Organisers of last month’s Spalding Beer and Music Festival want to hear from good causes for youths which would like a slice of the £15,000 profit.   Groups, clubs, organisations and schools in and around Spalding are invited to apply for funding. However, event organisers Spalding Round Table and Spalding Ladies’ Circle, stress that every application must directly benefit children. ...

Spalding’s Pinchbeck Road has reopened to motorists earlier than expected but a large dip remains in the surface. The most recent emergency closure, for Anglian Water works to repair a collapsed sewer and the road surface outside Taylors Vauxhall garage, was expected to last a month but the road reopened on Monday after two weeks.  An Anglian Water spokesperson said: ...

A South Holland district councillor is undertaking a mammoth motorcycle ride in memory of Whaplode and Holbeach St Johns member Michael Pullen, who died recently after a short battle with cancer. Coun Jim Astill is doing the ‘Sunrise2Sunset’ challenge on Saturday, June 24. Organised by Bikers4Macmillan, the event sees motorcyclists ride 256 miles from Holyhead in North Wales to Skegness. ...

Five Spalding social care workers are celebrating after being recognised for improving the lives of others.   Zoe Ayliff and Caroline James both won in their categories at the Making Space Employee Awards, held to recognise the national heath and social care charity’s 35th anniversary.   Caroline, a support worker at learning disability respite service Cedar House, received the award ...

Having watched BBC’s Springwatch last Wednesday (June 7) in which co-presenter Chris Packham appealed to farmers and county councils to protect roadside verges from unnecessary cutting by flail mowers in order to preserve our valuable wildlife, I was saddened to read (Voice, June 8) that certain district councillors are calling for the county council to increase its budget for roadside ...

A new NHS dental practice is to open in Spalding by the end of this year. It will offer routine and urgent care to patients from 8am to 8pm, 365 days a year. NHS England Central Midlands has commissioned Rodericks Dental Ltd, a Northampton-based business with 70 dental practices across England and Wales. Rodericks declined to give any further information ...

I would like to thank, from the bottom of my heart, all the voters who believed change was possible and voted for me. I am truly humbled to see how many voters supported the Labour Party’s bold vision for Britain. I also wish to thank all the electorate for exercising their right to vote. I am grateful to the returning ...

Now that the dust has started to settle after the election, we are waking up to a strange reality indeed. The Prime Minister opportunistically called the general election to “strengthen her hand” in Brexit negotiations. She did so when the Conservatives seemingly enjoyed a massive advantage in the opinion polls. She then presided over the worst election campaign in living ...

Interview tapes in which Kim Edwards describes the murders of her mother and sister have been released by Lincolnshire Police. Edwards and boyfriend Lucas Markham were both 14 when they murdered Liz (49) and Katie Edwards (13) as they slept in their beds at their home in Dawson Avenue, Spalding, in April 2016. Kim says in the tapes: “Erm, I ...

One of the two 14-year-olds who murdered Spalding dinner lady Liz Edwards and daughter Katie (13) last year was Kim Edwards, Liz’s second-eldest daughter. Reporting restrictions have been lifted by judges at the Court of Appeal so the identities of Kim and boyfriend Lucas Markham – both 14 at the time of the killings in April 2016 – can be ...

“Strong and stable” my foot. The PM’s arrogance and desire to decimate her opposition simply hurt the country, Brexit and her own party. There was no need for this election. She must follow her predecessor and go. We don’t need a weak and unstable government just now. I expected to be embarrassed at the Spalding count last night (Thursday), not ...

John Hayes was elected for his sixth term as MP for South Holland and The Deepings with almost 70 per cent of the vote. The Conservative candidate polled almost 25,000 more votes than second-placed Voyteck Kowalewski (Labour Party). UKIP’s Nicola Jane Smith was third with 2,185 votes but, along with Independent candidate Rick Stringer who finished last on 342, did ...

A former South Holland District Council employee and his wife died in an apparent suicide pact, probably prompted by her poorly condition. The bodies of Sean and Mary Lawson, who both died from asphyxiation, were found at their home in Rugby, Warwickshire. An inquest heard that an email which Mr Lawson (50) had sent to police with a time delay ...

The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society has received a £20,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to help develop a strategy for its future.   HLF is supporting a thorough options appraisal to include a review of the existing building and its future viability for the collection and better public access. The grant will fund professional inputs from experts in the ...

Three further homes could be created in the former clubhouse at Gedney Hill Golf Club. Owner Charlie Britton has applied to South Holland District Council for a change of use for commercial premises in West Drove North. The building was originally a bungalow that was extended and altered to become the clubhouse to the golf club incorporating offices, function rooms, ...

There was an emotional farewell on Friday (June 2) as The Fitness Company owner Tracey Vowels took her final class at its current base. A developer has bought the distinctive building – the former Geest Club – in Spring Gardens, Spalding. Tracey said: “The building has been brilliant for our use over the last 23 years. However, I am fully ...

Founders of Pennygate Foundation health and wellbeing centre have taken a step to secure its long-term future and extend opening hours. A planning application has been submitted by Dr Azmeena Nathu to allow the centre, beside her surgery, in Pennygate, Spalding, to become permanent, extend opening hours to 7.30am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 5pm Sundays and ...

Tickets for St Nicolas Players’ forthcoming music hall showcase in Holbeach must be bought by Saturday, June 16. The event is at the WI Hall in Park Road on Saturday, June 24 (7.30pm). In aid of Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance, £10 tickets are available from Holbeach Wholefoods in High Street and Chosen charity shop in Fleet Street. They can ...

McDonald’s wants to revamp its Long Sutton restaurant and drive thru.   The fast good giant has applied to South Holland District Council for planning permission to give the premises alongside the A17 a “fresher, more contemporary façade”.    The plans include a new roof design and an extra drive thru lane to ease congestion at busy times.   A ...

The third networking event this year with Spalding and District Area Chamber is being at the Red Lion Quarter Conference Centre on Tuesday, June 20. This event is being sponsored by independent accountants firm Duncan and Toplis, which will be providing a guest talk on “Financial information to drive your business”. Chamber president Phil Scarlett said: “Our networking events are ...