A murder investigation has been launched as police officially named the man who died in a fire in Whaplode Drove. Vincent Markham, 51, died in the blaze in Farrow Road, Whaplode Drove, reported shortly before 1am on Sunday morning (August 7). A 36-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of his murder. Fire investigators at the scene. A spokesman ...

There are fears that a landmark building in the centre of Spalding may not re-open more than a year after a fire. Majestic Bingo had its headquarters at the Regent Bingo Club in Spalding which was devastated by the fire in May last year. The Westlode Street club was just a few days away from re-opening after a period of ...

A Weston Hills man hanged himself on the day he was due to attend court charged with 67 historic sex abuses, an inquest into his death heard. Stephen Wheddon (71), of Broadgate, was found dead at his home on February 8. He was due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on a host of charges reported in the county, including ...

A Spalding GP surgery set to close later this year is still requiring improvement, according to a recent CQC report. The Spalding Surgery, based at the town’s Johnson Hospital, is still not meeting a statutory regulation on good governance, says a report published last week. The surgery was originally opened as a replacement for Spalding’s Pennygate Surgery which closed in ...

Lincolnshire police are urging residents to report non-emergency situations via the force’s website. “We have improved the way people can report online, and this is the preferred option to report crime or pass information in a non-emergency,” said a statement from the force. “We receive more than 123,000 calls to the 999 line, and 171,000 calls to the 101 number ...

Members of the Spalding and East Elloe Classic Car Club have donated £2,000 to their chosen charity this year. The cheque to Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes was handed-over recently and the money was raised from the club’s 50th anniversary celebrations, hosted by president Robert Oldershaw, and the Annual Run, organised by Alan and Jackie Aistrup.

The opposition on South Holland District Council enjoy the luxury of demanding that the Conservative group, in control since 1999, should increase budget on various items. The latest target for Angela Newton their leader is a very small and worn out toddlers’ play area in her ward. She claims the current budget for day to day maintenance of play areas ...

Thank you to Lincs Fire Brigade (Spalding crew) who attended my home after a fall on Sunday, July 31.You were all so very kind and helped me.Thank you so much. Rita Blackman

I applaud the South Holland District Council’s stand on wheelie bins. I lived in Norfolk and we had bins. You had to store it somewhere and regular cleaning was necessary. The Norfolk Council then decided bins must be presented with lids closed. Never mind if you had the family up for the weekend and had more refuse to dispose of, ...

What cloud does our local council live on? You will now be fined £75 for feeding the pigeons in the town centre. What do they define as the town centre? The circle of doom outside Boots? It’s ok to drink, give abuse to people passing, spit, throw cigarette ends on the floor, but you cannot feed pigeons. Who is going ...

I wish to publicly and sincerely apologise to Andrew Woolf, the Vice-Chairman of the SHDC, for inadvertently depicting the wrong title in my answer to the letter printed in The Voice on July 21, 2022 and any embarrassment I may have inadvertently caused. I mistakenly used the title of Vice-Chairman. The letter did in fact refer to a letter from ...

Hello P J Tyres, this is Ann Gregory in reply to your letter in The Voice dated July 28, 2022. I don’t know you, but I am truly grateful for your suggestion to get Sir John Hayes involved with the complaint and ongoing issues that I have been experiencing. But to update you and others that have also made the ...

Your interesting article (August 4) showed the piles being used to guarantee the strength of parts of Spalding’s new western by-pass. However, if – as stated – Spalding’s ground conditions necessitating the piling were only discovered while completing the design, somebody neglected to check on a well known phenomenon. The old Gore Lane telephone exchange, built in 1938, rested on ...

We refer to your letter in last week’s edition of The Voice under the title Letter Uncalled For. We must refute and deny absolutely the suggestion made by Karen Treacher that Jack Tyrrell, our president, gains some financial benefits from the Shed. This is totally untrue and we would confirm to your readers that in fact Jack Tyrrell continues to ...

Kind public donations to help a Holbeach woman keep raising money for a charity has helped her reach a truly incredible milestone. Ann Gregory feared she may no longer be able to hold the sales for Jerry Green Dog Rescue at her Boston Road South home after she was told she needed to make a retrospective change of use planning ...

The roll out of Holbeach’s completely revamped public toilets has taken place. The work to update the facilities and make them more secure has been funded by the Town Centre Improvement grants and the Changing Places Fund. The latter is a government fund to improve access for those with a disability. But it also includes new security features including an ...

Live music, speciality beers, great entertainment and sunshine made for a fantastic weekend at Holbeach Music and Beer Festival. Organised by Sean Taylor, this year’s event was a huge success with Sunday tickets selling out. The superhero-themed event saw a variety of acts take to the stage over three days, including tribute acts Live Wire, Arctic Monkeyz, Kazabian, Stereotonics, Oasish, ...

A South Holland residential caravan park is on the market for close to £1m. Clay Lake Caravan Park is being offered at an asking price of £950,000. The site, off Spalding Drove and near the Romany Museum, has 15 pitches, 13 of them currently occupied and the mobile homes are let with assured shorthold tenancies, says the details from agent ...

Hundreds of youngsters descended on Carter’s Park in Holbeach last week as Activate sessions returned. The sessions put on by South Holland District Council’s Communities team returned after a COVID enforced break and retained their popularity. Over 500 people attended the first hour alone at last Wednesday’s event. There was a whole host of activities to try out, from the ...

Time to think about your panto bookings – oh yes it is, and yes, there is a heatwave at the moment! Cinderella will be on stage at the South Holland Centre for most of December. Presented by Polka Dot Pantomimes, the family favourite is full of music, gags and audience participation. The show opens with a matinee on Saturday, December ...