Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is calling on county residents to remove clutter from their homes – if it could hinder them escaping a fire or would make a rescue challenging for firefighters. This week is UK Hoarding Awareness Week and the service wants to raise awareness of the problem. In the past year, firefighters spotted significant obstacles in 16 Lincolnshire ...

Rough sleepers have turned the corner of a churchyard into an open air toilet in an area dogged by anti-social behaviour. A parishioner at Spalding Parish Church had to clean up the make-do outside loo, believed to have been used by at least one homeless person sleeping outside the nearby church hall. The problem is one of a catalogue to ...

What a splendid publication the Voice is! A fresh start in the local press world. I’m sure all of the Voice’s readers would want to wish them well as they embark on their exciting new endeavour. I am one of the team of deacons at Spalding Baptist Church, and firstly would like to extend an open invitation to all the ...

The Spalding and South Holland Voice is going global with the launch of our new digital edition. Anyone with an interest in what’s going on in the news or sport from the South Holland area can now log onto our website and read the paper from cover to cover – turning the pages with just a click of the mouse ...

Parents of pupils at a troubled Spalding school have been told “there is nothing standing in the way of success”. The note of optimism has been sounded by the new executive principal of Sir John Gleed School. Chris Mallaband has been appointed to the role by the academy’s sponsor CfBT in an attempt to strengthen the senior management team following ...

A darts challenge event has raised £866 for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. Organised by the Seaton family, the Wally Seaton 2014 Memorial Darts Trophy took place at the Tigers Social Club in Holbeach and saw Chris Fiddler from Bourne walk away the winner. Runner-up was Gary Mace from Long Sutton and nine dart winner was Simon Hill with ...

There’s still time to get involved with learner sessions at Spalding Indoor Bowls Club. Ten-week courses of instruction for beginners of all ages start at the Castle Sports Complex in Albion Street next week. An evening course starts at 6.30pm on Tuesday, May 27 and a daytime course begins at 2pm on Wednesday, May 28. Cost is £10 for the ...

We are spreading the word about your new local newspaper with the help of an established Spalding business. Family-run Volkswagen retailer Crowsons has shown its support for The Voice by sign-writing two of its striking blue up! courtesy cars with our logo. Marketing manager Jordan Crowson said: “As a new local business, we are keen to support The Voice and ...

Patients with life-threatening injuries or illnesses are waiting longer for an ambulance to arrive in south Lincolnshire than this time last year. In April this year only 66.67 per cent of calls to “Red 2” emergencies – those that were life-threatening but did not require a defribrillator – were answered within the target time. Last April 68.51 per cent of ...

Lincolnshire firefighters may take legal action over proposals that would see them driving patients to hospital in an ambulance. The Fire Brigades Union says it has concerns about the plans, which would come into force as part of a trial at three stations including Long Sutton this summer, saying it would be “playing Russian roulette” with fire safety. It is ...

Businesses in Lincolnshire will have the chance to market their services and products to some of the leading players in the manufacturing industry at a special trade show. The Global Manufacturing Festival is a rare opportunity for industrial suppliers to talk directly to decision-makers from major blue-chip companies including Jaguar Land Rover, HS2, Siemens Energy, GE Oil and Gas and ...

Lincolnshire businesses are investing more into equipment and staff training, the latest economic survey for the county has found. The Lincolnshire Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) notes a “steady but positive” picture for local businesses, with more companies stating they intend to expand their workforce within the next three months, and invest in more equipment and training. The survey provides firms ...

NHS Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been exploring options for additional inpatient palliative care in the east of Lincolnshire. Following a comprehensive analysis of local need, Lincolnshire East CCG invited providers to bid for the provision of six inpatient beds and the chosen provider is Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust in partnership with the Butterfly Hospice Trust. ...

Children and young people in Moulton Seas End are being encouraged to get out and play this summer thanks to a £35,000 grant. The grant will be used to update some of the existing equipment and to buy new play equipment for the village’s play area which has become run down. The play area will comprise a variety of multi ...

A food manufacturing centre in Holbeach has been praised for meeting the needs of businesses by provided tailored training to staff. As part of the University of Lincoln’s Holbeach campus, the National Centre for Food Manufacturing is a key training resource for food manufacturing businesses. Following an inspection of Food Apprenticeships and English Language courses at the centre, education watchdog ...

Spalding Lions celebrated its 43rd Charter with an evening of fun and formalities. Distinguished guests, including Lion Zone Chairman Paul Whitworth and his wife Sue, Rotary Club of Spalding President Richard Thacker and his wife Jane and South Holland Rotary Club President Bruce Alexander and his wife Anne, joined members and their partners as well as Lions from clubs across ...

Small businesses are to be the focus of efforts by Lincolnshire County Council’s new chairman. Coun Bill Aron took over the role on Friday from Coun Ray Wootton and has expressed an eagerness to use his time as chairman to help new businesses get off the ground. Promoting tourism will also be high on his agenda. He said: “I’m delighted ...

A Spalding shop has been fined after selling alcohol to two 16-year-olds. The Winsover Store, in Winsover Road, will have to pay £90 and the licence holder will be invited to a joint agency meeting to discuss issues after they made the illegal sale to two underage volunteers as part of a series of test purchases carried out across Spalding and ...

Police are appealing for information after three portable toilets were stolen from the Spalding area. The first (incident 133 of May 14) was a James Stamp portable toilet stolen from a building site on Church Lane, Moulton, overnight between Sunday, May 11 and Monday, May 12. Sometime after 4pm on Monday (May 12) and before 5.45am the following morning a toilet was stolen ...

Funhouse Comedy Club South Holland Centre, Spalding, Friday, May 30, 8.30pm Tickets £10 in advance, £12.50 on the door Box office: 01775 764777 A great night of comedy in the centre’s top floor function hall. Bar open from 7.30pm. If you’ve not tried Funhouse Comedy Club yet, how about making May the month you do? The function hall is transformed ...