Two people who carried out a “cowardly” attack in Spalding which left a man with serious injuries have been given sentences totalling 17 years. Franky McCarthy (21), of Cowbit Road, and Craig Addison, (19), of Balmoral Avenue in the town struck as their victim was walking home with a friend at the end of a night out. McCarthy was jailed for ...

Better images, better results – that’s the pledge coming with South Holland’s £108,475 upgraded CCTV system. The first camera in Spalding has completed testing and the other 16 cameras in the town will be rolled out from Monday (June 15). They are all due to be operational by the end of this month, at which point four new cameras in ...

The relaunch of the Hovenden House golf day was a big success. More than £1,500 was raised for the Leonard Cheshire Disability home at Fleet. Ten teams took part and top player was Ivan Forman. Hovenden Park Golf Club sponsored the event with sole use of the course, West End Garage arranged all the players and teams, and Ivan Forman ...

These flags depicting images of Spalding and Sutton Bridge have been created to be part of the Magna Carta 800 celebrations. The flags will take part in events to mark the anniversary before being paraded at Lincoln Castle on Saturday (June 13), where they will be displayed on the castle walls. Twenty flags have been created by two artists working ...

A free girls’ football session is being offered on Saturday, June 20 to coincide with this year’s Women’s World Cup. Run by Give It Some Fizz Fitness, Sports and Education, at Surfleet’s Glen Park, it is open to girls aged from 7-11 and runs from 2pm-3pm. Sessions run regularly from 2pm-3pm every Saturday (except June 13) at Glen Park, giving youngsters ...

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire says the force is “successfully delivering” for the people of the county. In his annual report, Alan Hardwick praised all of the force’s staff and volunteers and said others could learn from the Lincolnshire model. He also heaped praise on chief constable Neil Rhodes, whom he suspended in 2013 over an employment dispute ...

The fantastic experience of a 3,000-mile fundraising rally has inspired a West Pinchbeck man to do more. Paul “Diesel” Robinson completed Scumrun with pals Mahroof Choudary and Bradley Hueso. The idea of the annual event is that participants buy a car for the rally for less than £500. Any amount of money can then be spent doing it up. Diesel’s ...

A Cowbit couple have successfully appealed a decision to refuse planning permission for an extension. South Holland District Council told Mr and Mrs D Starr, of 16 Barrier Bank, that the proposed first-floor extension and alterations to a chalet bungalow was “tantamount to a new dwelling” and “represented an excessively large form of overdevelopment”. However, a planning inspector ruled that ...

South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter has been made chairman of Local Government Association. Coun Porter, who is the Conservative Group leader on the association, was unopposed for the coveted role. The leadership board provides direction and oversees the work of the LGA, which is a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government ...

A young male driver was seriously hurt during Spalding Autograss Club’s meeting in Holbeach on Sunday. Two doctors and a paramedic arrived at Hurdletree Bank at 5.45pm via the Magpas Helimedix air ambulance. The service said: “A stock car collided with other stock cars during a junior race, leaving a young male with upper body injuries.” The boy was flown ...

A father-of-two who drowned in Spalding was said to have never got over witnessing a fatal farm accident nine months earlier. Robin Chappell (71), who was killed in the farm incident last year, was looked upon by 41-year-old Vladeks Sinavskis “like a father”. An inquest last week into Mr Sinavskis’s death heard that his drug taking increased after the tragic ...

The churches of Long Sutton have organised a special event giving people a chance to experience and discover the Christian good news about Jesus. This Life Live It runs until Sunday (June 14) and offers the chance to share films, food and music, drama and dance. Thursday sees drama workshops, bible teaching, film showings and “Make your own music” with ...

A mission has been carried out to make a privately-built children’s play area safe. The play area in Spalding’s Crocus Walk was full of damaged and vandalised equipment, and strewn with rusty nails, broken fence posts and fly-tipped rubbish. But it is now a safe and clean place for children to play thanks to South Holland District Council’s Pride in ...

Stretches of the A16 between Spalding and Crowland roundabout will be closed overnight this week to enable resurfacing work. Contractor Morgan Sindall will be rectifying defects that have been identified during the contractual maintenance period. The work will be carried out overnight from Monday to Thursday. Lincolnshire County Council says work will take place between 7pm and 7am each night, ...

Members of the public are being encouraged to attend the second Spalding Cycling Forum this week. The town’s cycling action group Pedals is staging the forum, chaired again by local MP John Hayes. As well as Pedals members David Jones (chairman) and Roger Smith (forum organiser), there will be representatives of Lincolnshire County Council, South Holland District Council, Lincolnshire Sport, Lincolnshire ...

    UPDATE Friday, 2.15pm: The A16 has reopened after a seven-hour closure for accident investigations to be carried out. The driver of a Vauxhall Corsa, a 29-year-old man from the Eye area, was flown to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, where he underwent emergency surgery for serious fractures and a head injury.   Friday, 9.15am: The A16 at Cowbit is ...

The new Conservative government confirmed in the Queen’s Speech that it will hold a referendum by the end of 2017, asking voters: “Should the United Kingdom remain in the European Union?” We canvassed opinion on membership as if affects South Holland. Coun Nick Worth, deputy leader of South Holland District Council and lead member for economic development: South Holland and ...

Free training is being offered in Spalding on Thursday (June 11) to help those at the heart of community groups and charities know their responsibilities and how to meet them. The free full-day course provides clear explanations of the roles and responsibilities of trustees, company directors and company secretaries. The course at the South Holland Centre (9.45am-4pm) may also be interesting ...

by Jess Horn – community development officer at South Holland District Council A question I am asked regularly is “what does the South Holland community development team do?” In coming months I will use this column to answer that question, and tell you about the wide range of opportunities open for local people to contribute to strengthening their communities. So let ...

A family of scarecrows have cropped up in the garden at Moulton Community Centre. They are promoting a scarecrow competition next month as part of the popular Moulton Garden Crawl on Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26. Entrants not on the route of the crawl will be advised to take their scarecrow to the village green opposite the church, ...