A Spalding shopkeeper has failed again to be granted a premises licence. However, Ernesta Tamutyte was poised for a second rejection inside a year after Lincolnshire Police lodged an objection on the grounds of her not satisfying two of the four licensing objectives – prevention of crime and disorder and public safety. Ms Tamutyte, of Hallgate, Moulton, runs Global Food ...

Not long ago Lincolnshire County Council decided to reject the devolution plans on offer from central government. Although I voted to accept them as a first, rather small, step towards giving back to local government some of the powers usurped by central governments of all political colours over many decades, I was fully aware of the flaws attached to the ...

It may have caused a degree of outrage on social media but South Holland District Council’s spending plan for the next financial year received just three valid comments from a public consultation. Residents and businesses were given nine days to give feedback on the council’s draft budget for 2017/18. As highlighted by The Voice last week, the budget included the earmarking ...

A plan to build 48 homes on the EMG Motors site in St John’s Road, Spalding, is recommended for approval. A report to South Holland District Council’s planning committee meeting on February 1 says Kaplan Property Group has agreed to make the entire site a mixture of social rented and shared ownership homes. It said: “There is a clear and ...

Spalding man Joe Holliday has welcomed a move by a top model to reveal herself to be intersex too. Model Hanne Gaby Odiele (29) featured in global media this week after speaking out to break down taboos and discourage parents from agreeing to potentially unnecessary surgeries on intersex children – those who are born with or develop reproductive or sexual ...

A developer has invited councillors to refuse permission a planning application – to allow it a ‘free go’ at resubmitting a revised scheme Calderdale Homes (Eastern) wants to build nine homes (seven two-bedroom and two three-bedroom) in Park Lane, Donington, At a meeting on January 4 the planning committee deferred a decision in the hope the developer could be persuaded to amend the ...

Residents in Lincolnshire are to be asked whether councils across the county should be scrapped in favour of a new approach to local government. Amid increasing financial pressures for local authorities, county council leader Martin Hill claims a move to a unitary authority would save £150million in its first five years, while not affecting frontline services “one iota”. He said: ...

The premises licence for The Chequers Hotel in Holbeach has been revoked by South Holland District Council. A panel of councillors presented with evidence of fraud and smuggling came to the conclusion that “those running the premises have little or no regard for the authorities”. The premises licence has been held by The Chequers Hotel Ltd since June 2009. Neither of the ...

GP surgeries across south Lincolnshire are planning expansion and improvement projects as patient numbers continue to rise, alongside ongoing countywide recruitment challenges.   Beechfield Medical Centre, in Spalding, alone has taken on 4,000 additional patients since 2011, rising from 13,500 to close to 17,500. Building work is imminent there, at The Abbeyview Surgery in Crowland and Munro Medical Centre’s Pinchbeck ...

Kind-hearted strangers responded to a public appeal to attend the funeral service of a World War Two veteran with few family members. There were about 60 people paying their respects to RAF veteran Edward Scott, who died aged 91. RAF Association said Mr Scott served in the 154 Squadron as an engineer. It said before Tuesday morning’s service at South Lincolnshire ...

Council tax looks set to rise by at least £50 on average in South Holland from April. Lincolnshire County Council is recommending to push forward with plans for a 3.95 per cent increase in  its portion of the bill, equivalent to a £45 increase for a band D property. South Holland District Council has planned a £5 annual increase in ...

Photographs taken at Castle Sports Complex swimming pool show that it is in urgent need of a deep clean, says an angry user and Voice reader. The pictures, which show mould and grime in changing room and shower areas, are said to have been taken four weeks ago. South Holland District Council says 1Life, which manages the leisure centre on behalf ...

The Norwich and Peterborough Building Society branch in Spalding is to close. The brand is being abolished by owner Yorkshire Building Society, which is closing 28 N&P branches and 20 Yorkshire Building Society branches from September this year. More than 400 jobs will be at risk by the move. The society plans to close its N&P current accounts to existing ...

In response to the letter (January 19) regarding the once monthly afternoon closure of Beechfield Medical Centre, has the complainant considered that staff training is essential, not just an afternoon off? The staff who are not working that afternoon will still have to attend, and in some cases arrange childcare, at an extra cost to them. Or, do you suggest ...

With regards to the decision to turn off the streetlights between midnight and 6am, I was under the impression that this would not affect areas with a significant record of crime in the area, so it is shocking to find that the Wygate estates, which have been targeted again and again for burglaries, are plunged into darkness in the small ...

The Spalding branch of retailer Hughes Electrical has been praised for transforming a large blanked-out window into an attractive and interesting storyboard of the site. The Sheep Market shop was one of several town centre premises highlighted by Spalding and District Civic Society as having unattractive windows – many by utilising “garish” vinyl. Hughes senior salesman Graham Boor approached the society to ...

Residents in Spalding are to be surveyed on whether they would like a town council. Spalding is not parished and, therefore, does not have a town council, but South Holland District Council’s transformation programme, Moving Forward, includes a pledge to investigate if there is an appetite to have one. Spalding Town Forum has district councillors and representatives of community bodies ...

Former patients of King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital are being urged to return medical equipment in an amnesty period on now. Hundreds of frames, walking sticks and crutches are loaned out to support patients in their recovery. The hospital maintains up-to-date records of its three-month loans but many patients do not return equipment after the period is up. This week ...

The charity LIVES has issued a plea for continued financial support after experiencing its busiest year on record. It responded to 20,516 emergency calls to patients across Lincolnshire in 2016 – an increase of more than 2,000 on the previous year.  The trend of increasing calls is continuing into 2017 with LIVES responders kept exceptionally busy over the new year ...

A petition launched in Spalding calling for streetlights to be switched back on across Lincolnshire has more than 200 signatures. Signatories are stating they feel vulnerable and anxious and fear for the safety of road users, cyclists and the frail. The roll-out of a countywide money-saving programme to switch off streetlights in many areas between midnight and 6am recently reached ...