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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 ...

South Holland adults (aged 18-65) do the least physical activity in the East Midlands it’s been claimed. Lincolnshire County Council’s commissioning plan for an Integrated Lifestyle Support Service states that nearly a third (31.9 per cent) of adults are considered “inactive”. The national average is 22.2 per cent. The figures are taken from the Public Health Outcomes Framework. The idea ...

A man with links to Spalding is wanted by police for driving offences and a warrant has been made for his arrest. A warrant has been issued for Aleksanars Potapovs’ arrest in relation to driving while disqualified. If you know where he is, there are a number of ways you can contact the police: Email force.control@lincs.pnn.police.uk Call 101 Contact independent ...

A Spalding shop found to be selling illegal alcohol and cigarettes looks likely to lose its licence. The premises licence at the 7 Day Euro Shop, Westlode Street, has only been held by Ali Hussein Hassani since March. But Chief Constable Bill Skelly has requested a review after three visits by police which uncovered evidence of breaches. The application for ...

Roll with da Flava later this month as Peter Andre returns to Spalding later this month to switch on Springfields’ Christmas lights. The man who is famous for hits including Mysterious Girl, Insania and Flava, as well as appearances on reality television will be at the shopping outlet on Thursday, October 25. The event is free of charge and regularly ...

A drug dealer was brought to justice after he was spotted smoking cannabis  while driving, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Thurs). Ashley Woolley was driving in Spalding earlier this year when his behaviour attracted the attention of police. Michael Cranmer-Brown, prosecuting, said: “The defendant was the only occupant of the vehicle. It was apparent that he was smoking what the ...

Could you be a hero? For the first time in five years, Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue is looking outside of the service to fill vacancies for full time firefighters. The service is seeking to appoint a number of new trainees and applicants do not need to have previous experience to apply. “First and foremost, we are seeking people with the ...