Farmers and landowners are being asked to share their views on Brexit at a special event next month. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) wants to capture the thoughts of its members on the opportunities and risks surrounding Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Director of policy, Christopher Price, will address the meeting at the Lincolnshire Showground on ...

Key moments in improving traffic management in Spalding town centre are on the horizon. The project will take a step forward with a feasibility study getting under way this autumn. And that is also the time when the design for phase one of the £100m Spalding Western Relief Road (SWRR) is expected to be submitted for planning consideration by Lincolnshire ...

A Spalding trader has again dropped an appeal against the revocation of a premises licence at the last minute. Karwan Ahmad waited until just hours before the scheduled hearing at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (August 17) before stopping his action in respect of Winsover off-licence. It meant from 10am on Wednesday, the revocation came into effect and alcohol could not ...

A £1million refurbishment of the x-ray department at King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital is benefitting patients and radiographers. Three digital x-ray rooms have been fitted with new imaging equipment which are providing high quality images to help speed up diagnosis. The hospital has also invested in a new £100,000 portable unit, which can be used in A&E or on the ...

A proposal to bring Holbeach’s two medical centres under one roof has been dropped. The “super-surgery” plan for a brownfield site in Church Street has been replaced with a proposal for homes. The original plan, which would have led to GPs from Holbeach Medical Centre in Park Road and Littlebury Medical Centre in Fishpond Lane amalgamating, was granted outline planning ...

An incredibly poignant and emotional funeral service unfolded as family, friends and the community joined Luke and Ryan Hart to say farewell to their beloved mum and sister. Claire (50) and Charlotte Hart (19) were fatally wounded when shot by Claire’s husband and the siblings’ father, Lance, in a tragedy that shocked the nation. He then killed himself in last ...

Residents and traders are being urged to keep giving their view on controversial trial changes under way at a Holbeach car park. South Holland District Council wants to hear, by late September, all feedback on Boston Road car park hosting the town’s market and on closing one of its two entrances. The plea follows a busy public meeting in the ...

An angry driver has appealed a £50 fine issued for her car being “six inches” outside a parking zone in Spalding. Christine Hardy believes the ticket, issued in Sheep Market on August 11, was issued pettily and such behaviour is doing little to encourage people to shop in the town centre. Mrs Hardy had been shopping in Heron for about 15 ...

A fire which damaged 70 per cent of disused The Bridge Hotel is thought to have been started deliberately. Firefighters managed to prevent it spreading to one end of the building, which is a landmark on the Lincolnshire/Norfolk border at Sutton Bridge. Three crews from Lincolnshire and three further crews and an aerial ladder platform from Norfolk were called to ...

Valued employees on an apprenticeship scheme at Spalding Bakery have been thanked and rewarded for their efforts. The seven staff members – all foreign nationals – have passed the Level 2 Apprenticeship in Food Manufacturing using baking industry skills for the specialist industry knowledge component. The qualification was delivered in partnership with the National Centre for Food Manufacturing in Holbeach, ...

Young people on the National Citizen Service personal and social development programme organised a fun day in Spalding to raise funds for two charities. Among the attractions at the Memorial Field clubhouse were snakes and bearded dragons to handle, an owl display, face painting and refreshments. The event raised about £700 for Medical Detection Dogs and Cancer Research. As part ...

Fancy testing yours or your family’s techniques in a race and challenges designed by survival expert Bear Grylls and his team? The first of four Bear Grylls Survival Races this year is on Saturday, August 20, at Wimpole Estate in Royston (eight miles from Cambridge). We’ve teamed up with the organisers to offer five fabulous prizes. There’s a pair of race ...

Residents are being given the chance to have their say over controversial trial changes at a Holbeach car park – and hear the arguments for making them from a South Holland District Council officer. Holbeach Parish Council has called a public meeting to consider the effects of relocating the market from High Street to the car park and of closing ...

Differing views by The Planning Inspectorate on a pair of new fences on opposite sides of the road are to be queried by South Holland District Council. The fences were put up last year by neighbours in Osier Road and Rutland Close in Spalding. The council rejected retrospective planning applications, telling both applicants that their fence was “an incongruous form of ...

Legislation on appealing the loss of a premises licence is again under the spotlight after a criminal shopowner abused the system to his financial advantage. Karwan Ahmad withdrew an appeal against the revocation of his licence for Baltic in Winsover Road, Spalding, less than 24 hours before it was due to be heard in court. But he had succeeded in ...

A World War Two amphibious landing craft is the latest addition to a permanent display at The Anglia Motel in Fleet. Owner Harold Payne has bought the American DUKW (affectionally nicknamed “Duck” by serving soldiers of the time) and plans to restore it as part of his military museum dedicated to fallen heroes of past wars. Harold’s aim is to ...

A burglar who went on the run during his trial has been jailed for four years after being described as “a thoroughly dishonest man”. Shane Boyton refused to come into court for his hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday (August 10) and remained naked inside a police car outside the building while he was being sentenced. The 37-year-old, of College ...

An appeal for financial support to support the family of Spalding shootings victims Claire and Charlotte Hart has quickly raised more than £1,500. It was started by Kate Haynes, a longtime friend of the family, who is helping Luke (26) and Ryan Hart (25) cope in the aftermath of the tragic event on July 19. Their mum Claire (50) and ...

A wrangle over ownership and repair of a Sutton Bridge fence damaged in strong winds is partially resolved. Part of a Grebe Close fence, which separates green space maintained by South Holland District Council and agricultural land, was blown down last December. Housing developer Kier was contacted and said the fence had been transferred to the council. The council rejected ...

Two Spalding pals hope to have raised £3,000 by cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats. For Ollie Maltby (24), it was the second time he has ridden the 900 miles. But for Ashley Caress it was much more of an achievement, having seen little action on a bike for several years. The mammoth journey took them nine days of about ...