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TV talent show twins hit the right note for charity

Identical twin singers who previously appeared on the talent TV show The Voice have helped Spalding Golf Club’s Ladies raise money for charity. Classical Reflection, who are made up of Hannah and Naomi Moxon, sung last week at the ladies’ annual charity dinner. Money raised is going towards ladies’ captain Lainy MacLennan’s chosen charity for the year of the Fenland ...

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‘Overwhelming’ support for Holbeach pub plan

The new owners of a Holbeach landmark building have been “overwhelmed” by the feedback to their plans. “It is amazing to see such a community within the town coming together and we are very proud to be able to be part of that,” said Rob Bridgewater, director of API Services which bought the hotel in December. A Facebook page outlining ...

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Plans submitted for more than 100 homes for Crowland

Plans to build 108 new homes in Crowland have been submitted to South Holland District Council. The 8.3 acre site is at the southern end of the town, Crease Drove, and has existing housing adjoining at Monks Meadow. Developer Ashwood Homes also has existing permission for two smaller sites to the east and another firm is looking to develop land ...

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Anger over siting of Spalding relief road

The route of a new relief road around Spalding may change after a backlash from residents whose homes could be lost in the project. One resident of Bourne Road said there had been no contact with him or his neighbours about the route. Lincolnshire County Council is currently consulting on the South West Relief Road and the suggestion that nine ...

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Council to build homes on Spalding playing field?

Controversial plans for South Holland District Council to build affordable homes on a Spalding playing field could be resurrected. Welland Homes, the housing company solely owned by South Holland District Council, submitted an outline planning application to build up to 24 homes on land off Severn Road designated as public open space in 2016. A decision on that application was ...

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Broadband boost for three South Holland primary schools

Three South Holland primary schools will get high speed gigabit-capable broadband. Fleet Wood Lane Primary School in Fleet, Whaplode Primary and Quadring Cowley are three of more than 100 rural schools that will get the fast connections as part of a £3m government pilot programme. Minister for Digital, Margot James said: “As well as making a dramatic difference for students ...

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Lincolnshire launches dementia plan

Lincolnshire County Council along with NHS partners has launched the Lincolnshire Joint Strategy for Dementia. Launched as part of an event at the Showroom Lincoln called ‘Living Well with Dementia in Lincolnshire’, the strategy sets out how adult social care, working alongside public health and the NHS will help people living with dementia. Coun Patricia Bradwell OBE, Executive Member for ...

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No need to bin crisp packets with Holbeach collection point

Crisp packet recycling is now available in Holbeach. Holbeach Parish Councillor Isobel Hutchinson, chair of properties, has set up the local Parish Council offices at 11 West End, Holbeach as a collection point for the Walkers crisp packet recycling scheme. It is the first registered collection point in the town. Coun Hutchinson said: “We are always getting appeals for funds ...

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Driver penalty points nears five-thousand in South Holland

Almost 5,000 drivers registered in South Holland have three or more points on the licence, according to figures from car selling comparison motorway.co.uk Figures provided by the company show that 4,980 drivers have three or more points on their licence. Of these, 3,657 have three penalty points on their licence. Across England and Wales, 2.69m drivers currently have at least ...

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Spalding woman denies murder as Crowland car killing trial continues

A woman killed her partner after carrying him on the bonnet of their car along a rural road following an argument during a Sunday afternoon trip to a pub, a jury was told this afternoon (Tuesday).   Alison Skingsly (43) drove out of the pub car park with Kevin Nix on the bonnet before continuing onto a rural road and across a river before coming to a halt. ...

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Main road closed at Quadring

The main road at Quadring is closed between Town Drove and Watergate after a vehicle struck a power line. Police said they received a report at 2.45pm this afternoon (Monday) of a vehicle on its roof. A police spokesman said: “The vehicle has hit a power line and Western Distribution is on the scene.” Injuries are being assessed.

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Paul’s party for his brain tumour

A Lutton Navy veteran threw a special party last week to mark 25 years of living with a brain tumour and raised over £700 for the hospital that’s helped him do it. Despite a doctor telling him in 1994 he might not live for five more years, Paul Sayers (58) remains a Long Sutton parish councillor, on the St Mary’s ...

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Rush to new Cowbit ropes attraction

Cowbit has an exciting new play area after roping in a £20,000 donation from a house builder. The new Rope Rush was officially opened by parish councillors on Tuesday, February 19. The village’s Parish Council says it was disappointed to be denied the chance to fund the equipment from Section 106 money. But Ashwood Homes, which is building near the ...

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Plan for ‘pay to use’ loos in South Holland

Brand new toilet facilities that the public would have to pay to use are being looked at for towns in South Holland. Councillors branded the current public facilities as being in ‘dire need of replacing’ as a report on their state came before South Holland District Council’s cabinet last week. It led to SHDC’s portfolio holder for place Coun Roger ...

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Retirement project goes up in flames in Moulton Chapel

A man’s retirement project went up in smoke after a large fire in Moulton Chapel on Tuesday afternoon. Paul Baggaley (61) had been watching TV in his workshop to the back of their Moulton Chapel Road home when he’d popped out for a cup of tea at around 1pm. He then heard a bang and found the workshop he had ...

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Pinchbeck family business targeted twice

A single mum of two is devastated after a mayonnaise-loving thief stole everything from the Pinchbeck cafe business she describes as her “life”. Nicki Cooke, who runs, the mobile truck The Nosh Box says she’s concerned about her livelihood after her Enterprise Way trailer business was hit by two thefts within a fortnight. The float, a charity box with an ...

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Dirty vehicles and low morale at Spalding ambulance site

Dirty ambulances and low staff morale were reported by inspectors looking at a service contracted in South Holland. The Thames Ambulance Service staff had no access to running water in Spalding and inspectors found dirty vehicles when they checked the site in October. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report was discussed by county councillors at a meeting this week. Members ...

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Glory, glory Men United singing group

A Moulton Chapel farmer is urging other men to get singing in the fight against prostate cancer. Last year, John Wakefield was one of 40 to sign up to Men United in Song, a choir that rehearsed over 10 weeks for a charity concert. The initiative from the charity Prostate Cancer UK is back again in 2019 with introduction sessions ...

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Brilliant result for Poppy Appeal

Generous Spalding residents have helped a retiring fundraiser provide nearly a quarter of a million pounds to The Poppy Appeal in the last decade, including £23,000 around the 2018 Remembrance Day. Peter Lyon has run the appeal for the Spalding branch of the Royal British Legion for the last ten years but is stepping down from the role due to ...

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Charity closes Pinchbeck residential home

Anger and upset has greeted the sudden planned closure tomorrow (Thursday) of Sense’s residential home in Pinchbeck for people with complex needs. Staff and families of the residents are unhappy at the manner and speed with which it has been done. Families were only notified on January 11 and say finding new accommodation in such a short space of time ...

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