A man has been arrested after a 20-year-old Egyptian male has claimed he was forced to live and work at a Gosberton car wash for five years. Investigators from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Lincolnshire Police carried out the raid at the Super Shine Car Wash on Spalding Road, Gosberton, on the morning of Wednesday January 25. ...

The leader of South Holland District Council says he feels more confident about his calls for fairer funding for the area when it comes to drainage boards. Lord Gary Porter said he, along with the two other leaders of the South and East Lincolnshire Local Partnership, senior council officers plus three local MPs, had met with parliamentary under secretary of ...

A Lutton man says he’s thinking of turning a pool of water on the road outside his home into a wildlife reserve. John Tolliday says he’s fed up of the poor drainage outside his Puddingpoke Lane home having complained to Lincolnshire County Council about it for a number of years. “When vehicles come down it splashes all over my lawn,” ...

Spalding Gateway gets busier week by week. After a quiet reopening in December, when a handful of previous members returned to the group, people with learning disabilities are returning to the Gateway Club. Each week sees a number of regular faces supplemented by a number of different people. People with a learning disability have a reduced intellectual ability and difficulty ...

This letter is about memories of the Mermaid public house, Surfleet. In the 1841 census the person who was keeping it was a Jane Richardson, a widow who had a son. I have no idea if she was in any way related to my forbear, who moved into the village about 20 years later. The Mermaid is a place where ...

Thank you to Harold Payne (letters January 19) for highlighting the retirement of GP Dr Andrew Sykes from Littlebury Surgery. It is a shame that no more has been mentioned on his complete retirement by local media. I am sure (I know) that all the older generation will sadly miss him. I believe that Dr Sykes should be honoured for ...

May I, through your letters page, thank the good samaritans who helped me last Tuesday afternoon. As a nine-year brainstem stroke survivor I was returning from a medical visit at my local surgery, when I tripped and fell heavily onto my knees. The camber on the footpath in West Elloe Road caused me to roll into the roadway just as ...

Coun Jim Astill ought to concentrate on the disgusting service given out by the people who answer the phones at the district council. In the last few years when I have tried to renew my garden rubbish pick up all they come up with is ‘I cannot, my computer is down, I’ll phone you back’ and they never do, so ...

The final act of a club set up nearly 50 years ago for Spalding’s hospital has been to donate all its cash to local good causes. The Johnson Hospital Social Club was established by a Matron Ward in 1975 to initially raise funds for the old hospital on Priory Road. Members paid in and went on social occasions, the profits ...

A Spalding couple are escaping the winter and beyond as they head off for a 15-month trip. Dave and Adele Endersbee have put their professional lives on hold to tour Europe in a motorhome. An assistant headteacher at Spalding Grammar School, Dave (39), has been teaching PE there for 17 years. Adele (40) is contracts and commissioning manager for Tanglewood ...

Lincolnshire police have secured £190,000 from the Home Office to help reduce knife crime in the county. Part of the grant made by the Home Office Homicide Prevention Fund will be used to provide specialist training for officers and staff. It will focus on tracking and deterring serious violent crime. Training will also help identify and predict hot spots and ...

A new team to tackle environmental crime, including fly-tipping, in South Holland has been appointed. Kingdom LA Support Ltd has been appointed across the South and East Lincolnshire Council’s Partnership after previously being appointed by Boston Borough Council. As previously reported in The Voice, in 2021 it secured 25 prosecutions for Boston in just six months, while South Holland District ...

Music For Peace is being performed by the South Holland Singers this Saturday (January 28). The Community Group are returning to the stage at St John’s Church in Hawthorn Bank, Spalding. They will also be joined by the Chamber Choir of University Academy Holbeach. A spokesman said: “It will feature the Armed Man Choral Suite by Karl Jenkins, among other ...

A Spalding-based dance group is to celebrate its 15th birthday by putting on special shows. Diamondz School of Dance is to showcase all aspects of what it does on Saturday and Sunday, February 11 and 12, at the Haven High Academy in Marian Road, Boston. It’s set to include performances in contemporary, street dance, cheer dance and musical theatre in ...

It’s your last chance to nominate your community heroes to ensure they get the recognition they deserve. January 31 is the last day to get your nominations in for this year’s Pride of South Holland Awards. The big event takes place on Sunday March 5. There’s already plenty of nominations, but there’s still a bit of time to get your ...

Chocolate brand Cadbury’s is to open a store at Springfields next month. It’s set to include a hot chocolate and ice cream station, the shopping outlet says. “To start the New Year off with a bang, Springfields Outlet & Leisure are delighted to announce that Cadbury Outlet has signed up to open a brand-new store at the Spalding location providing the shopper ...

Three fire crews are currently battling a fire in Sutton Bridge. The incident is on Bridge Road and was first reported at 4.20pm today (Monday, January 23). The road is understood to be closed. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “We currently have crews from @longsuttonfire @HolbeachFire & @Norfolkfire Kings Lynn in attendance at an outbuilding on fire ...

A man who was found guilty of dealing cannabis on the streets of Spalding was given a suspended jail sentence by a judge. Modestas Stasys, 22, of London Road, Spalding, was searched by police after being stopped on October 26, 2020. Lincoln Crown Court heard Stasys was found to have 13 one gram deals of cannabis hidden in his buttocks. ...

A COVID-19 vaccination clinic is to run for three Mondays in Long Sutton. The walk-in sessions for autumn boosters for the over 50s and clinically vulnerable plus first jabs for five to 17-year-olds will take place at St Mary’s Church Hall with the first this Monday, January 23. The sessions will then be on Mondays January 30 and February 6. ...

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after reports of person with a gun sparked a police helicopter search in Spalding. The incident was reported at 8.17pm on Sunday night (January 15) in Hall Place. The police helicopter was seen and heard circling the town. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “Following further work by officers in CID, a 15-year-old boy ...