The logo design competition was a Town Centre Management Board initiative, aimed at producing a new town logo to be used by local businesses and other organisations that want to use it for their websites, stationery and advertising. Neither I, the competition judging committee, nor the winner of the competition expected the new logo to please everyone; ‘mission impossible’! But ...

The Allison brand of house is to make its first large-scale return on a controversial site in Pinchbeck. Larkfleet Homes was granted planning permission on March 18 for 169 homes on land between Wardentree Lane and Enterprise Way. There will be 24 different house types in a mix of properties from one to five bedrooms. Larkfleet planning director Mark Mann told ...

The design of Spalding’s new logo has been given a largely frosty reception. Whilst there has been support for it, the majority of comments have labelled it “uninspiring”, “boring” and “awful”. Emma Spridgen wrote on our Facebook page: “Sorry to say I think it’s truly terrible. Awful font and terrible old fashioned stylised tulip, looks like clip art. Would love ...

Two tractors and a cultivator worth £68,500 which were stolen from a Moulton farm last weekend have quickly been recovered. The John Deere 6830 models – one of which was still coupled to a cultivator – were brazenly driven away from bulb growers F Dring and Sons in High Road between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Managing director Richard Barlow ...

A proposal to turn a former Spalding care home into 17 flats has been labelled “completely unsuitable”. South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter made the remark about Market Homes’ plan for Halmer Grange in Grange Drive. Speaking as a ward member at a planning committee meeting on March 18, he said: “Yes, it’s a brownfield site but this is an ...

Pressure to find further burial space in Spalding has intensified after a plan to extend the cemetery was rejected. Estimates put remaining capacity in the Pinchbeck Road site at four years. South Holland district councillors voted against the council’s own proposal to convert a playing field in Chiltern Drive. That means all extension options have been exhausted – unless one ...

Spalding’s Polka Dot Academy is promising its most spectacular musical yet when Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat opens at the South Holland Centre on Thursday (March 26). Limelight Youth Theatre students’ singing, acting and dancing will be complemented by pupils from St John The Baptist Primary School and Spalding Primary School who will perform as the show’s choir on ...

The dual benefits of exercise and meeting new friends are being promoted by Spalding’s Fifty Plus Badminton Club. The club has about 40 members and holds sessions in the Castle Sports Complex for two hours on Tuesday afternoons and three hours on Friday mornings. Club chairman Wally Wells said: “In any doctor’s waiting room you will find a notice encouraging ...

A tea party for mums and their families was a tasty success for about 90 people. Organised by South Holland Community Church and held at Ayscoughfee Hall School (hire donated free), it celebrated Mother’s Day with vintage style afternoon tea in bone china. Mums got goody bags of items donated by Lush, Hills and Helen Redman (Avon). Daffodils were donated ...

Budgets for two forthcoming South Holland District Council projects in Spalding have come under scrutiny. The main gates to The Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field in Winfrey Avenue are in line for renovation, and a new arts performance area is planned for Ayscoughfee Gardens in tandem with a refurbishment of the aviary. Spalding Town Forum chairman Coun George Aley updated ...

The Spalding town centre stretch of the River Welland is a lot cleaner after a litter-pick on Saturday. In a joint venture between South Holland Explorers and Scouts and South Holland District Council, 14 bags of rubbish were collected during a chilly two-hour stint on Saturday morning. Youngsters took to the water in canoes to assist in the community project, ...

A controversial plan for a renewable energy park at Sutton Bridge has been refused by councillors after the applicant failed to provide sufficient details. There were cries of “well done” from objectors in the public gallery at South Holland District Council as the planning application by Energy Park Sutton Bridge Ltd was unanimously rejected. It was an end to the ...

Two tractors and a cultivator worth £68,500 have been stolen from a Moulton farm. The John Deere 6830 models – one of which was still coupled to a cultivator – were brazenly driven away from bulb growers F Dring and Sons in High Road between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Managing director Richard Barlow said his wife heard a noise ...

Spalding and District Civic Society wants more people to give input to its work and is hoping to attract more members. The public is being invited to attend the society’s annual general meeting on Tuesday (March 24). A spokesman said: “It is clear from reading the Press that many people are concerned to improve the appearance and quality of life ...

Spalding Marching Ambassadors Band (formally the Spalding Drum and Trumpet Corp) celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The band was formed in 1980 and has evolved over the last 35 years under the leadership of Jim Bright and his instructors who continue to teach young people the joy of learning and playing an instrument and about being part of a ...

Changes to improve Spalding’s traffic management will not take place until next year at the earliest. Alterations to traffic light sequences, pedestrian crossings and new roundabouts are all measures which have been touted to improve flow in hotpsot areas such as Station Approach and Winsover Road. However, Spalding Town Forum heard from Lincolnshire County Council Highways that the first junctions ...

In response to the letter from UKIP’s Paul Foyster, as a school we always take the chance to use a general election as an opportunity for all our students to understand the democratic process, discuss the political issues and get directly involved in a mock election. The students in each of our six houses are currently selecting candidates for each ...

A Quadring man has been jailed for more than five years after taking part in a terrifying gunpoint hold-up at a village post office. Luke French and Jake Webster carried out the attack on the Post Office at Colsterworth, near Grantham, but were foiled when the postmistress pressed the panic alarm button. Gordon Aspden, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said both ...

A £6,000 project to transform Long Sutton’s Common Pit and showcase the town as “the gateway to The Wash” is under way. It’s part of arts programme Transported’s “On Your Doorstep” project. People were asked to nominate areas they thought could be improved with some artistic input and Transported could work with them to make it happen. Long Sutton and ...

The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland are to establish a community awareness project to help further interest in the regeneration of Spalding Town and District and to help bring back visitors to the area with the help of local businesses and the community. As the same time the event could raise money for local charities through our Two Lips ...