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GP practices in Lincolnshire are to open longer, including on Saturdays, it’s been announced. The NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board has announced it will be providing access to NHS GP surgeries from 6.30pm to 8pm weekdays and 9am to 5pm on Saturday, on top of current opening hours. The appointments are be booked through a patient’s usual GP surgery, though ...

A 20-year-old female motorcyclist has died following a collision near Holbeach St John last night (Saturday, November 13). Lincolnshire Police said this morning she died following the incident on the B1168 New River Gate at around 5pm. The motorcycle she was riding was involved with a grey BMW with police having already appealed for the driver of the car to ...

A woman in her 20s has been left in a critical condition following a road traffic collision in Holbeach. The woman was riding a motorcycle on New River Gate around 5pm yesterday (Sunday, November 13) when it was in collision with a grey BMW. Lincolnshire Police have also appealed for another person who may have been injured in the incident ...

A man who put his hands around his partner’s throat for a few seconds was today (Friday) given a chance to avoid jail. Liam Crane, 19, had denied a charge of intentional strangulation but pleaded guilty to an offence of battery relating to the incident on June 14 this year. Crane also admitted offences of criminal damage and racially aggravated harassment on ...

A Lincolnshire domestic abuse charity has launched a new campaign ahead of the forthcoming men’s football World Cup. End Domestic Abuse in Lincolnshire (EDAN) has teamed up with the Lady Imps Supporters Association at Lincoln City Football Club to raise awareness. They’ve also announced a ’16 Days of Action’ campaign from November 25 to December 10. “Data has shown particularly, ...

Two men have each been fined £500 for their part in a brawl in a Spalding pub. Niall Burton and Luke Preston were two of six people charged over the two-stage fight at ThePunchbowl in New Road. Boston Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday that the disturbance “terrified” the landlady wholocked the doors afterwards. It happened at about 4.30pm on Sunday, ...

An argument over an air fryer led to a son throwing one at his 70-year-old dad before he bit a police officer on the leg. Edward Davis (31) was living with his father at Station Approach at the time of the incident triggered after he forgot to put food in the fryer while drunk on October 22. Now in temporary ...

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of suspected hare coursing offences following a report in the Spalding area. Police received a report of hare coursers in Eastern Road at 12.02pm on Wednesday November 9. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “Our officers attended but the vehicle had left the scene. Following a short pursuit, the vehicle was stopped, and ...

A man has been arrested after reports of people being sprayed with an unknown substance in Hall Place, Spalding this lunch time (November 10). Lincolnshire Police say no-one has been injured and there’s no danger to the public. Job and Talent employment agency has been cornered off by emergency services. A statement released on social media, said: “Officers are dealing ...

A road traffic collision caused problems at the A16s junction with Wardentree at Pinchbeck this lunch time (November 10). Emergency services including a LIVES responder were reported to be at the scene. Traffic was very slow in the area, particularly southbound just north of the junction due to debris being in the road. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “We were ...

Holbeach’s Water Recycling Centre (WRC) is set for a £4m upgrade to improve river water quality. Anglian Water says it is installing new equipment which will remove phosphorous from wastewater.  Work will begin on site this month and is expected to finish by May 2023. An Anglian Water spokesman said: “As the upgrades are taking place on site at the ...

It’s the time of year when we ask our readers to dig deep and help make Christmas very special for local children who may otherwise miss out. The Spalding Voice has once again teamed up with Coun Harry Drury to launch our annual Give a Gift Campaign and we are hoping to receive toys galore as we have in previous ...

South Holland District Council is set to sign-up to a scheme as a ‘community leader’ in sustainability. The council is about to become party to a Sustainable Products Policy which outlines the huge environmental cost of single-use items – including plastic bags. “Single use plastics are one of the biggest contributors to this environmental problem. They include items such as ...

A plan to drop around half a million poppies from planes is set for take off in Holbeach this weekend despite the organiser having thought he’d been told it couldn’t. Harold Payne has organised for Holbeach St Johns Flying Club to fly from Fenland Airfield and pass over the Anglia Motel he owns at 1.30pm this Remembrance Sunday (November 13) ...

More than 85 per cent of people living in South Holland were born in the UK, according to the latest figures released following last year’s Census. The Office for National Statistics has published the latest round of information collected via the 2021 Census. The figures show 12.1 per cent of people in the district were born in other European countries. ...

Plans for new homes and industrial units have been submitted for a Long Sutton site. An outline planning application has been submitted by Colin Parker Masonry for nine homes on one side of the Bridge Road site. The other half of the plot will be for light industrial use with an additional eight small units to be let alongside the ...

Two candidates have come forward to stand for election to replace the district council role left by the death of Angela Newton. The South Holland District Council election is set to take place on Thursday, December, 8. Steve Timewell (pictured far right), the organiser of next year’s Spalding Flower Parade, and Suresh Chauhan (Sam) have both stepped forward as potential ...

A suicidal Spalding man owes his life to four local police officers who bought him back from the dead. The officers arrived at the address where he had hanged himself within five minutes of the last report of him being seen. They cut him down and immediately began administering CPR, resuscitation, which, with the later help of a defibrillator, brought ...

Staff at Holbeach Hospital have been recognised for the end of life care they provide. Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust has achieved Gold Standards Framework Platinum status. It’s part of The National Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Centre in End of Life Care which aims to improve standards of care for all people nearing the end of life. Maxine Winch, ...

Making Ayscoughfee Hall a ‘cultural centre’ as part of government grant of nearly £2 million, will secure the building’s future, a councillor has said. The South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, of which South Holland District Council is one third, has been awarded National Portfolio Organisation status by Arts Council England. As a result £1,955,799 will be shared between the ...