Spalding Lightning lost in the semi-final of the Egham Trophy against Wellingborough at Melton Mowbray on Sunday.Lightning were hoping to go a step further after they lost at the same stage last season but Wellingborough started the better of the two teams and quickly opened a 25-shot lead. Although Lightning battled hard to get back to within eight shots, Wellingborough fought off the revival ...

The weekly Parkrun at Crowland’s Snowden Field attracted an entry of 48 on Saturday.First to cross the finish line at the end of the 5K course was Thomas Bettinson, in a time of 21 minutes 19 seconds.Richard Williams, of the Sir Halley Stewart Field-based Halmer Harriers, was fifth in 23:31, with club colleague Adam Caress tenth, 25:32.Runners varied in age from ten to ...

It’s close at the top of Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League, with just three points separating the top two teams. Donington C are still leading, and won 4-2 but second-placed Services A closed the gap slightly with a 5-1 victory.Donington (pictured) got the better of Holbeach E, thanks to wins from Shaun Pickering (R21), Mick Pearl ...

Champions-elect Bourne SC moved 19 points clear at the top of the Spalding & District Billiards League with a 7-0 win against Gosberton.They complete their campaign at a Donington team aiming to finish second next week.Elliot Gaunt (R40) got them off to a perfect start with a 200-144 win against Shane White (O40) with Kieran Richards-Witham (R50) and Lester Gaunt (O10) following ...

Spalding 12Market Bosworth 26 A second-half recovery was not quite enough for Spalding to topple league leaders Market Bosworth. The visitors dominated the first half, hardly letting Spalding out of their half and led 21-0 at the break.The Leicestershire team extended their lead to 26 points before Spalding clawed their way back with two tries.Earlier in the season Bosworth had ...

South Holland District Council will not be handing back any of its Green Homes funding a councillor has claimed.It’s been reported in the national press that many authorities had struggled to spend their allocation from central government.But Coun Tracey Carter deputy leader and portfolio holder for operational housing said SHDC had allocated all of its £2.8m it had been given.“A ...

The solution to Lincolnshire’s healthcare problems is not as simple as investing more money into the system. Instead, it’s about using resources more wisely and listening to the needs of individual people, according to the county’s public health director. At the Health Scrutiny Committee meeting for Lincolnshire last Wednesday, county councillors put questions to Derek Ward, the local director for ...

You’ll get plenty from your Tenors on Saturday night.The South Holland Centre is hosting the returning Tenors Unlimited currently consisting of Paul Martin and Jem Sharples.And they will also be joined by the South Holland Singers for a memorable show.A spokesman for the South Holland Centre, said: “Twenty years of performing make Tenors Unlimited the UK’s original classical crossover ‘man ...

A hypnotist is coming to the South Holland Centre tomorrow (Friday, March 8).Andrew Newton’s show The Hypnotist Live is sure to be an interesting experience.A spokesman for the South Holland Centre said: “Andrew Newton has more than 40 years experience in hypnosis and hypnotherapy.“Seen worldwide, he has hypnotised more than 62,000 people and over 6,000 public and TV appearances.“In the ...

A group that certainly knows how to put on a doo-doo-doo have signed up a pop legend and top tiribute for its latest event. Black Lace, the band behind party records including Agadoo and Superman, are coming to Spalding on April 27 for a special 80s night.They will be joined by Queen tribute band Platinum Queen.The event being put on ...

A man denied ten sexual offences against a child in the Spalding area when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court on Monday.Daniel Brundell (59), of Launditch Crescent in Downham Market will go to trial at Lincoln Crown Court in April next year after he pleaded not guilty to a total of 14 charges.He is charged with six counts of sexual ...

Lincolnshire County Council is looking to take National Grid to court over the way it has been consulting the public on its massive Grimsby to Walpole pylon scheme.The Nation Grid announced in January that it would string up o 420 pylons across an 87-mile stretch from Grimsby to Walpole in West Norfolk.The news hasn’t been well received, with protestors launching ...

Some of the £262m funding being given to Lincolnshire should go on repairing potholes on the A16 and A17 through South Holland, a councillor has claimed. Coun Bryan Alcock asked South Holland District Council leader Nick Worth if he’d lobby Lincolnshire County Council to ensure funds are spent in the district.The money has been allocated by central government to Lincolnshire ...

Patients at a hospital that serves the south of the district are benefitting from new and improved equipment thanks to more than £20,000 donated by a charity.The League of Friends of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn has approved three separate funding requests for new and improved equipment for patient care and experience which totals £20,845.The hospital will soon benefit ...

South Holland District Council is the latest authority to announce its opposition to the planned pylon march ahead of the end of the initial consultation process on Wednesday, March 13. National Grid’s plan for the connection from Grimsby to Walpole in Norfolk is set to go right through South Holland.The issue was raised at South Holland District Council by Coun ...

A call has gone out for the public to respect those in public facing services after a councillor spoke of how she had to step in after watching a patient reduce a pharmacist to tears.Coun Glynis Scalese was working as a nurse when she witnessed the incident at West Elloe Pharmacy.“Last week I was disappointed to see two members of ...

A South Holland charity has purchased washing machines and tumble dryers you can book to use for free. Tonic Health is also looking to distribute slow cookers while putting on cookery lessons for those who may need a little help.The washing and drying machines are at both its Spalding hub, in Westlode Street, and the Holbeach hub on Boston Road ...

Work has begun on constructing the new multi-million pound emergency department at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.The demolition of the building next to the existing emergency department has been completed, foundations have been poured and the concrete infrastructure is being installed for the two-storey new build extension.Once the concrete floors, stairwells, lift shafts and other structural elements are in place, the ...

Seven new defibrillators have been installed around Spalding and a host of others refurbished. South Holland District Council has nine council maintained defibrillators in the district, alongside dozens of others managed by other organisations and businesses.It’s 24/7 services are at the public toilets in Winfrey Avenue, on Broadgate House in Westlode Street and at The Lighthouse in Haverfield Road.Others available ...

A young Crowland engineer at a bus operator has been hailed as one of Britain’s best at a glitzy awards ceremony in London.Stagecoach East’s Ryan Crick won the Best Newcomer Award at the Stagecoach Excellence Awards.The award was presented by Tony Cockcroft, asset management director of Stagecoach, at a gala dinner held at the London Transport Museum in London.Ryan is ...