A teenaged student has had his £350 bike stolen from outside his workplace. James Hedges (16) bought the Claude Butler Pagan model 18 months ago with money left to him by his late grandparents, so the bike has great sentimental value too. The green and black bike, which was locked to a rack near the entrance to Homebase in Westlode ...

A former South Holland district councillor has challenged leader Gary Porter over the introduction of wheelie bins for waste collection. On Tuesday (Nov 10), the council’s cabinet approved a proposal for a two-year pilot scheme for a kerbside garden waste collection scheme. The subscription scheme would see residents issued with a 240-litre brown wheelie bin. Households can apply for up ...

An Avon representative from Spalding with more than 400 people in her team has been rewarded with an amazing trip to New York. Helen Redman flies out to the Big Apple on Thursday (November 19) as thanks for her hard work and help in growing the cosmetics firm’s business. She is one of Avon’s top 20 sales leaders in the ...

A pilot garden waste collection scheme will launch in South Holland next April. Members of South Holland District Council’s cabinet unanimously approved the project at a meeting on Tuesday. The two-year pilot will initially be available to 5,000 households with residents who sign up provided with wheelie bins. A total of 500 kerbside collections will be made daily on a ...

Youngsters who took part in The Great South Holland Artsathlon this year have been awarded medals and certificate. The South Holland District Council scheme invited children aged from four upwards to take part in arts activities during the summer holidays. This year there were over 100 sessions, including visual and performing arts workshops, creative writing sessions and watching shows at the South ...

Pupils in West Pinchbeck dressed up as scientists and enjoyed a “Cracking chemistry” topic day to celebrate their school being given an award. St Bartholomew’s received the Silver Science Quality Mark, awarded by Primary Science Quality Mark, in recognition of its high quality provision. The “scientists” enjoyed a range of activities including making slime and putty, playing bubble tennis and ...

A Spalding doctors’ surgery with almost 20,000 patients on the books has been rated “good” by an independent regulator. The Care Quality Commission said Munro Medical Centre is doing well across all five service areas – safety, effectiveness, caring, response and leadership. Chief inspector of general practice, Prof Steve Field, said: “It was also good for providing services for older ...

A food firm has been fined £40,000 after an employee had two fingers severed in a mixing machine at its Pinchbeck factory. Nicholas Taylor was cleaning the equipment at Greencore To Go in Wardentree Lane when the accident happened in April last year. Boston magistrates heard last week that he had had no training on the Orbital machine. The Health ...

Moulton has won the 2015 Best Kept Village competition for its category. It follows months of community effort to ensure the village is clean, tidy, free from litter and all local amenities, public spaces, residential and commercial properties are well presented. Chairman of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Gerald Taylor, handed Moulton Parish Council chairman Jim Scarsbrook a certificate ...

The £13,000 bill for tidying up a Spalding eyesore remains unpaid by the site owner after 12 months. In November 2014, South Holland District Council cleared up the Bull and Monkie plot in Churchgate and secured the site with railings after an order served upon Crispen Holdings went ignored. The cost was then recharged to the firm. A council spokesperson ...

Welland Yacht Club dished out its awards for the year – its 65th anniversary – on Saturday night. In a break from the traditional event after a laying-up supper, the awards were given a separate event at the Spalding club’s Cradge Bank base with a buffet, quiz and a number of fun categories such as Most Impressive Capsize. The club’s ...

Staff and students from University Academy Holbeach are reflecting on an exciting historical, geographical and cultural tour of the west coast of America. Twenty students from Years 9 to Year 13 and five members of staff visited Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Death Valley, Hoover Dam, Zion National Park and The Grand Canyon. The trip, which had been planned for a ...

A house in Holbeach Fen was totally destroyed by fire. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the property in Hurdletree Bank had been empty for some time but the electricity supply was live and a system deterioration caused the blaze. Firefighters from Holbeach, Long Sutton and Spalding attended at 12.40am on Thursday.

Sutton Bridge Parish Council has been forced to back down on its bid to fight a second power station being built in the village – but a former parish councillor is taking up the mantle herself. Shirley Giles has written an open letter to the government’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd, urging her to review ...

Free training is being offered to equip people with the skills necessary to ensure they fulfil their obligations to promote the wellbeing of adults and protect them from harm and abuse. The training – Safeguarding Adults: Everyone’s Responsibility, offered by Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS), is particularly targeted at anyone who cares for adults especially in a charity or ...

A major developer has been pulled over the coals by South Holland district councillors for wanting to build less affordable housing at a Crowland scheme than was previously agreed. Ashley King (Developments) Ltd was granted permission for 50 homes – including 16 affordable units (one third) – on land off Peterborough Road last year. But the Holbeach firm has since ...

A wheelie bin collection scheme for garden waste is set to launch in South Holland from next April. The two-year pilot would initially be available to 5,000 households across the district. The proposal for the two-week rota is for Spalding to be covered one week and then Holbeach, Crowland, Long Sutton, Sutton Bridge, Donington, Gosberton and Surfleet the next week. ...

by John Hayes, South Holland and The Deepings MP and Minister for Security All that stands between us and chaos is order. It is a primary responsibility of government to uphold national security, so safeguarding our people. In a world that has seen the rise of religious extremism and violence, security at home has become as important as protecting our borders from external ...

Volunteers at Moulton Community Centre worked hard during the school’s half-term break last week, transforming the smaller hall, which was in need of redecoration. A spokesman said: “Regular users of the hall will hopefully appreciate the changes, and it has also made the room more attractive to potential users in the future. “The only costs involved were for materials but ...

Moulton Community Centre still has slots for a couple more acts for its Winter Variety Show. The event on Sunday, December 6 will have two performances – one at 2pm and another at 6pm. Both performances will feature local talent, with musicians, singers, and a comedy sketch or two. Pam Ayton Smith, of Moulton Community Association, said: “We still have room ...