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Sunflower crop earliest for more than a decade following heatwave

A farm has reported its earliest sunflower crop in more than a decade following this month’s heatwave. The bright yellow blooms are in colour two weeks earlier than usual at Vine House Farm near Spalding in Lincolnshire, which grows the flowers for ...

28 Jul 2022 at 14:03

‘Kindness backpacks’ bring ‘moments of happiness’ to young Ukrainian refugees

Two British friends have raised more than £4,000 to fund “kindness backpacks” given out to Ukrainian refugee children in Poland. Stuart Thomas, 43, and Neil Spalding, 30, travelled earlier this month to help out at a humanitarian aid centre set up ...

22 Apr 2022 at 14:55

Tesco pledges to remove all peat from bedding plants by 2023

A UK supermarket chain has pledged to become the first to go peat-free on its British-grown bedding plants in order to reduce its carbon footprint. Tesco is to cut its use of the material by 95% across its UK bedding plants range from Monday. It ...

31 Mar 2022 at 03:55

Christmas cauliflowers delayed by poor growing conditions are finally harvested

Half a million cauliflowers that flowered too late for Christmas are to be sold at a reduced rate from January, following “some of the worst growing conditions for many years”. British retailers had to import the vegetables from France and ...

20 Jan 2022 at 08:25

Man gets two life terms for murdering neighbour and attempting to kill friend

A convicted killer who murdered his neighbour and attempted to kill his former housemate before a stand-off with armed police has been given two life sentences. Wayne Rule will serve a minimum of 35 years in prison for stabbing ...

17 Mar 2023 at 14:59

Man charged with murdering woman whose body was found in church grounds

A man has been charged with murdering a 26-year-old woman whose body was found in a tent in the grounds of a church. Lincolnshire Police said Paul Neilson, 30, of no fixed address, will appear before magistrates in Lincoln on ...

24 Jul 2023 at 08:10

Man charged with murder after altercation

A man has been charged with murder following an altercation. Vadims Zmicerevskis, 45, died after an incident at the junction of Green Lane and St Thomas Road in Spalding on Monday, Lincolnshire Police said. Viktors Zeglovs, ...

13 Nov 2024 at 10:26

Dry summer boosts sunflower crop but varied weather ‘puts farms under pressure’

A sea of sunflowers has been helped by hot and dry conditions this summer but increasingly varied weather patterns are putting farms under pressure, a fifth-generation grower has said. Vine House Farm in Deeping St ...

07 Aug 2025 at 14:22

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