- Taylor paintings sold for £14m
- O2 staff in Olympics rehearsal
- Job vacancies up, but more applying
- TUC warns over pension reforms
- MPs warn over Libyan operation
- More scrutiny for Lansley reforms
- Elderly suffering from care cuts
- Argentina takes Falklands row to UN
- Calls for health reforms to be axed
- Prescott hails hacking 'justice'
- Levi Bellfield seeks Milly appeal
- US printer wins Olympic ticket deal
- 'Last' war service member dies
- Jury goes out in Redknapp trial
- 1,000 more jobs go at Lloyds Bank
- Tributes to boy who died in snow
- Qatada decision 'not acceptable'
- Kylie raises Twitter stalker alert
- Jacket potato ad smells of success
- McCartney to headline Jubilee show
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PHOTO GALLERY: There’s no business like snowbusiness... Picture gallery
Snowmen galore popped up around the town and villages on Sunday as children, families – and some fun-loving adults – headed out to enjoy the wintery weather.
WEATHER: Schools all open, bin collections still on
NONE of Boston’s schools were reported to have fallen foul of the weather today - and bin collections are also going ahead as normal.
Miss Jenifer Mary Parkinson (Jenty)
JENIFER Mary Parkinson (Jenty), of Frampton House Care Home, in Kirton, has died following a long illness.
Announcements
Dick Cartwright : Acknowledgement
Published in the Boston Standard on 06 February 2012
Thomas Atkin (Tom) : Obituary
Published in the Boston Standard on 02 February 2012
Phyllis Hepsie (Pip) Smith : Obituary
Published in the Boston Standard on 02 February 2012
Grace Horry : Acknowledgement
Published in the Boston Standard on 02 February 2012
Derek Addy : Obituary
Published in the Boston Standard on 02 February 2012
Obituaries
Mrs Eileen Joan Skinner
EILEEN Joan Skinner, of Elizabeth Road, Boston, has died at home following a long illness.
Mr Sidney Chamberlain (Sid)
SIDNEY Chamberlain (Sid), of Brewster Road, Boston, has died at Pilgrim Hospital following illness.
Mr Vernon Henry Greenhough (Vern)
VERNON Henry Greenhough (Vern), of Fishtoft, has died of natural causes at Elmwood House, in Boston.
Mr Derrick Henry Johnson
DERRICK Henry Johnson, of Woad Farm Road, Boston, has died at Elmwood House Nursing Home following an illness.
Mr Clarence Fred Dearlove
CLARENCE Fred Dearlove, of London Road, Frampton, has died at Pilgrim Hospital following illness.
People
Loss of apostrophe ‘deplorable’, says grammar tsar
PLANS to remove the apostrophe from the sign at booksellers Waterstone’s has been described as ‘deplorable’ by the chairman of the Boston-based Apostrophe Protection Society.
Diamond jubilee plans are under way
A SPECIAL one-day event will take place to mark the Queen’s diamond jubilee, it has been revealed.
Schools
Academy ranked among the best in the country in school league tables
STUDENTS at Old Leake’s Giles Academy have been making one of the best rates of progress in the whole country, according to league tables published last week.
School raises £450 for charity
A VILLAGE school has donated £450 to a cancer charity following fund raising by its pupils.
National support for town free school idea
PLANS to provide a new free school in Boston town centre are one step closer to reality, after they received backing from a national support programme.
Number of non-English pupils in Boston’s schools is on the rise
SCHOOLS in Boston are dealing with an increasing number of students who do not have English as their native language, figures have shown.
1 commentOBSERVER: Survey says...poor response
THE ‘hate crime survey’ undertaken by Boston Borough Council apparently received only 134 responses, yet it is claimed this paints a ‘positive’ picture for the area.
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Weather for Boston, Lincolnshire
Wednesday 08 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: -2 C to 2 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Mist
Temperature: -1 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: South
