There will be a chance to try out a mobile skate park in Crowland on Sunday. The event runs from 9.30am to 3.30pm at the Snowden car park on Thorney Road. It has been funded by Crowland Parish Council meaning it’s free to attend. Refreshments will be served at the Snowden Pavilion and equipment can be borrowed.

Reference column from Gary Porter leader of the council. If Coun Porter really wanted to save some money, he should support a Unitary Authority under Lincolnshire County Council and get rid of district councils. Delia Williams Deeping St Nicholas

Spalding’s Christmas lights will be switched on by the newly-crowned Tulip Queen on Saturday. The event, which has been organised by Tulip Radio, takes place In Hall Place from 10am. It includes the 2016 Tulip Queen competition, the School Choir Competition and a fun dog show. Entries are still being taken for the Tulip Queen competition, with the winner and ...

Further to the article “Slum of the future” in The Voice (October 29). Planning officers and inspectors follow the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) as a priority for most of their decisions. This framework which was published in 2012 states quite clearly there should be a presumption in favour of sustainable development. Sometimes this seems to be in conflict with ...

I read with interest the comments by Coun Gammba-Jones reference affordable housing at a site in Crowland. Why do we have a third affordable housing policy in this area when others around us have less, King’s Lynn being an example? The article of course doesn’t explain the raft of rules and regulations that any new development is now forced to ...

Coun Gary Porter asks whether South Holland District Council should cut council tax again, even if it means reducing some services (Voice, November 5). For me, it’s a clear no. Remember, any action by SHDC only affects its portion of our bill, which this year represented 11 per cent of the total. If my calculations are correct, the effect of ...

Re John Hayes’ comments – The Voice, November 5. Whilst most people would not disagree with the general concept he was trying to convey, I am sorry but it was put or translated most naively. The Secret Services are, and always have been, mostly adept at knowing what was going on, who was doing what, where and when. They still ...

Holbeach councillors have arranged a trial scheme for one or more of your town’s elected representatives to attend Holbeach Library, every other Saturday, from November 14 (10.30am-11.30am). These times may be extended if necessary. The “drop in” sessions are completely informal and non-political, please feel free to just say hello or have a chat. We’ll try to help with any ...

A police officer from Donington has appeared in court charged with possessing indecent images of children and bestiality. PC Paul James Henry (42), of Quadring Road, appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court last week facing nine charges. He was granted bail to appear for trial at Lincoln Crown Court on December 2. The conditions of his bail are that he is ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, Holbeach Services Club. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, 07532 236616. 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 ...

South Holland Centre, Spalding Wednesday, November 11, 8pm £15, £13 concession Box Office 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Just for Graphs is a riotously funny show about science on a big national tour with a date at Spalding’s South Holland Centre on Wednesday, November 11 at 8pm. With live experiments, a few explosions, silly songs, fire juggling ...

It is sometimes difficult to believe that only 75 years ago Britain was not only facing the prospect of invasion, but was also under threat of real hunger from the blocking of the seaways. This is the subject that Jonathan Dimbleby takes as his subject when he appears at the South Holland Centre in Spalding on Thursday, November 12 at ...

There’s a night of music in aid of charity on Saturday. Dave & Jan’s Charity Evening takes place at the Elizabethan Centre, Parson Lane, Whaplode Drove, from 8pm till late. There will be music, karaoke, a quiz, a raffle and an auction. All proceeds to will go to Prostate Cancer UK.

A ghost, a wizard and a couple of skeletons turned up at this week’s Crowland tea dance. The dancers, who meet every Monday at the British Legion Hall from 2pm to 4.30pm, decided to have a bit of Halloween fun and turn up in costume. The organ and stage were decorated to the theme by George and Pat Cragg, who ...

There are some birds which everyone knows by sight. The robin on our Christmas cards, the elegant swan, the town pigeon. But there are rather fewer that people know the sound of. The cuckoo is one, or the quacking of a duck. And of course the owl, which goes “Twit-twooo”. But does it? It may surprise you to learn that ...

Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society (SADOS) are just two weeks away from their next production Family Planning. One of Spalding’s oldest amateur theatre companies is going back to its roots to put on the hilarious farce by playwright Frank Vickery. Set in Wales, the play introduces the Roberts family, their raunchy neighbour Mrs Millard, her son Jeffrey, and Bobby, ...

Staff at Spalding’s Tulip Radio are celebrating after winning £1,000 in Ringrose Law’s A Grand Idea competition. Business Manager Jan Whitbourn said: “This was fantastic news for Tulip Radio because as a community radio station we are reliant on receiving money from businesses such as this to keep us sustainable. “This will go towards the running of the station and ...

Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School has been awarded a commendation for successfully completing its Sky Sports Living for Sport Project. Eighteen students spent two days with Sky Sports Athlete Mentor ex-Paralympic World Champion swimmer Fran Williamson working through a number of tasks, including learning about the Sky Sports Six Keys of Success and improving teamwork, communication and confidence skills. Students ...

A Spalding secondary school has had two potentially life-saving defibrillators installed. The machines, which cost just under £1,000 for the pair, were funded by The Friends of Sir John Gleed School. Currently there is no legal requirement for places of education to have access to a defibrillator but more than 600 young people die every year from cardiac arrests. Anthony ...

Two members of a Spalding fundraising group have been out to India to help administer polio vaccinations to children. Chris Chew and his wife Wendy and Pat Luckett travelled to India as part of the Rotary Club of South Holland’s commitment to help eradicate polio worldwide. Ridding the world of poliomyelitis became the top priority of the world’s 34,000 Rotary ...