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South Holland District Council is looking to save money by changing the way it deals with residents. A new customer access strategy outlines plans to potentially save £206,000 a year by making the website the main point of contact. “The council will prioritise online and automated services wherever possible,” said a report that went before cabinet members on Tuesday. “Phone ...

A strategy that provides a blueprint for all future development in South Holland and Boston has been formally adopted. The South East Lincolnshire Local Plan was given the green light by members of the South East Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee – a partnership of South Holland District Council, Boston Borough and Lincolnshire County Council at a meeting at Boston ...

A Spalding man has been thanked for nearly 21 years of firefighting in his spare time. Rick Hare (48) has racked up more than two decades as a retained fire fighter with Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue while also holding a full-time job. The father of three and granddad to one currently also works as a section leader at Bakkavor as ...

The Crowland Dementia café got off to a successful start on Thursday, March 7 with more than 50 people in attendance. The project is a collaboration between Spalding community health and well-being Charity Tonic Health, Abbeyview Surgery, Crowland and Crowland Cares. Michael Morris, Chairman of Trustees of Tonic Health said: “We are delighted to bring the dementia café to Crowland ...

South Holland is to get its first branch of the Fire Cadets at Spalding Fire Station. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Fire Cadets will offer young people aged 12 to 17 in the area the opportunity to learn essential fire safety skills, firefighting skills and get involved in community based activities. A Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue statement says participation also “aims to actively ...

The dates for The Great British Spring Clean events in South Holland have been revealed. As stated previously in The Voice, South Holland District Council’s Pride team is getting on board with the national campaign. It has organised dates across South Holland, and you can join the team to help with making your area look sparkling. The dates of community ...

This Friday is Comic Relief Red Nose Day and like every year that’s gone before, there will be a whole lot of fun fundraising going on. One group that will be out in force is the Spalding and District U3A (University of the Third Age). Members will be outside The Red Lion at Market Place in Spalding on Friday from ...

Two police officers were assaulted in Spalding while investigating a theft. The incident, which left the officers with minor injuries, occurred on Alexandria Road in the town on Thursday, March 7. A 24-year-old man was arrested for assaulting an emergency worker and for theft. Inspector Gareth Boxall of Spalding Police, said: “He remained in our custody until he was returned ...

A woman who killed her partner when she braked sharply after driving along a country road with him clinging to the bonnet was today (Tues) convicted of manslaughter.   Alison Skingsly drove away from the car park of the Olde Bridge Inn at Crowland with Kevin Nix, 46, holding on to the bonnet in an attempt to prevent her drink ...

A drug addict desperate for cash to pay for his next fix mugged an 80 year old woman in broad daylight, a court was told.   Norberts Mikitis attempted to snatch his victim’s handbag as she walked along Church Street, Pinchbeck, on her way to attend a bible class.   Catherine Picardo, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court “She was walking ...

Two women, one aged 18 and one 37, have been arrested after substances and cash were found in a drugs raid on a Spalding property. Lincolnshire Police raided the Double Street premises on Friday, March 8 after executing a search warrant. A spokesman for the force said: “Two women were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply and ...

Lincolnshire Police have released CCTV images of four people they want to speak to in relation to the theft of £3,000 of alcohol from Holbeach Tesco. Police said on January 16, three men and a woman entered the Tesco store on Boston Road South, Holbeach, just past 3pm before taking the alcohol without paying. The alcohol was placed in a ...

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for help identifying a man after a series of overnight thefts from cars in Spalding. Overnight between 26 and 27 February, between 8pm and 11am, a number of vehicles on Haywain Drive were been broken into and items stolen. If you have any information, police ask you contact them in one of the following ways: Via ...

Police are investigating after a man appeared to deliberately set a house in Crowland alight in the middle of the night. The incident happened at around 2.45am on Sunday, March 10. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “It was reported to us at 2.45am on March 10 that a man had attempted to deliberately ignite the front of a property ...

A 20-year-old man was slashed in the face with a knife following an altercation in Spalding. The man had to be taken to hospital for treatment following the incident occurred at around 4.30am on Saturday, March 9 in the vicinity of Double Street. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “At 4.30am a man was attacked with a knife and sustained ...

More women are being invited to attend a free breast screening clinic at a mobile unit this month (March). United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s (ULHT) Lincolnshire Breast Screening Service is inviting women registered with Munro Medical Centre, West Elloe Avenue, Spalding Road, Pinchbeck, to attend an appointment on the mobile unit which will be based at the Johnson Hospital in ...

Book characters came to life across South Holland on Thursday March 7 as young people across the region celebrated World Book Day. Young (and some older) across the district dressed in a theme to show their appreciation of books. Many were inspired by their favourite books including Mia Holmes dressing up as Little Miss Fox and Pete Bailey monkeying around ...

A junction on the A16 at Crowland is to be reported to the Government and Lincolnshire County Council by a senior coroner as “not a fit and proper configuration”. The ‘island’ junction – where the B1166 Hulls Drove and James Road meet the trunk road – has been the scene of up to four fatalities since its installation in 2010, ...

Lincolnshire’s first virtual reality centre will open on Saturday (March 9) in Long Sutton. VR Zone, at Hodding Way, is set up as a place for people to experience cutting-edge fun. Owners Tele and Purdy Barros got the idea for the centre when they visited the Insomnia gaming show in Birmingham with their Fortnite-obsessed sons. While there, the couple experienced ...

A three time drink driver from Spalding told a court he would not be driving again, but then asked Boston magistrates to be allowed to take the course that would reduce his driving ban. Svajunas Bagdonavicius, 47, of Holyrood Walk admitted failing to provide a breath test for analysis after he was arrested by police on suspicion of drunk driving ...