Work to upgrade Sutton Bridge power plant is expected to start next year. The upgrade is intended to increase the energy output of the 800MW natural gas-fired, combined-cycle facility by 3.4 per cent, as well as lowering its start-up times and operating costs. General Electric will be responsible for upgrading two existing gas turbines and a steam turbine at the ...

Life-saving equipment has been set up in Spalding thanks to South Holland councillors. Councillors George Aley, Graham Dark, Angela Newton and former councillor Roger Perkins used part of their designated ward budgets to install three defibrillators in the town. The devices have been placed outside The South Holland Centre; Winfrey Avenue toilets and the Broadgate Building in Westlode Street. The ...

A new concert version of the musical Godspell, which is raising money for churches across Lincolnshire, is coming to Crowland Abbey in September. The show has been created and is being directed by Sue Hodge, star of much-loved BBC comedy series ‘Allo ‘Allo! The Rev Mike Ongyerth said: “We’re truly delighted that Sue is bringing her production of Godspell – ...

Spalding Town Ladies pulled out a great performance to avenge a defeat by Market Rasen earlier in the season. Rasen won the toss on Sunday (Aug 16) and decided to bat. Hayley Jones (0-32) and Amelia Gardner (2-9) opened the bowling. Yasmin Martin (0-29), Ellie Stanley (1-19), Lucy Buttery (3-12) and Kelly Sawyer (2-4) battled through the overs, bowling Rasen ...

A Gedney Hill Golf Club team won the Claret Jug at St Neots Golf Club’s Captain’s Charity Am-Am. Pictured with it after the presentation by (back) St Neots club captain Richard Dean are (from left) Kim Markillie, Jacqui Rust, Colin Rust and Nick Markillie. Other results: Professionals’ Open: 1st Stuart Turnell 42pts; 2nd Neale Venters 40; 3rd Pete Orbine 39. Men’s ...

Long Sutton boosted their hopes of avoiding finishing in the bottom two of South Lincs and Border League’s Premier Division. South Holland sides have locked out the bottom three places currently, but Sutton got a morale-boosting win at doomed Moulton Harrox last Saturday (Aug 15). Their fourth win of the season was largely thanks to terrific bowling figures of 6-10 ...

Spalding Hockey Club hosted their annual two-day intensive hockey summer camp last week (Aug 13&14). Thirty-four youngsters aged 9 to 16 took part in the camp which has become a regular fixture in the club’s calendar. With Matt Taylor away on international duty, the event (pictured) was led by Scottish international goalkeeper Jamie Cachia who plays for Nottingham-based Beeston in ...

An exciting end to this season’s South Lincs Scratch League is in prospect following Spalding Golf Club 1st team’s thumping 6-0 victory over bottom side Tydd St Giles. With one match left to play, Stoke Rochford lead Spalding by a single point, meaning that if Stoke lose their final match to third-placed Belton Park, and Spalding win their fixture against ...

Spalding Autograss Club stages its fifth meeting of the season on Sunday (11.30am), with 45 races across 15 different classes. The track is at Hurdletree Bank, off the B1168, Holbeach, PE12 8QH. Admission cost is £8 (senior citizens £6 and accompanied under-16s free). Final meeting of the season is on October 11 (11.30am). All meetings are weather permitted so check ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Bob John Classic charity competition raised an impressive £770 for Cancer Research. Senior co-ordinator Roy Pesterfield organised the annual event, which attracted no fewer than 80 golfers to the course. The winning team, with 125 points, was Duncan Wiles, Alex Wiles, Tony Barns and Colin Page. Runners-up, with 123 points, were Baz Smith, Terry Sambridge, John ...

A grandad died just hours after a group including young relatives climbed Ben Nevis to raise money for the disease to which he succumbed. David “Manny” Mercer, (76, pictured), of Havelock Street, Spalding, died from prostate cancer on August 3 – two days after the eight climbers achieved their aim. The group, including his grandchildren Meggan Mercer (21), Joe Fowler ...

Students from Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School gained amazing memories and left a lasting legacy on the trip of a lifetime to Tanzania. The expedition through provider World Challenge was the culmination of two years’ fundraising for the 14 students from years 9, 10 and 11. Head of religious studies Gemma Wait and learning mentor Sharon Caress accompanied the pupils, ...

Members of the public are being invited to be models for a series of sculptures in Spalding. Artist Joseph Hillier has been commissioned by arts programme Transported, in partnership with Spalding and District Civic Society, to create a public artwork inspired by the town’s market history. It will be made up of a series of small bronze sculptures throughout the ...

South Holland residents are being invited to have their say on which crime issues in the district they would most like to see tackled. The East Lincolnshire Community Safety Partnership (ELCSP) is inviting residents to complete its latest community safety survey to help identify the issues that the group will focus on in 2016. The ELCSP is a statutory body ...

Young people taking part in National Citizen Service in Spalding have been busy. The personal development programme is for those aged 16/17 who commit time to enhancing their own personal development whilst giving back to their local community. One group of 16 students has been on two residential phases and been working towards a social action project. And as a ...

Polishborough captain Tomasz Rabiega gave a man of the match performance as his side eased to a 1-0 victory and cut the gap on the top-flight leaders in The Spalding and South Holland Six-a-Side League. The match against Univeg Team was a potential banana skin for the title chasers. It was always going to be a tight game, Univeg’s solid ...

Moulton Harrox made it a perfect three wins at the start of the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division. They went third in the table with a 3-0 win over Holbeach United Reserves at Carter’s Park on Tuesday. Bobby Patterson got the ball rolling with a header from a corner early in the second half. A 25-yard screamer from Aris Placis ...

Spalding United paid little attention to Loughborough Dynamo’s six-goal weekend salvo, with a shut-out providing the backbone to a 2-0 win on Tuesday (Aug 18). Josh Moreman (7mins) and Jordan Nuttell (74) got the goals to make it a win and a draw from the Tulips’ first two matches of the Evo-stik First Division South campaign. Loughborough – captained by ex-Tulip ...

An eye-catching return to Cambridgeshire is the next Emirates FA Cup fixture for Holbeach United after a comprehensive 4-0 replay win at Ely City on Tuesday night. They paved the way for a preliminary round tie at Wisbech Town on Saturday, August 29, with a demolition job in the cathedral city. The tie at the Fenland Stadium will be a ...

Pinchbeck United got their ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division campaign up and running on Tuesday. A 4-1 defeat of Crowland Town at Knight Street was their first win at the fourth time of asking. Tyler Wright (2), Ryan Leggett and Corban Oldham got the goals for Pinchbeck, Patrick Dooner getting the visitors’ reply. Pinchbeck manager Ian Dunn said: “We fully ...