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Proposals to restrict car parking around Pinchbeck Primary School look set to be passed, despite local objections. Pinchbeck East C of E Primary School contacted Lincolnshire County asking for measures to be introduced.The authority is proposing waiting restrictions, a bus stand and bus stop clearway at Knight Street, plus waiting restrictions on Forge Crescent, Fennell Road and Westfield Drive.The bus ...

A property developer building in Fleet Hargate has denied claims it’s not abiding by planning rules after concerns were raised. Resident Peter Coupland says he’s had people in the village complaining about the state of Old Main Road due to construction of nine homes by Belmont Contractors Ltd.He’s complained to South Holland District Council about it being covered in mud ...

A lorry fire is causing traffic issues in and around the A17 near Fleet Hargate. The incident was reported at 9am and fire crews are currently on the scene. The road is currently closed with local villages also reporting high volumes of traffic due to vehicles being diverted through.

A mum is embarking on a new career as an adult nurse after taking her GCSE England at the Spalding campus of Boston College. Magnolia Pallister, said she was incredibly happy to have achieved a grade 5 in GCSE English. “After having a baby and being made redundant from banking, I decided the time was right for a career change,” ...

Students and staff at Cowley Academy in Donington are celebrating an ‘improved and positive’ set of examination results. The school is particularly pleased with the results for the core subjects of Maths, English and Science, where students have performed positively. Other highlights include students achieving very good grades in BTEC Performing Arts, GCSE History and both the GCSE and BTEC ...

Spalding High School students earned over 1,500 qualifications in what was branded ‘phenomenal’ GCSE results. There were 45 per cent of students who were graded seven to nine; the very highest grades possible. That’s in comparison with the national Grade 7-9 attainment rate of 21.6 per cent and regional rate of 18.5 per cent at Grades 7-9. Students who achieved ...

Spalding Academy has had ‘record breaking’ results, the trust that oversee it says. The South Lincolnshire Academies Trust says the school has improved on pre-pandemic results. A trust spokesman said: “Students and staff at Spalding Academy are celebrating another set of exceptional examination results, having achieved their highest set of GCSE and vocational results this year. “Exam outcomes have indicated ...

A public meeting to discuss a potential Business Improvement District (BID) for Spalding and other options will take place next month. It follows the creation of a Spalding Business Board involving representatives from 18 different town businesses. A draft model for a BID is to be discussed in a meeting at the South Holland Centre on Wednesday September 20 from ...

The number of women in Lincolnshire still smoking when they have babies is way above the national average. The county fares badly when it comes to smoking cessation and South Holland has the highest number of smokers in the county.Figures from Lincolnshire’s Integrated Care Board (ICB)show almost 20 per cent of adults in the district smoke.South Holland has 19.4 per ...

Landmark business premises in Spalding town centre are on the market for more than £1 million. The former Hills, latterly Coney’s, department store in the centre of town has an asking price of £750,000.With almost 15,000sq ft of space and a first floor restaurant, it’s one of the biggest buildings on offer.Hills was owned by the Turner family for 60 ...

Two new initiatives to boost the High Street are set to launch, including a long mooted business led one in Spalding. But a different one called Still On The High Street targeting independent businesses across South Holland is also launching with the woman behind it, Carys Dayne, saying the area’s ‘waited long enough’ for a Business Improvement District (BID) or ...

South Holland Markets’ inaugural Market Trader of the Year award has been announced. Julie Newman, who is on Spalding Market with the Sizzling Grill, came out top in a public poll to take the title.It was held as part of this years ‘Love Your Local Market’ campaign.She receives eight free markets for winning this year’s awardJulie, who has been on ...

A councillor has been publicly kicked-off a committee after the Holbeach Car and Bike Show went ahead, amid more parish council in-fighting. This year’s event took place on Sunday, July 22 at the Lawns Caravan and Camping site in Fleet.It was supposed to be at Holbeach Primary School and run by the parish council, but due to a wet weather ...

Five community groups in South Holland have been given extra funding for new projects. The Donington Ideas Group plans to improve Flinders Park ahead of its namesake’s return next year. The organisation is set to receive funding as part of the latest round of grants for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).Fleet Parish Council say its looking to use the ...

Campaigners bidding to stop the closure of the ticket office at Spalding Station are encouraging people to sign a petition against it as the consultation deadline looms. A number of people including Jan Whitbourn and MP Sir John Hayes have backed the campaign.District councillor Whitbourn has been directing people to a national petition which, if it gets 100,000 signatories, will ...

Opposition councillors at Lincolnshire County Council have promised to closely monitor a renewed £17m contract with Serco after a mixed history with the authority. The contract includes all aspects of the council’s customer services, including for highways, education, transport, libraries, heritage, adult and children’s services and road safety, writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines.It will also support the council in ...

Lincolnshire County Council is actively seeking new foster carers as the national demand for these roles surges. Recent national reports have spotlighted a significant shortage of foster carers. The urgency for a “rocket boost” in fostering, to address the nationwide carer deficit, has been emphasised by national media, writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines.Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner ...

A man who allowed a Holbeach farm to be used for growing cannabis has been ordered to hand over £6,500 in assets by a judge. Daniel Magner, 34, was given a suspended jail sentence in February this year after police found over 240 cannabis plants worth up to £200,000 during a raid on Millbank Farm. Following the sentence hearing a ...

There were 92 per cent of students who earned at least one A* to C grade at University Academy Holbeach. The school has also hailed that all students that wanted to go to University have been able to do so.A spokesman for the school said: “University Academy Holbeach would like to congratulate all our learners on their results for A-Level, ...

Spalding Grammar School has hailed it successes among some of the toughest conditions to sit A Levels. A spokesman for the Grammar School said: “For a cohort that didn’t experience GCSE examinations and also weren’t given the additional preparation help for A Levels that last year’s cohort were given, there have been a great many pleasing performances by students this ...