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Peterborough and District Angling Society members are carrying out a litter pick of the River Welland in Spalding this Sunday (April 21) and they’re looking for people to join them. Possibly the only advantage to the river levels being so low is that litter can be picked up from it.Spalding Wombles have already done some sections.Now the club which is ...

Anglian Water is to respond to criticism over sewage in local waterways by investing £2.6m into its Gosberton Water Recycling Centre. The company is to install new equipment to remove phosphorous from wastewater.“This will improve the river water quality in Lincolnshire,” the company says. “Phosphorous is widely used in soaps and cleaning products but can be harmful to wildlife when ...

Youngsters at Long Sutton Hockey Club enjoyed an Easter Camp, learning a range of scoring techniques, creating obstacle courses and plenty of game play. Junior training is on Saturdays, 9-10.30am and is open to all children aged five to 13.Spalding Hockey Club have started junior coaching sessions at their Surfleet base,They are taking place on Saturdays, 9-15-10.45am, until May 18.

The ‘Levelling Up’ work on the A16 Springfields/McDonalds roundabout is delayed by a few months, Lincolnshire County Council has said. It comes a week after the authority confirmed 10-months of works on the next roundabout north on the A16, the Wardentree Lane junction, will start next month. In a release entitled ‘Springfield Roundabout improvements pass midway point’, the county council ...

An application to build 92 homes in Gosberton has been given the green light by planners. The land off York Gardens had been ear-marked for housing as part of the South and East Lincolnshire Local Plan.It had been pencilled in to having up to 76 home on site, but developer Gleeson Homes initially asked for planning permission for 96 homes.The ...

An application to build an 88 bed care home on the site of the former Bull and Monkie pub in Spalding has been deferred. South Holland District Council Planning Committee members spoke at its meeting last night about issues with the application particularly the four storey height of it. Planning officers acknowledged the development would have a ‘serious impact’ on ...

Claims that Holbeach Parish Council might have paid out around £50,000 to ex staff in recent years, are being looked into. A police investigation has also been launched into a batch of anonymous letters sent out with alleged details of a payment.The authority’s accounts reveal it made an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 in January, but has declined to say what ...

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council is confident that the devolution deal for Greater Lincolnshire will proceed as planned, with the combined mayoral authority expected to be established from October. In March, LCC, along North and North East Lincolnshire councils, formally voted in favour of the deal, which promises to bring an additional £24 million per year to Lincolnshire.It has ...

A Spalding soldier has raised thousands for a suicide prevention charity by running more than 75 miles around the Isle of Wight in one day. Elliott Lea (24) took around 17 hours to complete the feat for the Papyrus charity.The lance corporal serving with the 23 Para Engineer Regiment began his run at 5am on March 30, finally completing a ...

A Moulton mum is putting on a Zumbathon for a charity which has helped her daughter who has a brain tumour. Both Jannine Sandell and her 16-year-old daughter Lily have a condition called Neurofibromatosis or NF1 for short.Due to the condition, Lily has a brain tumour, hydrocephalus, scoliosis, mobility issues and social and emotional issues. Jannine has minimal symptoms as ...

South Holland District Council says the 76 homes it has delivered in the last financial year is a record for the authority. Some 48 are rented council properties, 21 are for sale under shared ownership proposals and seven are privately rented through SHDC’s own housing company Welland Homes.They are in places including Crowland, Holbeach, Gosberton, Surfleet, Weston and Sutton St ...

If you’re looking to lose a bit of weight or get into running, a Spalding running club is putting on a new ‘Couch to 5K’ course. Halmer Harriers are putting on a nine-week programme from Tuesday, May 14.Attendees will join their regular Tuesday and Thursday sessions which are usually at 6.45pm for a 7pm start.A club spokesman said: “Halmer Harriers ...

Customers of Barclays Bank in Spalding are being offered alternative arrangements immediately after it closes on May 10. Consultations over the closure included the bank contacting MP Sir John Hayes, council member Elizabeth Sneath and district council member Gary Taylor.The bank said it also contacted personal and business customers who used the branch in Hall Place.“We understand the concerns about ...

Further to my letter of February 27 advising disgruntled Barclays customers to buy shares and attend the Annual General Meeting to express their feelings about the impending closure of the Spalding branch, shareholders will now know the AGM will be at Glasgow Armadillo centre on May 9 at 11am. Barclays may have expected a spot of bother if held in ...

Rodney’s letters are always interesting and factually correct, and this one highlighting yet another case of ordinary folk forced to pay for corporate greed and mismanagement being no exception.Another ‘little nasty’ slipped in by our caring, sharing government!Energy companies racking up massive profits whilst forcing all of us to pay for the debts left by those unable to pay.These companies ...

Your contributor (Time to sort sewage problems) raises an important issue.The water companies are correct when they refer to the increases in both rainfall events and intensities which are causing ever more wastewater overflows.Increases in global temperatures are driving these events. Having said this, water companies have been slow to react bearing in mind that this has been on the ...

I would like to ask everyone to get on board with Spalding United now.They are doing so well and need your support in the next few weeks, support them now, it will give them the encouragement they so deserve.On Wednesday, April 17 Spalding United are travelling to the LNER Community Stadium in Lincoln to participate in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup ...

I am seeking information on Gwen (Hazel) Fowler, wife of the late Tom Fowler who passed away in 2017/8.He had a long association with the Normandy Veterans and worked for Geest.Anyone who can share information about Gwen, it will be gratefully received by me.I do not know if she is still with us or deceased.I am her eldest son born ...

A new special educational needs school just outside Holbeach has been given the go-ahead by planners. The Three Chestnuts, on Fen Road, is currently operated as a residential care home for six children by Hexagon Care Services.The company applied for change of use planning permission to create an independent SEND (special education needs and/or disabilities) school catering for up to ...

South Holland’s only Parkrun is celebrating its fifth anniversary soon, and it wants to do so in style. Parkruns have proved a huge hit across the country with people able to just sign up and run the organised 5ks on Saturday mornings.There is just one in our area though, held at the Snowden Field in Crowland at 9am every week.To ...