Postland Road in Crowland is closed while police and paramedics deal with a two-vehicle collision. Lincolnshire Police said the collision happened at 10:50am “near the garden centre”. They request motorists use alternative routes. Stagecoast East has tweeted to say the Peterborough Service 37 will not serve Postland Road due to the road being closed in both directions.  

Forget CSI: Miami or CSI: NY, thanks to a police engagement exercise, a Cubs group made its very own CSI: Holbeach when they got stuck into forensics and investigated a staged crime scene. PSCO Naomi Newell said the children fully embraced the engagement exercise and learned about the crime investigation process and forensics. PCSO Newell said: “Previously we have done ...

A Spalding woman who was driving with an alcohol level three times the permitted level, suffered from depression, a court has heard. Mrs Kelly Mothers (40) of Hannam Boulevard admitted driving with excess alcohol when she appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Paul Wood said that at 8.30pm on May 8, she was driving her Vauxhall Corsa when she was ...

A love triangle between a man and two women came to a head when one of the women assaulted both the man and the other woman, who was nursing a baby at the time of the attack, in something like a “soap opera script” a court has heard. Boston Magistrates heard that Katie Croker (43) of Ash Court, Donington, who ...

A Spalding man has raised over a thousand pounds for charity after completing the Rat Race dressed in a tutu. Carl Repper completed the 20 mile challenge in Stamford that featured 200 obstacle in five hours 15 minutes. Every year the policeman looks to do something for charity and this year he chose Children with Cancer UK to be the ...

Market traders in Long Sutton are fed-up with people parking in restricted bays on market day and stopping them from setting up for business. On-street parking restrictions in Long Sutton state that on market day (Fridays), the bays must be kept clear from 7am to 10am. Despite this, a market trader contacted The Voice on behalf of the traders to ...

Residents of an accident blackspot in West Pinchbeck are afraid to use their front rooms and gardens for fear of speeding vehicles crashing into them. In the early hours of last Sunday morning, a car drove through Karen French’s fence, across her garden and into her neighbour’s garden, only stopping when it smashed into a raised doorstep. The driver, a ...

There was no need for Solo efforts when the force was strong in Long Sutton for a Jedi event. As the latest Star Wars movie hits the big screen, youngsters in Long Sutton were polishing their lightsabre skills for a Train Like a Jedi evening. Organised as part of South Holland District Council’s SHout and About health campaign, there were ...

A new initiative between Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue and Wiltshire Farm Foods has the potential to save lives. The fire service is working with the home delivery food company, which visits hundreds of homes around the county. Wiltshire Farm Food’s drivers have already received special training to help them spot the tell-tale signs of people who may need fire safety ...

A Pinchbeck personal injury team dug out their wackiest hats for an awareness day. Last Friday, Brain Injury Association charity Headway encouraged the nation to don their silliest hats to raise awareness and funds for victims of brain injury. This year they had a regal theme in honour of last week’s royal wedding and participants had the opportunity to win ...

Educational boards and litter picking stations look set to be installed along the riverside in Spalding after conservationists bagged a £2,000 charity grant. The Welland Rivers Trust, working alongside the Riverside Forum Community Group, has been granted the money as part of the Tesco Bags of Help scheme. Money raised from the sale of carrier bags is being put back ...

The annual Whaplode St Mary’s Church flower festival begins today (Friday May 25) and runs through to Tuesday. The festival is open 10am-5pm, except Sunday which is 12.00pm to 5.00pm for the normal Sunday Service at 10.30am which is a Songs of Praise Service. Everyone is welcome to join in with this service celebrating specially chosen hymns and readings. As ...

Lincolnshire Police have released images of a woman they’d like to contact in relation to the theft of alcohol from M&S in Spalding. A police spokesman said alcohol was taken from the M&S store in Winfrey Avenue, Spalding on April 13. If you recognise the woman in the pictures, contact the police in either of these ways: By clicking on ...

A Pinchbeck pedallar with cerebral palsy who was delighted to be able to ride a bike alongside his school friends and family has beaten 200,000 other children to win a national award. Dannon Butler (9) has been named the Trainee of the Year for the Bikeability Awards and was handed the Pete Rollings Award at the National Bike Ability Awards ...

To win one gold award at the Chelsea Flower Show is good; to win 25 in a row is just blooming marvellous. That’s what Taylors Bulbs of Holbeach have achieved thanks to Johnny Walkers whose display of daffodils once again wowed the judges at the prestigious venue. The fourth generation family business prides itself on the quality of its flowers ...

I would like to say that the bus service from Spalding to King’s Lynn is useless. It us quite normal to wait 1 to 1.5hrs for one to arrive, chug along three miles and then break down. A replacement vehicle sometimes turns-up after another hour. Hospital appointments have been missed, much to the dismay of patients and doctors. We without ...

Just lately it is no secret the police are targeting hare coursing using drones and quad bikes, while they are doing this, crime and assaults in and around town is rife, by gangs of youths (wanna be gangsters) the police call them, they should use the drones to police town and the hotspots troublemakers usually hang out. When they see ...

I am attaching photographs of the grass cutting carried out by South Holland District Council or its contractors. These photos show the level of disrespect that our esteemed council holds for it residents and its wage payers. These photos were taken two days after the May 2018 cut, (roll on the next cut in August!). This particular area is outside ...

In the run up to National Volunteering Week (June 1 to 7), Cats Protection would like to extend our thanks to the many thousands of volunteers throughout the country who offer their time and expertise to help cats and kittens across the UK. In 2017 our 10,200-strong volunteer network contributed an incredible 5.5 million hours, each volunteer gifting a wealth ...

Spalding Grammar School pupils have conquered Win Hill in the Peak District in preparation for a month-long trek in the Himalayas. In July, 21 adventurous students along with staff members will set off on an expedition to northern India with Outlook Expeditions. Grammar School teacher Stephen Lane said they will travel as two separate teams, having planned itineraries including a ...