Police have revealed the name of the woman who they believe was found on the railway line at Spalding over the weekend.   They believe the body discovered on the track in Green Lane, Spalding, is that of Bahrathi Palanisamy.   The 28-year-old was reported missing prior to her body being discovered.   She is described as an Asian female, ...

An established motorsport club is counting the cost of vandalism to its track which wrecked its charity fundraising finale at the weekend. The Spalding Autograss Club discovered on Saturday morning that around £2,000 of damage had been caused to its track at Hurdletree Bank in Holbeach. The club was forced to postpone Sunday’s scheduled final meeting of the season which ...

An author who used to teach creative-writing classes in Spalding will be returning to South Holland later this month to hold a one-off writing workshop on the theme of friendship. Emily Midorikawa – who used to teach locally with the Lifelong Learning Service under the name Emily Crump – is one of the joint authors of A Secret Sisterhood. It ...

A multi award-winning roadshow will be visiting the South Holland Centre this month. The Demon Barbers XL will be bringing their Disco At The Tavern tour to the Market Place venue on Friday, October 14. They arrive in Spalding on the back of high-profile shows at Glastonbury Festival and five-star reviews for their two-week run at Edinburgh Fringe. The part-gig, ...

Local talent, both human and canine, promises to be on prominent display at the Spalding People’s Parade this coming weekend.   Tulip Radio is helping to organise some of the entertainment for Sunday’s event, including Diamondz Dance Group, Helen’s Zumba class, local singers Jordan Howlett and Harry Birkett.   Although moved from its spring date to mid-autumn, the Parade hopes ...

A Spalding-based solicitor is spearheading the launch of a new canine law department. Emma McGrath is heading up the department of Ringrose Law who are the first legal firm in the county to be providing canine law legal advice. There are now around 24 Acts of Parliament relating solely to dogs and a further 11 relating to animals in general. ...

Dog walkers took to the streets of Spalding on Sunday to raise funds for the Lincolnshire East Branch of the RSPCA. Around 60 dogs were registered for the first RSPCA Big Walkies event which started at Ayscoughfee Hall Gardens in Spalding. Walkers came from across south Lincolnshire to participate in either a 3km or 5km sponsored walk along the riverside ...

Spalding’s hugely-popular Pumpkin Festival takes place on Friday with organisers promising another spectacular day out. The festivities – which have been a popular diary date for more than a decade – are organised by South Holland District Council, sponsored by Spalding firm David Bowman Pumpkins Ltd and supported by the Spalding and Welland Rotary Club, Spalding Lions, Tulip Radio and ...

Hailing from south-eastern Pennsylvania, The Stray Birds have crafted an original sound that draws upon the richness of American country/folk music traditions – with tight acoustic arrangements, stunning three part harmonies and heart-wrenching songs. This American trio have quickly become one of the hottest bands on the US roots music circuit, with their latest album “Magic Fire”, produced by the ...

Drawings by famous local antiquarian William Stukeley will go on display at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding next month for a unique exhibition.   The event, titled “An Important set of William Stukeley Drawings”, takes place at the historic venue between October 5 and 16 and is being presented by the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society.   The drawings are considered important for ...

Renowned naturalist and TV presenter Simon King visits Bookmark on Wednesday to talk about his book NatureWatch.   Simon is one of the world’s leading experts in fieldcraft, wildlife watching and photography techniques. He has worked as a natural history filmmaker for almost 30 years on TV programmes such as Planet Earth, Life and Blue Planet.   In NatureWatch, Simon ...

Organisers of a thriving summer outdoor event are appealing for more helpers. The Holbeach Town and Country Fayre is held over a weekend in June and provides entertainment and outdoor enjoyment in various forms that attracts many visitors of assorted age ranges. It has gone from strength-to-strength over many years with the aim of being able to donate to local ...

Spalding suffered derby despair after a dramatic finish to Saturday’s Midlands 2 East (North) showdown at Kesteven.   With just a few minutes left on the clock and trailing by six points, Spalding were awarded a kickable penalty just outside Kesteven’s 22-metre line.   Harry Winch kicked for touch with the lineout being awarded only five metres out.   Tom ...

The Tulips climbed to the top of EvoStik NPL First Division South on Saturday, their highest ever position in the modern day football pyramid, with an impressive 3-2 win away at Market Drayton, following one of their longest journeys of the season. The scoreline may suggest a close encounter, but realistically the Tulips, powerful and persistent as ever, won with ...

Spalding Town skipper Rob Ambrose believes his side’s quick-fire return to the Lincolnshire Premier League will help to keep the club progressing. Ambrose’s charges secured a return – subject to England Cricket Broad approval – to the top flight of county club cricket at the first attempt on Saturday. They were crowned South Lincs and Border League Premier Division champions ...

Holbeach United boss Tom Roberts is urging his in-form Tigers to maintain their early season momentum.   Roberts’ side have won four and drawn one of their opening five United Counties League Premier Division matches ahead of their home clash with Huntingdon tonight (Wednesday).   They are at home again on Saturday when fifth-from-bottom Oadby visit Carter’s Park (3pm).   ...

Holbeach United moved up into third place in the United Counties League Premier Division standings after a thrilling 5-4 home victory over Huntingdon Town on Wednesday night.   Five different goalscorers found the net for the Tigers who, despite having Jamie Stevens sent off for the second time this season, are still one of only two Premier Division sides with ...

Reigning champions Donington A suffered their second defeat from three outings in the new Spalding and District Snooker League season. They went down to a 5-1 reversal away at Holbeach A who have made a flying start to the new campaign with two wins from their two matches. Kevin Hawes’ (R14) victory over Mick Pearl (O14), which included a 25 ...

Spalding suffered an opening day defeat in the Midlands 2 East (North) League despite a much-improved performance from the previous week’s cup exit. Visting Coalville had been the opposition for the final game of last season when Spalding celebrated an outstanding win with free-flowing rugby which saved them from relegation. However, on Saturday, Spalding saw their forwards again outgunned in ...

Long Sutton player-boss Matt Cawthorn heaped praise on his players after they recorded their first Peterborough League Division One victory of the season on Saturday. Cawthorn cracked home a hat-trick as the Magpies defeated Riverside 5-1 to register their first three-point haul from eight league outings. He enthused: “Personally I was pleased to score a hat-trick, but it was even ...