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SOCIALIZED MEDICINE (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
British veteran dies after NHS doctors fail to spot broken neck and send him home with painkillers This case should have been highly manageable A Royal Air Force war veteran was sent home from hospital after doctors failed to diagnose his neck was broken. Hugh Jackson, 87, tripped over while picking up litter in his garden and fell head-first into an apple tree before knocking himself unconscious in...
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PhotoReflect (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
click photo to enlarge Today's photograph title isn't a tongue twister designed to catch anyone out, but is a factual description of the building shown. South Lincolnshire has long had industries making products that use the feathers from poultry rearing, and this tradition continues today. This Boston factory was established in 1877, the date displayed at the top of the building. It advertises its...
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Field Day (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
A family of gigantic straw mammoths in Lincolnshire has won farmer Paul Grant top prize in the Weetabix Wheat Art Competition. The farmer from Boston scooped a £5,000 prize for his sculpture of 'Manny the Mammoth and Family' in this...
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DurdensView (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Science teacher Paedo Martyn Baxter-Smith, 45, downloaded 8,688 sick pictures of children between December 2007 and April 2009. But amazingly the twisted teacher, who was sacked from his post at Boston Grammar School in Lincolnshire, was given a community order lasting just three years. Sentencing Baxter-Smith at Lincoln Crown Court, Judge Michael Heath expressed "grave concerns" over teacher's...
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Railway Eye (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
This just in from Bushy... Wouldn't you think that Network Rail staff would have some geographic knowledge of their rail network. My colleague has just received an invite from Nitwonk Fail to an event. First few details are: WHO: BOSTON TO SKEGNESS PROJECT TEAM WHAT: TO SEE THE BOSTON SKEGNESS PROJECT FIRST HAND WHERE: SIVSEY YARD, STATION ROAD, SIVSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE, PE22 0SA I just wonder how many...
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Phil and Mandys Wildlife Blogs (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Today, Mandy, Tony and myself went to Freiston Shore in Lincolnshire , this is an RSPB site, it is very nice although it has no facilities. Whilst we were unpacking the gear from the car we spotted a few Reed Buntings , Blackbirds , and on the lake were Greylag Geese , Canada Geese , Mallards and a Moorhen . Redshank , Pied Wagtail and a handful of Magpies were also spotted. Lapwings and I hope my...
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Leicestershire Community Voice (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
David Owens, at present a Boston Borough Councillor, is the British National Party's candidate in this Thursday's North-West Division election in the city. Over the past weeks activists from Leicestershire have joined their Lincolnshire counterparts involved in the campaign, leafletting, canvassing, etc. and one of them has written to tell of his impressions after the team's latest visit last Saturday:...
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Bigredkev (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
A school was ordered to pay nearly £20,000 in fines and legal costs today after a pupil lost all but two of her fingers in an art lesson. The penalty was increased on the Giles foundation school in Boston, Lincolnshire, because staff failed to report the "catastrophic" incident, involving plaster of paris, to the Health and Safety Executive. Boston magistrates heard the schoolgirl,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
School fined after pupil suffers 'terrible burns' and is left disfigured after trying to make cast of her hands with plaster of paris A school was ordered to pay nearly £20,000 in fines and legal costs today after a pupil lost all but two of her fingers in an art lesson. The penalty was increased on the Giles foundation school in Boston, Lincolnshire, because staff failed to report the "catastrophic"...
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The Observer (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
School ordered to pay £19,000 for breach of safety rules A school was ordered to pay £19,000 today after a 16-year-old girl lost most of her fingers when she put her hands in a bucket of plaster of Paris during a school art lesson. The teenager was attempting to make a sculpture of her own hands during a lesson in January 2007 when the horrific accident happened, Boston magistrates court...
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Andrew Allison (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
One of the great pleasures of attending the party conference is meeting new people. I met up with Andrea Jenkyns, who was elected a councillor in Boston, Lincolnshire in June. Unfortunately, she was not in post very long before Labour complained she was not eligible to stand and was forced to quit. Andrea worked on a part-time basis for Lincolnshire Music Services and before she completed her nomination...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Among the many unedifying sights in politics, is there any more depressingly predictable than that of British politicians setting themselves up for humiliation by wittering about the so-called special relationship with the US ( Report , 25 September)? Why don't they just stop? Robert Hill Leeds • Zia Mahmood is being modest beyond the call of duty. In the past two weeks ( Bridge , G2, 17 &...
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PhotoReflect (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
click photo to enlarge In 1967 the U.S. guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, backed by the British drums and bass "Experience" of Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, released the song " Purple Haze ". It was a product of the psychedelic times, all distorted guitar and obscure lyrics, and a great piece. A year later, in 1968, I heard a recording by the U.S. comedian, Bill Cosby, that was a wonderful...
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Local Birding for Local People (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Sunday 13th September, Cut End, Lincolnshire, 9:30 - 12:30 Feeling much better today. I have a bit of a history, and not a positive one, when it comes to King Eider. In particular the first time I went to Shetland in 2005. A drake was seen at Collafirth, so that was the first place I tried after arriving in Lerwick, but no sign. However, I didn't realise until later on that there are TWO Collafirths...
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