Opening hours at Spalding tip in West Marsh Road will not be changed for the foreseeable future. But a Saturday supplementary service operated at six sites across the district is ending next Thursday. Lincolnshire County Council has held a review of its Household Waste Recycling Centres as part of budget cuts, resulting in the closure of facilities at Leadenham and ...

An empty property in Spalding could be brought back into use as a Baltic-themed bar and restaurant, creating about five jobs. Lithuanian business partners Laura Norvaisaite and Mingele Petruliene have applied for a premises licence for 25 Station Street. The friends, who run Lithuanian food market Lietuviškas skonis in Holbeach Road, have agreed an eight-year lease on the Station Street ...

The Spalding Water Taxi service prepared for its season launch on Good Friday (March 26) with a litter pick of the water and banks. Three vessels and ten personnel were used on the River Welland and Coronation Channel across the two-day pick. Thirty five bags of rubbish were collected as well as prams, TVs and bikes. Water taxi manager Simon ...

Members of the public are being urged to chip in and help secure Spalding’s historic former courthouse for community use. A charity set up to oversee the project for the Grade II listed Sessions House is hoping that crowdfunding – raising cash for a project by many people contributing – will provide the means. Terry Moore, chairman of the recently-formed ...

A dog that went missing five years ago has been reunited with its owners – after being found 200 miles away in South Holland. Fern’s owners, who live in Tyne and Wear, were stunned to hear from South Holland District Council dog warden Rachel Thompson that their Bedlington Cross Whippet, had been found in Holbeach Hurn. Rachel said: “In all ...

Green Party supporters in South Lincolnshire have pledged to campaign for a vote in favour of the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. Ahead of the referendum on June 23, the local campaign was launched last Friday (March 18) at Stamford Arts Centre. The meeting was attended by Kat Boettge, who was recently selected as Green Party lead candidate for the East Midlands region ...

A car hit a house in Winsover Road in Spalding on Sunday morning.(March 20) The driver – a 19-year-old man – was not seriously injured but did go to hospital. Emergency services were called to the scene at about 9.40am. Firefighters evacuated the building and made the car safe before leaving the incident in the hands of a building inspector. Police said: ...

An urgent appeal has been issued for a small parcel of land in Gedney Dyke for a children’s play area. It follows a Gedney Parish Council meeting last week when a proposal not to place it on a green near the war memorial was carried 5-2 in a vote, with one abstention. The council will now investigate alternative options, but ...

Spalding intersex equality campaigner Joe Holliday and his mum handcuffed themselves to Houses of Parliament railings to raise awareness of the issue. Joe (28) and Julia Farmer were later questioned by police after the handcuffs were found in their bags as they entered the House of Commons last Thursday. The two are among campaigners calling for a stop to surgery ...

Pictured are the principle highways changes being considered to improve traffic flow in Spalding.     Lincolnshire County Council highways officers are working to see which scenario works best in conjunction with changes to the traffic signals. Lights at the Winfrey Avenue junction with Kings Road and Swan Street junction with Station Approach are coming to the end of their life ...

A fourth planning application for Weston has taken the total number of proposed homes to 242 – potentially increasing the village’s total by about one third. Residents have formed a group to raise concerns and ward district councillor Andrew Woolf insists that Weston needs more services to go hand in hand with the developments. He said: “I’m not against good ...

The amount of green open space belonging to South Holland District Council has increased dramatically with the £302,000 purchase of Moulton Park. The 23 acres of land, just off High Road, sold for £52,000 above the guide price. Ward district councillor and cabinet member Anthony Casson says residents from across the district can look forward to “first-class recreational facilities”. While ...

A new website detailing arts or heritage activity, venues, organisations or professionals in South Lincolnshire has gone live. Visitors to www.southlincsartsdirectory.co.uk can search for things like arts classes, a voluntary arts group, an artist or professional they might want to commission for work or see what venues there are in the area. The website has been funded by Transported, the ...

More than 400 households across South Holland have signed up for a trial garden waste collection scheme, launching on Monday, April 4. The council-run scheme costs £49 per year plus a one-off fee of £15 to cover delivery and lease of the bins. On Monday (March 14), the council had 427 households involved. A council spokesman said: “This is in ...

In 2014, three brown piglets helped artist Dina Perejogina win the public vote at South Holland Open Arts contest – and this year it’s a brown bull. Dina’s painting Head Strong has led to her becoming the first artist to win the coveted trophy twice, following a poll at the exhibition in the South Holland Centre. Dina, of Spalding, said: “I ...

Hundreds of tonnes of fly-tipped rubbish have been cleared thanks to an ongoing multi-agency project utilising prisoners. Operation Fly Swat has dealt with more than 5,000 jobs since its inception four years ago. And it’s led to £300,000 worth of fly-tip clearance in South Holland and Boston being achieved for just £60,000. Boston Borough Council oversees the scheme, and the ...

Spalding Fulney Women’s Institute has thanked former president Ann Holness for her six years at the helm. Members gave her a gift and card and Jenny Manning – a former president herself – thanked Ann on behalf of everyone. New president Rosemary Knight is pictured (on left), with Ann, treasurer Rosie Edwards (right) and former committee member Trina Nicholson.

The cadets of 1406 Squadron Air Training Corps (ATC) Spalding had friends, family and special VIP guests at their annual presentation evening. The ceremony represents the chance for cadets to show the culmination of a full year’s hard work. Also new junior cadets formally take their oath of allegiance to the corps. Guest was Long Sutton’s Olympic clay shooter Aaron ...

A Fleet Hargate man has been given a suspended jail sentence for child sexual abuse and making and possessing indecent images of children. Paul Spector (50) was given a ten-month sentence suspended for two years and a two-year supervision order. He has also been placed on the sex offenders’ register for ten years. Spector pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault of a ...

A 33-year-old man and a dog died in a caravan fire in Holbeach Fen on Sunday morning. Police and fire officers are trying to establish the cause of the incident at Heron’s Cottage caravan and camping site in Frostley Gate. Police said on Monday: “This fire was reported to us at 10.14am yesterday, by the Fire and Rescue Service who ...