St Mary’s Church in Whaplode is once again holding its popular Snowdrop Walks. Visitors can experience thousands of snowdrops in their natural setting in a secluded area of the churchyard, where there are also some very attractive aconites. Walks take place from 11.30am to 3.30pm on Saturday and Sunday, February 20 and 21 and Saturday and Sunday, February 27 and ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, Holbeach Services Club. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm, open to 14-18 year olds, www.handsscouts.com Tots and Carers Group, 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 ...

Soprano Payee Chen will make her debut with the City of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, February 28. The Taiwan-born singer will perform a selection of Mahler’s songs at the Voyager Academy, Walton, Peterborough, from 3pm-4.30pm. Tickets cost £12.50 and £10.50 and are available on the door or from www.cpso.org.uk

Keep the kids entertained during half term with a trip to the South Holland Centre to see Sid from CBeebies live. Sid will be live on stage in a fantastic fun-filled adventure that’ll knock your socks off. In an interactive experience crammed with games, songs, poems and magic, Sid’s Show will leave you with a smile on your face and ...

Circus Mondao is back for another season and there’s still time to catch a show before the circus hits the road. The Big Top is pitched at Baytree Nurseries Garden Centre, Weston, and there are shows today (Thursday), tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. It’s a great show for all the family to enjoy, with a host of international artistes from around ...

Readers’ experience of Spalding’s European shops, uninviting and making the town look distressed, seemed to be replicated in Holbeach – until Julia’s Polish shop opened in town. Beautifully designed and welcoming frontage, open to all – a credit to the Polish owner, with thanks from one Holbeach patron. G Mitchell Fleet Street

Not wishing to tempt fate but it’s been a while since any failure of the level crossing barriers in Spalding. Let’s hope the Network Rail problem we were forced to tolerate for months on end is actually resolved for good. Now, on to the time that we sit at the barriers when they are working ordinarily and down. At Winsover ...

It was instructive to read about South Holland District Council’s decision to purchase the 23-acre Moulton Park to provide recreational space for the local community. This contrasts sharply with the reaction of the council when, in 2003 and at a time when the authority’s financial position was much healthier than it is now, it was approached for relatively modest financial ...

Lorna Webb and her team of helpers put on a lovely coffee and pancake morning on Shrove Tuesday, raising around £360 for the Jenny Freeman Lodge, St Barnabas Hospice. Mrs Webb was making pancakes until 2am the previous morning and then up again at 6am on the morning, making a total of 250 pancakes altogether, all enjoyed by the large ...

Last week I responded in this letters page to the excellent lead that The Voice gave to the issue of off licence proliferation and abuse, asking our elected MP John Hayes to do what he said he would do just nine months ago. I also noticed how many readers believed proliferation and abuse of a licence was not being addressed ...

Due to the successful Holbeach Town & Country Fayre held last year the committee held a presentation evening recently that saw £1,400 divided between Holbeach in Bloom, local RAF Cadet Unit, LIVES, Holbeach Hospital and Spalding Young Farmers, whom are all based in the area. This would not have been possible without the help and support of many people, some ...

In a recently published interview entitled “The Name of God in Mercy” Pope Francis described the quality of mercy as the most important message that Jesus gave. In the sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, Jesus tells us “blessed are the merciful for they shall have mercy shown them.” Mercy should not be confined to the virtuous but to all ...

Along with a number of all-party district councillors I regularly take part in Local Democracy presentations to groups of schoolchildren. One of the questions recently asked was ‘what do you actually do?’ and I thought it might be useful to use my diary to show aspects of what district councillors and particularly cabinet members get up to. So here is ...

South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes has claimed thousands of pounds in expenses for his children to stay with him in his tax-funded London flat. Mr Hayes’s sons William (15) and Edward (11) spend most of their time at the family home in Moulton but the Home Office security minister has claimed £4,850 above his annual rent allowance ...

A rapist armed with a knife who barricaded himself inside a house resulting in a stand-off with police has been jailed for eight years. Steven Saint had the large kitchen knife with him when police arrived at a house in Sutton Bridge to detain him. Jonathon Dee, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday (February 9), said the officer who initially arrived at ...

The owner of a Spalding takeaway described as being so dirty that it posed an imminent threat to the health of customers eating the food has been jailed for 12 months. Rafat Thoun, who ran pizza, kebab and fried chicken takeaway Time Square at 25 Winsover Road, was also given a food hygiene prohibition order banning him for life from being involved ...

On Sunday, February 21, Tulip Radio, in association with Majestic Bingo, will be holding a charity bingo afternoon at the Regent Bingo Club in Westlode Street, Spalding. Tulip Radio is very privileged to be working alongside Regent Bingo Club, helping to raise funds for local Armed Forces: SSAFA, Royal Navy Association, Royal British Legion and the Lincolnshire Regiment. They have ...

Brit Award winning vocal group Blake appear at the South Holland Centre, Spalding, on June 11 and tickets are selling fast. Known for their ability to perform a huge mix of genres, the group use rich vocal harmonies to perform classic songs in their inimitable style. The tour follows appearances on The Graham Norton Show, The One Show and Strictly ...

A charity event at Pinchbeck Village Hall will help the victims of the UK’s December floods. The 60s and 70s night is being held at the hall on Friday, February 19. Entertainment will include live music from 70s recording artist Fraz and there will be a disco and raffle. Doors open at 7.30pm and there will be a licensed bar. ...

Love will be in the air this half-term holiday as the RSPB put on special events at their Frampton Marsh site. Starting on Saturday, February 13 and running every day through the whole holiday, you can follow the Lovebirds activity trail around the reserve. Pick up your entry sheet from the visitor centre before setting off around the surfaced trails. ...