Non-duty paid cigarettes and drink were seized during a multi-agency raid on a Lithuanian shop in Spalding. Five hundred Marlboro Gold and ten bottles of spirit were taken from Lietuviškas skonis in Holbeach Road on Tuesday last week (April 25). The raid followed a test purchase of goods. Sgt Kim Enderby, of Lincolnshire Police’s alcohol licensing team, said South Holland District ...

A Whaplode man who admitted carrying out a knife attack which left his victim with a deep cut to the hand has been jailed for 18 months.   Carlos Jarvis produced the weapon and slashed his victim Reece Tooke during an argument.   Mark Knowles, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday (May 3), said that Mr Tooke visited Jarvis ...

Spalding firm Elsoms Seeds has won an international safety award from the British Safety Council. It recognises the firm’s commitment to keeping workers and workplaces healthy and safe during 2016. Chief executive of the British Safety Council, Mike Robinson, said: “The British Safety Council commends Elsoms on their achievement. “The sensible and proportionate management of health and safety risks at ...

Gilson Lavis, the former Squeeze drummer and member of Jools Holland’s Big Band, is a very useful artist too. He’s painted portraits of Paul Simon, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and many other rock stars – some signed by the subjects. His latest work is Jeff Woods – aka local singer Pavanotti. Jeff spotted some of local resident Gilson’s pieces at Uptown ...

Trouble behind the scenes is threatening to take the shine off Pinchbeck United Football Club’s promotion campaign.   Committee member Pete Chapman is unhappy at how the club is being run and has proposed an extraordinary general meeting attended by club chairman Andrew Withers. He has advertised it in The Voice (May 4) as taking place in the clubhouse at the Knight ...

A hospital patient who died when he fell while in a lifting hoist and was impaled on part of the equipment was described to a jury as “a lovely gentleman”.   Kelly Baker, who was working as a health care assistant at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, at the time of the fatal incident in 2012 described John Biggadike to the jury at Lincoln Crown Court ...

The 22 winners in Springfields’ hugely popular Easter egg colouring competition have been announced. More than 3,000 children who took part in an egg hunt around the gardens were given the opportunity to enter the colouring competition, judged by staff at Thorntons. The overall winner was Beth McLaren (8), who gets a tour for four of Thorntons’ chocolate factory in Derbyshire. Runner-up was Tamzin Naish ...

Police investigating the theft of three motorbikes during a shed burglary in Gosberton have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to. The burglary happened in Godfrey Avenue around 4.30am on March 18. Two of the bikes were later recovered but a child’s green Kawasaki KX65 bearing the number 239 is still missing. Anyone with information is ...

Five-year-old Eleanor Perkins was the winner of a Spalding town-centre Easter egg hunt organised by optometrists Molsom and Associates. The Hall Place business held the free competition for children aged four to 12, thanks to help from other local businesses and public buildings Eggs were displayed at Simpson Butchers, Flowers ‘n Things, Gibbs Shoes, The Loft, the library, Stennetts Jewellers, Hills Department Store, Bookmark and The South ...

The owner of two Staffordshire bull terriers which attacked another dog and its owner on a footpath has been given a suspended jail sentence.   The two Staffies escaped from the garden of owner Benjamin Copeland’s home and were running loose along the path in Tydd St Mary when they pounced on a Boxer dog out for a walk with her owner Derek Hall.   ...

A former pillar of the community in Crowland has admitted making almost 600 indecent images of children. Peter Bird was on Crowland Parish Council until recently and stood for UKIP in the 2015 South Holland District Council elections, polling 903 votes in the Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas ward. Appearing before Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (April 27), he pleaded guilty ...

A man convicted of raping a ten-year-old girl was jailed for 15 years on Thursday.(April 27)   Christopher Parsons was found guilty by the jury following a three-day trial at Lincoln Crown Court.   The jury heard that he groomed the girl giving her cans of cola, food and money before sexually abusing and later raping her.   Martin Hurst, prosecuting, ...

A 40-year-old woman accused of possessing a class B drug in Holbeach with intent to supply is to face a trial. Caroline Kelly Moxon, of Moulton Washway, Fosdyke Bridge, is said to have had 10.05 grams of cannabis on September 19, 2016. She pleaded not guilty at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (April 26) and was remanded on unconditional bail until her ...

A Holbeach man accused of burgling almost £2,000 of property from a home has had his case sent for trial at crown court. Adam Hughes (23) is said to have stolen a 55in LG smart TV, a Toshiba laptop, a safe containing cash, and a pair of Air Max trainers from the property in Dog Drove North, Holbeach Drove, on March 15 this ...

A 44-year-old man has received a suspended prison sentence for having a knife in a public place. Fernando Carvalho, of Roman Bank, Spalding, pleaded not guilty to having the “large knife” in the town on November 22 last year. He was found guilty on April 17 and was sentenced at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.(April 25) As well as the 26-week jail ...

Residents and road users are being asked their views on the Spalding to Eye road improvement scheme. The ‘five years after’ findings will be part of an evaluation study to assess how successful the scheme has been in achieving its objectives. The consultation begins on Tuesday, May 9 and completed questionnaires need to be received by 5pm on Friday, June ...

A ladies’ night in memory of a popular Donington woman raised £1,885 for Spalding and Holbeach Macmillan Cancer Support. Samantha Danyluk organised it to mark the tenth anniversary in June of the death of her mum Deneez Cook from pancreatic cancer at the age of 45. Samantha said: “Macmillan were our heroes during this time.  “Mum knew how to have ...

An autistic lad is looking forward to the next academic year in a new school which better suits his needs. Eight-year-old Meredydd Humphreys had been struggling in mainstream education for some time but due to a dearth of special-needs school places the best which Lincolnshire County Council, the local education authority, was able to offer was private schooling in Brigg, ...

Some schools in South Holland will see budgets cut by as much as 35 per cent by 2020, according to the National Union of Teachers (NUT). The Department for Education (DfE) disputes the figures and maintains funding for schools is rising in real terms, but Lincolnshire County Council and school leaders disagree. The Rev John Bennett, chairman of governors at ...

Redundancy notices have been issued to 47 workers at Spalding Bakery following a consultation over jobs at the beginning of the year. A  spokesperson said: “We can confirm that, following a detailed consultation with relevant employees, we have reluctantly taken the very difficult decision to reduce the total number of roles.   “We’ve worked hard throughout the consultation period to ...