My word, using uplift as a verb for transforming our town gives the game away! People paid too much money to come up with daft ideas. Less parking makes any shopping area less attractive, a 12-year-old could tell you that. And removal of public lavatories is almost as laughable. How many ladies, or small children enjoy a shopping trip knowing ...

The Spalding Classic Car Club has handed over all proceeds and donations from its recent annual classic car run. The group presented a cheque for £1,500 to Sue Ryder’s Thorpe Hall building project at a special event held at The Goat in Frognall. This year’s run was organised in memory of Alan Lyon, a club member who used to organise ...

With reference to the suggestion to pedestrianisation of more of Spalding town centre (Voice, August 6). Sounds great to start with but as already been commented [on Voice Facebook page], the garish shop fronts on some properties makes it impossible to smarten up the town. Until the council enforce whatever control they have in allowing this, then Spalding will still ...

The 10k walk and street collection which took place on Saturday, August 1 for Motor Neurone Disease Association made £52.28. Thank you to all those who were kind enough to donate. Liz Grantham via email

A cancer charity fundraiser is taking on his biggest challenge yet – a 550km bike ride with only two and a half months training. Jonathan Rons (48) will be joining 44 others as they cycle from Geneva to Nice in four days from September 22. Jonathan, who lives in Deeping St Nicholas, lost his wife Jane to breast cancer in ...

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust has demonstrated good practice across all areas of service for infection prevention and control. According the 2014/15 Infection Prevention and Control report, the Trust’s performance standards in relation to reducing the numbers of avoidable infections or “superbugs” including MRSA, MSSA, Clostridium difficile and Escherichia coli, continues to be achieved. For the reporting period, LCHS ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, start Holbeach Services Club. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm, visit www.handsscouts.com Tots and carers, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad Street Methodist Church Hall, Spalding, 11.30am-12.30pm and 1.45pm-2.45pm; Weston Village Hall, 2pm-3pm, £1.50, 01529 411941. Vibe Contemporary Youth ...

A delighted woman who won £1,000 in South Holland District Council’s Green Bag Lottery has urged others to get recycling. Diane Smart, of Sutton St James, was “stunned” to win the top prize. She said: “We don’t normally win things so when I found out I thought it was a joke! “This has come as a very nice surprise and ...

Up to six new jobs will be created when a veterinary centre opens a second site. Sutterton Veterinary Centre has applied for permission to turn the former NatWest bank in West End, Holbeach, into a clinic. Plans have gone into South Holland District Council and staff at the centre are expecting a decision by September 9. If permission is granted ...

A new housing company to increase the supply of homes in South Holland now has a name. South Holland District Council launched the company earlier this year and asked readers to come up with a suitable name for it. The council received multiple entries but two caught the judges’ eye – The Welland Housing Company’ and Welland Housing. After much ...

Hard-working pupils at Spalding’s St John the Baptist Primary School were treated to a pizza party as a reward for their efforts. The youngsters who achieved the highest award for their efforts throughout the year – a Gold certificate, were treated to a trip to Frankie and Benny’s. Children are awarded achievement certificates throughout the year. They can be for ...

Vets in the area are backing a project to track the rise of the tick population in the UK. Blood sucking ticks are feeding earlier in the year and for longer, putting dogs and their owners at risk. Tick bites can transmit serious infections, such as Lyme disease. Local veterinary practices are joining naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham and ...

Charities and community groups are being encouraged to apply to be part of Lincolnshire Co-op’s Community Champions scheme, which could see them raise hundreds of pounds. All Lincolnshire Co-op members are linked to a Community Champion, which is a good cause close to where they live. Every time a member shops using their dividend card in any Lincolnshire Co-op outlet ...

Rural crime cost Lincolnshire £1.8 million in 2014. The figure was down from £2.2 million in 2013, but despite the fall, thieves continued to target expensive all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and tractors. The figures are part of a UK-wide survey by NFU Mutual. The rural insurer’s annual Rural Crime Survey shows the nationwide cost of rural crime totalled an estimated ...

Mystery surrounds the death of a man whose car left the road, hit a telegraph pole and smashed into a barn wall. Steven Gibling (32) died in the accident at Proctor’s Farm, Starlode Drove, West Pinchbeck, on October 5 last year. On Thursday coroner Prof Robert Forrest resumed the inquest into Mr Gibling’s death. He returned a narrative verdict as ...

The first Holbeach Music and Beer Festival takes place this weekend. The festival takes place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the new Holbeach United Community Sports Academy (for which the event will raise money). It will be a fun weekend for all the family with attractions including Roger Tuby’s funfair, an inflatable slide, hot food, ice creams, crazy golf, ...

Go along and meet your local firefighters at Spalding Fire Station’s open day on Saturday, from 10am until 4pm. There will be fun for all the family, with plenty of activities taking place throughout the day, from games and raffles to seeing the fire crews in action. East Midlands Ambulance Service and Lincolnshire Police, along with Bobby Bear, will also ...

If you have life insurance, it is a good idea to regularly review the cover to make sure it’s right for you and your family circumstances. When you sign up for a policy, the extent of cover – how long it lasts, and how much it would pay out – is based on your financial situation and commitments at that ...

A fireworks night and barbecue have raised more then £480 for charity. The events were organised by a group of people who all hold allotments at Horseshoe Road in Spalding. The money, £486 in total, has been donated to the Tulip Suite at Spalding’s Johnson Community Hospital – a cause supported by the group after one member’s wife was looked ...

The Rainbow Food and Drink Festival takes place in Holbeach on Sunday, running from 12pm to 5pm. The festival is at Holbeach Community Centre and entry is free. There will be cooking demonstrations from local celebrity chef Rachel Green, along with a whole host of stalls showcasing the best in food and drink. The companies attending include: Honey Living; Fen Farm ...