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Lincolnshire County Council is looking at whether to make a former railway line between Holbeach and Fleet an official footpath. Campaigners have for a long time attempted to get official status for the path between Dam Gate and Branches Lane.It would prevent landowners from blocking off the path in the future.Signs have previously been erected at both ends saying its ...

Towns and villages across South Holland will fall silent this weekend to remember those that gave their lives for the country. Armistice Day is Saturday (November 11) followed the next day by Remembrance Sunday.There are three public services in Spalding.* Firstly, Springfields will be holding its annual remembrance event on Friday.A parade will take place from 10.30am at the top ...

Holbeach Hospital has thanked its Care Champion for 25 years’ service including helping many families through end of life care. The role was purposely created for Mandy Secker by Holbeach and East Elloe Trust which runs the community- led institution.It’s because of the comfort and work she’s provided to families receiving palliative care for a loved one.Among the initiatives she’s ...

The annual fireworks extravaganza at Springfields went off with a big bang once again. And the sold-out event raised thousands of pounds towards the NHS in Lincolnshire.The year’s the expertly-choreographed performance celebrated 75-years of the NHS and was hailed as one of Springfield’s biggest displays ever.A range of health-related chart toppers formed the playlist, which paid homage to medical professionals ...

A group with over 150-years of putting on productions in Spalding is on the lookout for a place to keep some of its equipment. For nearly 20-years the Smith family has generously allowed the group to store bits at a shed off Monks House Lane, however that’s now been bought by those looking to complete the Spalding Western Relied Road.Currently ...

A man who carried out a stabbing during a 2017 Boxing day party in Spalding was spared jail after his case was delayed due to the case ‘being lost in the system’. Jaroslav Bogdevic, 37, was arrested in December 2017 after the victim suffered a stab wound to his thigh and was hit over the head with a wine bottle. ...

Bonfire Night this year brought some unexpected celestial fireworks to South Holland skies. The Aurora Borealis, also known as The Northern Lights, was visible on cameras unusually further south on Sunday, November 5.The phenomena is created by charged particles from the Sun interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field.It’s usually consigned around the polar regions, but occasionally the sun pumps out ...

Two people had a lucky escape when a helicopter was left in flames after crashing into a light near the A17 in Fleet Hargate. The incident happened around 1.45pm this afternoon (Sunday November 5) at the Anglian Motel. John Kinder, a friend of Anglia Motel owner Harold Payne, said: ”The helicopter was being flown by Colin Bodil an experienced pilot ...

A Spalding man faces jail after he admitted carrying out a third house burglary in a two month crime spree. 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 after he was charged with another domestic house ...

The news that Spalding railway station will continue to have a manned ticket office is on the right tracks for campaigners. There has been a lot of local opposition to a proposal to stop having manned offices, with most tickets now bought online.Of the 120,000 signatures on a petition to parliament, South Holland residents were the sixth highest in the ...

Councils in Lincolnshire have rejected a four-day working week after the Conservative government called for an end to a Liberal Democrat-run council trial recently. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities instructed councils to halt any four-day working week trials immediately and cautioned authorities against planning such trials in the future.South Holland District Council and Lincolnshire County both say ...

A council-owned trading company providing financial services needs ‘urgent’ attention according to a review of activities. A Peer Review conducted by a group of council officers and members from other parts of the country, highlighted the issue with Public Sector Partnership Services Ltd (PSPSL).The company is owned by South Holland, Boston and East Lindsey councils and provides financial services, including ...

The potential £1.6m electrification of the historic Cross Keys Bridge will result in fewer disruptions than work currently planned, a council officer has said. There will be night time closures of the A17 but they would be ‘minimal’, done at night and ‘one-offs’, John Monk, Lincolnshire County Council’s head of highway design services told a meeting of the authority’s Highways ...

A Spalding man has been fined £3,500 for selling hacked TV equipment and other counterfeit goods. Luke David Arons (43), of Winsover Road, pleaded guilty to a host of charges dating back as far as 2018 and has been sentenced at Lincolnshire Magistrates Court.The court was told he’d got rid of £9,622 from his bank accounts for selling IPTV (internet ...

A South Holland charity which has grown from a woman’s kitchen to an international organisation in a matter of months, is on the lookout for storage help. Boxes of Hope was first started by Mandy Baxter creating aid-filled shoeboxes for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the invasion by Russia last year.The charity is about to send its 24th lorry-load of aid to ...

Spalding Academy staff are celebrating after being named the top non-selective school in Lincolnshire. The Department of Education has released its Progress Eight scores as a benchmark to show how schools are doing from Key Stage Two to Key Stage Four.Spalding is the highest ranked public school and third overall only behind Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School and The King’s ...

Voters in the Spalding St Paul’s ward will be electing a new district council member on Thursday, November 9. It follows South Holland Independent Bailey Boulding stepping down from the position in September.The Voice asked each of the five candidates to provide 100 words as to why voters should put the cross in the box next to their name. Vanessa ...

Local farmers were given the chance to greet the government’s farming minister recently. Mark Spencer visited the South Holland branch of the National Farmers Union (NFU).There he met local farmer and NFU member to discuss challenges facing the industry.The discussion included pressures on food costs, the sustainable farming incentive, grant funding on capital expenditure and labour provision.Sir John Hayes arranged ...

A gorilla was trying not to be missed in Holbeach High Street on Tuesday (October 31). It was in fact local resident Paul Poll in costume in an attempt to raise awareness of his complaint about money spent on repairs to the Cemetery Chapels in the town.He stood near Market Junction in the rain for two hours from 7.30am with ...

The ticket office at Spalding Station is set to remain manned after the government urged railway companies to row back on the proposal. East Midlands Trains, which runs the station, was one of a number in the country that said they would stop having manned offices with most tickets now bought online. But today (Tuesday, October 31) government quango Transport ...