Primary schools and growers’ groups in South Holland could win gardening vouchers totalling £1,200. And for those who register first there is also the chance to get a free specialist compost bins worth around £180 and one of 200 packs of giant pumpkin seeds. The Anglian Water ‘Fat of the Land’ Composting Challenge, in association with Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary ...

An energy plant reducing the amount of waste in Lincolnshire going to landfill is playing an important role during the current chilly spell. About 170,000 tonnes of residual household and commercial waste from across the county is now treated each year at the Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at North Hykeham, near Lincoln, which opened in 2013. Lincolnshire County Council ...

Lincolnshire Police has released updated details of its enforcement activity with hare coursing. Operation Galileo is ongoing but the hare coursing season traditionally runs from September to March. Since September 1 last year, there have been 176 men arrested or reported for summons. Ninety three other men have been dealt with by other enforcement action such as Direction to Leave, ...

Police are investigating the cause of a house fire in Spalding on Thursday night. (March 10) All four occupants – two adults and two children – got out of the house in Medina Walk safely. Lincolnshire Police said: “A 23-year-old man suffered from smoke inhalation and was treated at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston. The second adult and children were not injured. ...

A free networking event including tips and advice is being held for community groups and organisations across South Holland. Organised by Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service, it will give the chance to share experiences and good practice and learn what’s new in the voluntary sector. Speakers will include Pinchbeck Parish Council clerk Barbara Camps, speaking about the Pinchbeck Community Hub ...

The first permanent property being built on a gypsy/travellers’ site at Holbeach has breached its planning permission. South Holland District Council gave consent last November for William Gaskin to build a dayroom at Rose View Drive, but part of the property is not as agreed. A council spokesman said: “We are aware that windows in the gable ends of the ...

An eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy is £3,000 closer to getting a powered wheelchair thanks to Holbeach charity shop Chosen. Sophie Clarke and twin brother Lewis both suffer from the condition. But while Lewis is able to walk unaided, Sophie needs a frame. A fundraising campaign for a £10,000 powered wheelchair is close to complete. Chosen joint manager and treasurer ...

A plan to use almost half of a public playing field for a housing development is facing strong opposition. Welland Homes Ltd – South Holland District Council’s new housebuilding company – wants to put 24 homes on Severn Road Playing Field in Spalding. The move, which would use 42 per cent of the field, has received objections from Sport England, ...

A move is being made to try and stop the controversial proposed outdoor performance area for Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Gardens being built. The £57,000 project – designed by Heritage Lincolnshire – was granted planning permission in January. While some people have welcomed the contemporary look, it has not gone down well with others. Spalding Town Forum chairman Coun George Aley likened it ...

A farmer was killed when he became trapped in machinery on its first day of use at the family business, an inquest jury has heard. Robin Chappell had been inside the Tong box tipper clearing out loose potatoes when he accidently started its cycle. The lid came down trapping him by his neck. On Thursday (March 10) the inquest heard ...

Councillors in South Holland are to be asked to consider agreeing that the interests of the district’s residents would be best served by the UK leaving the European Union. In a move rarely seen at South Holland District Council, three members – Paul Foyster, Pete Williams and Angela Newton – have written to chief executive Anna Graves asking for a ...

Signs encouraging people not to smoke in council play areas, and in front of schools and nurseries are going up in South Holland. It follows a campaign initiated by Spalding dad Mark Le Sage last summer. South Holland District Council agreed to introduce a voluntary no smoking code in areas where children could be affected by passive smoking. The council ...

A taste of London’s East End is coming to a Long Sutton next week. Market Place café Delicious is having a pie and mash night on Wednesday (March 16), inspired by staff member and former Londoner Donna Collis. It will be the third such event which business owner Stephanie Ferguson has put on and all have been a hit – ...

A party to mark The Queen’s 90th birthday is being held in Fleet this summer. Fleet and Gedney parishioners will be invited to the celebration get-together in the field behind The Anglia Motel. The non-profit making event on Sunday, June 19, will be free to attend, with parishioners, friends and families encouraged to bring a picnic. Fleet parish councillor Eileen ...

Two areas of Spalding are looking tidier this week after litter picks by volunteers. The purges – carried out in showery weather on Saturday lunchtime – were part of last weekend’s Clean For The Queen campaign, which encouraged communities to smarten their areas in readiness for the monarch’s 90th birthday celebrations. One group targeted Spalding town centre riverside and another ...

Police want to trace this man in connection with a theft in Spalding. A police spokesman said: “Between 4pm and 5pm on Thursday 18th February, a bottle of aftershave was stolen from Hills Department Store in Broad Street.” Anyone who knows the identity of the man in the CCTV image is asked to contact PC Simon Edwards by calling 101 and ...

A few tickets remain for the broadcast from Spalding on Friday of Radio 4’s flagship current affairs programme Any Questions? The show, which covers questions of national interest which local people want answered by a panel of figures from politics and public life, goes out live from the South Holland Centre at 8pm. Chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby, the names of ...

A disabled pensioner had a bag snatched from her mobility scooter on Thursday afternoon. Sheila Maggs (76) had been to a bingo session and was making her way home at about 4pm when the theft happened in St Mary and St Nicolas Churchyard in Spalding. Two men approached and one took the bag out of the mobility scooter’s front basket. The ...

South Holland District Council has devised a form to facilitate making acceptable representations about premises licence applications. It can be downloaded from a section of the council’s website where there is also advice on grounds for opposition or support, relating to licensing objectives. Click here for the relevant section.

Two artists are celebrating after winning awards at this year’s South Holland Open Arts exhibition. Best Newcomer, chosen by the judges, was Wendy Jones Dabrowska for her painting ‘Room With a View’. And the winner of the Best Photography prize was Alison Loakes for ‘Ketton Quarry’. Visitors to the exhibition can vote for their favourite artwork by filling out voting ...