A project to transform South Holland District Council’s headquarters into a community hub has not attracted enough interest from potential public sector partners to proceed. The controversial proposal, which had a £2.7million budget earmarked and was to have been a major source of income, could have led to the police and Lincolnshire County Council’s Social Services in Spalding moving into the ...

Two men who were arrested following a house fire in Spalding on Monday evening are due to appear in court today.(Wednesday) Jason Lee Dodd (22), of Holyrood Walk, has been charged with assault, affray, and possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. Simon Harrison (24), of the same address, has been charged with affray. They will appear ...

The body of missing mother-of-two Bernice Williams has been discovered at her Lutton home. A man, believed to be her husband Lawrence, was also found dead at the couple’s property on Colleys Gate on Monday. The discovery came two days after police issued an appeal to find Mrs Williams, who had been missing since March 25. The 50-year-old teacher at Sutton Bridge’s ...

by Dr Martin Blake, of Spalding Gentlemen’s Society   In a part of Low Fulney, just outside Spalding, but well off the beaten track, sits a near-derelict building which, at first sight, appears ripe for demolition. If, however, you look beyond the changes and additions of recent centuries, it turns out to hold an extraordinary secret. Inside are two brick ...

This photo by Angela Reeve will appear in the June slot of next year’s Wilko Wild Bird Calendar. Her entry was one of 12 winners in a competition run by the national retailer Angela, of Spalding, said: “I was absolutely amazed that I won as I very rarely win anything, so feel really pleased with the result. “With the photo I wanted ...

Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital has been rated “inadequate” in a Care Quality Commission report published on Tuesday.(April 11) The areas of surgery, critical care, and services for children and young people were all rated “good”, but medical care (including older people’s care) and outpatients and diagnostic imaging were both deemed “inadequate”. Urgent and emergency services and maternity and gynaecology are each ...

The bodies of two people have been found in a house “in the Lutton area”, say Lincolnshire Police. One is believed to be 50-year-old Bernice Williams, a churchwarden at Lutton St Nicholas Parish Church, who had been missing since March 25. Police issued an appeal on Saturday for information on her whereabouts. That appeal has now been taken down from ...

Two men have been arrested in connection with a serious fire at a house in Spalding on Monday.(April 10)   Police are holding the 22 and 24-year-old in custody while investigating reports that fire crews were assaulted at a house in Holyrood Walk. The 24-year-old was also arrested in connection with possession of cannabis.   Fire crews from Spalding, Holbeach ...

The candidates for the nine South Holland electoral divisions on Lincolnshire County Council have been revealed. Voters will head to the polling stations to have their say on Thursday, May 4. There will certainly be fresh elected members in Holbeach Rural, Donington Rural and Spalding South divisions where respective sitting members William Webb, Susan Wray (both Conservative) and Alan Jesson ...

A man has been jailed for life for murdering his estranged wife, a worker at Spalding’s Fesa fruit packing factory. Gytis Griskevicius was ordered to serve a minimum of 23 years before he can be considered for parole. Griskevicius (32) had denied the murder on May 20 last year of 33-year-old Marina Erte, but was found guilty by the jury at the end of a two week ...

A symbolic horseshoe made in Spalding and bearing the name of South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter is now hanging on the walls of Oakham Castle to mark a celebratory event. Lord Porter was special guest at the venue for Rutland 20, a series of events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rutland regaining its status as an independent county. As part ...

Bakkavor celebrated the long service and commitment of over 80 employees based at Spalding and Sutton Bridge with an afternoon tea party at the South Holland Centre, Spalding. Employees working across Bakkavor Meals, Bakkavor Salads and Spalding Distribution Centre were presented gift vouchers for ten and 25 years’ service by Keith Bond and Dave Selleck, business directors of salads and ...

Crowland Cancer Fund has held its annual presentation event, giving out a total of £45,000 to six good causes. St Barnabas Lincolnsire Hospice, Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, Marie Curie Cancer Care each received £10,000, Teenage Cancer Trust got £7,000, Johnson Hospital Tulip Suite £6,000 and Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals’ haematology and oncology unit £2,000. Crowland Cancer Fund, which has ...

Proposals for a new caravan park, fishing lake, site office and cottages on a 17-acre site in Long Sutton could create up to 30 jobs. The park, with static caravans, holiday cottages and a fishing lake, would be a boost to the area and create an attraction, said applicant Jonathan Hoey, whose proposal represented an investment of “hundreds of thousands ...

People with links to RAF air cadets’ 2430 Holbeach Squadron are invited to take part in its 50th anniversary celebrations in May. The squadron wants to hear from former cadets, staff and committee members to join a celebration party. The current commanding officer, Flt Lt Dave Suddards, said: “The squadron was formed in 1964, originally as a detached flight of ...

Almost 400 people took the opportunity to get advice and information on vacancies and skills at South Holland District Council’s jobs fair on Tuesday.(April 4) It featured over 40 exhibitors from a range of sectors including the food industry, legal profession and training providers. The event, organised by South Holland District Council’s economic development team and the Department for Work ...

About 100 staff at South Holland District Council have been told their jobs could be put at risk as part of a review of services. An uncertain few weeks are ahead for many families as high-level staff pore over frontline areas, including housing, community and environmental services. Chief executive Anna Graves is leading the Place review as part of the ...

Concerned traders are calling for councillors to work with them on a rescue plan to save Spalding town centre. Businesses spoke out last week at their frustration and anger at the way South Holland District Council has behaved towards Springfields. Members of the Spalding Town Retailers’ Association (STRA) feel the council is waving the white flag to the Camelgate shopping ...

The family of a young boy who quickly needs treatment in the USA following the removal of a brain tumour got a £2,500 boost to their hopes this week.   Spalding Round Table has pledged towards the £10,000 target, taking the appeal total for Kieran Taylor to around £7,500. The lively and happy seven-year-old needs proton beam therapy, which is ...

The parents of a 21-year-old woman killed in a car crash have described their misery since the loss of their “beautiful” daughter. An only child, Alexandra Hills had been on a weekend visit to the family home in Dawsmere and was returning to studies at university in Lincoln when her car left the road in Gedney and overturned into a drain ...