Billed as “the original and best” – the Spalding Model Tractor Show will return for its 27th year this weekend. The event at Spalding’s Springfields Events Centre was first held in 1987 and since then has become something of an institution – a meeting place for toy tractor collectors and dealers from across the world. But whatever your tractor-related interest: ...

Tomorrow (Friday) Spalding will be awash with orange as the annual Pumpkin Parade comes to town. This is the 14th year the celebration of local horticulture and harvest has been held and promises to be as much fun as ever. Throughout the day there will be a festival market with a mix of stalls from local charities and local producers. ...

The People’s Theatre Company presents Old MacDonald Had A Farm Kings Lynn Corn Exchange Friday, October 31 Tickets £10.50/£9.50 Box office 01553 764864 www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O. But Old MacDonald’s animals have gone missing! Can you help a friendly scientist and his amazing time machine get them back for him? Presented by the team behind There Was ...

South Holland Concerts presents The Fujitas Saturday, October 4, 7.30pm South Holland Centre, Spalding Tickets £13.50, £12 over 60s, disabled and companion, FREE for under 16s & full time students Box office 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk South Holland Concerts opens its season with a second visit from this world-renowned piano trio. The three sisters, who have played chamber music together since ...

The vets from Alder Veterinary Practice, Bourne Road, Spalding, talk pets and answer your animal-related questions.  To ask the vets a question, send an email with Alder Vets as the subject line to news@spaldingvoice.co.uk   This article will discuss dog and cat diets. Alongside the huge increases in obesity diabetes type 2 and cancers in humans we are seeing the ...

This week sees the ever popular Pumpkin Festival return to Spalding, this Friday and it promises to be ever more spectacular. The event is sponsored by David Bowman Pumpkins Ltd who is the largest pumpkin growers in the UK, producing over 3.5 million of the popular orange fruits each year. David Bowman grows his entire crop locally and sells to ...

Simon Callow in The Man Jesus Friday, October 17, 7.30pm South Holland Centre, Spalding Tickets £22.50 Box office: 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk This extraordinary play by Matthew Hurt and directed by Joseph Alford looks back two thousand years to witness key moments in the life of “the man Jesus”, through the eyes of the people who knew him. Simon Callow, one ...

A woman had to be cut out of her car following a crash with a lorry. Wardentree Lane, in Pinchbeck, was closed following the accident about noon today (Wednesday). The female driver of the Chevrolet Matiz was taken to hospital. The extent of her injuries are not yet known. It is believed the lorry driver was not hurt.

A man who kicked and punched a love rival in a Spalding street has been jailed. Benjamin Lee Rodgers was accompanied by his father, two brothers and a cousin as he chased Richard Hare following a chance meeting. Tony Stanford, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said the victim had just bought cigarettes and alcohol from a convenience store when he ...

The owner of a 4×4 stolen from Surfleet did his own detective work and discovered it had been put up for auction on eBay. The Isuzu vehicle, worth £27,000, went missing on July 21 but within days the owner spotted one bearing the same markings and identical damage to the windscreen being sold over the internet. Phil Howes, prosecuting at Lincoln ...

Plans for 37 new homes in Cowbit have been submitted to South Holland District Council. Holbeach firm Ashley King Developments wants to build the properties, which will include a 33 per cent provision for affordable housing, on 3.82 acres of land off Backgate. The plans originally included a village shop but after a public consultation it was dropped as a ...

Twelve cadets and two staff members from 1406 (Spalding) Squadron attended an annual camp hosted by Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Wing at Joint Helicopter Command Aldergrove in Ireland. The cadets visited different areas of the base such as the photo section, dog section, five army air corps, fire section and many others, to gain an insight into military life. Uniform and ...

A new pilot scheme which will see firefighters responding to medical emergencies has got underway in Long Sutton. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is working more closely with East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) to respond to life-threatening emergencies as part of the 12-month pilot Joint Ambulance Conveyance Project (JACP). It is hoped the project will help cut the length of time ...

Minnie Mouse, Buzz Lightyear and Spongebob Squarepants helped raise money for a good cause during a street collection in Spalding. They were lending a helping hand to Dan Wise, of Whaplode, who was collecting for Alzheimer’s Research UK. The street collection raised almost £80. Dan (42) is a big supporter of the cause and other Alzheimer’s charities as his dad ...

Lesley Garrett Gala Concert St Mary and St Nicolas Church, Spalding Saturday, November 29, 7.30pm £18 tickets only available from South Holland Centre Box Office on 01775 764777 Superstar soprano Lesley Garrett is performing a special charity concert in Spalding parish church – and just a few tickets remain. Lesley, who has family connections to the area, is due to ...

Residents from Beech Lodge Nursing Home near Holbeach had a surprise when friends and family turned up to join them for a pub lunch. The special event took place at The Swan in Moulton where everyone enjoyed a drink and a specially prepared traditional meal. The home’s manager, Ajay Nath, was delighted with the success of the event, saying: “It ...

Long Sutton and District Civic Society attracted more than 250 visitors to its exhibition at the Royal British Legion Hall, commemorating WW1. The service records of men named on our local war memorials were displayed along with the histories of many survivors of the war with a local connection. The exhibition of photographs was augmented by displays of militaria of ...

A campaigner against illegal cigarettes has called on courts to get tough on those caught selling them after a Spalding shopkeeper got away with a conditional discharge. Former Spalding retailer Julie Grant’s mum June Buffham was killed in a house fire started by a fake cigarette in April 2012. She is now a vociferous campaigner against the potentially lethal cigarettes ...

The centre of Spalding will be transformed into a colourful celebration of all things autumn at next week’s Pumpkin Festival. The popular event takes place on Friday, October 3 and promises to be another spectacular day out. The festivities – which have been a popular diary date for over a decade – are organised by South Holland District Council, sponsored ...

Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling on county chiefs to quit over the Lincolnshire libraries “debacle”. Campaigners against the move to close libraries, get rid of more than 100 mobile library stops and cut up to 170 jobs have set up the online petition asking for the county council’s executive “to do the decent thing by the residents ...