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A flood alert has been issued for large parts of South Holland. The Environment Agency has this afternoon issued the lowest level of alert for flooding for the lower Glen and lower Welland. A higher level ‘warning’ has been put in place for the South Forty Foot Drain and its tributaties. The alert for the Welland states: “Over the last ...

A Spalding man who carried out three house burglaries during a two month crime spree was jailed for 28 months. Paulius Strabeika, 27, was remanded into custody earlier this year after he pleaded guilty to two domestic house burglaries in Lincolnshire during July. Sentence on Strabeika, of Holbeach Road, Spalding, was adjourned until December after he was charged with another domestic ...

Emergency services are currently on the scene of a crash on Spalding’s High Bridge where two cars have crashed into the White Horse pub. The cars are embedded in the corner of the building on the junction where High Street, Church Street and Churchgate meet. The accident was reported at 9.51am on Thursday. Lincolnshire Police and the Fire and Rescue ...

Police are investigating three separate crashes in the area, resulting in the death of three people in just a week. A car overturned into a water-filled ditch last Friday after a collision involving three different cars.Two police officers went into the water to try and save a trapped man, but their efforts were in vain and he died at the ...

A man has admitted placing a bottle containing vinegar and hydrochlorite bleach outside a Spalding pub to make others believe it would explode or ignite.Jay Savage (30) appeared at Lincoln Crown Court and pleaded guilty to a charge of placing an article outside the Lincolnshire Poacher on November 13 last year.The charge specifies that Savage placed a bottle containing vinegar ...

A South Holland man who supplied cannabis to two teenage girls was jailed for 15 months. Daniel Bailey (46) admitted supplying the Class B drug between January 18, 2019, and September 1, 2021.Bailey, of New Road, Holbeach St Marks, also pleaded guilty to possessing personal amounts of cannabis and cocaine following his arrest on October 13 last year.Lincoln Crown Court ...

Lincolnshire has the ‘dual challenge’ of an ageing population in a rural and coast geography. Nearly a quarter of the county’s population is over-65 and that figure is set to rise to more than 40 per cent by 2043.The effects of having an older population are widespread, but ensuring people stay healthier for longer is a key element, says a ...

The announcement of plans for a devolved Lincolnshire has split local politicians. Council leaders at Lincolshire, North East and North Lincolnshire have welcomed the news.But independent members are less enthusiastic about a new layer of local government.South Holland leader Nick Worth said he was looking ‘optimistically’ at the news.“The views of South Holland as part of the Greater Lincolnshire authority ...

The long wait for garden waste bins in South Holland could soon be over. Some residents have been waiting for more than a year to join the brown bin scheme, but nothing is changing until January next year.The expansion of the collection scheme had been held off until the new general waste calendar changes were made.South Holland District Council made ...

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been saluted for its support of the armed forces.The trust which runs hospitals such as Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, was given a gold award at a glitzy ceremony at the Prime William of Gloucester Barracks, near Grantham.For 2023, each recipient was handed their award by Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes CBE, Deputy Commander of UK ...

A policy for Lincolnshire residents to complain about ‘nuisance odours’ by the use of illicit substances has been drawn up. Safer Lincolnshire Partnership say the new measures are the first of their kind in the country to include domestic properties.The procedure sets out how local authorities and partner agencies will deal with complaints about unpleasant and persistent smells perceived to ...

A man has been fined more than £18,500 after admitting trespassing on private land and using dogs to chase and kill hares in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. Following a report of hare coursing in Low Road, Crowland, on November 13, officers from the Rural Crime Action Team attended and located the suspect who appeared to be equipped with dogs on the ...

Residents in South Holland are being asked to share their views on the council’s proposed Council Tax Support Scheme for next year.The scheme is a way of helping people on low or no income to pay their annual council tax bill. The overall cost of the scheme is around £4.3million with South Holland District Council supporting around 2,400 working age ...

Lincolnshire is set to receive a significant boost in its fight against drug and alcohol misuse, with over £2 million from the government’s ten-year drug strategy budget. This funding, part of a nearly £267 million national investment, aims to reduce drug use to a 30-year low and improve the quality and access of treatment services across England.As part of the ...

A woman who falsely claimed to be driving a car which struck another vehicle outside a Spalding pub was given a suspended jail sentence. Katie Andrews (31), of Coronation Close, Spalding, was the registered the keeper of a white Audi Q5 which collided with a Honda car near the Ivy Wall pub.Lincoln Crown Court heard the occupants of the Audi ...

The former leader of South Holland District Council has been awarded a Lifetime Legend Award at a national ceremony.Lord Gary Porter received the award from the Local Government Unit and CCLA’s annual Councillor awards in London last week.A spokesman for the awards said: “The judging panel noted that in his two decades as Leader of the council, his determination to ...

Over two days of action, South Holland Police checked retail businesses with colleagues from other agencies. They were checking licensing compliance, weights and measures, immigration compliance, working conditions and the selling of illegal vapes and cigarettes.Officers arrested a person for immigration offences at a Spalding takeaway on November 7. Police said the matter will be followed-up by immigration enforcement.Vodka was ...

Family and friends of a Spalding teen who died have unveiled a memorial bench on what would have been her 20th birthday. Holly May Maxwell died on December 19, 2022 after having influenza, pneumonia, sepsis and COVID-19.An inquest into the care worker’s death heard there was a catalogue of failures with her healthcare.Last Friday (November 17) Holly May’s mum Kylie ...

A new board created ‘to lead cultural change’ has met for the first time.The South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, which South Holland is a part of alongside East Lindsey and Boston councils has held the first meeting of a new, strategic eight member board, drawing on experience from a variety of sectors to lead cultural change.A spokesman said it ...

Plans have been submitted to put a blue plaque on a Spalding building to mark a town benefactor.The Spalding and District Civic Society want to install the plaque for Charlotte Charinton, who lived in Welland Place, London Road. She devoted her inheritance to various churches in South Holland and entirely funded the building of St Paul’s, Fulney.She inherited wealth from, ...