The mother of an autistic eight-year-old boy is having to consider moving house because Lincolnshire County Council cannot find him a suitable school place anywhere near their home. Rhonwen Humphreys says Lincolnshire County Council has been trying hard but the best offer she has had for Meredydd is a place in Brigg – 67 miles away from their home in ...

A champion for health service users has urged GPs in South Holland to increase opening hours next winter to reduce pressure on A&E departments, after only two agreed to this year. South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group secured funds from NHS England to enable increased opening hours. Sarah Fletcher, chief executive officer of Healthwatch Lincolnshire, said: “With the very publicised pressures ...

Council tax bills for South Holland residents for 2017/18 are about to be issued showing an increase for district council services. It comes after district councillors approved the authority’s budget for the next financial year.  Sixty per cent of homes in South Holland are in the lowest two bands. Band A properties will increase by 6p per week while band B properties are up 7p ...

Survivors from a batch of more than 1,000 newly-hatched chicks dumped in a field in Crowland were put down due to bird flu fears. A case of bird flu was recently confirmed in Boston and national restrictions are in place to prevent spread of the disease, including to keep poultry housed and away from wild birds. However, a spokesman for ...

An 84-year-old female pedestrian suffered serious injuries in a collision with a Land Rover in Crowland. Police are appealing for witnesses after the collision with a grey Land Rover Freelander at noon on Tuesday (Feb 21). It happened next to the Spar shop in North Street. The pedestrian was taken to Peterborough hospital. Police want to hear from anyone who ...

by Karen Johnson South Holland District Council community development officer This week our team has been busy preparing for South Holland Open Arts 2017. The annual art exhibition and competition is one of our most popular events and so far this year has been no exception. We have received an abundance of entries, the most for several years in fact, ...

Donations by members of the public wowed by Jack Turner’s well-known annual Christmas lights display raised £1,058 for Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust last year. Each year the Fleet Road homeowner puts on a spectacle which attracts visitors from miles around. Hospital manager Maxine Winch said: “On behalf of Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust, I would like to ...

An elderly pedestrian who died six days after being knocked down by a bus as he crossed the road did not appear to look its way.   Harold Fisher (93) stepped out into Winfrey Avenue, Spalding, with the single-decker passenger bus just feet away. An inquest on Tuesday (Feb 21) heard that the Shaws of Maxey driver had “little or ...

Two branches of European Movement in East Midlands have been inaugurated last week: Lincolnshire branch and Leicestershire branch. The objectives of the branches were agreed as: to promote awareness of the European Union (EU) to disseminate a positive image of European Union and Britain’s role in Europe to campaign to remain a permanent member of the EU to further the ...

I read with interest the article “Crowland as it might have looked with River Welland through town” (The Voice, February 16). A photo of a print I have in my possession gives some indication as to how the merging water courses at the Trinity Bridge would have looked in circa 1726. The print is by one Samuel Buck who visited ...

I read with interest (The Voice, February 16) our local council wish to spend millions of pounds on new workspace to let commercially on a for-profit basis. Do the councillors propose to use the same business model as they very successfully did on the Spalding Red Herring Quarter? I propose they take another look at this colossal faux pas before ...

Potholes in Holbeach will be the first to be filled in the next round of Lincolnshire County Council’s patching programme. West End is due to be targeted by workmen on April 3 and 4. The council said: “Each job will require a temporary road closure, with appropriate traffic management measures put in place for the duration. “This is just the ...

Thought I would drop a line to express my surprise at the opening of the new Post Office in Holbeach at the Co-Op centre, where they have omitted to place a post box! Although the open plan area is very nice, I had to go elsewhere to post my letter. I will be sticking to Tesco in future, as they ...

A singing extravaganza with a Welsh theme will be held in Pinchbeck on Wednesday (March 1) to mark St David’s Day. Anyone who enjoys a good old-fashioned sing is invited to the Big St David’s Day Sing (7pm start) where the church choir and soloists will be performing. Pinchbeck singer Jeff Woods (aka ‘Pavanotti), who lived in the Rhondda Valley ...

Pinchbeck United Football Club’s hopes of taking the next step up the non-league ladder have been dealt a blow. The club has submitted a planning application to install floodlights, a concrete path around the pitch, a small stand and security fencing. The improvements are Football Association requirements to enable the club to progress from the Peterborough League to the United ...

Moulton Ladies have made donations totalling £1,000 to seven good causes. Representatives from Macmillan Cancer Support, Moulton Mill, St Barnabas, Moulton Community Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn radiology department, The Salvation Army Boston and Holbeach Hospital collected cheques at this month’s meeting. The group holds various fundraising events throughout the year and then decides at its annual general meeting in ...

by Stuart Brown Cyber security specialist Last week (February 14) the Queen opened the new National Cyber Security Centre in London, part of a £2billion government investment in cyber security. Is that enough to make us safe on the internet? Does that protect our homes, our businesses, our suppliers, our friends and family every day? Does that make the government ...

The popular Holbeach Horticultural Society is keen to welcome more members after celebrating its 20th anniversary. The group – which held its first meeting on January 9, 1997 – was the brainchild of Heather Beedle, aided by Betty Humphries and Ann Wellington among others. Whether a novice or experienced gardener, or just interested in seeing the beautiful efforts of others, ...

Former two-weight world champion Carl Frampton packed a punch as star guest at Spalding and District Round Table’s boxing night. The charitable organisation added to the more than £200,000 it has raised over the previous 22 annual events, with proceeds going to good causes in the area. Frampton was the talk of last Saturday’s event at Springfields Events Centre in ...

South Lincolnshire has scored another rare bird sighting – and possibly set a record. A bluethroat has been attracting birdwatchers to Willow Tree Fen Nature Reserve. Twitcher Steve Black says the species likes wet pasture and scrub as its habitat so the Tongue End venue is ideal. Just a fortnight ago Steve and fellow enthusiasts were capturing images of the rare ...