A group of elite cyclists from local packaging company Coveris spent the weekend completing a gruelling 460-mile cycle challenge in memory of former colleague, Steve Callaway – and helped to raise £15,000. Steve lost his battle with cancer in November and Coveris, formerly Paragon Print and Packaging, set up the Steve Callaway Challenge to raise funds for his chosen charity, ...

  An articulated lorry left the main road in Whaplode and hit a restaurant on Monday night. The incident on the A151 High Road happened during pouring rain at about 9pm. The lorry collided with Spice Cottage restaurant, opposite the junction with Churchgate. The vehicle’s trailer was loaded and being driven from Sutton Bridge to Spalding by a 65-year-old man, who was ...

Despite warnings of a national dip in performance levels from the government’s qualifications watchdog, OfQUAL, GCSE results in Lincolnshire have held up this year. Sixty per cent of students achieved five A* to C grades including English and maths. A total 14 schools achieved in excess of 90 per cent achieving this standard. In Lincolnshire’s grammar schools, 49.5 per cent ...

A fundraising drive this year by a Spalding mum has raised more than £3,500 for Cancer Research UK. Liz Batterham, who added £387 proceeds from a garden party at Aycoughfee Gardens in Spalding last Saturday, still has four more events to go in 2014. The inspiration for the fundraising came from the loss of her aunt, Tina Bryan, to cancer ...

Medical experts admitted they were shocked to discover that a Holbeach pensioner had died from a very rare disease. A post-mortem revealed that Iris Grimwood was a victim of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), which doctors had not diagnosed – or even suspected – during a rapid descent in her health. At an inquest into her death, only one of five medical ...

A father and daughter’s charity bike ride from Holbeach to Crawley was fine – in terms of both the physical challenge and the weather. Steve and Dayna Kingshott pedalled from home in Stukeley Road to Crawley fire station over last Saturday and Sunday. The pair hope to have raised about £800 for The Fire Fighters’ Charity and Boston and South ...

Final touches are being put to plans for filming of a television commercial to promote what Spalding has to offer. The town centre, market, Ayscoughfee, water taxis and The Crescent are likely to feature, as is Springfields Outlet Shopping Complex. The television advert, which is likely to air next Easter or summer, is a joint enterprise between South Holland District ...

What’s in a name? Well, quite a bit a Spalding hairdressers’ shop has found out. There was bemusement from some social media users and anger from others last week over the spelling of Colors & Curls, a new business in Winsover Road. There was even a suggestion on Facebook page Spotted:Spalding that “Colors” was a spelling mistake, rather than intentionally ...

  The bus operator under fire from passengers for reducing services and altering the route of others has blamed “continual congestion” in Spalding and lack of income. Brylaine Travel says it has had to axe some early buses from the Into Town service around Spalding to make it commercially viable because it is not subsidised. And the firm denied claims ...

A pair of cats have been tortured for fouling near their home, claims their devastated owner. Jara Backer says two-year-old Rennie’s face was burnt with a lighter and he had a part of his tail skinned. And Rennie’s brother James was left bleeding after having a bag of cat faeces tied tightly to his tail – a “clear message” from ...

A petition against the cuts to Brylaine’s Spalding Town bus service has reached 700 signatures. The petition, which will be handed over to local MP and Minister of State for Transport John Hayes, asks for one of the two axed early-morning services and a lunchtime run to be reinstated. Organiser Carol Hudson said: “Brylaine says at no point have Spalding ...

Depleted Long Sutton put in a determined display before eventually losing against high-flying Lincoln Lindum 2nd on Saturday. Losing the toss, Sutton were inserted into bat on a flat Lindum track and began fairly solidly before Ed Booth (8) was dismissed. This brought Phil Barnes to the wicket alongside Chris Booth, who pushed the score along before Barnes (18) was ...

Youngsters are enjoying a revamped play area in Moulton Seas End. The £50,000 project came to fruition after villager Tracy Andrew wrote to Moulton Parish Council asking for the equipment to be improved. The council worked with Tracy, who made a grant application to WREN (Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd), and a host of companies to modernise the play area. Ward ...

A firm which has been manufacturing timber windows and doors in Donington since 1884 is planning to dramatically reduce its heating bills by utilising factory by-products. And George Barnsdale is also looking to grow this year by recruiting engineer graduates, and is hoping to find some local talent. The High Street firm says it is dedicated to the environment and ...

A mixed Sutton Sunday side fell ten runs shy of what would have been an impressive victory against a strong Warboys side in Rutland League Division Three. Bowling first, openers Jimmy Hook (2-41) and Paul Edgeller (2-33) were impressive first up, but it was spin duo Jake Burton (3-22) and Rob Simpson (2-53) who altered the innings dramatically. However, a ...

Red-hot Moulton Harrox continued their superb form with a brutal domination of Woodhall Spa 2nd on Saturday. Amazingly, Harrox bossed the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash despite only having ten men at Jubilee Park due to a drop out. Having been put into bat, Moulton lost Jack Cusack for a duck second ball. But captain Chris Beale ...

Seas End Hall kept their Rutland League Division Five promotion dreams alive by gaining revenge against rivals Wisbech 2nd on Sunday. Wisbech had hammered Seas End Hall in the return fixture back in June, so it was the league newcomers from South Holland that had their pride to play for. Things began well, with Seas End winning the toss, and ...

An excellent bowling performance from Pinchbeck steered them to an unlikely victory over Boston 3rd at Spalding Grammar School on Saturday. Defending a modest total of 126, the hosts looked up against it – but took advantage of decent bowling conditions to dismiss their opponents for 85 to move up to fourth South Lincs and Border League Division Two. On ...

Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick paid a visit to Spalding on Tuesday to talk to residents and shoppers about the force. It was part of a community engagement event by Spalding Police in Sheep Market. Local officers were joined by the Roads Policing Unit, officers featuring in Channel 5’s Police Interceptors series (which is focusing on Lincolnshire), dogs ...

Spalding Town (66) lost to Skegness (307) by 241 runs Captain Rob Ambrose is worried that Spalding Town have undone all of their good work this season after witnessing Saturday’s Lincs ECB Premier League humbling at Skegness. Town had been eyeing a top five finish this term, but heavy back-to-back beatings have left them in the bottom four of the ...