Player/boss Ian Dunn was on target as Pinchbeck United held ChromaSport Peterborough Premier Division leaders Coates Athletic to a 1-1 draw on Saturday. The veteran’s first-half strike ensured that Pinchbeck remain well-placed in third, just seven points behind Coates with two games in hand. Moulton Harrox fell further away from the title picture after a 1-0 home loss to Stilton ...

Pinchbeck United Sunday remain on-course for a historic victory in the Lincs Sunday Cup after cruising to a 5-1 victory at Messingham Juniors. Red-hot Josh Ford was again the hero with four goals for Pinchbeck in the Sunday romp, with defender Bobby Patterson chipping in with the other. It was another impressive performance from Tom Roberts’ side, who are bidding ...

The Spalding Inter Services Cup served up goals galore on Saturday as four sides progressed into the semi-finals. Long Sutton Athletic were the leading scorers on the day as they fired five against ChromaSport Peterborough League rivals Holbeach Bank. Goals from Bank’s Ashley Sheedy and Sam Thompson couldn’t stop the Magpies flying to a 5-2 triumph. Also in the hat ...

Among the many memories recalled over the this period of Remembrance is an inspirational tale of bravery and incredible fortune. Services this weekend and on Tuesday – Armistice Day – will be particularly significant in 2014 – 100 years since the beginning of World War One and 70 years since the D-Day Landings. And it was in Normandy on June 6, ...

HOLBEACH: Sunday, 2pm – Parade musters at South Holland Boxing Academy, Fleet Street, and heads to war memorial for the Act of Remembrance and wreath laying. Followed by Remembrance Service in All Saints’ Church. After the service, sunset will take place before the parade returns to the muster point. Salute on return will be taken by HM Lord Lieutenant of ...

The names of 24 World War One casualties will be added to Spalding’s war memorial before the coming days’ Remembrance services. A campaign led by South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes and involving Royal British Legion and Spalding and South Lincolnshire branch of Western Front Association is heading for a successful conclusion. However, due to a timing hiccup, ...

Saracen’s Head farmer Matt Naylor was part of a team effort to build 67 beehives in an African community. The Bee Team project in the Nou Forest in Tanzania was supported by Farm Africa. The aim was to build, wax and deliver as many hives as possible in three days. Matt was one of seven UK farming sector figures to ...

Six cadets of 1406 Squadron (Spalding) performed well at the Air Cadet National First Aid Competition. Along with teams from 5F Northampton Squadron, they were representing Central and East region. The young adult team of FS Lockie and CWO Oxby (wearing medals in the photo) placed second in their competition. A spokesman said: “This being our cadets’ first national level ...

Step-free access to a Spalding train station platform has been removed until further notice. The station’s level crossing (otherwise known as barrow crossing) was shut for good on Monday as part of Network Rail safety improvements. The crossing was designed to enable anybody – but particularly wheelchair users and people with pushchairs – to cross the tracks at ground level. ...

South Holland’s largest leisure centre must continue to have a swimming pool, according to the findings of a questionnaire in The Voice. All the results of a survey published last month on the future of Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex have now been gathered. A recent district council meeting heard that the cost saving of not having a swimming pool in ...

A Moulton Chapel horticulture firm has returned to South Holland District Council, hoping to be granted consent for expansion plans. Lucksbridge Horticulture wants to build a 36,000sq m glasshouse and install two new biomass boilers at its premises in Broadgate Drove. The firm said: “Due to an increase in customer demand, as well as the need to become ever more ...

The lengths which Spalding School of Dance has gone to in order to find a larger base has been revealed. School principal Claire Patman claims she got close to a number of town-centre properties before deciding to apply for a new-build in the grounds of her home in Rangell Gate, Low Fulney. Mrs Patman set her heart on a move ...

Holbeach broke the all-time record for high temperature in Lincolnshire on Halloween. The weather station at RAF Holbeach recorded 21 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday. Meanwhile, unseasonably warm weather brought hundreds of Trick or Treaters on to the streets in towns and villages across South Holland. And themed parties were popular too – the submitted photo above shows one ...

South Holland District Council is using the clean-up of a Spalding eyesore to launch a district-wide campaign. The Bull and Monkie site in Churchgate was finally tidied and secured on Monday. The council promises that other areas will be spruced up in the near future in its Pride in South Holland campaign. Coun Roger Gambba-Jones, portfolio holder for planning, said: ...

Police have put dispersal notices in place for parts of Spalding and Sutton Bridge from tonight (Friday) until Sunday night. The one in Sutton Bridge was in response to the anticipation of a rave happening. Insp Jim Tyner said: “We have received information that there may be a rave this weekend in the Centenary Way area of Sutton Bridge. “The ...

The trust which runs Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital says it has taken steps to ensure that the type of accident which contributed to a Spalding man’s death will never happen again. At a four-day inquest into his death, the jury pointed to a lack of proper staff training on how to use the hoist which John Biggadike collapsed onto, impaling himself ...

Spalding United and Holbeach United enjoyed success in cup competitions on Saturday. The Tulips fought back from 2-0 down at fellow Evo-Stik Division One South side Leek Town to force a replay on Tuesday (Nov 4). Andrew Tidswell (65mins) and a Nathan Stainsfield header (85) did the trick. The result means the Tulips’ scheduled league trip to Brigg Town on ...

Many voters in South Holland and The Deepings have a strong leaning towards the UK leaving the European Union and believe immigration has had a bad cultural impact, new research has found. The report published last week was based on the 2015 British Election Study, which interviewed about 30,000 people in May and June 2014. Respondents were asked: “If there ...

Children are being offered a good start in life thanks to a Long Sutton pre-school. Cinder Ash pre-school has been praised by education watchdog Ofsted for providing a stimulating environment which enables children to become active and independent learners. Inspectors who visited the pre-school in September rated Cinder Ash “good” across the board and said all that was standing between ...

Highways officers working on improving Spalding’s traffic flow have been urged to consider what the town was like when traffic lights were switched off. Spalding Town Forum chairman George Aley and Spalding Wygate district councillor Roger Gambba-Jones fondly remember when traffic management was suspended during work on the Swan Street area a few years ago. Lincolnshire County Council’s senior project ...