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The family of a Spalding man who died in an industrial incident last week have paid tribute to him. Neil Moon (49) was one of two men who died in the incident in Attleborough, Norfolk, on Thursday, October 4. National media has reported that police are investigating a potential refrigeration gas leak close to where the bodies were found. Mr ...

A Long Sutton man seen reversing down a one-way street in Spalding was found to have been under the influence of drugs, a court has heard. Matthew Cousins, 21 of John Swains Way, Long Sutton admitted driving whilst under the influence of benzoylecgonine and cocaine when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said police saw Cousins reversing ...

A generous anonymous donor has stepped forward after a hospital run by the community hit unexpected costs in its new £660,000 expansion. Holbeach Hospital has unveiled its recent expansion nearly 30 years after volunteers saved it from closure. It is still community run thanks largely to donations, and opened a new wing with eight much-needed bedrooms to ease the waiting ...

A man in his 80s has died more than a week after being hit by a car in Long Sutton. Lincolnshire Police have launched an appeal for witnesses to the incident, in which a man and a woman in their 80s were struck by a car on the morning of Friday, September 28. The collision took place near the junction of ...

A car burst into flames on a busy road in Spalding last week. Spalding Fire Crew were called to the incident right outside The Royal Mail Cart on Pinchbeck Road at around 10.50am on Thursday, October 4. It’s believed the fire was started due to a fault in the engine. The driver of the vehicle escaped unscathed. A spokesperson for ...

Spalding Registration Office is to move to a new location in the town – but its unclear where. Couples requesting to be married at the Bath Lane offices later next year are being told they can’t because staff don’t know where the offices will be. Lincolnshire County Council has confirmed it is looking at options to relocate the registration offices, ...

Volunteers will ensure Holbeach’s Remembrance Sunday parade will take place as usual this year, but organisers the Royal British Legion (RBL) are after more help. Following the change of procedure that came into force last year, police are no longer able to enforce road closures for the parade. Several branch members have undergone official training in how to put barriers ...

A delegation of high-ranking Chinese officials is due in the county later this month. The party will be signing a document for Lincolnshire and the Hunan Province to become “sister regions”. Mr Kemin Wang, deputy director of Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial People’s Congress will lead the group. He is the highest ranking official from Hunan to visit the county ...

Allotment holders have changed premises to make way for a development in Crowland. Up to 45 homes are planned for the site on James Road with the project well under way. The scheme has been called the Abbey Farm Development and the land is owned by the parish council. Developers Seagate Homes are working with the council to develop nearly ...

Five innovative new groups including a reminiscing film club and a get together for adults with autism are to be launched by charity Tonic Health after receiving a share of a £300,000 NHS cash pot. Sessions to support the likes of those with autism, mental health issues, dementia and the carers of people in need themselves are among those being ...

A councillor has spoken out after he was one of large number of South Holland residents recently targeted by fraudsters threatening court action over unpaid tax. South Holland District Councillor Pete Williams was phoned last week and told he was due in court that day ) owing nearly £5,000 in unpaid taxes dating from 2014 to 2017. The person claiming ...

Drone technology has been used by Lincolnshire police 277 times during the first year of operation. Deploying the force’s two drones has also saved the force thousands of pounds as it costs £2,800 an hour for the helicopter to be utilised. The first drone went live in September 2017 and a second was added to the force in November. Each ...

Grandparents were invited into a Crowland primary school last week for a special breakfast. To celebrate National Grandparents Day, South View Community Primary School invited the children to bring in their slightly older relatives for a scrumptious early meal on Thurday and Friday, October 4 and 5. Headteacher Mrs Joanne Tomlins said: “We have so many dedicated grandparents who not ...

Spalding’s popular Pumpkin Festival is back for its 17th year tomorrow (Friday, October 12). Crafts, carving, fireworks, fancy dress, a parade and plenty of pumpkins will take centre-stage as the horticulture and harvest in South Holland is celebrated. The festival will run from 11am to 8pm in Spalding town centre and has an array of thing to see and do ...

Lorraine Swepson and Veronica Pryke were the big winners in Spalding Arts and Craft Society’s River Welland Painting Competition. An exhibition of all the entries has taken place at Spalding Library over recent weeks and the public was asked to vote for their favourite image of the town’s river as created by the artists. Lorraine’s work entitled Twilight Over the ...

Hospitals in Lincolnshire are taking part in Baby Loss Awareness Week to support parents and families. Volunteers have knitted or crocheted distinctive butterflies which are being used to remember a stillbirth, miscarriage or baby who died shortly after birth. Everyone who visits a hospital this week, until Monday, October 15, will be encouraged to take a butterfly from the chapel ...

Staff have been recruited by a new academy which was to open in September, but has been delayed. The Springwell Academy Trust was aiming to open a centre in Spalding for pupils excluded from elsewhere. The former post-16 centre at Matmore Gate is being converted to accommodate the students. But delays by the Department of Education mean students are being ...

South Holland is set to have more than 2,500 people living with dementia in the next 16 years. Lincolnshire County Council is working on a draft strategy for dementia and the report reveals the statistics. “Dementia profiles for Lincolnshire evidence that a number of risk factors are worse than at both national and regional levels,” the report says. Estimates put ...

Users of Spalding Station who have mobility issues will be able to reach its second platform for the first time in four years after plans for new lifts were passed. Currently a footbridge built in 1848 reached by steps is the only way to access platform two of the Grade II listed building. A previous ‘barrow’ crossing over the tracks ...

John Sharp was on point to land first place in the competitive class of Spalding Young Farmer’s annual tractor working day. As ever, Sunday’s event proved a huge success with 32 tractors in attendance at Red Cow Drove in Fosdyke. Nine people took part in the competitive class with Sharp taking the victory from second placed Russell Nicol and Michael ...