Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital is looking for people with catering and housekeeping experience to work. A hospital spokesman said plans are being put in place to re-deploy staff and seek additional support for services across United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.The spokesman said: “We are in particular seeking temporary staff to support catering and domestic work at Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital, ...

A Donington man and a 26-year-old Grimsby woman have today (Monday, March 23) been sentenced to a combined 48 years in prison, for offences of rape and sexual assault against children in 2017. Following a joint investigation between Lincolnshire Police and Humberside Police, both Oliver Wilson (28) of Donington, and Rebecca Holloway (26) of Rutland Street, Grimsby, were charged with ...

In an effort to reduce the number of people on site and cut queues, Lincolnshire tips – including Spalding’s West Marsh Road Site – will refuse certain types of waste. Household Waste Recycling Centres (tips) are currently remaining open as usual, Lincolnshire County Council said. A spokesman added: “We are, however, limiting the number of cars on site at any ...

Two people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the care of Queen Elizabeth Hospital have died. Two men, one in his 60s and one in his 70s died at the hospital, a spokesman said. “Sadly, we can confirm that two patients who were being cared for at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn, and had tested positive for COVID-19, have ...

A lack of staff and customers has resulted in the Fleet Street branch of Chosen closing down. The shop will cease trading tomorrow (Friday), with clearance sales taking place today. The charity’s High Street branch will remain open “for the forseseeable future”, a charity spokesman said. The spokesman said of the decision: ” So sorry all. It was an incredibly ...

A ceremony to rebury the remains of Donington explorer Captain Matthew Flinders is just one of the village’s cancelled events this summer. While a number of events have been postponed, organiser Jane Pearson said the VE Day raffle will still go ahead, with the draw to be broadcast live on Facebook at 9pm on May 8. Donington has also cancelled ...

A pensioner who today (Wednesday) admitted a series of historic sex offences against young girls was warned he faces a lengthy jail sentence.John Baldwin (79) of Money Bridge Lane, Pinchbeck, pleaded guilty at Lincoln Crown Court to eight charges of indecent assault on a young girl and a further charge of indecency with a child between December 1987 and December ...

A women’s group has donated money it raised with charity events to a hospice. Michelle Smith and Belinda Taylor, from Gosberton Ladies Circle, said the group was pleased to make a donation of £250 to local charity, the Butterfly Hospice. “The ladies group chose the Butterfly Hospice for their donation this year as so many people are affected both directly ...

A Spalding shop will have its licence reviewed after police found it sold out-of-date food and incorrectly labelled medicine. The premises licence of Fantasia, on Bourne Road, was due to be reviewed by the licencing panel of South Holland District Council on Thursday but the meeting has now been postponed to June. The report ahead of the review states: “Lincolnshire ...

A ‘meals on wheels’ service that delivers a thousand meals a day in Lincolnshire is urging people to be careful when delivering to others. Quadring based A Country Kitchen has been running for 12 years and is endorsed by Lincolnshire County Council. Employing eight staff driving five vans, manager Kelly Newman says she’s concerned about plans she’s heard of others ...

A Spalding taxi firm is offering to pick up food and medicine for those that are self-isolating due to coronavirus. Smart Cabs and the company’s fleet of drivers are looking to help as many as possible by offering the pick up service in the town. As well as their usual taxi service, the company will be able to pick up ...

Couns Tracey Carter, Francis Biggadyke and Nick Worth have made a decision in regards to the “Volunteer Thank you Buffet” we hold each year. Our plan was to hold it at the end of April. Hall booked, catering reserved, but we have held off sending the invites out and just watching what was happening in regards to coronavirus over the ...

The first anniversary of a Crowland parkrun takes place in April and hopes to welcome new runners to the group. Parkrun events have become regular fixtures across the country and a year ago, South Holland got its first. Snowden Field parkrun event director Adam Carress makes it clear the regular running session is just that – a run rather than ...

Long standing calls for car parking restrictions on Wardentree Lane industrial site in Pinchbeck have been renewed after construction work on the facility set to include Starbucks began. Back in 2017 Tim Tomizzi, the manager of City Plumbing Supplies, complained to South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes about the parking in and around Wardentree Park, where the ...

A Spalding takeaway will have its licence reviewed after police found evidence an illegal worker was employed at the site and turkey was sold instead of ham. New Road late-night eatery Hot and Spicy was due to face the South Holland District Council Licensing Panel on Friday after Lincolnshire Police requested the licence be reviewed, though it has since been ...

A Spalding man who sent sex messages to someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl was caught in a trap, Lincoln Crown Court was told.David Maltby made contact with the “girl” on a dating site and quickly turned their conversations to sex.Kevin Jones, prosecuting, said: “Initially the chat was through the dating site but Maltby asked to switch to WhatsApp.“He asked is she ...

Dixons Carphone will close every one of the 531 ‘standalone’ Carphone Warehouse stores in April, including Spalding’s Winfrey Avenue branch. A statement from the company said the move was not related to coronavirus but instead the ‘changing way customers buy technology’. A member of staff in the Spalding store this morning said six jobs were currently uncertain. A Dixons Carphone ...

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An action group has formed to help vulnerable people in South Holland during the coronavirus situation. A group of volunteers has pledged to help people in the area most vulnerable to the virus by delivering shopping to their home to save them mixing with those potentially infected with COVID-19. Long Sutton woman Hayley Gedney, who runs two Diabetes UK groups ...

A talk by gardening journalist Adam Pasco planned for tonight (Thursday) has been cancelled due to ‘concerns surrounding coronavirus’. A spokesman for the society said the decision was made by Pasco. “Sadly at the suggestion of our speaker for the evening Adam Pasco we have taken the decision to cancel tonight’s meeting due to concerns surrounding Conovirus and the sensible ...