• Hospitals trust earns £1.5m from car parking

  By muckadaz

  Couldn't agree with you more ZH. Someone at the Hospital told me they started charging because...

            

   

  By Lincolnshire Echo at 07:10 on 30/05/13

  

  Patients and their families paid out more than £1.5 million in total to park at the four hospitals in Lincolnshire during the last year. The rise in income of more than £170,000 on the previous year comes after Unison's health conference in Glasgow condemned hospital parking charges, calling them a tax on the sick and on those caring for them. United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust says any profits from parking are held in...

• Grantham man's Margaret Thatcher tattoo tribute

  By blindimp

  SOFT LAD.

            

   

  By PWhitelam_LE at 14:39 on 12/04/13

  

  Margaret Thatcher fan Louis Maier has had a tattoo of the Iron Lady inked on his leg as a lasting tribute. Tattoo artist Mr Maier,32,wanted to have the 6 inch work of art done on his right calf in her honour. He sat for two hours on Tuesday as his boss at The Tattoo Shop, in Grantham, created the design. The tattoo features Baroness Thatcher's face and an ice cream cone to mark her work in inventing the Mr Whippy-style of the...

• Margaret Thatcher dead: Lincolnshire-born former Prime Minister dies

  By Panda22

  She was good if you were middle or higher classed but she crucified the working class.

            

   

  By PWhitelam_LE at 14:38 on 08/04/13

  

  Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died from a stroke at the age of 87 earlier today. The Grantham-born politician had been suffering from ill health for some time and her family said she had died peacefully. Downing Street has confirmed Lady Thatcher will be given the same status of funeral as the Queen Mother and Princess Diana. But Britain's first female and longest serving premier will not lie in state, in accordance with...

• Horsemeat recipe added to the menu at Lincolnshire Indian restaurant

  By Flossie1

  Found the proprietor a little "over friendly and in your face" anyway!!

            

   

  By MarkWilliams at 12:00 on 27/03/13

  

  An Indian restaurant in Lincolnshire is adding horsemeat to its menu – in the wake of the nationwide scandal. Bindi, in London Road, Grantham, is renowned for serving up the "world's hottest curry" and now sees a market for horsemeat. Manager Muhammed Karim told This is Lincolnshire: "I have been researching the facts about horsemeat over the last few months in reference to the horsemeat scandals. "This meat is sweet like...

• Cow shot dead by police in grounds of Grantham primary school

  By Summerisle

  Stupid townies, this is beyond belief.

            

   

  By Lincolnshire Echo at 20:29 on 25/03/13

  

  An 'aggressive' cow was shot dead by police marksmen in the grounds of Grantham's Belton Lane Community Primary School this evening. This Belgian Blue female escaped from a field near Sandon Road at about 2.47pm this afternoon. Police followed the animal for several hours as it roamed the streets, including Signal Road, Harrowby Lane and Belton Grove, becoming increasingly distressed and aggressive. It jumped fences and ran...

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