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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 ...

After thousands of reported sewage spills and storm overflows from water companies into the county’s rivers and seas in recent years, Lincolnshire County Council is finally urging the central government to take action. Members of the council’s Flood and Water Management Scrutiny Committee insisted during a recent meeting that such occurrences should not be deemed acceptable in this day and ...

Sheltered housing in South Holland is set for changes after a review of the service. The district council has 33 schemes with a total of 1,032 properties for tenants aged 55 or over.A review was carried out after changes to current equipment would be needed as the pull cords will not work when the analogue telephone lines become digital.“Service charges ...

A Spalding dentist has failed to make any improvements required by the Care Quality Commission and now faces enforcement action. An announced visit In November to Dr Baber Khan, in The Crescent, found the practice still didn’t meet legal requirements.A previous report a year earlier specified areas which needed to be improved.“We found this practice was not providing safe care ...

A college which has a campus in Spalding has been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. Boston College was inspected by 10 officers in December with them rating it ‘good’ across the board, apart from in provision for learners with high needs which ‘requires improvement’.The inspectors were particularly impressed with the college in several key areas, including learners having access to a ...

District councillors look set to get an increase in the amount of money they receive. The role is not paid, but members can claim allowances set by an independent panel which has recommended an increase this year, the first in four years.The basic annual allowance of £6,255, and leader’s special responsibility of £20,140 is to be increased by three per ...

A quantity of illegal vapes being sold to children were seized from a store in Holbeach. Holbeach Market on Market Street had a hidden stash behind the counter, Lincolnshire Police say. The force now works with Trading Standards on cracking down on the sale of illegal vapes and cigarettes. Five shops were closed in Spalding for that last week. A ...

A big chunk of the funding from the cancelled northern leg of HS2 is coming to Lincolnshire. The county will get £262,339,000 over the next seven years to improve local roads and transport services across the region, writes Local Democracy Reporter Ellis Karran. With this batch of funding being split across seven years, it works out at around £37.5 million ...

A Spalding shop is the latest to be closed for three months for selling illegal cigarettes and vapes. Maramures Express on Commercial Road was one of five closed by court orders on February 14 and 15. However, because its owners challenged the closure order, it was initially a one week closure pending a new hearing which was held last Friday. ...

A Deeping St Nicholas man has been given a suspended jail sentence for flashing at young girls at Spalding Railway Station. Antony Varley (58), of Main Road, pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals so that someone would be caused alarm or distress on September 1 last year.Magistrates at Boston court on Monday, February 19, decided a four-month prison sentence suspended ...

South Holland District Council is looking for groups to feature on its Wellbeing Map. You’ll have to be quick though as the deadline is Friday, March 1.It aims to highlight local facilities, organisations and spaces available to boost wellbeing locally.The initiative will be done at zero cost for those included and will focus in the Holbeach and Crowland areas of ...

Two people have been charged after more than 400 cannabis plants were found in a property in Sutton Bridge. Lincolnshire Police’s Neighbourhood Policing Team found 423 plants at the address on Allenbys Chase following a search on Wednesday. Following the find Halil Gopani, 31, of no fixed address has been charged with production of a class B drug and been ...

Paul Gibson has been appointed as the new Chief Constable for Lincolnshire Police, following a confirmation meeting of the county’s Police and Crime Panel. Mr Gibson, 50, expressed his delight with the news of his appointment. He’s taking over from Chris Haward who, following a three-year tenure that concludes in February, is moving on to a new role with the ...

Veterans and their families are invited to a Big Breakfast that’s taking place at the Red Lion in Spalding this Saturday (February 24). The event at 10am is part funded by the Regimental Association and organised by councillor Jan Whitbourn. Breakfasts cost £8 and there will be a fundraising raffle too. Anyone looking to attend this event at or future ...

Fire crews were called to a house fire in Holbeach yesterday (Wednesday, February 21). Crews from Spalding and Long Sutton were called to the incident at 10.22am. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said: “Crews used one hose reel to extinguish a fire in the kitchen.”