- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'over-paid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- Tributes paid to funnyman Carson
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- 'Anxious' teacher 'set self alight'
Community
Stay warm and stay safe
Attempts to keep warm could have disastrous results if simple precautions aren’t taken, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue warns. Electric heaters, open fires and microwaveable bags can all spark a blaze. And it’s easier than you might think for the worst to happen.
Torksey residents on alert after burglary
TORKSEY residents are advised to make extra security checks on their properties and vehicles after a burglary and attempted burglaries over night.
Do you really need A&E?
Poor use of Accident and Emergency departments costs the NHS in Lincolnshire £2million a year.
Gainsborough to recruit more firewomen
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue wants to encourage more women to join its ranks in Gainsborough as front-line firefighters.
Readers' letters
OAPs deserve much better
our MP votes for benefit rises in the House of Commons helping to create a ‘something for nothing’ culture and spending money we don’t have.
Scam from abroad?
I have just been reading your article on the recent computer scam that’s been doing the rounds.
Call not from Microsoft
I have not been caught by the scam (I think) but someone did ring me about four weeks ago and said they were from Microsoft and my PC would crash within 24 hours if they did not repair it.
More police on the streets . . .
I was looking in the Worksop Guardian this week where I read the piece about people paying more tax to see more policemen.
Those Were The Days
Welcome break at Blyth inns
THIS week’s Archive Corner picture shows the village of Blyth, probably around the 1920s.
Newspaper found in church hall
THIS week’s Archive Corner shows the first edition of the Worksop Guardian dated Friday 27th March 1896.
Native of Abyssinia
In the churchyard of All Saints Church, Aston is a headstone marking the grave of Thomas Lee who died on 30th June 1801. Thomas was a native of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) and was brought to England by Harry Verelst when he retired as Governor of Bengal in 1769.
Staff pose for college picture
THIS week’s Archive Corner picture shows the staff of Worksop College in 1906.
Local businesses
Free business event
A FREE business event is being hosted by Rotherham College of Arts and Technology.
Peacocks store in Gainsborough is saved
PEACOCKS fashion store in Gainsborough’s Market Place will stay open, administrators have announced today (Tuesday).
Youngsters can contribute to aviation time capsule
Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire wants schools, colleges and youth groups to enter its Time Capsure 2012 competition.
Cash boost for Kiveton and Wales organisation
AN award winning organisation that uses eBay to recycle unwanted items on behalf of the local community is celebrating again after receiving a cash boost.
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Weather for Dinnington
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 10 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 4 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: West
