A charity football match has helped a family towards netting their goal of raising enough money to buy a potentially life-changing cap. A group of footballers came together at Pinchbeck United’s Knight Street ground on Sunday to raise funds for five-month-old Mason Battley who has been diagnosed as in the worst one per cent in the country with brachycephaly, or ...
Read More »Cut on hand led to Spalding man’s death
A former football referee died after a small wound on his hand became infected, an inquest has heard. Andrew Pamby (53), of Finley Close, Spalding, passed away on March 6, 2016 at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston after attempts to save his life failed including amputation to a finger and subsequently his right hand. The inquest into his death at Boston ...
Read More »Barclays in Long Sutton to close
Long Sutton is losing its branch of Barclays Bank as “only 150” customers use it regularly. The announcement about the closure was made this week and means customers will have to travel to Spalding, Wisbech or King’s Lynn from August 10. A spokesman for the bank said there would be no redundancies as a result of the closure, with staff ...
Read More »Resident fears bypass is a done deal
A Spalding resident is calling for more information to be released on the potential route for the town’s planned western relief road. The proposals are due to go out to public consultation next year, but Kevin Davies says he fears it is already a “done deal”. “I find it strange that there has been little if no consultation yet, but ...
Read More »Life-long firefighter dream fulfilled
A Gedney Dyke man has achieved his life-long goal of becoming a firefighter. Jason Bennett-Wilson (33) graduated this month and will be on-call at Long Sutton fire station. Jason said he has wanted to be a firefighter his whole life and that the appeal is in helping people. Upon completing his training, Jason said the trials were even more intense ...
Read More »Urinated over on 30th anniversary
A Spalding couple say their 30th wedding anniversary celebrations were ruined after they were urinated on walking home from a night out in town. Neil and Dianne Bingham were walking on Stepping Stone Bridge over the railway between King’s Road and Park Road’ where they live at around 12.30am on Sunday, April 15 when the incident occurred. The couple say ...
Read More »LETTER: MP should lead on children’s ward
RE Children’s ward may be closed (The Voice April 26). Why are our local MPs not doing something about this? They are supposed to represent us and make sure local people get the services they need and indeed pay for. Time to step up Mr Hayes! Jane Francis Spalding
Read More »Having a ball for charities
A group of friends are looking to raise thousands for a special needs school and Diabetics UK this year. The collective, who are calling themselves the Snowflake Committee, have met through Weightwatchers and in the past two years have raised money for several charities. This year they’re helping charity Diabetics UK and also the Friends of Garth School (FOGS) who ...
Read More »Age puts strain on GP surgeries – survey says
A study of Lincolnshire GP surgeries has revealed that there are currently major strains on services right across the county. One South Lincolnshire surgery said in the National GP Survey: “We have a three-plus week wait for a routine GP appointment. Demand has outstripped our capacity. “All urgent appointments are dealt with on the day, but the standard GP ...
Read More »Jobs fair proves popular
Around 550 people visited the annual South Holland Jobs Fair on Tuesday, May 1. The popular event held at The Castle Sports Complex, is organised by South Holland District Council and the Department for Work and Pensions. “It was great to see so many people attending, and finding out more about the employment and training opportunities in our district,” said ...
Read More »Windmill crowd blown away
The first band to play the Moulton Windmill left audiences in a spin recently. Folk group Pennyless played to a sold out crowd at the windmill on Friday, April 20. The multi-instrumentalists who are legends of the south Lincolnshire folk scene played songs from their five albums to date, making a keen impression on the crowd. It was the group’s ...
Read More »Weekend PCSO presence grows in South Holland
Lincolnshire Police has made changes to the hours worked by its PCSOs that will see these officers work an extra 30,000 hours at weekends each year. A police spokesman said around 170,000 incidents are reported to the force each year and just under 30 per cent of these happen at weekends. Police said the extra weekend hours will help the ...
Read More »Fund to help learners from Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge
Young people from Long Sutton or Sutton Bridge who are starting higher education course in the next school year could be eligible for a special grant to help them financially. Anyone under 25 from those towns (or whose parents live there) and who is starting at university or college in the 2018/19 school year could be a recipient of the ...
Read More »Award for flower industry veteran
A local businessman is the latest winner of an annual award to recognise those who help the UK flower bulb industry bloom. John Taylor has been awarded the Carlo Naef Trophy by the Springfields Horticultural Society trophy for his life-time career achievements in South Lincolnshire. John is currently the commercial director with OA Taylor and Sons in Holbeach, a role ...
Read More »Fundraisers that are a roaring success leads to Pride nomination
John Steel, Elaine Mothers and the other members of Spalding Lions Club have been nominated for Pride of South Holland Award. The nominations for the 2018 award are flying in ahead of September’s big celebration at the South Holland Centre. The person who nominated the Lions, said: “I am nominating the Lions Club (Spalding) because they are great. “They were ...
Read More »Week of colour as flower festivals bloom
Flower festivals are a firm fixture of the first fortnight of May. Here are some of the events happening in South Holland. Holbeach Flower Festival at All Saints’ Church has five days of floral fun with Musicals theme. Look out for Audrey II! Events include a school concert at 6pm on Friday, May 4, Teddy Bears from the Tower at ...
Read More »Woman banned from making 999 calls
A woman who called 999 almost 100 times on Christmas Day has been told to pay £2,000. The woman, who had no medical need to contact the ambulance service, appeared at court earlier this month and has been banned from calling the emergency services for five years, with the exception of a genuine emergency. The caller rang EMAS 97 times ...
Read More »Bingo as hall gets cash boost
Whaplode Village Hall is £210 better off thanks to local bingo battlers. The hall hosts Phyllis Harris’s monthly quiz nights and a number of people attended the latest one held on Friday, April 20. Through their donations and amid the bingo action the patrons managed to raise the £210. Lee Morris from the hall was on hand to collect the ...
Read More »Suspended prison sentence for disqualified driver
A disqualified Gosberton Risegate driver who drove into a neighbour’s gate pillar has been given a suspended prison sentence. Darren John Goodwin (50) of Sheppersons Avenue, Gosberton Risegate, who was already on a suspended prison sentence, admitted failing to provide a breath specimen for analysis and for driving while disqualified in the incident outside his home on March 26. At ...
Read More »Help for Heroes fraudster from Quadring has assets confiscated
A bogus Help for Heroes collector who posed in military uniform claiming to be a serving soldier today (Monday, April 30) had his assets confiscated by a judge. David Santini (56) of North Drove, Quadring, claimed he was “just back from Afghanistan” when challenged while collecting from unsuspecting peple at Newark Antiques Fair. But he was revealed to ...
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