Spalding Folk Club presents John Dipper and Dave Malkin South Holland Centre, Spalding Wednesday, 8.15pm Tickets £6 John Dipper (fiddle, viola d’amore) and Dave Malkin (guitar, vocal) have roots in the tradition but are known for their compositions as much as their exquisite playing. John plays in the string quartet Methera, and Dave studied guitar at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. They ...

Potentially life-saving equipment has been installed at a Spalding shop. A defibrillator has been attached to the outside wall of Premier Stores in Pennygate, meaning it is available to the public any time of the day or night. Shop owner Sam Kandola said: “The ambulance service approached us and asked if we could have the defibrillator and we were happy ...

This year’s Give A Gift Appeal has been the best yet – and that’s thanks to the generosity of Voice readers. The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with Spalding letting agent We’ll Let Your House to launch the appeal back in November and we kicked it off with £200 of toys bought from The Spalding and South Holland ...

Reference the waste collection at Christmas and New Year in South Holland. Again all those who have a Monday collection are discriminated against because this year the Saturday is Boxing Day. Obviously there will not be a collection. This was sorted out previously by having a Saturday collection. I just hope that we do not have to put up with ...

As 2015 comes to a close, the members of the Ukulele Orchestra of Spalding can take a break until mid-January when we start to perform again. This year has been very busy for the orchestra, as we have performed a total of 63 gigs for a variety of audiences in and around the local area – from Boston down to ...

I wish Mr Flindall, of Sutton Bridge, all the best in his campaign against the proposed withdrawal of funding for transport to Spalding Grammar School. Whatever bright spark thinks it is a good idea needs to reconsider before this goes further. I stood at the Grammar School in May, during an election event and stated that my party was opposed ...

I think Paul Walls’ letter (Voice, December 5) is missing the point. It is increasingly clear that the only way Britain can retake control of its borders is for us to leave the EU. That is unfortunate, but as time has gone on the costs of being a member of the EU now massively outweigh the benefits, not least on ...

The council is against wheelie bins because Lord Porter of Spalding is against them as he thinks they are unsightly outside people’s houses. I think Lord Porter should look at being a proper leader of the district council instead of sucking up to David Cameron and getting a knighthood that would be better suited to someone who does good for ...

If you’ve not taken your children to see Santa yet, you should definitely consider a visit to Springfields. This year the Spalding-based outlet shopping centre has its biggest ever indoor grotto and paired with the free amazing Winter Wonderland Walk it provides great entertainment for kids. The grotto and Wonderland Walk are both open until 3pm on Christmas Eve, so there’s still plenty of time to ...

The Give A Gift Appeal has received a huge boost this week thanks to Baytree Garden Centre donating 300 presents. The gifts donated by the Weston garden centre will be added to scores of amazing gifts given by our incredibly generous readers, ensuring children who wouldn’t normally get a present will have a happier Christmas. Harry Drury, of We’ll Let ...

May I through your paper say thank you to all of our customers and to everybody who has kindly donated clothes and goods to our shop during 2015 and wish you all a happy Christmas and New Year. We couldn’t continue without your support. Hazel Wright Manageress Pennygate Patient Link charity shop Spalding

Mr Sadd, over the years we have all seen your views on life printed in the local press. Do you really believe that all the readers in Spalding and district agree with you? I don’t, generally they are long and very self opinionated! I was merely stating the fact that the people of Great Britain will vote for what they ...

Is there a need to celebrate Christmas in this 21st century? We are told by statisticians that 40 per cent of the population claim not to believe in Christianity or the message of the Bible. A virgin birth in this day and age is impossible to believe. So did the birth of Jesus really happen in the way the Bible ...

We held a Mince Pie and Mulled Wine event at our home on December 12 in support of the Butterfly Hospice and would like to express our thanks to family, friends and neighbours would gave their support, donations and raffle prizes to this worthwhile cause. A big thank you also to the Pinchbeck businesses who kindly donated raffle prizes including ...

A number of people have enquired as to why there is no Candlelight Carol Service at Weston this year. I would like to assure people there is such an event and this will take place on Sunday, December 20 at 6.30pm. The service was inadvertently missed out of the parish magazine for which I apologise. Everyone is welcome to attend. ...

The unused buildings in Spalding are a disgrace. I have brought this subject up with my local councillor but no-one seems to have the answer as to what is happening with them. The response seems to be that these properties have been sold on and the owners can’t be traced. This answer isn’t acceptable. If rates have been collected for ...

Christine Lawton is a district councillor and, as the portfolio holder for housing, is legally responsible for seeing that her officers carry out their duties professionally, diligently and honestly. For this work, and for the 30 or so meetings she attends annually, Coun Lawton is paid £11,957 a year, plus expenses. According to the 2011 Localism Act, Christine Lawton has ...

Mr Walls takes me to task over UKIP’s desire to get control of our borders and cut mass immigration to a reasonable level. Security aside, yes, there is a problem in terms of quality and quantity. 330,000 is the net immigration figure and the government has admitted that even if it reaches its target of building 200,000 houses a year, ...

One Spalding couple have even more reason to celebrate this Christmas after getting engaged during a visit to Santa’s Grotto. Ryan Barry got down on one knee at Baytree’s Winter Wonderland in Weston and asked girlfriend Amanda Wright to marry him and with Santa as a witness, Amanda said yes.

Ayscoughfee Hall School children from Year 5 visited Stamford’s Burghley Houseto experience a Tudor Christmas. Their day began when they met Henry VIII and ended with a chilling ghost story in a candlelit room. The children played traditional games and took part in Tudor dancing. Headteacher Clare Ogden said: “The children looked amazing in their costumes, especially in the setting ...