ABBA, T Rex, princesses and the real Francis Rossi, are all among the attractions at King’s Lynn’s Corn Exchange in the next few weeks.One of the leading tribute shows Forever ABBA’s seven piece band will be live in concert on Friday, September 29.Tickets are £28,50.The following day, real rock royalty will be in attendance.Francis Rossi, best known as being the ...

The Swinging Blue Jeans and a local Spalding band will be bringing the 60s back to Spalding on Friday (September 15). The band known for hits like Hippy Hippy Shake, Good Golly Miss Molly and Don’t Make Me Over are at the South Holland Centre from 7pm.They’re still fronted by long time member Alan Lovell who has recorded with artists ...

A party of veterans travelled to London to mark Merchant Navy Association Day. Accompanied by Coun Jan Whitbourn, vice chairman of South Holland District Council, the group went to Tower Hill for the eventCoun Whitbourn said: “It was so beautiful in the open air, it was wonderful.Three of our veterans helped to organise the event and I was asked to ...

Members of an air cadet group found themselves soaked to the skin when they visited Holbeach Fire Station.The 2430 Holbeach Air Cadets were given a behind-the-scenes look at the vehicles and equipment used by the on call team.They were also given fire safety advice as part of the visit.The evening then became an initiative challenge when the cadets were told ...

A Holbeach care home is opening its doors with the creation of a new Dementia café. The initiative is being launched at Sunrise Meadow, which is the dementia care unit at Holbeach Meadows.The café is open to all families and also to members of the local community who are supporting someone living with dementia.“We recognise that it can be a ...

A pub darts team has been raising money for the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Society.The Lincoln Arms in Bridge Street, Spalding, hosted a variety of events to support the cause.A couple of ‘crazy dart’ competitions also saw three of the pub’s male players sponsored to dress as women for an evening.A total of £3,319.48 was raised and presented to Debbie Broadley, ...

Eligible residents in Lincolnshire will be offered the COVID and flu jabs from this week. The adult vaccination programme was due to start in October 2023, but those who are in care homes or housebound will be vaccinated in the scheme that launched on Monday.The change from October to September is a ‘precautionary’ measure and follows an announcement by the ...

The Community Mind Matters team held a Suicide Awareness walk in Spalding at the weekend.The event marked the World Suicide Prevention Day which was established in 2003 in conjunction with the World Health Organisation.“Sadly my family are only too aware of the devastating effects after a family member takes their own life,” said South Holland District Council member Mark Le ...

A massive step forward has been taken in modernising Holbeach Hospital. Digital help is at hand now for staff at the Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust.“We have been rolling out digitisation this week, using new handheld devices that we will us to record all care needs and care received, rather than recording the information using traditional paper records,” said ...

Celebrate Surfleet has been hailed a success despite having to battle extreme heat and torrential rain. The event, which took place at Glen Park on Sunday, saw the planned dog show cancelled because of the heat and then stallholders had to pack up early due to a heavy storm.Despite the weather everyone who attended had a great time.Attractions included the ...

A Spalding teenager has taken on an apprenticeship to work on the building of the town’s Western Relief Road. Charlie Butler (17) works with construction company Taylor Woodrow and is taking part in building the northern section of the new road.“I have really enjoyed my placement so far and am really enjoying working on the relief road. The experience has ...

A new management team has been recruited to Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust.They will support manager Julie Scott who joined last year and is driving improvements at the care home.Clinical Lead is Juliet George who qualified as a nurse in 2009 and has extensive experience working in elderly care, neurological and cardiac centres.She is joined by Rebecca Griffin, also ...

A South Holland care home has been awarded a ‘good’ status following a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission – and is no longer in special measures. Field House in Fleet Hargate, had been rated as ‘requires improvement’ earlier this year and there had been ‘continuous breaches of regulations.’It had been in special measures since August 2022 and the ...

Read the article in the last edition about the disgusting crime of fly-tipping and littering.It’s a good idea to increase the amount for dumping filth on any piece of land they feel like.Most of the culprits use the same areas regularly, so why don’t the council use common sense and put cameras up?Once they have proof of the person and ...

I travelled up from London to visit family for the weekend and was invited to The Drayman’s Arms for a fun day.With the glorious weather, the beer garden was a bustling hub of local togetherness where all ages waited in anticipation for local band Paisley Circus to play.As the band started and children played on the bouncy castle I looked ...

Sadly, my mother, who reached 96, Jessie Irwin passed away at 3am on Thursday, September 7 at the Southernwood House Wellbeing Residence, and it is to the management team and staff I would like to convey my many thanks.Southernwood has not had the best reviews lately generally due mainly to the fact that the decor may not compete with the ...

May I take this opportunity of thanking the wonderful people of Spalding and the surrounding area who attended a charity concert at The South Holland Auditorium on August 26.Added to ex-colleagues of mine from Belvoir, and family and friends, your support helped raise a fantastic £3,200 for research into Parkinson’s Disease.Entertainment was provided by probably the best ELO tribute band ...

Winds reaching 77mph hit South Holland on Sunday afternoon ending the recent heatwave with a bang. Trees came down and trampolines took to the skies as storms merged to create a noisy and wet end to the afternoon.Emergency services were called on when the sudden arrival of the storm caused local damage and flooding.The Met Office confirmed that wind speeds ...

Fulney Skate Park in Spalding has been given a new lease of life thanks to local artists. Karl Barfoot was one of the artists involved in the work at the skatepark which is attracting a lot of positive comments on social media after being posted on the Wombles of Spalding Common Facebook page.Avril Berry said: “Looking amazing. Great to see ...

Controversial plans to open a slot machine arcade for 24-hours a day have been withdrawn.Merkur Slots, in Hall Place, Spalding, had applied to South Holland District Council for a change of conditions which would see the venue open 24-7.The application was made at the end of July but has now been withdrawn by the applicant.The company has said that the ...