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Public safety issues could force a traffic ban for Long Sutton Market Place when the market is in town. A public meeting has been called on Monday to discuss a range of options for the market. “The close proximity of moving vehicles to pedestrians, traders and customers as the market is erected, during trading hours and while stalls are dismantled, ...

Membership is growing at Holbeach Civic Society with new members signing-up at the last meeting. The society had been at risk of closing with a falling number of members and a lack of people coming forward to take roles within the organisation. But Nick Worth has stepped in as chairman, Tracey Carter has taken the position of secretary, with Val ...

A Spalding man is “feeling fantastic” in the run-up to facing the New York Marathon this weekend in aid of Cancer Research UK. Duncan Wright (51) said: “I simply can’t wait. Training has gone well, although the long runs have been tough. I’ve ticked all the boxes on my training plan so hopefully I’ll be able to get round in ...

Cold Feet star John Thomson added a bit of sparkle to Springfields when he switched on this year’s Christmas lights. The event was hosted by Heart FM’s breakfast show favourites Kev and Ros with live performances from Classical Reflections, as seen on BBC1’s TV programme The Voice and Spalding’s St Paul’s Community Primary School Choir. John Thomson switched on the ...

A Whaplode woman has receieved an award for her group’s poppy collection efforts. Margaret Gregory, poppy organiser for the Holbeach St Marks branch of the Royal British Legion, travelled to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby last week for the launch of the Lincolnshire poppies ceremony. It was there she was given the Jill Rymer award by HM ...

Ten Ford Kugas have joined Lincolnshire Police’s ranks to help officers tackle crime in tough conditions in Lincolnshire. The vehicles, which will be used in South Holland when needed, are designed to cover fields and farm tracks, as well as difficult winter weather conditions such as icy or flooded roads. The vehicles will cost £195,000, which includes the cost of ...

More than 1,700 patients waited up to an hour to be transferred from an ambulance to the Pilgrim Hospital. The figures were revealed in a report to the South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group. Members were also told that, aside from the 1,731 people who waited up to an hour, there were 714 who waited more than an hour to be ...

Street lights turned off at night to save cash will not be switched back on, according to the county council’s top man. Lincolnshire County Council Leader Martin Hill said there is no chance that all of the 38,000 street lights which are currently off in Lincolnshire will come back on as the £1.7m saved annually can’t be spared. Coun Hill’s ...

Children from Spalding Parish Day School took part in the Summer Reading Challenge organised by The Reading Agency and run through libraries across the county. Spalding Library promoted the challenge during visits to the library and through leaflets in schools. All children from the age of four were set the challenge to read six library books and visit the library ...

Drivers are being warned that a busy junction on the A17 will be closed overnight for three weeks. A major project is currently under way at The Peppermint Junction at Holbeach. The series of night closures are due to start tomorrow (Thursday, November 2) to allow contractors to lay tarmac. The road will be closed from 7pm to 6am from ...

Holbeach’s Chosen Charity presented a total of £7,000 to good causes. A cheque for £5,000 has been sent to the air ambulance for Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. The charity also gave £2,000 to the Men’Shed in Long Sutton for retired, bereaved or unemployed men.

Spalding residents are being invited to remember loved ones with a Light Up a Life event later this month. St Barnabas Hospice will have a Tree of Life at each of its buildings and the community is being invited to dedicate a light. There will be nine events in November and December and each will feature readings, music and a ...

A Royal Marines Commando from Holbeach will attempt to break a weighty world record this weekend to raise money for a mental health charity. On Saturday, November 4, Sam Dalrymple (29) and his 11 team mates will between them attempt to deadlift 800,000kg – four times the weight of The Angel of the North – in 12 hours. The current ...

Youth theatre group Act II brought the thrills and fun of a portmanteau horror to Ayscoughfee Hall in an innovative and triumphant three-night run of Ghostly Tales. In the tradition of classic anthology horror films like Dead of Night and Dr Terror’s House of Horrors – which usually had a chiller, a thriller and a lighter tale – Act II ...

Long Sutton’s Ruby’s and Diamonds Party Boutique is staying open late this Saturday (October 28) for Circue De La Sinister, its day of “face art and special FX”. The shop’s facepainting, costume and prosthetics experts will be on hand to transform visitors into the zombie, ghoul, Gruffalo or any other creature they want to be this Halloween. Costumes will also ...

Members of the Spalding Hospice Committee held a charity stall at the Johnson Community Hospital. Coun Liz Sneath said: “There was a pumpkin theme with lots of delicious cupcakes and knitted novelties donated to the foundation by kind knitters Pauline Seymour and Sue Taylor.” Coun Sneath added, “The Hospice Committee supports the four-bed Tulip Suite in the hospital where palliative ...

The prestigious Song For Lincolnshire competition will for the first time be held in Spalding. Hosted by BBC Radio Lincolnshire, the event is in its 23rd year and features live performances from the finalists, as well as sets from professional bands. Proceeds from the evening will go towards the Children In Need charity and the event will be broadcast live ...

A novel Halloween happening takes place in the spooky surroundings of an old hall this weekend. The Ghostly Tales show at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum in Spalding will feature a 41-strong cast and ghost story telling a local legend. Written and performed by theatre group Act II, Ghostly Tales tells six spooky stories suitable for secondary school age and up. Act ...

Lincolnshire County Council’s Community Safety Partnership has created a hate crime survey for the public to register incidents of hate crimes. Hate crimes include hostility based on race, gender, disability, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. The short survey is for everyone, whether or not you have been a victim of or witnessed hate crime. The survey can be completed anonymously ...

A group dedicated to social cohesion has drawn upon leaders in business, politics and religion for its first meeting discussing the implications of the EU referendum. Social Issues in South Lincolnshire, a group run by Father Jonathan Sibley of St Mary’s Church, Long Sutton, met at Long Sutton Market House to discuss the economic implications of Brexit. Speakers included Lincolnshire ...