• Dakota 'blitz day' to tackle street boozing

  By Whiley45

  Pleased there is to be another crackdown. Until things improve I will not be shopping in Boston Town...

            

   

  By Boston Target at 07:11 on 19/06/13

  

  AN operation to target street drinkers in Boston town centre is to be re-launched. Operation Dakota, which ran between October and December last year, focused on the problem and saw many people being spoken to, moved on, having alcohol confiscated and, in some cases, arrested. This resulted in a decrease in the number of street drinkers being found in the town centre, particularly around the Herbert Ingram Memorial, although local...

• Woolwich Facebook commenter jailed

  By Menshy

  I agree Steve_Lincoln - to a degree, I wrote to deliberately give that impression; the fact is none...

            

   

  By EGrover__LE at 09:29 on 13/06/13

  

  Lincolnshire man Benjamin Flatters has been jailed after he posted malicious comments on Facebook following the Woolwich attack. Flatters, 22, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the offence at Skegness Magistrates' Court yesterday and will now spend 14 days behind bars. Prosecutors told a previous hearing the comments were directed at "either Muslims or Muslim extremists". He made the remarks following the death of Drummer Lee...

• Hospital staff stress-related sickness rises

  By IT_MAN

  If it does that to the staff what does it do to the patients that are not prepared for it.

            

   

  By Lincolnshire Echo at 07:00 on 12/06/13

  

  Stress-related sickness among staff at Lincoln County Hospital has risen by 15 per cent in a year. There were 350 cases of depression or other psychiatric illnesses at the city hospital in 2012, compared to 305 in 2011. The overall level of sickness also rose by almost 4 per cent from 5,046 to 5,236 during the same period, despite the fact that the hospital now employs 80 fewer staff. Chris Brewis, vice-chairman of the health...

• Move to end parking fines

  By Roadscource

  "ALMOST 40 residents attended a meeting to discuss a recent report regarding the viability of...

            

   

  By Boston Target at 07:09 on 12/06/13

  

  ALMOST 40 residents attended a meeting to discuss a recent report regarding the viability of parking permits for house- holds within the town area. Cllr Carol Taylor encouraged members of the public living on roads such as Tunnard Street, Thorold Street, Tawney Street and Hartley Street to attend the Environment and Performance Committee. At the meeting, councillors decided that Boston Borough Council's Cabinet should agree a...

• Shoppers angered over parking tickets 'glitch' at Asda in Boston

  By desktopgaming

  The time limit at Boston Asda is 2.5 hours, not 3 hours as they claim. I know because they've hit...

            

   

  By Boston Target at 16:34 on 17/10/12

  

  MORE shoppers have contacted the Target to say that they have been deterred from shopping at Asda after wrongly receiving parking tickets. Last week the Target reported on Owen Brown from Shaw Road who received a £70 penalty notice from Town and City Parking Ltd for parking at Boston's Asda store all day, when he had in fact called in twice and visited Mablethorpe in between. Since then, the Target has received complaints from...

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