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This Friday, you don’t have to travel to a galaxy far, far away to learn the ways of the Jedi – you can learn lightsaber tricks and more at Peele Leisure Centre in Long Sutton. The latest Star Wars film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, opens on Friday, the same day as the special Star Wars event in Long Sutton ...

The Gosberton summer fair has received backing from Allison Homes via the Larkfleet Homes Community Fund. The fund has given £250 to Gosberton (& District) Community Action Team (GCAT) to help fund the event. Jane Parker of GCAT said: “GCAT aims to bring the community together with our projects and the events. The funding from Allison Homes will help to ...

Next week is half term and the South Holland Centre has a packed family friendly programme, with a sing-a-long, an art event and films. Get your voices warmed up and come and sing your heart out at Sing-a-long-a Beauty and the Beast on Tuesday, May 29 at 7pm. Enjoy a full length screening of Disney’s iconic fairy tale starring Emma ...

Almost 400 people took part in wellbeing activites at Ayscoughfee Hall. Two days of calming crafts and relaxing exercises drew 360 visitors to the Spalding venue for the event, organised by South Holland District Council as part of SHout About Wellbeing Week. The events, last Thursday and Saturday (May 17 and 19), were also organised to align with National Mental ...

Central German Shepherd Rescue in Spalding has received a donation of £5,000 from pet insurance provider Animal Friends. Animal Friends Managing Director, Westley Pearson said: “Animal Friends Pet Insurance is extremely pleased to be able to donate to such a worthwhile cause as Central German Shepherd Rescue, which does such amazing work in promoting humane behaviour towards animals by rescuing ...

A cadet group in Holbeach has responded to requests for food. Upon reading a news story that a surge in usage had left the Holbeach Community Larder and Cafe bare (The Voice, 22/03/18), the young members of the 2430 Holbeach Squadron Air Training Corps took up the cause and brought food from home to present to the food bank. Civilian ...

Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man stopped by comic shop Strange Apparitions on Saturday, for its packed grand opening. The shop, at Spalding Lifestyle Centre in Pinchbeck, was bustling with comic and film fans on Saturday, who finally have a place to meet their needs locally. New and vintage mainstream and indie comics and graphic novels are stocked, alongside manga and all ...

Did you start Spalding Gleed Girls School in the early 1970s? If so Carol Smylie is looking for you.   Carol (was Gray) has made it her mission for 2018 to find her old school friends and organise a reunion. She is appealing for anyone who started the school in September 1970, 1971 or 1972 to get in touch. She ...

Members of the Spalding U3A group had a blast from the past at their recent meeting when Queen Victoria gave a talk. Her Royal Highness Victoria – aka guest speaker Eve Bacon – arrived in full regal finery for the event. She delivered a speech about her nine children (“although not always warmly,” a spokesman added). There was much entertainment ...

Cowbit motivational speaker and author Taz Thornton is no stranger to cameras, so felt right at home welcoming TV star Tanya Bardsley around to talk about alternative therapies for a new show. Tanya, best know from Real Housewives of Cheshire, invited Taz on Tanya’s Extreme Therapies after finding out about her skills online. Taz took Tanya and co-host Adam Hemadou ...

Spalding Gentlemen’s Society took artefacts from its museum to a meeting of a dementia group in Spalding. Members of the Tonic Health Movement 4Memory Dementia Cafe enjoyed the talk from Tom Grimes from the society. Mr Grimes gave an overview of the museum’s collection. It was also a hands-on afternoon – group members were able to examine and pass around ...

Giant wicker rabbits have appeared in Surfleet’s Glen Park. The four 7ft by 5ft sculptures were hand-made by artist Alison Walling, who braved the winter weather earlier in the year to create the long-eared giants in time for spring. “I was working through the colder months of January and February but did have to yield to the travelling conditions on ...

The fundraising has began to help send six local scouts to America for the World Jamboree 2019. Six scouts and Explorer Scouts from South Holland have been selected to join 55,000 others at Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia in August 2019. The local scouts are hosting a series of events to fund the trip which they ...

The Lincolnshire leg of the Stroke Association launched its annual Make May Purple strokes awareness month with a blood pressure event at Long Sutton Library. A spokesman said the team checked the blood pressure of 17 visitors and gave out stroke prevention information. The event was supported by library staff, Stroke Association staff and the Lincolnshire team and volunteers. Every ...

The sun came out to play and saw Moulton Chapel celebrate one of its busiest parades in recent history. Crowds of spectators were treated to a whole host of characters as floats travelled through the village. Everyone from the Mad Hatter to pop group The Village People could be found in the heart of the South Holland countryside. Chairman of ...

Monkshouse School is not a footballer’s usual stop off before appearing at the Champions League Final. But that’s where freestyle football star Jamie Roberts was last weekend ahead of his trip to Kiev where he will be providing the warm-up before Liverpool v Real Madrid. Before performing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Mo Salah and James Milner though, last week he was ...

Holbeach councillors are hoping shoppers will choose their cause and help improve the facilities at the town’s nature reserve. The parish council is bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. It’s hoped the award of either £4,000, £2,000 or £1,000 will go towards improving visitor access at the Fishpond Lane nature reserve. Planned improvements include ...

The generous folk at the Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland made presentations to two local charities last week. At its latest meeting at the South Holland Centre it donated £1,800 to both Marie Curie and Thorpe Hall, the Sue Ryder Foundation’s hospice in Peterborough. Both charities have worked and helped the relatives of club members. The money was raised ...

Proceeds from three Lent Lunches at St Laurence’s Church, Surfleet, have been donated to Teenage Cancer Trust. Rev David Sweeting presented a cheque for £386.40 to Emma Wilson, who recently ran the London Marathon to raise money for the charity that provided support for her sister, Louise, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour at 19 years old. Emma, who ...

Spalding-based youth theatre group, Act II are the latest nominees for a Pride of Spalding and South Holland Award. Act II was founded in 2004 by director Karl Gernert and is co-run by Charlotte Graper. The person who nominated Act II said: “Act II Theatre Company deserve this award because they work very hard to provide some amazing opportunities for ...