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Work has begun on constructing the new multi-million pound emergency department at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.The demolition of the building next to the existing emergency department has been completed, foundations have been poured and the concrete infrastructure is being installed for the two-storey new build extension.Once the concrete floors, stairwells, lift shafts and other structural elements are in place, the ...

Seven new defibrillators have been installed around Spalding and a host of others refurbished. South Holland District Council has nine council maintained defibrillators in the district, alongside dozens of others managed by other organisations and businesses.It’s 24/7 services are at the public toilets in Winfrey Avenue, on Broadgate House in Westlode Street and at The Lighthouse in Haverfield Road.Others available ...

Police say they do have enough resources to cover the Holbeach area after recent criticism. At a previous meeting of the parish council Coun Sam Bailey claimed that because people in the town weren’t reporting crimes, a PCSO had been moved to be based in Long Sutton.Following that, a request was put in for police to attend a Holbeach Parish ...

A spate of attempted thefts of keyless vehicles in Spalding has led to police offering advice to owners. Four attempted thefts of high-powered vehicles were reported in the early hours of Wednesday, February 28 with two being successful.Police believe the incidents were linked.Thieves made an unsuccessful attempt at stealing a Volvo vehicle on Osier Road at around 2.40am.Police believe they ...

A raise in district councillors expenses was passed despite a late bid by independent councillors to stop some increases. As previously reported, an independent board had set the proposals to change some of the payments that councillors can claim for their otherwise unpaid roles.As the item was discussed at last week’s meeting of South Holland District Council, leader of the ...

A campaign to promote South Holland’s markets is set to launch as a councillor argued it ‘needs to be done quickly’ and that previous councillors had let them down.Coun Chris Brewis told last week’s meeting of South Holland District Council it needed to be ‘a vigorous’ campaign.Deputy leader Coun Tracey Carter responded that she’d been sent a design for gazebos ...

The deputy leader of the district council, Coun Tracey Carter, raised objections to the budget due to plans to remove free parking at the Boston Road South car park in her Holbeach ward.You can currently park there for free for two hours.But the council will now bring in a flat £1 fee, or the full day price rising from £1.30 ...

Working groups have been established to find £1.6m of savings as South Holland District Council set its budget for the next financial year. It includes a maximum permitted five per cent increase in council tax bills.Despite the government finding some funding for authorities with drainage boards, the council was told 92 per cent of the average £6.01 increase per household ...

The plans for the new ‘South Holland Wellness Suite’ are to be put to consultation in the next few weeks.It’s being funded by £20m of Levelling Up money secured from central government.Coun Gary Taylor told a meeting of South Holland District Council last week: “It may seem it’s gone quiet a bit but a huge amount of work has gone ...

Two people have lost their lives on roads in South Holland over the last few days. A man, believed to be from Spalding, died and three children were injured in a collision on the A16 in Crowland on Sunday afternoon.The crash involved a fire engine which was heading to an emergency.The five-vehicle incident was reported at 12.40pm and the road ...

South Holland police recovered a haul of illicit cigarettes when they were on patrol is Spalding town centre. They also seized a vehicle and reported the driver for traffic offences.Trading standards are conducting further enquiries into the cigarettes.Police officers are also urging residents to be extra vigilant after seven attempted or successful burglaries were reported between March 1 and March ...

A family tearoom is at the centre of a year-long awareness campaign to highlight Crohn’s Disease and its impact. Half of the four-strong team at Victoria House in Gosberton are living with the autoimmune condition.And it is now the centre of operations for the campaign to tell people how much of an impact Crohn’s can have.The tea shop was previously ...

A Spalding man who repeatedly breached a restraining order has been jailed for 21 months. Johannes Stephanus de Klerk, 42, appeared for sentence at Lincoln Crown Court after being remanded into custody at an earlier hearing. He was represented by defence barrister Chris Brewin after pleading guilty to four charges of harassment by breach of a restraining order. The court ...

A man will appear in court after going on to the RAF Holbeach firing range while it was operational. Alistair Paton of New Road, Sutton Bridge will appear in Boston Magistrates’ Court at a later date due to him contravening a local byelaw surrounding the MOD practice range on Monday, January 22. The 57-year-old could be set for a £500 ...

The Spalding branch of The Body Shop is to remain open after the store issued a list of those its to close. The national chain has been in administration and announced earlier this month it would close around half of its shops. The list of 75 stalls that will not remain open has been revealed and the Spalding branch, which ...

A spate of attempted thefts of keyless vehicles in Spalding has led to police offering advice to owners. Four attempted thefts of high-powered vehicles were reported in the early hours of Wednesday, February 28 with two being successful. Police believe the incidents were linked. Thieves made an unsuccessful attempt at stealing a Volvo vehicle on Osier Road at around 2.40am. ...

Plans to transform a former town centre store into a centre including a community cafe and play area look likely to be refused. The Lighthouse Church applied to change the use of the former three-storey Coney’s building in the heart of Spalding’s shopping area.The application also included a coffee shop and moving the food bank to the premises and offering ...

Lincolnshire County Council says it is vowing to fight plans for the ‘silly idea’ of a new electricity pylon line through the district. National Grid’s plan for the connection from Grimsby to Walpole in Norfolk is set to go right through South Holland, including linking up with a sub-station north of Spalding that’s being proposed for the Outer Dowsing offshore ...

A developer has been told to meet its promises to the community over a 70-home site in Long Sutton. Stinders Homes was granted full planning permission for the land south and east of 36 Lime Walk in 2022 on the proviso 25 per cent (18) were built to be ‘affordable homes’.However the developer had submitted an application to have no ...

It’s too early to say if any of £262m worth of new funding will be used to finance any of the Spalding Western Relief Road, county council officials have said. Lincolnshire County Council is to be given the cash previously allocated to the cancelled HS2 railway line over seven years.The first stage of five of the Spalding Western Relief Road ...