal dumping sites, including six in Lincolnshire. This included The Drift...
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Members are still at odds over one question motion during council meetings
COUNCILLORS have clashed over plans to limit the number of questions that they can ask at meetings. Members of Boston Borough Council’s overview and scrutiny committee discussed a proposal to limit the number of questions which councillors can ask at...
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PARK LIVE!
BOSTON is set to have a live music festival after councillors agreed to additional funding for community events. Members of the Boston Town Area Committee (BTAC) agreed an events budget of £65,500 which includes a £17,000 funding contribution for a...
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Plan approved for NHS centre at Pilgrims’ old home ground
planning permission has been secured for a new community diagnostic centre at a former stadium in Boston. The £24.9 million facility will provide the town with more services, allowing people to access tests, such as X-rays and MRI scans, quickly and...
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Police hunt for woman who ‘pushed her baby buggy in path of lorry’
POLICE who were looking to identify a woman who allegedly let go of a buggy, which was then rolled into the path of an oncoming lorry have now spoken to her and investigations are ongoing it has been revealed. The incident happened on January 5 along...
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New sports hub set to serve up Padel courts
THERE’S a new way to keep fit on the horizon after Poyntons Consultancy announced a major deal that will see Padel People, a rapidly expanding UK Padel operator, open a new, dedicated facility at Punchbowl Lane, Boston. This development marks Padel...
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Tree recycling helps out with hospice funds
ST Barnabas’ Tree-Cycle fundraising initiative offers a simple, ecofriendly way for people across Lincolnshire to recycle their Christmas trees, while supporting local hospice care. For those who have purchased a real Christmas tree this year, you can...
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Human nature or road design ... What’s keeping number of county road deaths so high?
MORE than 100 people were killed or seriously injured on Lincolnshire’s roads between April and June this year. Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership said that 116 people had been killed or seriously injured on the county’s roads within this threemonth...
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LILIA’S KILLER TO STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER
A MAN who admits killing a nineyear-old girl in a Lincolnshire market town three years ago will face a murder trial in January, a court heard. Deividas Skebas, now 26, admits the unlawful killing of Lilia Valutyte who died from a single stab wound to...
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