Fortunately The Voice has informed residents about the 100 plus trains due to be diverted on Saturday. Unfortunately Network Rail has again, as with every train increase on the Spalding line last year, not informed residents next to the line. The increase due will close the level crossings for over five hours cutting one side of Spalding off from the ...

TODAY South Holland Singers, 7.30pm-9.30pm, St Paul’s Primary School, Queens Road, Spalding, 01775 761106. 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, for 14-18 year olds, www.handsscouts.com Tots and Carers group, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad Street ...

I read with interest the article published by Nigel Chapman on the Saturday train schedules. As a resident of Clumber Drive which is to the west of the Woolram Wygate crossing I do wonder how we are to move around on the days in question. To my reckoning, if we were to spread the timetable equally over 18 hours (say ...

King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Box office 01553 764864 Comedy Club Today (Thursday), 8.45pm Waterloo Saturday, 7.30pm Sex in Suburbia Sunday, 7.30pm La Traviata Wednesday, 7.30pm The Cresset, Peterborough Box office 01733 265705 Forever Jackson Tomorrow (Friday), 7.30pm Comedy Club Tomorrow (Friday), 8pm Classic Legends of Rock & Folk Sunday, 7.30pm The Country Superstars Experience Wednesday, 7.30pm Key Theatre, Peterborough Box ...

Pennygate Foundation, which provides a great place for people to meet, chat and have a cup of tea or lunch, is now hosting weekly sessions in Mindfulness and Sophrology in its newly refurbished room. Lynn Exley, who is running the course, offers a warm welcome to anyone who would like to learn new skills to improve their health and wellbeing. ...

The freight trains are a problem, but the larger problem is the poor traffic management in the town. I’m not a traffic expert but know when something is not working. For several months I have tried to convince Highways that our current traffic management for Spalding is not fit for purpose. I have tried to seek a solution as Chairman ...

What planet is the Town Centre Manager on? Is he going to provide residents with flying bicycles? To the best of my knowledge cyclists have to wait in the same queue as cars when level crossings are closed. With regard to the length of time the crossings are closed the automatic gates do not seem to be any quicker than ...

A fantastic donation of thousands of 7in vinyl singles will fundraise for a two-day sale starting Friday. The records have been donated to Sue Ryder Books And Music Charity Shop in Priory Road, Spalding, by a town man, who has asked us not to name him. The singles are of every genre from the 50s onwards. They will be £1 ...

Two Crowland pupils are celebrating after winning a competition to name a new housing estate in the town. Lily Cross and Troy Harrison were chosen by Ashwood Homes sales manager Nathan Marshall as winners after pupils at Southview Primary School were asked to come up with a name for the new estate which will be built on land off Peterborough ...

The coffers of Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust have been boosted thanks to a bit of Christmas spirit. Every year Jack Turner bedecks his Fleet Road home with hundreds of Christmas lights and request those who come to see them to make a donation to the hospital. This year those donations totalled £627.

Four men, thought to be from Syria, are being questioned by Home Office immigration officials after being arrested in Cowbit. The men, aged 23, 31, 38 and 45, were spotted by a member of the public getting out of lorry in a layby at about 10.20am on Monday. When police arrived, the men were walking along the A16 where they ...

Two men have been arrested following a drugs raid in Sutton St Edmunds. A Misuse of Drugs Act warrant was executed at a property in Broadgate on Friday morning. The men, aged 28 and 65, were arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis and have since been released on police bail to a date later this year.

We recently had the chance to spend a fascinating hour with one of the most farsighted and interesting people we spoken to for a long time. He is Jim Rogers and he’s vice chairman of one of the UK’s major fresh food importers based here in Spalding. Jim established Fesa UK in 1985 and recently they have been expanding their ...

Steampunkers and like-minded people are welcome to a monthly social meet up for tea and a great time. The Fenland Steampunk Revolution launches a new group in Holbeach on March 11 and is looking to recruit new members and bring the fun and creativity of steampunk to the Fens. Steampunk is inspired from either Victorian England or America’s Wild West ...

The high flyers and bad guys descend on Holbeach next weekend for another night of international professional wrestling action. RebelPro Wrestling brings its show to Holbeach Community Centre in Fishpond Lane on Saturday, March 7. The show, which is family friendly, will feature championship and tag team tournament matches. Wrestlers scheduled to appear include ‘Dangerous’ Danny Steel, Captain Rick Wildfire, ...

There’s an evening of family entertainment planned in Pinchbeck next month. The event at Pinchbeck Village Hall on Saturday, March 14, is being held to raise money for the hall refurbishment fund. Entertainment on the night will be provided by comedienne and vocalist A Jay and singer/songwriter Meg McPartlin. A Jay is a well travelled entertainer, having been a regular ...

Spalding is set for the first major event of its kind – in a bid to get local people putting themselves first. Exhibitors and demonstrators will come together at the South Holland Centre on Saturday, March 28, to showcase ways of feeling good, looking after your health and getting yourself fit and active. The show is free and runs from ...

A special event has been organised to raise money for two good causes. The fundraising night takes place at Spalding Consti Club on March 14 and will feature local bands A Story To Tell and One For The Road. Tickets for the event are £10 each and proceeds will go to Spalding’s Garth School and the British Heart Foundation. For ...

TODAY South Holland Singers, 7.30pm-9.30pm, St Paul’s Primary School, Queens Road, Spalding, 01775 761106. 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, open to 14-18 year olds, www.handsscouts.com Tots and Carers Group, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad ...

Nursing Lives South Holland Centre, Spalding Saturday, February 28, 7.30pm Tickets £12/£10/£7.50 Box Office 01775 764777 Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask theatre company, are bringing their national touring production of Nursing Lives to the South Holland Centre. Nursing Lives is a love story set in early 80s Britain which harks back to the hard-working, heart-breaking, swing-dancing world of ...