Holbeach market is on the move after centuries in High Street. South Holland District Council is moving the stalls to Boston Road car park from January 7 for a trial period. It is hoped that the move will increase visitor footfall and attract new traders. There is thought to have been a market and fair in the town since the 13th ...

Five fire crews were called to a blaze in a workshop at Fleet at about 4pm on Monday. Crews from Holbeach, Long Sutton, Spalding, Kirton and Donington attended the fire in Fleet Road, which is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault. Crews used three main jets, two hose reels and two sets of breathing apparatus during the ...

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is £100 better off thanks to a donation from the Caledonian Society. Caldedonian president Chris Charlton and treasurer Val Rowley presented a £100 cheque to Air Ambulance representatives Tom and Heather Chambers at the society’s annual St Andrew’s Night ceilidh at Spalding Services Club. The air ambulance is one of several charities supported by the ...

Four men who were caught in the act of staging a ram raid in an attempt to steal an ATM cash machine were jailed on Friday (November 27) at Lincoln Crown Court. The four used a stolen JCB to rip open the wall of the Spar Shop on London Road, Long Sutton, in the middle of the night, and had ...

During the past few months I’ve had casework that involves Lincolnshire County Council and it’s not been a happy experience. Information is hard to extract, sometimes misleading and the default answer to any request seems to be a polite form of “No, go away and stop bothering us”. This is admittedly not entirely their fault. Government financial support given to ...

How disappointing to read in The Voice (November 23) that the decision by South Holland district councillors to offer a “Charge to Collect” green waste trial appears likely to mean the vast majority of residents in South Holland (around 97 per cent of them) will be penalised by an even greater reduction in opening times at the West Marsh Road ...

I noticed a sign relating to “residents parking only” placed by South Holland District Council relating to a road in Spalding which is freely available for anyone to park on (being part of the public highway). I think I have bottomed out that the sign has no legal standing for parking enforcement and anyone can actually park there so the ...

May I thank Janet Doubleday for her response to my letter that was published in The Voice on November 12 regarding my views on Glenis Willmott’s speech at the Labour Party Conference in September and what our, yes, our Labour MEPs do on our behalf. Obviously I will not repeat the content of my letter, but it was merely explaining ...

We were sad to see the article in The Voice (November 19) about the drop in custom at the Sunshine Cafe. This is a well run, reasonably priced establishment serving good food and the staff are very friendly. Regarding the councillors’ comments re the signage we would suggest that, if they find it so awful, they come up with a ...

It was frying pans at the ready as 13 youngsters went head-to-head in the annual Rotary Young Chef Competition. Organised by The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland, it took place in the food technology suite at Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School. Students from Spalding High School, Sir John Gleed School, Spalding Grammar School and Bourne Academy competed. Their challenge ...

The Lavender Hill Mob Theatre Company makes a welcome return to Pinchbeck Village Hall on Sunday, with special guest singer/songwriter Phoebe Mullard. The Lavender Hill Mob is a King’s Lynn-based charity organisation which caters for the needs of children and young adults who have learning difficulties or have trouble coping with everyday life in general. Through music and song they ...

If you need a little push to get into the Christmas spirit, why not visit Bookmark for its Singing Santa event? Singing Santa will be at the Spalding shop this Sunday and on Sunday, December 13, from 3pm to 5pm. Children are invited to join Santa for afternoon tea, stories and a sing-a-long, to take along their letters to Santa ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, Holbeach Services Club. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm, (14-18 years), 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, 01406 ...

Funhouse Comedy Club South Holland Centre, Spalding Friday (November 27), doors 7.30pm, show 8.30pm Tickets £10 Box office: 01775 764777 www.funhousecomedy.co.uk Funhouse Comedy Club is back at the South Holland Centre tomorrow for more fun and laughter. Headlining is comedian and script writer Sean Percival (top left). His brand of comedy steers clear of the surreal and confronts realism in ...

Ringrose Law, FreshLinc, University Academy Hol-beach, Lincs Computers and Kawstore were among the winners at this year’s South Holland Business Awards. Key business leaders gathered at Springfields Event Centre, Spalding, to celebrate the best in innovation, hard work, entrepreneurial spirit and customer care. Phil Scarlett, president of Spalding and District Area Chamber of Commerce, said: “With the quality of entries ...

Do you have a festive feline or a horse that’s in the holiday spirit? If the answer’s yes, then why not enter them into our Festive Pets Competition? Sponsored by Rooke’s Pet Products, the winner will be the pet that judges think shows the most Christmas spirit. Whether you have a Christmassy cat, a merry mutt, a festive fish or ...

South Holland residents are once again proving their generosity by really getting behind the Give A Gift Appeal. We teamed up with We’ll Let Your House to launch the appeal at the start of November and kicked it off with £200 worth of toys bought using cash from The Spalding and South Holland Voice Community Fund. Since then readers have ...

Spalding Christmas Market takes place on Sunday, running from 10am to 4pm. There will be a fun fair in the Sheep Market car park and a contingent from the Salvation Army Band will be playing carols in Hall Place. There will be around 35 stalls selling items such as dream catchers and jewellery, Lincolnshire Poacher cheese, Victorian antiques, spirits and ...

We would like to thank everyone for all their help at the Christmas Lights Switch-On. Thank you firstly to everyone involved in the Tulip Queen competition and for the wonderful prizes they received from Springfields Outlet Shopping, Majestic Bingo, Fancy Frox and Hills Department Store. Once again John Hayes made all the girls very happy by choosing two South Holland ...

We often read in the local newspapers comments berating the staff at Priory Road council offices, and, from some personal experience, I am sure that this can be well defined and apposite. However, I feel it is only right and proper to redress the balance and to mention the young man, Dom, on the reception desk. Having found it necessary ...