Transport and Logistics Network
An inquest has revealed more details about the tragic deaths of TV star Phil Spencer’s parents after the pair plunged into a river in their car while on their way to a pub for lunch.
Richard, 89, and Anne, 82, had been married for almost 60 years[1] be…
A busy road has re-opened after a crash.
A van ended up on its roof after leaving the A151 at 6.24am today.
The road, which is the main route between Spalding and Bourne, was closed.
Police were called after a crash on the A151 at West Pinchbeck Pict…
If you want to avoid being caught speeding, then don’t speed. Because our roads are strewn with cameras, both permanent and mobile, to catch people not adhering to the rules of the road.
And for good reason – speeding is one of the Fatal 4 factors behi…
We’re once again off on our weekly stroll down memory lane looking at news from up to 200 years ago.
Our Mercury Memories is produced thanks to the support of the Stamford Mercury Archive Trust[1].
25 years ago: September 25, 1998 – Hill Billy clubbe…
Drug dealers, violent thugs and an armed robber are among those who have been locked up.
ARMED ROBBER
A masked armed robber who leapt over the counter of a convenience store and threatened a female member of staff with a knife before grabbing cash from…
Boat operations from Bournemouth[1] Pier, where two youngsters died last week, have been suspended as a precaution, it has been reported.Sunnah Khan, 12, described by a family friend as an “angel”, and Joe Abbess, 17, died last week after getting into …
We take a look at what was making the news up to 200 years ago.
Our Mercury Memories is produced thanks to the support of the Stamford Mercury Archive Trust[1].
25 years ago: May 29, 1998 – Models and organisers of a fashion show in Exton Village Hal…
A 72-year-old from Lincolnshire[1] has died after losing control of his car and careening off the A47. Emergency services were called to the crash at the junction of the A1 southbound at Wansford at around 5.15am on Tuesday, April 27.
The man, from Bou…
I can do no better than to use some notes written by the late Cyril Chalk who researched the history of this Marlow firm in 1978 and his page contains many interesting bits of information. Cyril may well have remembered the Ebenezer Chapel in Dean Stre…
A total of 54 dogs and two horses that were reportedly being ‘kept in inadequate living conditions’ have been seized under the Animal Welfare Act. Sussex Police’s[1] Rural Crime Team together with the RSPCA and the local authority carried out the warra…