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An application that could see a Spalding store turned into a 24-hour gym has been passed by planners. Switha Ltd has been told it can turn the Carpetright store on Westlode Street.It doesn’t need planning permission but did apply to South Holland District Council for a Lawful Use Certificate.Officers have now decided to approve the application.With the shop still open, ...

An inquest into the sudden death of a previously healthy 19-year-old was told she faced a catalogue of issues with health care. A coroner ruled Holly May Maxwell, of Spalding, died due to natural causes from having sepsis, influenza, pneumonia and COVID-19 days before Christmas last year.But the inquest at Boston Coroner’s Court was told she visited her GP surgery ...

Residents around Gosberton Clough have been left with no internet after an Openreach cabinet was hit by a van. The cabinet, on the junction of Beck Bank and Swale Bank, was completely removed from its base as a result of the collision.Residents in the area have been told it could be weeks before repairs are complete.“We are doing our best ...

Two women whose families were devastated by tragedies on the road are joining forces to promote a road safety charity that supported them. Summer Mace, of Gedney, who lost her mum, step-dad and sister in a collision involving a drug driver, and Amanda Cooper, whose 20-year-old daughter Amy was killed in a hit and run, have joined up with charity ...

A 42-year-old terminally ill man was able to get out in the sunshine in his last few days thanks to donations from the community. Stuart Smart died in St Barnabas Hospice in Lincoln on Monday, October 16.The dad of two, who also has an eight-month-old grandson, was diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours just last month.He first went to the doctor ...

The emergency services around Lincolnshire were under huge pressure over the weekend with hundreds of calls made in the wake of Storm Babet. The police dealt with 712 emergency 999 calls on Friday, compared to an average of around 400 at this time of year. “The storm led to emergency services declaring a major incident. This led to much demand ...

The Cross Keys Swing Bridge could be electrified at an estimated cost of £1.68m Operator Lincolnshire County Council says it will look at making the Sutton Bridge crossing run on electric motors, rather than overhaul the existing hydraulic systems.It had already allocated £480,000 to do that.But a meeting of the authority’s Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee is being asked to ...

Volunteers have helped raise over £1,000 for Spalding’s hospital. The Friends of Johnson Community Hospital held its annual Autumn Fayre at Pinchbeck Village Hall recently.The event was well attended and included help from a host of people.The Pinchbeck WI led by president Margaret Moyses provided teas, coffees and cakes.Spalding Lions put on various games while Coun Andrew Woolf, the chair ...

Anglian Water has paid Lincolnshire County Council more than £64,000 in fines between April and September and more than £200,000 for ‘missing’ applications says a county council report. The company has also reduced ‘overstay’ offences by 75 per cent but failed to apply for temporary traffic orders for 23 per cent of road closures.The report follows one in April which ...

A Spalding dentist is heading into local schools to teach children about the importance of healthy teeth. In 2021-2022, five-year-olds in the most deprived 20 per cent of areas of the country (35.1 per cent) were 2.5 times as likely to have experienced dental decay as those in the least deprived 20 per cent of areas (13.5 per cent).The team ...

Lincolnshire County Council faces significant challenges as it seeks to further reduce its carbon footprint, particularly in schools, a new report reveals. The authority’s Carbon Report for 2022-23, presented to the council’s Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday, shows that schools are the leading gas consumers, greenhouse gas emitters, and oil consumers in the county compared to any other ...

A driver of a cloned car who led police along a dangerous chase near Sutton Bridge has been given a suspended jail sentence. Josh Lake, 30, no fixed address, was spotted driving a silver X3 BMW which was on false plates shortly after midnight on Thursday July 2. The car was noticed at 00.10 am on the A17, officers requested ...

The top person overseeing South Holland District Council looks set to get a wage increase – though the authority has no say in it. Since the formation of the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, the district council has shared a chief executive officer with Boston Borough and East Lindsey District Council.Like all shared roles in the partnership, South Holland ...

The mum of a 20-year-old motorcyclist who died in a hit and run says she’s ‘relieved’ an appeal by the person who killed her daughter to shorten his jail sentence has been thrown out. Shane Kelk, 28, of no fixed abode, left Amy Cooper lying in the road on New River Gate, Holbeach St John’s on November 13 last year.Amy, ...

Delaying community investments will secure them for the town, Springfields has said after it applied to alter planning conditions for its expansion. When the Spalding shopping centre’s application for 18 new units on the site of the NFU building was passed in October 2020, a condition was imposed that work had to start by February 2024.Commencing the plans would also ...

The way South Holland is governed could change radically in the near future as devolution plays out across the county. A shift in power sharing between county and district is likely to be coming, and there will be differences in local government whatever the outcome, writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines.For South Holland, East Lindsey and Boston it could even ...

Five candidates have been announced for the seat of Spalding St Paul’s ward, including one standing as an independent after being over-looked for the Conservative role. Those standing on Thursday, November 9, for the district council seat vacated by the resignation of South Holland Independent’s Bailey Boulding are; Vanessa Browning (South Holland Independents), Aidan Forman for the Labour Party), Glynis ...

Eight new classrooms have been opened at Spalding Academy. Lincolnshire County Council spent more than £3 million for the new teaching block to be taken over by the business and geography departments.The school has increased the number of Year 7 students it takes in from 270 to 300.The building was officially opened by the Sir John Hayes MP and county ...

A Merseyside-based doctor who lied to bosses about being off sick pocketed almost £10,000 in pay she wasn’t entitled to. Dr Tracy Landu-Landu told officials at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust how between August and December 2020 she was unable to work due to illness. As a result she was given sick pay.At the same time, she ...

Residents of a Pinchbeck road say they’re not happy after their street was resurfaced. Those that live on Mountbatten Avenue were initially pleased work was being done but have criticised the patchy finish.One resident, who did not wish to be named, said: “It looks awful.“It appears shoddily done and there’s been parts coming off and sticking to road users.”Lincolnshire County ...