A popular local group who have come together to beat loneliness have taken inspiration from a popular TV programme and set up their own ‘Repair Shop’. The Long Sutton Men’s Shed was formed several years ago as a place for men to come together, learn crafts or just enjoy each other’s company.It proved a huge success but hasn’t been able ...

A man raising money for a nearby hospice held a coffee morning in Weston Hills last week.Matthew Mahabadi is set to run the London Marathon later this year for the Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough.He held the coffee morning to continue his fundraising efforts.In total he earned £150 in donations, £112 from Coffee and Cake and £38 from a raffle ...

As temperatures soared in July so did missions for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance (LNAA), continuing an upward summer trend. June had been the busiest month on record for the charity with 151 missions but in July specialist crews were called to 179 incidents.Senior Operations Manager, Chris Bailey said: “How busy we’ve been reinforces the need for our area ...

A Spalding woman stole vodka on two separate occasions from a supermarket to sell to buy drugs, a court has been told.Mia Rock (29), of Linden Court, admitted stealing the vodka on April 16 and again on the 20 when she appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court.It was said she made full admissions and said she had stolen the vodka to ...

Dozens of children flocked to Surfleet’s Glen Park for last Saturday’s re-opening of the children’s play area after a major refurbishment. Some 25 months after it was forced to close because of repair costs and the effect of the Covid pandemic – thanks to the efforts of two local businessmen and a small army of volunteers.Glen Park’s owners, Surfleet Play ...

A Holbeach man has been sent for trial on five allegations of sexually assaulting a woman of 16 or over.Tom Louth (34), now living at Sluice Road but formerly of East Elloe Avenue, denied the three allegations of sexual assault and two of sexual assault with penetration, all in April and May last year, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates’ ...

A Holbeach teenager has appeared in court charged with the rape of a girl under 13.Nathan Bossley (19), of Allison Avenue, entered no pleas to the allegations of raping a girl under 13 on at least three occasions between December 27 2019 and May 24 2021 at Weston.Bossley was sent for trial at Lincoln Crown Court with a first appearance ...

Great news about the new solar farm to be built on top grade farm land at Holbeach St Matthews.A couple of small details omitted from Green Energy International’s press release is how many homes will the farm by supplying electricity with overnight and also how many millions of pounds in subsidies paid out of my, and every other electricity users’ ...

Another gaming centre in the town centre? Is this what the town needs? I think not.Apart from adding more problems to an ever increasing deterioration of the town it will only make people stay away.Spalding is fast becoming a no-go area to decent people. It does nothing to make people want to shop there. It is dirty and run-down. It ...

On going home from work on a dark frosty late night at approximately 11.45pm, I decided to take a main road to be safe.So from Cowbit to Holbeach I went to Moulton Chapel to Saturday Bridge (Fen Road), then left towards Holbeach.Then I turned left on Hither Old Gate, not using this road normally, as I would have driven along ...

What on earth is the council playing at?I booked my slot to go to the Spalding Recycling Centre as I have done since the booking system was introduced. Never any problem. In and out in about five minutes.When I arrived, there was a queue with about six cars in front of me.As I waited I saw the queue building up ...

I refer to the article in The Voice of August 5 regarding relocating the funfair.I would wholeheartedly agree that the existing location of Victoria Street car park is totally unsuitable for this event. But I would not agree with the suggestion of relocating to the Castle Playing Field as there is definitely a lack of car parking at this site ...

Regarding the proposed adult gaming centre in the empty Dorothy Perkins shop – an application for signage for Merkur Slots has been lodged with South Holland District Council (application number H16-0789-21).Please object to both the business moving into our town and the signage proposal. If you don’t it will come!Our councillors don’t seem to care what is happening to our ...

Having been caught up in the recent queuing debacle at the recycling centre, when is it going to dawn on the county council that the site is no longer fit for purpose?The population of the area increases every month and they expect the populace (voters), to use the same inadequate resources instigated years ago.Additionally, how much recycling is being lost ...

Julian Frost asked (Voice, August 5) what’s going on at the recycling centre?The answer is inadequate facilities and insufficient opening hours! Terry ByattHolbeach

In your article about KFC and Taco Bell, the application submission demonstrates that there will be “environmental benefits” of the proposed development. How so?Concreting over prime agricultural land will ensure any rain, instead of being absorbed by the soil and released slowly over time, will be piped away quickly thus increasing the likelihood of flash flooding further down the system.Being ...

I should like to endorse the comments by Magdalena Podsiadly in a previous edition of The Voice.Spalding seems to be in the worst state I can remember since moving into the town over 40 years ago when it was an attractive market town with a vibrant atmosphere.Now the market hardly exists, thanks to SHDC making the stallholders feel unwelcome, reducing ...

Regarding your article and Anglian Water’s answer to the capacity of the sewage system in Weston.It appears that they are winging their answers in order to collect the revenue gained by this potential development or trying to keep sweet the developers and local authorities.I recently retired from Anglian Water as a waste water maintenance technician and am fully aware that ...

There were celebrations all round when this year’s A level and vocational results were revealed on Tuesday. Students across South Holland received their grades after another year of cancelled exams.The class of 2021 had their results based largely on teacher assessment, along with elements of course work, mock exams and essays.And the result saw more A* and A grades in ...

Residents and staff at Fenchurch House Care Home in Spalding Common have been enjoying their very own Olympic Games.They’ve been taking on a range of Olympics and sport-themed activities.Named the ‘Country Court Oomph-Olympics’ (through a combination of the two companies running the event), residents have been trying their hand at Boccia, bop-fit, artistic swimming and other events.Fenchurch House hosted an ...