The owner of a fence who has lost an appeal against refusal of planning permission is vowing to fight on. A planning inspector has told Simon Barker that his £1,000 fence at 24 Magellan Way, Spalding, has a “harmful effect on the character and appearance of the street scene” and therefore contravenes policies in the South Holland Local Plan. Dismissal ...

Two people have been taken to hospital following a reported ammonia leak in Pinchbeck. Six other casualties were treated at the scene, an abattoir for Morrisons in Brunel Road. The incident was reported to emergency services at 9.32am on Friday. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue assisted in evacuation the premises. Several appliances attended the scene.

A Donington lorry driver is to stand trial after denying causing the death of a man by dangerous driving. Luke Anthony Bates (31), of Malting Lane, appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday (July 31). Car driver Brian Herrick (69) was killed in a crash with an articulated lorry on the A453 in Nottinghamshire on October 6 last year. A ...

South Holland residents can win £200 worth of vouchers in a new get active promotion. SHout and About launches on Monday, August 17 and runs for 12 weeks. Competitors collect points for completing weekly fun activities including arts, crafts, walking, exercise classes, cooking, gardening, dancing and much more. Run by South Holland District Council’s Community Development team, the competition is ...

A Spalding man said to have been intending to commit a sexual offence has been remanded in custody.  Vytas Prochorenko (37) was arrested in the Hampton Court area of the town at about 10.30pm on Sunday, August 2. He was charged the following day with the offence of knowingly/recklessly trespassing on premises with intention of committing a sexual offence. Prochorenko, of St John’s ...

A Holbeach motorist is accused of being behind the wheel while almost five times the drink-drive limit. Jenna Peel (32) was arrested in the town’s Park Road on Tuesday afternoon. Police said: “She has been charged with driving a vehicle with an alcohol level of 160 microgrammes in 100 mililitres of breath.” The legal limit is 35 microgrammes. Peel is ...

A member of South Holland District Council has hit out at its policy, claiming that attracting new business and making improvements to infrastructure should be more important than large housing schemes. It comes in light of outline planning permission being granted for a 900-home estate in Holbeach. Coun Paul Foyster was elected to represent Holbeach Town ward on South Holland ...

Work on creating a memorial garden for Spalding man Warren Free is under way. Neighbour Mick Clarkson has vowed to transform a small parcel of land near Mr Free’s home in Coronation Close into a lasting memory to him. It comes as the first anniversary of Mr Free’s death approaches. Last month six teenagers were cleared of murdering him. Mr ...

This is how part of New Road could look if proposals to create two more pedestrianised areas in Spalding are adopted. The other area of the town centre which would be made vehicle-free is Sheep Market. Further recommendations include: an on-street bus station in New Road getting rid of the 16 parking spaces in Market Place removing the “unsightly” public ...

A former Moulton Seas End farmer now living in Long Sutton celebrated his 100th birthday on July 31. Jack Clayton remembers his early days working three horses on a single line and ploughing “an acre a day” starting at 5 o’clock in the morning. He has seen a great deal of change in agriculture and farming over his life and eventually ...

Gosberton teenager Will Silver has landed a role in a top summer show in Skegness. The 15-year-old is in musical Centre Stage, which starts at The Embassy Theatre on Thursday (Aug 6) and runs weekly until September 10. Will was recommended to Janice Sutton Productions by Graham Dark, who runs Spalding 50+ Sports and Social Club, which regularly attends the shows. Janice ...

A Spalding shop has made alterations to its premises without planning permission. The town’s newest Eastern European store – International Food (formerly The Station Gates pub) in Winsover Road – was given permission by South Holland District Council to temporarily remove a wall to allow access for large freezers. Now there is a new door and window where the wall ...

Landworkers in South Holland are being urged to clean up litter in rural areas as part of a new leaflet scheme. Produced by South Holland District Council in conjunction with Spalding Police, the leaflets are written in Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian and English. Each page displays an image of litter being placed into a bag with the message: “Please make sure ...

When Zach Le Sage set his heart on becoming a music producer he could not have imagined that his breakthrough tune would have been a nursery rhyme. But it was his EDM house music mix of Humpty Dumpty which impressed Radio 1 DJ Greg James, who played Zach’s effort on his show on Monday. Greg had appealed for listeners to ...

A Quadring man has appeared in court accused of falsely representing that he was collecting money for the Help for Heroes charity. David Santini (53) faces two charges of fraud, one charge of theft and one charge of wearing a military uniform without permission. Santini, of North Drove, spoke only to confirm his name during a five-minute preliminary hearing at Lincoln ...

The shock death of a Weight Watchers colleague led to David Adams walking the equivalent distance of Spalding to Edinburgh and back. Roger Norris, who was in his late 60s and from Spalding, had been planning the feat himself to fundraise for Diabetes UK, but just a week before he was due to start it in March he collapsed and ...

Pedestrians must not be forgotten in highways improvements at Holbeach, according to a town mum. Paula Hayes says a pedestrian crossing on the A17 near Boston Road roundabout is the minimum requirement and a 40mph speed limit between there and a proposed new roundabout at Peppermint Junction is desirable. As reported in The Voice last week, that 500m stretch of ...

Pinchbeck library is to get a new lease of life under the stewardship of volunteers. Far from changes to the county’s library services being a setback, in Pinchbeck’s case it will improve what’s on offer. A group of 15 volunteers is currently undergoing training with a view to increasing opening hours at the facility within the Adult Study Centre in ...

Long Sutton Parish Council is proposing that part of its land at Cinder Ash Park becomes a cemetery extension. The council has just three years’ burial space left and, after consulting with residents, has put forward land at the rear of the football pitch in London Road. In a statement accompanying the change of use application to South Holland District ...

Two drivers were seriously injured in an accident which closed the A16 at Surfleet for more than five hours. It happened about 12.30pm on Saturday (July 18) and involved a Skoda Yeti and a Ford B Max. The driver of the Skoda, a 34 year-old woman from Sussex, was flown to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. The driver of the Ford, a ...