Police are patrolling the county’s streets with a focus on tackling knife crime. Operation Sceptre launched on Monday and lasts for the week as officers show the varied ways police are working to reduce knife crime and tackle violence across the country.It will be one part of year-round activity officers in Lincolnshire undertake as part of its Operation Raptor.Activity throughout ...

Military veterans fundraiser and supporter Harold Payne is looking for help for a trip to Normandy.Harold, of Anglia Motel, Fleet Hargate, has raised tens of thousands of pounds for military charities. He has also created a memorial garden in his village and ensured Holbeach had parade for the Armistice anniversary last year.He wants to lay flowers and wreaths in Normandy ...

We at PEDALS were delighted that our recent communication regarding the A16 roundabouts was read out in full and that all members of the LCC committee had received paper copies.Nevertheless we are concerned that, while the main objective of the widening of McDonalds roundabout is to ease the flow of traffic on the A16 itself, no thought appears to have ...

Perhaps not for the first time, a letter about the chaos at the Spalding Recycling Centre.For the second Friday in succession the queue of traffic was back to the Wardentree Lane roundabout, thus allowing me a significant amount of time to consider how better I could recycle my waste (a solid bag of cement that SHDC collectors had probably rightly ...

Trustees were pleased that the CQC inspection team acknowledged that the service at Holbeach Hospital was good with regard to its effectiveness, was caring and responsive.With regard to these they were particularly pleased that the report noted that “people’s outcomes were consistently good” and that the service users lived in a “purpose-built environment that was well maintained” trustees accept that ...

The fifth Spalding Festival is just a few more days away and the team are already hard at it preparing the event that benefits so many local groups in the South Holland area.Co-founder Mark Le Sage said: “it’s very exciting, we’ve all waited so long for this week, I’m very grateful to all the local musicians who have supported us ...

A group of friends and relatives are taking on a number of fundraising efforts for Macmillan. Peas in a Pod comprising Johanne Seymour, James Cairns, James Davey, Maik Kunath, Sasi Phairueang and Rachel, Rose, Katie, Charlotte and Harriet Berry, took on the Race For Life at Peterborough wearing mouse ears and pink hair dye.Johanne, from Spalding, said: “We got to ...

LIVES emergency care has thanked the Pinchbeck Village Hall committee for a recent donation.A cheque for £500, raised at a charity event at the hall was donated to the charity.Pictured are Chris Schofield (hall chairman), Alan Hansard (organiser), Trevor Wright and Annie Wakeford, of LIVES organisation.Chris knows how important the LIVES first responders are, as when he suffered a heart ...

The leader of South Holland District Council has unveiled his new cabinet which has met for the first time since the election. Coun Nick Worth (Cons) was officially unanimously voted into the role last week after 20 years as deputy to Lord Gary Porter.He named Coun Gary Taylor as his deputy.Coun Worth told the meeting he is launching a plan ...

Returning to school after the Bank Holiday weekend, the children of Ayscoughfee Hall School were surprised and delighted to find a new wall had appeared in their developing garden area.The wall, made up of personalised bricks sponsored by parents and staff of the school, was built by Seagate Homes.Headteacher Theresa Wright said: “The bricks are a lovely way to mark ...

Holbeach Hospital has been rated as ‘requires improvement’ for the third time by the Care Quality Commission. The nursing home was found to be ‘good’ in three key areas, and ‘requires improvement’ in two, along with its overall status.The home, which can support up to 47 people, provides beds for residential care, local GP referrals and reablement beds.“The risks to ...

A 29-year-old Spalding man charged with raping a woman has appeared at Lincoln Crown Court.Daivaras Sarkauskis is accused of the offence at an address in the town on July 31 last year.He appeared before Boston Magistrates’ Court earlier this year and his case was sent to Lincoln Crown Court.Sarkauskis, of Spring Gardens, Spalding, appeared before Judge James House KC but ...

Monkshouse Primary School recently held a Well-Being week.Among the events involved were A Life, health and wellbeing workshop company which ran fitness workshops with each year group, including glow-dance sessions.Local company Worldwide Fruit went in on Tuesday to talk to the children about the journey fruit has to go through before they can buy it from the shops.A school spokesman ...

A councillor says there needs to be a debate on the future of the nearly 100-year-old aviary in Ayscoughfee Hall’s gardens. Coun Gary Taylor says a decision needs to be made on the bird house which has been in the Grade II listed setting for 98 years.The aviary was brought up at a meeting of South Holland District Council by ...

A new university-level course for aspiring footballers is to be offered by Holbeach United Community Sports Academy which has submitted expansion plans.The curriculum already offers academic provision alongside UEFA-standard football coaching, but the new degree is due to start later this year.The degree-level course will provide another step for students already completing their BTec course at the centre, on Penny ...

The Pedals Spalding Cycle Action Group has expressed concerns that proposed £15 million improvements to two roundabouts in the town might create a greater risk to cyclists and pedestrians. The group has called on Lincolnshire County Council to include a footbridge or signal crossing as part of a “levelling up” initiative for the Springfields and Greencell roundabouts.However, council officers argue ...

Labour shortages in Lincolnshire will threaten the agriculture sector if they are not solved soon, a report has warned. Farms are struggling to recruit European workers who they traditionally relied on due to the impact of both Brexit and the pandemic.The county council’s scrutiny panel report on Agriculture Sector Supports in Lincolnshire, said farms, businesses and communities across Lincolnshire are ...

There was cause for celebration for a Spalding company at the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show this week.Taylors Bulbs has achieved a fantastic 30 Gold Medals, 28 in consecutive years.“It was brilliant to be awarded another Gold this year,” said Charlotte Daubney, show manager.The team was allowed in the show’s Grand Pavilion an hour before the public on Tuesday – and ...

South Holland residents have been up in arms about the local recycling centre – again – and a county councillor has suggested people ‘avoid weekends’ or ‘buy a compost bin.’ Traffic was queued back beyond the roundabout in Spalding’s Wardentree Lane at least two consecutive Fridays.The centre, at West Marsh Road, was busy over the weekend and problems soon became ...

A domestic cleaner who stole sentimental jewellery worth thousands of pounds from Spalding and Boston homes she worked in was today (Tuesday) given a suspended jail sentence. Aimee Ward (38) admitted four offences of theft between December 1, 2021 and February 8, 2022. Lincoln Crown Court heard the mother-of-two worked for a Lincolnshire based housekeeping firm between August 2021 and ...