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New Spalding pub The Tulip Queen set for autumn date

The doors are nearly ready to open at Spalding’s newest pub. The Tulip Queen is on course to open next month and has created 60 jobs for South Holland. “We believe that The Tulip Queen will be an excellent opportunity for people to learn new skills and gain experience. The Tulip Queen will offer a great community feel,” said manager ...

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Spalding firm’s mountainous effort for charity

Staff at Spalding based recruitment agency Encore Personnel have gone above and beyond, raising a whopping £9,000 for its three charities, by climbing the highest mountain in the UK, Ben Nevis. A 17-strong team spent seven hours taking on the 1,345m climb last Saturday (August 11). Employees of all ages took part, including Melissa Packwood (19) and the oldest Chris ...

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Petition to keep Spalding surgery open

A petition to keep Pennygate Surgery open has been launched ahead of Monday’s public meeting on its future (August 20). Last week The Voice reported that Dr Azmenna Nathu, who runs the surgery and owns the building, is to retire and the surgery will close September 7. It follows two poor Care Quality Commission (CQC) reports. Now Coun Angela Newton ...

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New NHS dentist set for Spalding

A new NHS dentist is set to move into the former offices of the Spalding Voice. An application has been submitted to South Holland District Council by JDSP Dental for units 1 and 2, 14-16 Winsover Road. The applicant has been awarded a contract by NHS England Central Midlands to deliver NHS dental services. The contract includes a commitment to ...

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Community Speed Watch gets first green flag

The first community speed watch volunteers are set to take to the streets. Villages and towns are a step closer to having their roads monitored by safety conscious volunteers thanks to the first Community Speed Watch Training Day. The event, held at the Castle Sports Complex, got the first batch of volunteers up to speed with equipment and protocol. Community ...

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Holbeach roadworks at A17 and A151 start next week

Roadworks around the A17/A151 junction near Holbeach are to begin on Monday (August 20). The scheduled works are set to be carried out mostly over night and will centre around Peppermint Junction. They are due to take place over two weeks subject to suitable weather. The works will be carried out from 7pm to 6am, Monday to Friday, with the ...

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Grateful Long Sutton couple give back to hospital

The wife of a man whose life was saved at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2000 began fundraising for the Critical Care Unit soon afterwards. On Friday (August 10), Maud Gillen presented the unit with a cheque for £1,000 to show their appreciation to the unit. Mrs Gillen was braced to lose husband Joe (now 86) when he spent three ...

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Community helps Spalding charity hit by theft

The community has rallied round to raise hundreds of pounds after a charity’s shop and cafe was targeted twice by thieves on the eve of a special celebration. The St Barnabas Hospice store is this week celebrating a year since moving from New Street, but a dampener was put on the celebrations when thieves broke into the shop overnight after ...

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Lift for Holbeach Weight Training Club as it celebrates 50 years

A club pulled together recently to celebrate its half century. Holbeach Weight Training Club recently held a fun day and display at its current Alison Avenue base. The club has more than 200 members with more on the waiting list to join. Past members include Holbeach shot putt legend Geoff Capes who regularly used to train with the club. It ...

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Police ready to go for Galileo

Three new Ford Rangers have been added to Lincs Rural Crime’s armoury as they set to tackle hare coursers again over the next few months. With the hare coursing season about to begin again, Lincolnshire Police’s Operation Galileo has been relaunched for 2018-19. Last year saw the number of related incidents fall 30 per cent from 1.965 in 2016/17 to ...

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GALLERY: Spalding’s Salute to war years at 1940s weekend

Ration books, uniforms and classic cars all helped transport visitors back to the 1940s when the war years were revisited in Spalding at the weekend. Around 8,000 people took part in the special weekend which was organised by South Holland District Council. The two-day event concluded with a VJ Day remembrance parade which marked the day fighting in the far ...

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Pensioner (89) speaks out after fraudsters posing as police officers steal £8k life savings

An 89-year-old Spalding man, who was tricked out of £8,000 of life savings, has spoken out in the hope others won’t fall victim to fraudsters posing as police officers. In an elaborate plot Roy Clark believed he was working undercover for the police in an investigation into bank workers when he withdrew the money. The fraudsters even led the retired ...

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Teeing off in memory of fellow patron

Regulars at the Drayman’s Arms in Spalding held a charity golf day at Gedney Hill Golf Course in memory of a good friend and pub regular. A total of 22 friends of Paul Inkley (known as Inky) played in the event in memory of the man who sadly passed away last year. He was the inspiration for the raising of ...

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Warning after reports of thieves impersonating police in South Holland

Thieves posing as police officers are targeting the elderly and vulnerable in South Holland. Lincolnshire Police has received reports of the incidents in and around Spalding over the last 24 hours. The force is urging the public to be vigilant. Inspector Gareth Boxall, said: “Yesterday we received another report of a Police Impersonation Fraud in South Holland. This is the ...

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Appeal launched to help charity shop hit by thieves

After a charity was targeted by thieves earlier this week, a kind-hearted lady has set up an appeal to help recover the lost money. Emma Wilson decided to set up a Just Giving page so people could donate to St Barnabas Hospice after its shop and cafe was robbed overnight on Monday. Thieves stole two safes containing £800 worth of ...

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Fire crews deal with more combine harvesters on fire

Two more fires involving combine harvesters were reported in South Holland last night, Wednesday. Reader Dave Gray caught dramatic pictures of one on fire just outside Crowland which also destroyed 200 square metres of straw stubble. It was reported around 7.45pm and extinguished by crews from Crowland and Spalding using two hose reels, a main jet and beaters. A spokesman ...

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Police appeal after child injured in hit-and-run collision

A child has been injured in a collision in Spalding and the driver left the scene without stopping. Lincolnshire Police are appealing for any witnesses to a RTC involving a dark red 5-door saloon car near the A16 at Clay Lake, at approximately 5.50pm yesterday (August 8). Police said: “The vehicle has caused injury to a child and left the ...

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Troubled Spalding surgery will close doors to patients

A troubled Spalding GP surgery is set to close with more than 3,000 patients being moved to a temporary service being set up at the Johnson Hospital. But some are worried that they can’t afford taxis to get there and MP John Hayes has called an urgent meeting. Pennygate Surgery was the subject of a damning Care Quality Commission (CQC) ...

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Scout’s campsite makeover

A long neglected Spalding campsite is getting a new lease of life thanks to the efforts of the South Holland Scout Association. On Saturday, August 4, Scout Association members and friends and family started a big clean-up at Pecks Drove Campsite. The campsite is used by around 350 Scout Association members in South Holland and the group hopes its use ...

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Football ground plan for village

Plans have been submitted to turn fields in Pinchbeck into a new football ground and sports field. Pinchbeck United Junior Football Club (PUJFC) has submitted an application for the change of use of fields in Northgate from agricultural land to football pitches. A feasibility study – which lists the nine sites PUJFC considered – states that the club plans for ...

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