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A Pinchbeck mum has been left angry after a 25 per cent hike in the bus fare to send her son to school. The concerned parent, whose son travels to the Thomas Cowley High School by bus every day, says Cropley Coaches has increased fares from £2 each way to £2.50. She said: “My son has commented that this is ...

Spalding theatre group Act II will perform the stage version of Sister Act at the South Holland Centre. Director Karl Gernert describes the show as “two hours of unashamed fun” and he says the music by Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors/Disney’s Beauty and The Beast) is “outstanding.” “They take the best bits of the film and add a great ...

Visitors had the chance to step back into the Cold War last week. The town’s former Royal Observer Corps bunker was opened-up to the public by owners Heritage Lincolnshire. Former members of the corps were on duty with Heritage Lincolnshire personnel to take visitors back in time. The bunker was part of a chain around the country ready to plot ...

Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership is hosting its Performance Plus motorcycle day, a fun get-together for riders with a serious side focused on riding skills and learning road safety awareness. The Performance Plus day takes place at Cadwell Park on Tuesday, September 19. “We get 80 riders out on the track and show them how to handle motorbikes in low speed ...

Free Alzheimer’s carers support courses will take place throughout Lincolnshire this autumn and winter. Organised by Alzheimer’s Society, the Carers Information and Support Programme courses are designed to offer the chance for attendees to learn more about the condition and how it affects people. The courses begin in September throughout Lincolnshire, with the South Holland course taking place in Holbeach, ...

Historian and musician Danny Pedler (pictured) is touring South Holland on the mobile library to collect Fenland stories. As part of the project Field and Dyke: Your Fenland Stories, he will tour the district playing folk songs and tunes from South Lincolnshire. He will be collecting memories, anecdotes and tales from the area to inspire future projects. The sessions are ...

Twenty tractors set off from West Pinchbeck Village Hall in the village’s first tractor run event and the public turned out to wave them on both at the start and along the way. Tractor enthusiasts got up early on Sunday morning for the drive that took the convoy of vintage and modern machines through West Pinchbeck, Pinchbeck village, Surfleet and ...

It was a case of money in and money out for a Holbeach charity recently. Schoolgirl Sophia Goodier completed a sponsored cross country walk around Walpole Cross Keys to raise £355. Sophia (9), pictured right, decided to donate the money the Chosen Charity of Holbeach. “What a wonderful achievement for a nine-and-a-half year old,” said Iris Boland, of the charity. ...

A Long Sutton man has proved it’s never too late to start running as he prepares for his first sponsored half marathon. Retired headteacher Geoff Palmer (67) takes part in the Ely Half Marathon on September 24. He has completed two 10k races but the 13.1-mile course in Ely will be his biggest challenge yet. Geoff said his health and ...

A member of the NHS team in Spalding has recently marked 40 years’ service with the organisation. Lynn Davies, a community nursing assistant in the Spalding and Stamford Adult Community Health Trust, was among 64 people at a presentation. She started work in 1977 at the Rauceby Hospital in Sleaford, aged 16, as a member of the domestic team. She ...

It’s National Air Ambulance Week so if you feel like raising money for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance – this is the perfect time. On average the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance carries out an average of three missions a day. Each mission costs the charity approximately £2,500. As such, it’s important support from donations continues. Community fundraiser, Faye ...

Following another case of vandalism in Crowland, the town council has urged residents to report every incident of anti-social behaviour to the police. The town’s public toilets on West Street recently suffered “substantial damage” said Police Inspector Gareth Boxall. Crowland Parish Council clerk Brenda Stanojevic said it was the third or fourth time the toilets had been vandalised this year ...

New marina facilities for Sutton Bridge were officially opened on Wednesday. The £900,000 project was a joint effort between Lincolnshire County Council and Fenland District Council. Fenland is the Port Authority for the River Nene which rises in Northamptonshire and serves Wisbech and heads to The Wash at Sutton Bridge. “First impressions are important and the new marina will serve ...

A Pinchbeck couple will take the plunge with a sponsored skydive to raise money for a cancer charity that helped a family member. Jumping out of a plane wasn’t Lucy Ellison-Rowe’s (32) ideal fundraiser. But when her eldest son showed his dismay at her idea to shave her head in solidarity for chemotherapy patients, she went to plan B. “It ...

A South Holland record shop owner is donating old-time music to worthy causes in the hope that the nostalgia for the vintage tunes can stir memories. Alan Barnsdale, the owner of Uptown Vinyl Records in Pinchbeck, has donated records that are in good condition but slow to sell, in the hope the old-time music will be appreciated by those with ...

Spalding mum Emma Fisher is sporting a short new hair look to help a good cause. She took part in Brave the Shave. Raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support, Emma (29) had her head shaved in the town centre. She raised nearly £1,000 for the charity which helped her mother Jayne Bycraft, who died aged 29. Her uncle Jont Bycraft, ...

Primary school children across South Holland will meet once a month with a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) to tackle issues commonly concerning children. Over the summer holidays, year four pupils from 14 participating local schools completed an application form to register an interest in the scheme. PCSO Naomi Newall oversees the junior PCSOs (JPCSOs) for Holbeach and rural. “The ...

Spalding woman Jean Cowles spent her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends. With boundless energy Jean worked the room, going from table to table, talking to the 220 friends and family in attendance at Springfields Exhibition Centre. She could be found by listening out for her distinctive and regular laugh. To say Jean is energetic is an understatement. Jean ...

A Holbeach supermarket was home to a special variety of pirates. A weekend of fundraising saw eye patches galore at the Tesco store where plenty of swashbuckling raised a chest full of gold for a good cause. Well, maybe not gold – but £2,000 was just as good and will go a long way to help fix a roof. The ...

Hundreds of youngsters enjoyed the summer programme of Activate arts and sports held across South Holland over the summer. The free sessions, run by South Holland District Council’s communities team in partnership with other organisations, have been held at Sutton Bridge, Spalding, Gedney Drove End, Crowland and Cowbit. “All five events were very well attended and our communities team received ...