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Communication call amid rail fair rise row

There have been calls for 2018 to be the “year of communication” between train companies in light of above inflation ticket price rises as passengers head back to work knowing they face being hit in the pocket. But the chairman of the Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum, George Scott, said the situation would be improved if Network Rail, which owns ...

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The latest round-up of your Festive Pets

Here are the latest entries for this year’s Festive Pets competition. Sponsored by Rooke’s Pet Products, the winner will be the pet that judges think shows the most Christmas spirit. The winner will receive a £100 voucher to spend at Rooke’s Pet Products in Spalding. The competition is now closed but it has been so popular this year that we ...

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Chippy serves up Christmas treats

Kind-hearted staff at a Spalding eatery proved they were a chip off the old block this Christmas by providing a special feast for those who might not otherwise have had one. Westlode Fisheries in Westlode Street opened Christmas Day to serve free fish and chips to the homeless. Staff also delivered meals to several pensioners they knew of who were ...

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Appeal after driver hits Fleet runner and leaves her in the road

A South Holland runner was left on the floor when a driver failed to stop after hitting her. Luckily Lily Moore (24), of Fleet, escaped with only minor injuries including bruising in the incident on Hocklesgate, Fleet Hargate, in the evening of Monday, December 18. But she is appealing for information to try and find the motorist as she’s worried ...

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Thunderclap fires council’s anti-smoke drive

An online “thunderclap” is set to be unleashed on computers across the area in a bid to highlight the dangers of second hand smoke. South Holland District Council is urging anyone with a Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr account to take part in the online event which will take place at 12pm on Monday, January 8. Those who have signed up ...

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Spalding family’s Ugandan epiphany

When a Spalding family went on holiday to Uganda nearly a decade ago, they never knew it would inspire years of charity work. Eldest daughter Emily Braybrook (26) was a teenager at the time. She’s now spent two and a half years living in Uganda helping out in a host of roles including with the charity Chilli Children of which ...

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Car drives through gates in West Pinchbeck police chase

A car used by suspected hare coursers was driven through three sets of metal gates near West Pinchbeck as it looked to escape the police on Wednesday, December 27. The Honda CR-V was eventually found abandoned near to Willow Tree Fen Nature Reserve. The offenders had left a lurcher behind which is being looked after in kennels while the dog’s ...

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Equipment stolen in Holbeach

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for more information after DIY equipment and a cement mixer were stolen from a shed and garage in Holbeach. The items were taken from a property in Oakwood Glade at some point between 18 and 21 December. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “We are appealing for information after a shed and garage was broken into ...

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Park Road in Spalding to close today

Park Road in Spalding is to be closed today (Thursday, December 28) for one day only as gas suppliers Cadent complete recent works. The road was closed at its Pinchbeck Road junction from Monday, December 18 to Friday, December 22 as workers fixed a gas leak. The fix was complete by that Friday and the road reopened, but resurfacing work ...

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Serious assault in Spalding

Two men have been arrested following a serious altercation in Spalding. The incident took place in the early hours of yesterday, Boxing Day morning (December 26) in Juniper Crescent. Forensics attended the properties yesterday as investigations into the assault continued. A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: “We were called by Ambulance officers to a house in Juniper Crescent in Spalding ...

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Man and woman found dead in Holbeach property – updated

Police are still on the scene this morning after two bodies were found in a property in Holbeach yesterday afternoon. The bodies were found around 12pm on Thursday, December 21, in a home in Willder’s Garth. Police this morning confirmed a man and a woman were found and the deaths are still “unexplained”. Neighbours said police cars, a first response ...

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Hundreds of toys donated after best-ever campaign

This year’s Give A Gift Appeal has been the best yet – and that’s thanks to the generosity of Voice readers. Hundreds of donated gifts are now on their way to families in and around Spalding whose children may otherwise have had nothing to unwrap on Christmas Day. Harry Drury, director of We’ll Let Your House, which runs the campaign ...

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Winsover Road in Spalding re-opens

Winsover Road in Spalding has re-opened to traffic after being closed for emergency repairs by Anglian Water. Following a leaking main reported on Monday the road has been closed since Tuesday causing traffic chaos throughout the town. The traffic issues were exacerbated by gas repair works being carried out by Cadent on Park Road and Pinchbeck Road. At the time ...

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Anger after ‘lenient’ exposure sentence

The family of a 14-year-old girl who was left distressed after an exposure by a Spalding man has criticised his sentence after he escaped jail. At Lincoln Crown Court on Friday, December 8, Paul Raymond Stubbs, of Beech Avenue, pleaded guilty to the charge of indecent exposure on May 31 earlier this year on Church Street, Spalding, and of separate ...

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Crowland’s grand reception for Santa

Over £1,000 has been raised for charity after Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue took Santa on a tour of Crowland. Crew members from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue were joined by their family and friends and Fireman Sam as Father Christmas took time out from preparing for December 25 to visit the town last week. Generous residents stood up to the plate ...

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Air Cadets land at fire station

Holbeach Air Cadets dropped in to see a local fire crew last week for a behind the scenes tour. On Friday, 15 December 14 cadets from the 2430 (Holbeach) Squadron of the RAF Air Cadets visited Holbeach Fire Station. The cadets were given an outline of how Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue service operates and instruction of what actions to take ...

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Charity boxes stolen in Pinchbeck chip shop break-in

A Pinchbeck businessman whose chip shop was broken into last week is “disgusted and disheartened” after discovering charity boxes had been taken. Ian Donger, who has run Pinchbeck Friar for 15 years, said he turned up for work at 9am on Friday morning to discover the shop had been broken into overnight. He said two charity collection boxes had been ...

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Santa’s last stop at closing shop

Santa will make his last call to Limmings in Holbeach this year as the shop sees its final Christmas amid the new trend for “customer-present businesses”. On Saturday (December 23), Santa will take his place in the Limmings grotto for he last time between 10am and 4pm. Santa has stopped by the shop every Christmas for more than a decade ...

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Purr-fect response to Christmas cat appeal

There will be a lot of happy cats this Christmas thanks to kind members of the public who brought cat food and other items to The Voice office for the Spalding Cats Protection appeal. Cats Protection Volunteer Hannah Atkins collected the donated items, which included tins and bags of food, toys, litter trays, stockings of cat gifts and cat litter. ...

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‘Robust’ words upset students

A teenager has criticised the “intolerant rant” a police officer used when addressing students at a Spalding school. Two officers spoke to a school assembly about anti-social behaviour issues in the town centre. “One officer was polite, engaging and informative. “The second officer seemed to believe that all of us were guilty and commenced an intolerant rant, threatening us with ...

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