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We asked our readers to send us their pictures of Saturday’s return of the Spalding Flower Parade. And it certainly looks like you all had a brilliant time. See a five-page picture special on this year’s parade in this week’s paper which is here. Part one of our gallery is here. Part two is here. Part three comprising reader pictures ...

The return of the Spalding Flower Parade on Saturday was a huge success enjoyed by everyone from toddlers to centurions. An estimated 200,000 saw floats as varied as Pinchbeck WI to events company Arc’s party and marching Star Wars Storm Troopers take to the streets.Others included the 103-year-old Ena Maddison in Aphoenix Care’s bus while the 1953 Flower Queen Jean ...

An estimated 200,000 people were in Spalding on Saturday as the Flower Parade returned after a ten-year absence. And the man behind it has already started the fundraising for it to return on May 11, 2024.“I think it was a decent show,” deadpans Steve Timewell, while he is busy unpinning flowers with his army of volunteers days after the event.“My ...

A Spalding woman who suffered devastating injuries in a crash caused by a driver’s careless action has emotionally spoken of the impact on her life. Demi Blackbourn (27) is now partially blind and her health has seriously struggled since the crash last December.Her parents, Clive and Kay, were warned that she might not survive her injuries.Incredibly, it was the second ...

A Pinchbeck woman has been presented with an award for her work as a volunteer conservation lead and training co-ordinator. Mary Evans was given the inaugural Marsh Award from the Institute of Conservation and the Marsh Charitable Trust for her work with the Gentleman’s Society.Her volunteer role is very different from that of her paid position as the conservation assistant ...

A Holbeach residential home has been put in special measures after failing an inspection. The Nutten Stoven Residential Home was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and risks losing its registration.“This inspection was carried out to follow up an action we told the provider to take at the last inspection,” the report says.“The overall rating for this service ...

After a campaign by senior politicians, South Holland District Council is to be given nearly £300,000 to cover drainage costs. It’s one of 15 local authorities announced to be sharing £3m of funding the government has allocated.That South Holland District Council has to pay so much of its share of the council tax it collects to drainage boards locally has ...

A 29-year-old Spalding man charged with raping a woman has today (Wednesday) appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. Daivaras Sarkauskis is accused of the offence at an address in the town on July 31 last year. He appeared before Boston Magistrates’ Court earlier this year and his case was sent to Lincoln Crown Court. Sarkauskis, of Spring Gardens, Spalding, appeared before ...

Road improvements lasting a year and costing £10m are planned for the A16 in Spalding later this year. Both the Springfields and Greencell roundabouts on the Boston-side of the town are due to have additional lanes.Springfields roundabout is first on the list with work due to start this autumn.“The aim of the two projects is to make each roundabout bigger, ...

The A16 at Cowbit was blocked yesterday (Sunday) following a two-vehicle collision. Nobody was seriously injured in the incident that occurred shortly after 3pm. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “We were called to reports of a two-vehicle collision on the southbound carriageway of the A16 at Cowbit at 3.10pm on May 14. “An off duty officer was passing and ...

Wow – What an incredible event the return of the Spalding Flower Parade was. Have you ever seen so many smiles in Spalding town centre before? Here’s our first gallery of pictures from an amazing day on Saturday. There’ll be plenty more to come over the next few days and in this week’s Spalding Voice available from Wednesday in stockists ...

Former long-time Spalding United chairman Chris Toynton has begun a four-and-a-half year prison sentence for his part in running a £3.9million ‘get rich quick’ scheme. He encouraged lots of people he knew well to invest in theLottery Syndicate Club, which ran in the Spalding area between 2017 and 2019. In all, 184 people made a total loss of £2,397,002, Lincoln Crown Court heard during a seven-week trial. Many others of ...

Coun Nick Worth is set to be the new leader of South Holland District Council. He’s been elected for the position by members of the Conservative group who maintained control of the authority by winning 19 seats to the 18 taken by Independent candidates in last week’s election. One of the councillors they lost though was the previous leader Lord ...

Anglian Water say Wardentree Lane will be open in time for tomorrow’s (Saturday) Spalding Flower Parade. The route, close to one of the two park and ride schemes for the event, has been closed since Tuesday. A spokesman for Anglian Water told The Voice a team would be on site later today to finish the work, but the road will ...

A Spalding man who was the victim of a maliciously false tip-off turned to shoplifting when his benefits were stopped, a court was told. Andrew Bullivant, 32, appeared before Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to plead guilty to theft from Tesco in Holbeach and Lidl’s Winsover Road branch in Spalding. On March 17 he twice went into Tesco to steal ...

A large meat cleaver was found in the driver’s door pocket of a van stopped in Whaplode. But the only occupant could not give police much of a reason why it was there, Boston Magistrates’Court heard on Wednesday.Vladas Bisturys was given a suspended sentence after admitting having a bladed article in public.He had been pulled over in High Road at ...

An uninsured and unsupervised learner driver was caught at three times the alcohol limit. Police spotted a Peugeot come to a stop about one metre over the line at the junction of Park Road and Winsover Road, magistrates in Boston were told on Wednesday.Driver and sole occupant Mihai Brehuescu, 33, was pulled over at about 7.20pm on April 23.“He smelt ...

The future of a three-council alliance may come under the spotlight following last week’s elections. The newly-elected Independents at Boston Borough Council are hoping to revitalise the town centre and festive events as they rethink the former administration’s policies, writes local democracy reporter Daniel Jaines.With Boston’s leaders gone, along with South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter, some have already ...

The cost of living crisis is having an adverse effect on Lincolnshire residents’ mental health, particularly those with long-term health issues and their carers, a charity has said. Healthwatch Lincolnshire said a recent survey carried out saw 81 per cent of residents surveyed in the county agreed that the rising cost of living is causing them to worry or feel ...

Morrisons has said it will deal with issues raised by a pressure group in its Pinchbeck slaughterhouse. The Animal Justice Project had an ‘undercover investigator’ working at the Brunel Road business Woodhead Brothers off Enterprise Way.It’s uploaded videos of what it says is cruelty to pigs that goes against guidelines in the premises now part of Morrisons.A spokesman for the ...