I fully sympathise with your correspondent bemoaning the difficulties of getting to work by bus, and wish I knew the answer. I also agree that an hourly service to Peterborough with curtailed services at weekends is seriously insufficient. I serve as a district councillor and regularly use the bus services and am very grateful for my bus pass (as are ...

I would like to totally agree with what your reader Chris Harwin said about the off-licence at 2 Bourne Road. As one of the local councillors for the Bourne Road area, on behalf of many residents who raised their concerns, I lodged an objection to the proposals and attended the Licensing Panel meeting on January 20, 2015. I am not ...

Question: What do Nigel ‘I spend my taxpayer-funded MEP general allowance of £3,580 a month “as I see fit” without having to provide receipts’ Farage, Neil ‘brown-envelope bungs’ Hamilton, jailbird Lord Brocket, ladies’ man Roger Bird and our own ‘dodgy’ Dave Parsons have in common? Answer: UKIP! According to the Hinckley Times (October 8, 2014), “Disgraced former Leicestershire County Council ...

South Holland’s dry recycling rate is fantastic, being around 30 per cent of all waste produced from our residents. This week I’ve been looking at what items are the most and least popular to recycle in our green bags. The most popular item found in green bags is paper, with this making up 39 per cent of all the materials ...

The A16 is closed between Spalding McDonalds roundabout and the Wardentree Lane roundabout causing long tailbacks. Police have closed the road and diversions are in place but no further details are available at the moment.

Spalding’s Chain Bridge Forge has showcased what’s on offer during an open evening for schools. The event enabled forge volunteers to show off the educational resources available to assist with the national curriculum Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. Subjects covered were local history, blacksmithing including a live demonstration, and the latest edition to the forge, 3D printing. The 3D ...

A Spalding woman attacked her mother smashing a glass tumbler onto her head. Jane Rowle had been drinking with her mother Penny Harris at their home in Halmer Gate in the town before an argument broke out. Phil Howes, prosecuting at the Lincoln Crown Court hearing today (Thursday), said Rowle threw a phone and in response her mother slapped her. Rowle then ...

A Holbeach businessman’s dream to provide a community football facility is quickly becoming a reality. Construction work at Kings Academy is almost complete and the first Holbeach United Youth matches could be played there before the end of the season. Holbeach United Community Sports Academy – as it is formally known – is a project with the support of the ...

A charity that supports children with cancer is £6,800 better off thanks to Sutton Bridge firm Wingland Foods. Members of the Wingland SEF presented a cheque to their chosen employee charity for 2014 – CLIC Sargent. Nightshift site manager Gary Tuttle said: “After all of the year’s various fundraising events across the site and kind donations from our employees we ...

Get back to nature with a guided walk around Whaplode St Mary’s churchyard. There’s a chance to experience thousands of snowdrops in their natural setting in a secluded area of the churchyard, where you may also see some very attractive aconites. The church committee organise a series of walks around the beautiful grounds every year. The walks take place between ...

Everybody’s favourite marmalade-eating bear comes to the big screen at the South Holland Centre cinema during February half term. Paddington Bear has been at the heart of fundraising for Action Medical Research since his creator, Michael Bond, met the charity’s founder, Duncan Guthrie, in 1976. Spalding’s Action Medical Research committee will be at the centre for some of the screenings ...

Students from Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School are organising events to raise money to fund a trip to Tanzania in the summer. The latest of these events are an under 18s UV Party at Loaded on Friday night. The event runs from 7pm to 10pm and tickets, priced at £5, are available from AlleyCatz in Spalding. The following Thursday the students ...

The recent award-winning investigative current affairs programme, Dispatches on Channel 4, was titled HOW TO BLOW YOUR PENSION. The programme, presented by Michael Buerk, highlighted facts from various surveys which prove that the majority of those who will be able to take lump sums from their pension pots are unaware of the full facts and the consequences of doing so. ...

A New Year’s Eve party at Holbeach United Social Club raised £250 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The fundraiser included a raffle with prizes from many local businesses. The event was organised by Bob and Sharon Seymour and John and Jill Gamble. Bob said: “A good night was had by all and we raised some cash for a good cause.”

Blimey, February upon us already, daylight is slowly but surely extending into the evenings and no doubt people are beginning to think about booking their holidays, if they haven’t done so already. Some will be looking to spend their time at a caravan site or holiday resort in Lincolnshire and East Anglia; from where they may organise a day trip ...

Two Holbeach projects will benefit from a slice of £14.8m funding, creating hundreds of new jobs and easing congestion in the town. Peppermint Junction interchange – where the A151 joins the A17 – and the Agri-Food Centre of Excellence at the University of Lincoln’s Holbeach campus will each receive cash from a pot secured by the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise ...

Poor network coverage is one of the factors that could lead South Holland District Council to move its 200 or so mobile phone accounts away from Vodafone. The council is in the process of considering negotiating a new mobile phone deal for staff that need a work mobile in a bid to make savings. The council is hoping to gain ...

A Polish national who “blighted” Spalding has been deported. Dawid Szumlanski (28) was removed from the UK on January 13 under an Administrative Removal order. Szumlanski will be unable to re-enter the UK for at least one year. Community Inspector Jim Tyner said: “Szumlanski blighted Spalding with his persistent street drinking and he was also convicted of shop theft during the ...

Estate agency EweMove, which has a branch in Spalding, has been awarded silver in the Best Newcomer category at The Estate Agency of the Year Awards. After an incredible year with many branches launching across the UK, rapidly growing sales and letting agent EweMove, which has been a popular addition to the Spalding property market since it was setup in ...

Games consoles, laptops and games discs were stolen during a burglary in Spalding. Police are appealing for information about the incident which happened at a shop on Westlode Street between 7.30am and 10am on Wednesday (January 28). The thief got into the shop by smashing the glass in a door at the back and stole an assortment of games consoles, laptops and ...