Community champions are hoping people will get behind their £50,000 plans to extend a village’s changing rooms. Cowbit Playing Field Committee has launched a crowdfunding project in the hope of raising the large sum of money to overhaul the pavilion. It is hoped the extension and revamp will bring the changing facilities up to FA requirements for the benefit of ...

A merger involving a Spalding food factory has been given the go-ahead. One of the biggest names in savoury pastries, Pork Farms Group, will be allowed to take over the pastries business of Kerry Foods, which has a site on the edge of Spalding. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the new combination would not affect prices or quality ...

Dentistry is an increasingly large part of veterinary work. It now seems that nearly every dog and cat requires at least one treatment if not several in their lifetimes. Why is this? Wild dogs and cats that catch sufficient wild food generally have perfect teeth. The mouth contains millions of harmless bacteria. Things begin to go wrong when these beneficial ...

Three recently-built council housing developments have been nominated for prestigious awards. Homes in Wrights Lane in Sutton Bridge, Stonegate in Cowbit and Millfield Gardens in Crowland are in the running to win accolades in this year’s Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards for the East Midlands. The homes, which were all built recently by South Holland District Council ...

UPDATE, Thursday 11am: A pensioner missing from his Spalding home since Tuesday has been found “safe in Norfolk”, say Lincolnshire Police. Beverly Brown (84) left his home in Sezanne Walk on Tuesday morning bound for Norfolk to visit relatives, who raised the alarm when he didn’t arrive. Police say no further details will be issued about the case. Mr Brown is a ...

Three organisations are being invited to bid to take on the running of Lincolnshire’s library services. Lincolnshire County Council is currently looking for an external organisation to potentially deliver library services on its behalf. Six initial applications were received last month, and, following assessment, three organisations have now been invited to submit a detailed bid. The organisations are: Greenwich Leisure ...

Cameras rolled in a Long Sutton cafe as filming began on a new movie to bring a slice of Hollywood to South Holland. Delicious in Market Place was crowded with cast, crew and extras as the team working on feature-length film Dishonoured started work. The film is the brainchild of actor and director Steph Genovese, who wanted to give talented ...

An architect who accepted a police caution for assault has been fined by his professional body. Jerry Harrall, of Long Sutton SEArch Architects, has been ordered to pay £500 by the Architects Registration Board after being found guilty of professional misconduct. Dr Harrall had initially denied assaulting Glenn Eldridge following an incident on October 23, 2013, and the case was ...

A seven-year-old is to take on a 17-mile cycle ride to raise money. Cole Murdoch told his mum Kerrie he wanted to cycle round Rutland Water and when she suggested he asked for sponsorship for his efforts he decided he wanted the money to go to Gosberton Clough and Risegate Primary School, which he attends. Kerrie said: “The school has ...

Work to double the size of Spalding’s power station could begin as early as next January. InterGen, which owns the existing station, says construction could commence in the fourth quarter of the 2015 financial year, if it is successful in securing a government subsidy. The government is due to confirm in July the next round of Capacity Market Contracts, which ...

A former Holbeach man has been detained in a secure facility under a hospital order after being found guilty of manslaughter with diminished responsibility. During a four day trial at Stafford Crown Court the jury heard that Krysztof Mroz (36), formerly of Spencer Gardens, killed 73-year-old Alan Goode in the cell they both shared at HMP Lincoln. Mr Goode, from ...

Last-minute nominations have seen a community hero and a caring neighbour added to the Pride of South Holland Awards list. Janet Prescott has been nominated by Monica Lambert for her involvement in Moulton Mill, among other things. Mrs Lambert said: “Janet holds down a very demanding full time job but still has time to get involved with various projects that ...

More volunteers are needed to help keep a village library open. Pinchbeck Parish Council intends to take over the running of the village library in July, but is hoping more people will come forward to attend a meeting next Tuesday to find out more about the training and support that will be available. Officers from Lincolnshire County Council will be ...

This article will discuss dog and cat diets. Alongside the huge increases in obesity and diabetes type 2 in humans, we are seeing the same problem in dogs and cats. In dogs this has been typically blamed on owners giving too many titbits, especially those containing fat. This situation is less obvious for cats. There is increasing evidence from human ...

Artistic efforts of children to give a new look to boarded up old buildings have been unveiled in Holbeach. Artist Steven Hatton, of Electric Egg, was commissioned as part of Transported’s On Your Doorstep project, to give a new lease of life to the boarded up Holbeach Cemetery Chapels. He worked with children at William Stukeley and Holbeach Primary schools ...

A seven-acre park, sports club, community hub, skate park and youth club are among big plans for the future of Pinchbeck. A community engagement day will be held on Wednesday (May 27) to give villagers the chance to hear about the ideas and put forward their views. The centrepiece of the day will be plans for the seven-acre community park and ...

A successful scheme which saw tonnes of textiles recycled is in the running for an award. South Holland District Council has been nominated for a National Recycling Award in the Best Partnership Project with the Public Sector category. Earlier this year, its waste and recycling team joined up with the Salvation Army to launch a six month trial of textile ...

Police are investigating after a cyclist appeared to put his life at risk by dashing over a railway level crossing while barriers were down. The image was posted on social media on Monday evening after barriers at Mill Green crossing and Park Road, Spalding, remained in the down position for more than two hours. The man appears to get frustrated ...

Lincolnshire should “stand up taller and shout louder” to help usher in a new era in local Government and get a fairer deal. At the first meeting of Lincolnshire County Council since the General Election, leader Martin Hill called on the Government to devolve greater powers to county-led authorities, saying: “Give us the responsibility and we’ll rise to it. “Give ...

Police have seized thousands of pounds of assets from a gang who carried out a series of ramraids, including ones in Long Sutton and Crowland. The items seized, which are believed to have been bought with the proceeds of the ramraids, included an Audi A5 S-line TDI Cabriolet, a Swift Corniche caravan, a Nissan Navara, numerous smaller quad bikes, plant ...