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Gallery to close for ‘financial reasons’

A GALLERY in Boston town centre is set to close for ‘financial reasons’.

Teenager will give up gadgets to teach in Africa

A BOSTON teenager is giving up technological comforts of his mobile phone and the internet to help teach children in Ghana.

Wyberton Low Road

Residents’ safety worries at school

CARS arriving outside a Boston school early parking across people’s drives, speeding down the road, forcing others onto the pavement and standing off against each other were some of the issues raised at a meeting last week.

Stickney Primary School setting up educational 'crime scene investigation' with the help of local community police.
PCSO Nigel Miller with year 5 pupils.

Don’t panic - CSI Stickney are on the case

A DEADLY toxic spill threatens to poison the environment – but fear not – CSI Stickney are on the case.

Joanna Taylor of Kirton with her son Archie Marsh 3, applied for a place at Kirton school and were given one at Swineshead.

‘I don’t want my four-year-old boy to go on his own in a taxi to school’

A MOTHER has chosen to delay her four-year-old son’s education for a year, after being faced with having to send him to school 10-miles away in a taxi – on his own.

Under-performing school joins Phoenix Federation

AN UNDER-PERFORMING primary school will be joining forces with a federation in a bid to help it get back on track.

Pet service at Kirton Methodist Church.
L-R Sheila Lymer with Pipper, Sylvia Parslow with Milo, Harriet Kettle with Duffy, Michael Kettle - vet, Tracey Kyme with Nancy, Ann Dawson with Cassie, Alice Potts with Alfie and Rev Irena Byron with Bonnie.

All creatures great and small attended service

ALL CREATURES great and small turned out to a special pet service at Kirton Methodist Church.

COUNCIL INQUIRY: Schools say farmers should do more to encourage young people into their industry

Farmers need to be more proactive in encouraging young people into their industry, according to education bosses.

COUNCIL INQUIRY: Call for new school for Boston as children as young as four face taxi commute

A HEADTEACHER has called for a new school for Boston – and says it is an ‘absolute disgrace’ that children as young as four were commuting by taxi.

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COUNCIL INQUIRY: Schools insist migrant pupil influx has not caused ‘significant issues’

SCHOOL leaders have said the ‘influx’ of foreign national pupils has not caused any significant issues for education in the town.

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Faraday challenge for Stickney pupils

YOUNG engineers from Stickney are showcasing their business acumen by taking up the task of researching, designing and building solutions to real engineering problems.

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