A Spalding eye-sore is set for demolition, 14 years after permission was initially granted. The former Bull and Monkie pub on Churchgate will be knocked down to make way for an 88-bed care home if new plans are approved by South Holland District Council.Owners Crispin Holdings Ltd had received permission in 2009 to demolish the pub and replace it with ...

As part of the Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days, there are several events still to come.Vine House Farm Shop, Deeping St Nicholas, is allowing visitors to see its unique, and usually private, collection of vintage farm tools and machinary.It will be open from 10am to 3pm on Saturday and Sunday.In Spalding, The Gentleman’s Society is open until Saturday from 10am to ...

The business community in Spalding is being asked to raise £250,000 to help deliver a series of improvements designed to help keep the town centre thriving. A list of ideas ranging from a music festival to new branding and cleaning-up the town centre has been put together for consultation.The draft Spalding Town Centre Business Plan has been submitted by The ...

Four people, including two from South Holland, are to face a six-week trial for their parts in an alleged long-running fraud. Catherine McGreggor (58), and Andrew Rendell-Read, (also 58), both of Broadgate, Weston Hills, appeared at Lincoln Crown Court this week.Also in the dock was Kristina Cady (32), of Keats Avenue, Grantham, and Catherine Pierson (33), of Farnborough, Hampshire.McGreggor and ...

Walking a mile a day every day in August has helped 12-year-old Riley Holloway raise money and awareness for the Epilepsy Society. Riley, who has just started in Year Seven at Spalding Academy, decided to take on the challenge in honour of his five-year-old brother Freddy, who has the condition.Riley, who lives in Pinchbeck, has set himself a target of ...

Moulton Harrox and Crowland Town are in hot pursuit of reigning champions Uppingham Town at the top of the early-season GCE Hire Fleet Peterborough League Premier Division table.Crowland chalked up a fifth straight win with a 4-2 midweek triumph at Deeping Rangers Reserves and sit third, just a point adrift of Uppingham but with two games in hand.Their goals were ...

Spalding United are planning to mark the departure of long-serving goalkeeper Michael Duggan with a suitable event. Duggan, who joined the Tulips from St Neots in 2013, made more than 400 appearances for the club but has seen his opportunities limited by the summer signing of Tony Breeden.Speaking on social media, Duggan said: “My time at Spalding United is over. ...

There has been no FA Vase hangover for Holbeach United in the Thurlow Nunn League. The Tigers have bounced back from their 6-0 exit at Newark Town with a pair of wins to put them on the brink of the Division One North play-off places.Last Wednesday they chalked up a 2-1 win against FC Peterborough at Carter’s Park before earning a ...

It took a while but Pinchbeck United are finally off the mark in Premier Division North of the United Counties League.They did it in style with a 5-0 win at Hucknall Town on Saturday, leapfrogging their hosts at the foot of the table.Andre Williams scored twice with Flynn Slater, James Stuffins and Logan Tate also on target as the Knights ended a run of ...

A solid 47-ball 56 from opener Chris Dring and decent mid-innings knocks from William Gardner (32) and Josh Lawrence (21) were not enough to earn Spalding victory in the Lincolnshire Board Premier League.Spalding closed their innings in the 38th over on 158.Harry Birch (2-41) had sent both Bourne openers packing with 45 on the board but Jonathan Cheer (23) and ...

Spalding cruised to victory on the opening day of the new Midlands Counties One East (South) with a 24-17 success at local rivals Bourne. The step up in class after last season’s promotion did not faze the visitors, who matched their hosts in a good competitive game in which the lead changed hands several times.Spalding’s pre-season training had gone well, with ...

Spalding emerged triumphant in their second annual outdoor tournament to wrap up their outdoor season at Bourne Pool.A mixed tournament of games saw the hosts take on Grantham and Northampton in a round-robin series before a second round played on handicap.Spalding finished with six points, Northampton five and Grantham one.Results: Grantham 2 Northampton 8, Spalding 8 Northampton 6, Grantham 2 Spalding ...

Ollie Wilson put on a champion show in the penultimate two rounds of the DTRA Flat track youth intermediate championship at the Amman Valley track in Carmarthenshire.He won all three races and the grand final, which give him maximum points and the 2023 title.Riding the KTM85cc, the 12 year old rider from Kirton, a second year pupil at the Banovallum ...

Kime Racing rider Tom Fisher recorded two top-five results in the penultimate round of the No Limits Pirelli Super Series 600 championship at Oulton Park on Saturday. He remains in second place in the rider standings, with one round remaining.A few British championship riders were using the track time to get a set-up for the next round of their championship ...

Just two shots separated the first five finishers at the Tydd St Giles Autumn Open.It took countback to decide the eventual winner with Steve Skoulding taking the honours after matching Gino Ciuffini’s 66 total.Skoulding completed his round in 87, with a handicap of 21, while Ciuffini went round in 80 but with a handicap of 14.Wayne Alder took third place, one shot behind ...

Lincolnshire are celebrating a first Middleton Cup victory for 27 years. The county team emerged victorious at the national inter-county knockout competition in Leamington Spa with a team containing several Spalding-area players.Playing their part in the historic win were Royal Mail Cart’s Martin Spencer, Steve Hill, Harry Mycock, Dominic McVittie, Dan Mills, Simon Lilley and Jordan Philpott, plus Chris Mycock, of Castle, and ...

Animal behaviourist Rachel Rodgers can trace her interest in the subject back to when she was young. The 52-year-old mum-of-two is now running her own dog behaviour business from Gosberton Clough, teaching Border Collie owners how to resolve their pets’ problems.Her initial interest in animal behaviour was piqued by a TV programme about a stickleback fish kept on a windowsill.“They ...

St Gilbert and St Hugh Church in Gosberton Clough is holding a Family Heritage Day on Saturday, September 9.The church which hit the headlines recently after its historic angels were restored for the BBC One programme The Repair Shop, will be open from 10.30am to 4pm.A spokesman said: “There will be guided tours with talks about the church, local history ...

A group that’s the voice of patients in Lincolnshire are looking to hear people’s views of mental health services in the community. Healthwatch Lincolnshire are looking for the experiences from service users and their carers, parents, relatives, and friends.The survey explores how easy it was to access support, the quality of it, what worked well and what could be improved.It ...

The South Holland constituency has seen one of the highest numbers of signatures on the petition to save railway station ticket offices out of the entire country, and I hope that rail bosses will consider a reprieve for the Spalding ticket office.Alongside others, I spend a lot of time and resources making our station a welcoming gateway to Spalding and ...