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The Aurora Borealis or The Northern Lights were visible throughout South Holland last night. And plenty of residents were able to capture their beauty on camera, as well as witness them changing with the naked eye. Due to increased energy being released from the sun recently, a G5 geomagnetic storm, that strongest possible, hit Earth last night. Particles from the ...

A cannabis farm has been discovered on Halmer Gate in Spalding. Lincolnshire Police say they were called to the property on Monday May 6 after a tip off from a member of the public. Around 70 plants were found and have been destroyed. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “We received a report from a member of the public that ...

Plans for holiday lodges and a yoga retreat in a South Holland village have been refused by planners. The application will see five new lodges, a retreat studio and a Japanese-style water garden on agricultural land in Tydd Gote. Members of South Holland District Council’s planning committee discussed the plans at a meeting yesterday (Wednesday). Despite a range of objections ...

A host of motorcyclists are to ride through Spalding this Friday to mark the ‘final ride’ of a 24-year-old killed in a road crash. Tristan Exton died at the scene after his blue Yamaha motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car on Spalding Road near Deeping St James on April 1.An inquest into his death was opened on ...

Around 5,500 acres of farmland around Sutton Bridge is set to be put up for sale, leaving an uncertain future for those that farm it. People associated with the Sutton Bridge estate have received leaflets outlining that land agent Savills will be putting the eight and a half square miles of land on the market later this month.One of those ...

Ahead of this weekend’s Spalding Flower Parade, parts of the town have been brightened up by members of the community. Grot spots including outside the former Calthrop’s Solicitors in Market Place.Flower parade organiser Steve Timewell organised for local street artist Karl Barfoot to provide artwork on the graffiti tagged boards on the closed shop.“Thanks to Karl for helping make our ...

Ayscoughfee has been given a grant to create a wildflower garden. Those behind the historic hall has been given just under £1,000 from the Peterborough Environment City Trust as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations.A spokesman for South Holland District Council, which oversees Ayscoughfee Hall, said: “Taking place in an under-utilised part of the gardens, the remedial work to create ...

Local councillor and nurse Mark Le Sage has announced he is to stand as an Independent candidate in the forthcoming General Election. Mark, who announced his intention to stand at a low key press conference held at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Gardens on Tuesday, said he is doing so in memory of late Independent councillor Angela Newton.Mark said: “Angela was the one ...

The death of an 80-year-old man in the centre of the Crowland is not being treated as suspicious. Emergency services including the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance were in attendance at the incident reported around 3pm on Saturday, May 4 in the town’s West Street. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “We were called to West Street, Crowland just after ...

Bollards are set to return to a street only big enough for one vehicle to come down at a time. Measures to stop people driving along a narrow stretch of road between Palin Drive and Green Lane had been in place for around 20 years.That’s because the section is not big enough for two vehicles to pass each other along ...

The trust behind Spalding Academy and Cowley Academy has been ranked the 12th best and first in the East Midlands. That’s according to the latest Progress Eight scores for Multi-Academy Trusts (MATS) which proscribed the scores to the South Lincolnshire Academy Trust.Progress Eight is a key performance indicator used by the Department for Education to calculate the progress students make ...

The children in Kindergarten and Reception at Ayscoughfee Hall School have started learning about ‘On the Move’ this term. Last week they enjoyed a visit from Graeme Matthews and Luke Hunns from G & J Peck, of Pinchbeck, who donated a ride-on tractor to the school and took along their new CASE Maxxum 150 CVX tractor to show the children.Youngsters ...

The Spalding Festival and a network of food businesses are the latest to get new government grants. UK Shared Prosperity And Rural Prosperity Grassroots funds are being shared with both causes in addition to those handed out this week.The Spalding Festival returns from Friday May 24 and Sunday May 28 at the Castle Sports Field.Its run by the Spalding Round ...

A new South and East Lincolnshire Cultural Conference is to take place this month. It’s being put on by the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, which South Holland District Council is a part of, alongside Boston and East Lindsey councils.The aim of the conference at Boston’s Blackfriars Theatre on Wednesday, May 22 is to give ‘arts and heritage organisations ...

Two men who were seen hare coursing near West Pinchbeck have been fined and banned from the county George Miller, 32, and Lewis Sheridan, 37, have been ordered to pay more than £4,500 and handed Criminal Behaviour Orders banning them from Lincolnshire during hare coursing season, for the next 10 years following the incidents on Friday October 3. Lincolnshire Police ...

Conservative Marc Jones has been elected for a third term as Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Mr Jones fought off competition from ex-police officers Mike Horder (Labour) and David Dickason (English Democrats), as well as West Lindsey District Council deputy leader Lesley Rollings (Liberal Democrats) and cybersecurity consultant Peter Escreet (Reform UK). He won by a majority of just under ...

Details of how it’s proposed Lincolnshire and Weston Marsh will be a hub for electricity from 2030 have been revealed. It comes as it was stated a floating wind farm 80km off the coast of Scotland would be another to feed its power into the main grid at the proposed new substation north west of Spalding.Campaigners including the No Pylons ...

A new consultation has been launched for more power lines to go through South Holland, but this time underground. National Grid’s consultation on how the cables from Scotland will go through Lincolnshire to Walpole in Norfolk will run until Monday, June 17.It is separate from the consultation to build overhead power lines in the district.This week homes in the area ...

Improvements to Spalding’s bus services have already been ‘done’ it’s been claimed, after a councillor asked why the town had not been included in a new scheme. As reported last week, Lincolnshire County Council is rolling out its Lincolnshire Bus Improvement Plan.It includes a pledge to spend £2.4m to enhance its IntoTown network described as ‘relatively short urban bus services ...

The number of compensation claims from Lincolnshire motorists after hitting potholes has jumped by a third in the last year, with the county council paying out an average £175 per claim in 2023. A Freedom of Information request to Lincolnshire County Council has revealed an upward trend in both requests for compensation, and money given to road users impacted by ...