BUGBROOKE RFC 1st 62 SPALDING RFC 1st 3: A resounding defeat in Spalding’s first-ever league encounter with Bugbrooke reinforced just what standard will be needed in Midlands One. Town had only a drop goal from fly-half Jim Williams – making his first appearance for 18 months – to show for their trip to Northamptonshire. A club spokesman said: “The players were clearly ...

Scotland gaining independence from the United Kingdom would be a bad move, according to a leading South Holland businessman. Phil Scarlett is president of the Spalding and District Area Chamber of Commerce and believes a break-up of the union would be bad for the “fragile” recovering economy. Voters will have their say in a referendum on Thursday, September 18. It’s ...

Spalding Round Table has presented £1,000 to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. The cash came from some of the funds raised by the Round Table’s annual charity boxing event held at Springfields Events Centre. Ways and means officer Jason Parnell said the air ambulance was selected as a worthy cause due to the frequency of support it provides to Spalding, ...

The father of murder victim Warren Free says the family has been overwhelmed by a collection held in the Spalding neighbourhood. On Tuesday, David and Norma Elms handed over £500 which had been raised in a door-to-door collection on the Royce Road estate and in a bucket collection at Late Shopper and Jack’s Fish Bar in nearby Holbeach Road. A ...

A 20-year-old who says he feels a duty to serve Spalding is hoping to become the youngest member on South Holland District Council. Jack McLean will be standing as a Conservative candidate in St John’s ward in the May 2015 election. Jack says he has quickly developed an admiration for the hard work of the Conservative Party in and around ...

A host of Spalding Triathlon Club members took on the testing ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ sportive event. Organised by Bourne Wheelers Cycling Club, the event has been running for many years now – and always offers a choice of distance and picturesque hilly routes. The field grew to an impressive 200 this year, with Spalding Tri always delighted to support events arranged ...

A manufacturing business renowned for the quality of its timber products has celebrated 130 years in Donington. George Barnsdale threw a birthday bash at its High Street site last Saturday. The event brought together three generations of the Barnsdale family, alongside past and present members of staff and their families. South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes attended to ...

The owner of a controversial eyesore site in Spalding has been ordered to clean it up or face possible court action. South Holland District Council has lost patience with Crispen Holdings over the state of the Bull and Monkie plot in Churchgate. Planning officers last week served notice on the company ordering the site to be cleaned up. The council ...

Spalding Police’s clampdown on burglaries in the town has reaped rewards – including two further arrests on Tuesday night. Police carried out 25 stop/searches around the town as part of Operation Bonus. And news of the results of comes with an apology from Spalding’s community policing inspector to innocent people who were put out by his officers’ efforts. Insp Jim Tyner said: “Inevitably, many ...

UPDATE: Thursday, 10.30AM: The motorcyclist, who died in a collision on the A52 at Donington on Tuesday, has been named as Michal Malinowski (30), from Aylestone Road in Leicester. Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision in Donington on Tuesday afternoon. A motorcyclist was killed in the accident on the A52. His Ducati machine collided with a green Claas ...

Police are investigating an incident at Sainsbury’s fuel station in Spalding which left an elderly man with a “very serious” foot injury. A Mercedes car which he was driving collided with a Saab just before 4pm on Sunday. Police said: “The driver of the Mercedes, an 85-year-old man from Cowbit, was taken to hospital in Peterborough with a very serious injury ...

Resurfacing work on the A17 at Saracen’s Head gets under way next week. The work, near Whaplode Manor, starts on Wednesday. It will take place each day between 7pm and 5am and is expected to complete by September 29. The road will remain open throughout, with temporary traffic lights and a convoy system in place. Washway Road in Saracen’s Head ...

  Shocked neighbours of Spalding murder victim Warren Free have rallied round to raise hundreds of pounds for his young son. A door-to-door collection on the Royce Road estate on Sunday raised over £400 and lots more cash has flooded in to buckets at Late Shopper and Jack’s Fish Bar in nearby Holbeach Road. As detectives try to establish who ...

The varied work of South Holland District Council’s dog warden has received national recognition on BBC One – and could do again. Rachel Thompson appeared in two episodes of morning show Animal Saints and Sinners. The cases featured highlighted the sometimes harrowing work which Rachel gets involved with. One owner found her dog drowned in a drain near her home. ...

Spalding United’s popular youth section wants to build a home of its own in the town. The Tulips are trying to find about five acres of land to develop for its growing junior set-up. About 200 youngsters are currently involved across its 12 teams and the move is seen as the next sensible step towards growing the junior side of ...

  In the latest in our Day In The Life series of getting an insight into people’s work, we feature a typical few days in the life of Spalding resident Sandra White, a volunteer clean-up campaigner. Calling herself The Voice From The Gutter, married Sandra is often out on the streets at 6am and says she does it to help ...

Detectives are continuing their inquiry into the murder of Spalding dad Warren Free, with seven youths on police bail. Mr Free (42) was found unconscious on August 28 at his home in Coronation Close, which is at the bottom end of Royce Road. He was airlifted to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. The investigation into how he sustained head injuries escalated into a ...

Vintage Hollywood is the theme at this year’s annual Kidney Research Charity Ball in Spalding. It will be the fifth ball organised by committee members Hannah Robinson, Natalie Herring and Richard Spurr. The trio have raised more than £25,000 for Kidney Research UK, which undertakes research for kidney patients, like Hannah and Natalie’s mother Pauline. Pauline was born with a ...

The injuries which killed Spalding man Warren Free are as yet “unascertained”. An inquest into the 42-year-old’s death was opened at Boston Enterprise Centre on Wednesday afternoon. During a ten-minute hearing, South Lincolnshire coroner Prof Robert Forrest outlined brief details about the circumstances surrounding Mr Free’s death at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham on Friday, August 29. He said the ...

  The detective leading the Spalding murder inquiry has given an exclusive interview to The Voice. In it, Det Ch Insp Martin Holvey updates viewers on the case and gives reassurances about the case progress: Go to our Facebook page where the video made on Wednesday afternoon is posted : www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spalding-South-Holland-Voice/655704924465940