I strongly feel the need to object to the proposed plans to the old China City restaurant. I’m all for a mix of culture and interests in our local shops and community but enough is enough. I hear Spalding becoming a joke with people I talk to in other areas. We all seem to say the same thing of how ...

I have read about the licensing application for the former China City premises in The Voice and would like to express my objections. We already have more than enough off-licences in Spalding, and the town is becoming littered with empty alcohol bottles and cans. I was born in Spalding and have lived here most of my life and I have ...

How sad to so often hear detrimental comments about living in Spalding, how it has changed and declined with dirty footpaths (litter, spit, graffiti etc). So it has, but so has the rest of the world, it’s universal! Continually looking and feeling down will surely get you down, so jot a list of all the good things about our town ...

Litter bins in Holbeach weren’t emptied for ten days because the person who usually does the job was on holiday. Rubbish, including cans, packets and bags of dog poo, were left strewn across the floor as the bins reached capacity but people still tried to put their rubbish in. One Holbeach resident was so disgusted by the state of the ...

Having spent 25 years reporting on and working with politicians at all levels and of every political persuasion, I have observed that most MPs are more preoccupied with power, money and privilege and doing the best for themselves rather than their constituents. So it should come as no surprise that John Hayes has pocketed £1m from playing the property market ...

Thursday, June 23 will be a historic day because for the first time in 40 years we will be asked to decide through a referendum whether we wish to leave the European Union. This poll will possibly be the most important vote we cast in our lifetimes. It will answer once and for all the big questions, “who governs Britain ...

As the debate on Europe continues and the referendum draws closer no doubt many people have already made their minds up about whether we should stay in or opt out of the EU. But let’s take a closer look at what the European Union does for Britain and dispel some of the myths for the people who are undecided. Creates ...

Thank you The Voice newspaper for highlighting the growing concern over these illegal shops with those awful window displays. What an eyesore! What is the matter with South Holland District Council for allowing this tolerance? The council and town centre manager should take a long walk down Winsover Road and have a good look around and see what we have ...

I cannot get a Voice every week as I don’t get one delivered so I missed the story Enough is Enough, but I do agree with the letters, like one letter said Spalding is not a nice place to live. I was born in Spalding and have seen change – not for the good. I now go once a month ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, Holbeach Services Club. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm, 14-18 year olds, www.handsscouts.com Tots and carers, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad Street Methodist Church Hall, Spalding, 11.30am-12.30pm and 1.45pm-2.45pm; Weston Village Hall, 2pm-3pm, £1.50, 01529 411941. Vibe Contemporary Youth Choir, 5.30pm-7pm, South Holland Centre, Spalding, £3.50. 1st Holbeach Brownies, 5.30pm-6.45pm, ...

An Evening with Barry Fry and Big Ron Atkinson is a night not to be missed. Join the lads at the Key Theatre on Thursday, March 3 (7.30pm) for what can only be described as a football fan’s great night out. Hear the stories about the dressing room fights, funny anecdotes about team selection and training, everything you would want ...

Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In Wednesday, March 2, 8pm King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Tickets £20 Box office: 01553 764864 That bloke. You know. The Irish guy. No, not the bald one. The other one. You know him. The one Carol from work really likes. Wait, that might be Jason Byrne. Anyway. Funny chap. Has a new show! ‘There is nothing ...

Pavanotti, alter-ego of Pinchbeck singer Jeff Woods, is presenting a fundraising concert of great singing and great fun at St Laurence Church, Surfleet, on Friday at 7.30pm. Admission is £10, including wine and nibbles, and profits will go to the flower fund. Pavanotti has given several fundraising concerts at local churches – most recently at Crowland Abbey, Moulton Chapel and Long ...

With the EU referendum in June the people of this country have, at long last, a choice to pass judgement on our membership of the EU. We must give David Cameron grudging praise for at least keeping his word on that. However his rather trivial negotiations carry no guarantees whatsoever and contain nothing about a return of powers to our ...

The high-flyers and the bad guys descend on Holbeach Community Centre on Saturday, March 5, for another night of international professional wrestling action. The show, which is family-friendly, will feature championship and tag team tournament matches. Wrestlers scheduled to appear include “The Sellout” Leo Addison, Notorious Kris Navarro, Mad Dog Maxx, Johnny Thunder, Big Paulie, Gino Denucci and many more. ...

Madonna, Super Mario and the team from Hi De Hi were just some of the guests at an annual 80s themed disco night. For the fifth year running Ian Haynes and Duncan Wright have organised the event at Spalding’s South Holland Centre to raise funds for Cancer Research following Ian’s diagnosis with oesophageal cancer in 2009. Music on the night ...

There was more than a hint of the defensive about Christine Lawton’s description of her role as a South Holland district councillor in last week’s Voice. She would have been better advised to keep quiet about the things she no doubt sees as her ‘duties.’ Sitting in on boringly bureaucratic meetings about things that have little or no relevance to ...

The launch of the pilot garden waste scheme has left many South Holland residents confused and angry. The scheme launched on February 15 with people being urged to sign up as soon as possible as only 2,500 households would be able to subscribe on a first come first served basis. However on the day of the launch the Voice was ...

Eleven charities and voluntary groups who provided collectors for the annual Spalding sleigh ride at Christmas have all received £300 cheques. The presentations were made by Bob Bradley, president of South Holland Rotary Club – the sleigh ride organisers – at a special celebration evening at the Woodlands Hotel, Spalding. The 11 were ­Spalding and Welland Rotary Club, Spalding Rugby ...

Recently we attended a celebratory event for the work we have done as part of a project undertaken as part of the Armed Forces Community Covenant. The project involved interviewing many veterans of many conflicts around the world over the last 70 years. We also asked these veterans about their life after service and the difficulties they faced integrating back ...