A Spalding man who gives a helping hand across the district, was this year’s Pride of South Holland Award for Charity Work. Russell Kirk (28) has been involved with a whole host of organisations and charity.He’s a member of the Pinchbeck Carnival Committee which were runners up in the Special Achievement category at the awards.Spalding resident Russell got involved after ...

A revamped village war memorial is to be rededicated on Easter Saturday. A special parade through Pinchbeck will take place as part of the service on Saturday, April 8, which will also double as the Royal British Legion’s annual rededication parade for Lincolnshire.It follows a £9,000 clean up of the area by Pinchbeck Parish Council.The village’s branch of the Royal ...

The largest gathering of its type for farm toy enthusiasts in Britain returns to Spalding for the 37th time on Sunday, April 2. The Spalding Model Tractor Show is back at the Springfields Exhibition Centre.A spokesman said: “Since first held in 1987, its become something of an institute.“The Spalding show regularly attracts traders and enthusiasts from across Europe. Expect to ...

There’s plenty at the South Holland Centre to keep the kids busy this Easter. First up, the Twirlywoos are on stage twice on Monday April 3.The children’s TV favourites have shows at 1.30pm and 4.30pm.A spokesman for the South Holland Centre said: “The Twirlywoos are back for a great big adventure!“Join Great BigHoo, Toodloo, Chickedy, Chick and their friends as ...

Local artist and regular visitor Phil Biggs gave Spalding Arts and Craft Society his usual excellent painting demonstration at their March meeting. Working in watercolour Phil produced two paintings, one a pen and wash of Holbeach, the other a watercolour of Mungrisdale in the Lake District.He kindly donated the finished Lake District painting to help with club fund raising efforts.The ...

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue attended more than 300 extra wildfires than they would normally last year. A report before the county council’s public protection committee on Tuesday said that in the first nine months of last year there had been 1,847 reportable fires – a “significant” increase on previous years writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines. Ryan Stacey, assistant chief ...

Volunteers are being sought for the Johnson Hospital in Spalding. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) has secured £25,000 of funding from Health Education England to launch a new initiative encouraging volunteering in community hospitals in Lincolnshire.Volunteer to Career is designed by clinicians and aims to inspire volunteers to take up professional NHS roles and equip them with the ...

A man who stole an iPhone from a 17-year-old youth after he was beaten up by his friend at Spalding railway station was given a last chance to avoid custody. Conner McKue, 21, stood away from his friend as he kicked and punched the victim during the attack on 12 February last year. Lincoln Crown Court heard the incident was ...

Three pot-holed roads in Holbeach St Marks are set to be resurfaced next month. Lincolnshire County Council says it will begin a scheduled four weeks of works on Red Cow Drove/Leadenhall Road and St Marks Road starting April 19. A division will be in place on weekdays from 7.30am to 5pm. It will be via Lincoln Lane, Middle Marsh Road, Roman ...

A domestic cleaner stole jewellery worth thousands of pounds from Spalding and Boston homes she worked in. Aimee Ward had previously pleaded guilty to two charges of theft and denied a further two. But appearing at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, she changed her mixed pleas to admit all four offences between December 1, 2021 and February 8, 2022. The ...

It’s 60-years since The Beatles released their debut album and a South Holland record shop is looking to raise money for charity with a special display to mark the occasion. Uptown Vinyl, which is based at Baytree Garden Centre, has managed to get hold of 60 copies of Please, Please Me which came out on March 22, 1963. It includes ...

South Holland is to share a local policing team with Boston after Lincolnshire Police confirmed its cuts to PCSO numbers. PCSO numbers will be reduced from 91 to 50 due to budgetary pressures with police saying the officers will be redeployed elsewhere, writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines. Of those remaining three areas of South Holland deemed the “most vulnerable” ...

A Spalding man accused of fraud told his accountant that his Lottery Syndicate Club involved “gambling” when he asked him to register the scheme with Companies House, a jury heard. Christopher Toynton, 73, of Horseshoe Road, Spalding, is on trial at Lincoln Crown Court. He denies 12 fraud charges and contravening a general prohibition on carrying out a regulated activity. The prosecution ...

A new wood is to be created in South Holland after it was announced the district has the least tree coverage in the entire country. Back in November 2019, The Voice reported that the leader of South Holland District Council Lord Gary Porter was working with the Woodland Trust and looking to create a wood in every town and village ...

A new shop and space to help less fortunate families is to open in Holbeach. Mandy Baxter has conceived the idea after trying to equip hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in recent months as part of her Boxes of Hope charity. But as well as those and the 20 lorry loads of aid she’s shipped to help the war effort in ...

A councillor had defended plans for £35,000 new flower parade inspired artwork to brighten up a Spalding passage branded as a ‘latrine’. Abbey Passage is to be the subject of the work ‘Flos Pompa’ (Latin for flower parade) by Transported Arts after gaining a £30,000 Arts Council England National Lottery grant. The other £5,000 is from the £250,000 budget for ...

A Spalding couple are celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary in the same place they celebrated 60 years ago. Barbara (nee Godby) and Frank Lawson married at Moulton All Saints’ Church on March 23, 1963. They lived with Barbara’s uncle George Clark until they saved £250 deposit for their £1,500 three bed home on Hannam Boulevard, Spalding. Frank worked at JT ...

It’s been pledged that Sutton Bridge residents will get a say on plans to build a new pavilion, which has been branded a waste of money by some. The parish council is looking to rebuild the facilities at Memorial Park which are around 70 years old. But at a meeting last week resident Peter Clery launched a campaign against it, ...

A charity’s annual bid to help households celebrate Easter has been launched. The Ella’s Project Easter Appeal, in conjunction with the Nat West Bank in Spalding, is asking people to donate an Easter egg or chocolate. They can drop it off during normal branch hours and they will all be donated to families in crisis and children in need in ...

Two award-winning cafe owners celebrated a national award by one of them marrying a customer she met there. Rebecca Chandler and Susan Dunn, of Lodge Farm, Holbeach, are celebrating after being named Small Truck Stop of the Year by Truckstop magazine. Over 30 eateries across the country gained public votes to be considered for the award before a mystery diner ...