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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 ...

A group has taken over control of Sutton Bridge Parish Council.Sutton Bridge Deserves Better picked up nine of the 11 seats available after 24 candidates came forward.Only district councillors Michael Booth and Chris Brewis were non-members of the group voted on.Among those not elected were former chair Anne Scarlett and vice chair Rachael Goodwin while Olympian and coastguard Aaron Heading ...

It was a good night nationally for the Green Party but they are still waiting for their first seat on South Holland District Council. The closest they came was Amy Cook-Nykyforczuk who claimed 489 votes in the Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas ward.She said: “I cannot believe that I only lost my first election for The Green Party by 88 ...

Labour’s only candidate in the district ended up just 22 votes short of being its first councillor in South Holland for over two decades. Aidan Forman was fourth in a closely contested Spalding Wygate ward.“It was my first time standing in an election and I really enjoyed it and found it a great learning experience.“I have come away feeling proud ...

After 20 years as leader of South Holland District Council, Gary Porter was among several cabinet members ousted in a “terrible” night for the Conservatives. But it could have been worse had Margaret Geaney not got 35 votes more than South Holland Independent Simon Walsh in the Donington, Quadring and Gosberton ward. The rare gain ensured the Conservatives who were ...

Around 4am on Friday morning, while the count for the 2023 South Holland District Council was continuing, all of the Independent candidates went outside to raise a toast to the late Angela Newton. At that point they didn’t know they’d increase the number of candidates from 12 to 18, just one shy of the 19 needed to take full control. ...

Anglia Water says it’s ‘hopeful’ that the major road it’s closed will be open before this weekend’s Spalding Flower Parade as its organiser warned it will be a ‘disaster’ if not. On Tuesday the water company closed Wardentree Lane completely just past the roundabout junction with West Marsh Road.It’s just a few yards from one of the two allocated park ...

Ahead of her own big weekend, Flower Parade Ambassador Star Perry joined the Coronation fun at Ayscoughfee Gardens. She was with councillors Liz Sneath and Jan Whitbourn, who organised the contest for an Ambassador run by The Voice. Jan was also one of the Coronation Champions in a special seated area outside Buckingham Palace for the event.Meanwhile, the ‘King’ and ...