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A devolution deal for Lincolnshire was expected to be on the table from the Chancellor in his autumn statement this week. This means the county will have to elect a mayor to oversee a huge budget.Lincolnshire has been vying for a deal for several years, but missed out on the latest round of deals earlier this year.It also failed at ...

The University Academy Long Sutton is ‘welcoming and caring’, says its latest Ofsted report. But it was still rated as ‘requires improvement’ by inspectors who noted it has already ‘improved in many areas.’“Everyone is delighted to be judged as a welcoming and caring school and is pleased to announce significant improvements since academy conversion,” said principal Liam Davé.“Under new leadership ...

Every respondent to a consultation for the local authority wants the top priority in the district to be a safe community – as 180 violent crimes were committed in South Holland during September alone. There were more than 400 crimes across South Holland for the month, according to the latest police figures.The biggest single category was violent offences – with ...

Two people have been charged with a number of offences involving Class A drugs after being arrested in Spalding. Mohammed Moussa and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were both arrested in on November 14. A total of 48 wraps of heroin, more than 56g of crack cocaine and £1,345 in cash was seized following the arrests. ...

Plans for an extension of Moulton Medical Centre have been passed. As reported last week, staff have had to be working from home and in cupboards due to the lack of space at the centre.But on Tuesday night South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee voted through a single and double storey extension to the High Street base to provide more ...

A Spalding doctor says he will appeal a six-week suspension placed on him after an allegation of sexual misconduct. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled this week that Dr Graham Wheatley, of Munro Medical Centre’s practice, ‘is impaired by reason of misconduct’ and said he should be suspended for six weeks.The ruling follows a hearing earlier this year relating to ...

Further places for children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities will be created with the expansion of Gosberton House Academy. There is a high demand for special school places, and more than 50 per cent of schools are already well over their capacity, says a report by developer Kier to Lincolnshire County Council.Less than 30 per cent of SEND pupils ...

Plans to create a new school for students with additional needs have been approved, despite a letter against the idea from MP Sir John Hayes. An application to change use from residential dwelling to a school for students with special educational needs was approved this week.The school will be at Dorcette House, off Little Lane, Whaplode, and the site is ...

A plan to build 37 homes off Stockwell Gate in Whaplode has been deferred after councillors raised a host of questions about the application. Outline permission has already been granted for the proposal by Stinders Homes.The final reserved matters application came before South Holland District Council on Tuesday night.Councillors raised a host of concerns about the proposals.They included the lack ...

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 our Rural Crime Action Team attended and located the suspect who appeared to be equipped with dogs on the ...

A new school in Spalding has been rated as Outstanding across the board after its first inspection. The Springwell Alternative Academy has pupils aged from four to 16 and is a school offering alternative provision.It opened in 2019 in the former South Holland Sixth Form centre, Matmore Gate.An Ofsted inspection was carried out in September and the glowing report published ...

A detached house is to be built on a Crowland grot spot after planners ‘made a mess’ of a previous application. The land on Broadway in Crowland had been designated as open space as part of a previous planning proposal.Tuesday night’s meeting of South Holland District Council heard that it had not been very well kept.A previous application for two ...

Councillors need to ‘draw a line in the sand’ on the quality of housing, it’s been claimed, as an application for 48 homes in Long Sutton was refused. Members of the district council’s Planning Committee agreed with the recommendation of its officers, and rejected the 48 homes for land off Lime Walk.The proposal was a re-submission of the idea after ...

People in Long Sutton are to be asked what the parish council should do with £32,000 refunded after a development failed to go ahead. The authority has the money after originally selling land at Winfrey Park to Korvin Developments for a proposed development.But the company has since become defunct and as a condition of the original sale, the land has ...

The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance was called to Bakkavor’s West Marsh Road, Spalding site after an employee fell ill. The incident happened on Thursday, November 9 with the helicopter spotted landing nearby.The employee was taken to hospital by a land ambulance and a spokesman for Bakkavor said they had since recovered.“The air ambulance came to site to tend to ...

Glynis Scalese has won back the Spalding St Paul’s seat on South Holland District Council for the Conservatives in the tightest race possible. Both she and Vanessa Browning, standing for the South Holland Independents, gained 155 votes in the by-election held on Thursday, November 9.After several re-counts, Returning Officer Christine Marshall put one vote from each candidate in a ballot ...

South Holland paid its respects to the fallen last weekend at events across the area. Towns, villages and groups all paid their respects in a host of different ways.The regular parades and services at war memorials including those in Spalding and Holbeach, took place in front of large crowds. It was the first time for many years it was held ...

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 ...

A Spalding man will be sentenced for the murder of Vincent Markham after an application to vacate his guilty plea was refused by a judge. Samuel Church, 36, faces a sentence of life imprisonment after he previously admitted the murder of Mr Markham and setting a fire which destroyed his home. Church of Acacia Avenue in Spalding, had been due ...

Protection and surveillance zones have been put in place after avian bird flu was confirmed at a commercial poultry premises near Donington. Officers from Lincolnshire Trading Standards will be visiting properties within the 3km protection zone while a 10km surveillance zone has also been set up by central government’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It has not stated the ...