A woman who had her premises licence application rejected last May is trying again. Ernesta Tamutyte wants permission to sell alcohol again at Global Foods in Winsover Road, Spalding. South Holland district councillors on the licensing authority rejected her last bid after she admitted signing false entries in the shop’s refusals register. Police claimed that Miss Tamutyte was involved in ...

By Darren Sutton – chairman of Spalding Town Retailers’ Association In the last week there has been press and social media comments regarding the Christmas Market in Spalding. Yes, it was a disappointing turnout compared to previous years. The retailers’ groups Spalding Town Retailers’ Association and The Crescent Traders’ Association did not have any involvement in the recruitment of stalls ...

I read with interest the letter (last week) regarding the overused leisure facilities in Spalding. I use the swimming pool regularly and, as mentioned, it is always very busy. This pool has to cover the needs of the schools and the general public not just in Spalding but from the surrounding towns and villages as well – a big area ...

Had a walk through Spalding today, what a sad appearance it is. What did one find on our walk from Saxon Close to the town centre? 1. Most, if not all, the litter bins were full. Well, it was Monday and we had had a weekend – is that something unique one asks! 2. The area around the bin in ...

Christmas – a Christian celebration cemented into our culture for some 2,000 years – is not a time for politics but I see the Conservatives have already started campaigning. So before the festivities start, it seems appropriate to encourage all those who voted for my party at the last elections and to again thank South Holland for returning the second ...

I would like to reply to your article ‘Why failed devolution bid makes me sad’ (Voice, last week). Lord Porter writes that he is sad that the devolution deal offered to Lincolnshire will not now go ahead, but as an elected official is he not aware that his job is to represent the people of South Holland, and not to ...

A short appeal for secondhand cuddly toys has been launched. Donate A Cuddle will run alongside the Give A Gift campaign until Saturday, December 17. Donate A Cuddle is part of Ella’s Project, which collects and redistributes good quality used clothes for children aged up to five. It aims to help children and families who need support this Christmas. Any ...

Guide dogs Ozzie and Nana were popular visitors as volunteer staff at Chosen charity shop in Holbeach presented £3,000 to another worthwhile good cause – Guide Dogs of Spalding. Pictured: Back (from left) – Dennis Pearson, Angie Issitt, Dorothy Holdbrook, Pauline Mackman, Jean Marriot, Dorothy Katze, Sheila Cleary; front – Chosen’s Mary Stevenson and Iris Boland with guide dogs Ozzie ...

Pinchbeck East Primary School had one of its most successful Christmas fairs – raising an amazing £5,000. Last Friday’s event, organised by The Friends of the School, took up much of the place and was extremely busy. A big fundraiser was the raffle, with about 30 great prizes including an iPad Mini. Among the many attractions were tombolas with items ...

Hundreds of primary school pupils came together to raise the roof of St John The Baptist Church in Spalding with a very festive feel in the annual school choir competition. The event included renditions from ten schools from Spalding, Sutton Bridge, Gedney Drove End and Deeping St James. And it was the federated primary schools of Westmere at Sutton Bridge ...

Visitors to Holbeach on Sunday were delighted to be able to enjoy two Christmas events and have praised organisers’ efforts. St Nicholas Fayre – held on both days over the weekend – was based around All Saints’ Church and the separate Holbeach Hub Christmas Celebration took place in Boston Road South. St Nicholas Fayre was so successful that after donations ...

Long Sutton Parish Council laid on a terrific Christmas fair in the town on Sunday.(Dec 4) The highlight was more than 350 children getting to see Father Christmas in a grotto in St Mary’s Parish Church. The council had leafletted local schools and Santa – who arrived on a Long Sutton fire engine – was kept busy throughout. Grown-ups particularly ...

Staff at a Holbeach charity shop are desperately trying to trace a man who they think might have accidentally included a ring of great sentimental value in a bagful of donations. The man dropped off a Wilko carrier bag of goods to the Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall shop in High Street last Tuesday afternoon (Nov 29). As they sorted through the contents, ...

A distraught daughter has slammed a court’s decision after a carer who stole from her elderly father escaped a prison sentence. Susan Pell, of Church Street, Pinchbeck, pleaded guilty to the theft of £20 and £30 on respective occasions from Peter Carpenter of Campion Close, Spalding. When she appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court last week, the 65-year-old was sentenced to carry ...

A 65-year-old man from the Long Sutton area died on Sunday (Dec 4) following a road traffic collision. It happened on the A16 in Sibsey at 12.08pm. A red Renault Modus and a green Kawasaki motorbike were involved. The motorcyclist was taken to Pilgrim Hospital in Boston by ambulance where he later died. PS Ewan Gell, the senior investigating officer, is appealing ...

Donations have begun rolling in for the Give A Gift campaign for children who would otherwise go without, but please keep up the support. The Voice is supporting the We’ll Let Your House appeal and asking readers to donate a gift suitable for a child aged one to 14. Gifts must be new and unwrapped please. Cuddly toys, make-up and ...

A Holbeach grandad has had a children’s Christmas tale made into a book. The A5 paperback The Night Santa Crashed in Holbeach tells of how the man in red comes down in Carter’s Park after colliding with the cockerel on All Saints’ Church spire. With his sleigh badly damaged, townsfolk help ensure that presents get to the children by Christmas ...

Two South Holland schools won £300 of gardening vouchers after impressing in a composting challenge. It was part of a project Anglian Water’s Keep It Clear programme has been running with Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) called Fat of the Land. The aim was to grow awareness of the problems caused by food waste, fats, oils and grease blocking ...

The man poised to become Lincolnshire Police’s next chief constable says he is “honoured” to be selected. Bill Skelly, who is currently deputy chief constable with Devon and Cornwall Police, has been named as the preferred candidate for Lincolnshire’s new police chief. The decision was made by Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones after an exhaustive interview process. The recommendation will now ...

When John McGeorge-Oanta was told he was suffering ME he was serving as a medic in the RAF and had four young sons – the news was devastating. He struggled on varying reduced hours for four years before being invalided in 2006 facing a future of being cared for by his wife. He said: “It was like being presented with a ...