Members of the Springfields Probus Club and the Ladies Probus met for their Christmas meal. Around 30 people went to The Woodlands Hotel for a meal followed by an amusing poetry recital by John Chester, vice president. Springfields Probus is a club for semi-retired and retired professional businessmen and meets once a month. A guest speaker usually attends. The meetings ...

A charity that has helped people with sight impairment in Spalding for nearly 50 years has closed its doors, but is going to continue helping by funding the training of a new guide dog. The Spalding Blind Social Club has been arranging social events for people with sight difficulties and their families for the last 47 years. But due to ...

Children’s Centres around the county will be open between Christmas and the New Year to give families a warm space. A total of 31 centres, including Spalding, Holbeach and Crowland, will open on December 28, 29 and 30, offering fun and festive activities. All children’s centres are free to join, with each offering a variety of activities with free drop-in ...

Santa hitched a ride with a tractor and trailer when the Young Farmers came to town. A parade of 75 tractors took part in a tour of the area so Santa could say hello to his young friends. Phillip Rouston, Santa’s driver, said it was the second year the parade had been held and the reception had been very positive ...

The annual Christmas Fayre at Spalding United Reformed Church has been hailed a success. This year it tied in with the town’s Christmas celebrations recently, and members of church were heartened so many regulars and visitors came through the doors to grab a bargain or see the Christmas Trees. During the event, the Marching Ambassadors took time out from their ...

The Conservatives have gained a seat on the district council by just 12 votes while South Holland Independents have kept the county council seat previously held by Coun Angela Newton. Her death in August triggered the by-elections won by Steve Timewell and Manzur Hasan respectively.Flower Parade organiser Steve gained the Monks House ward on South Holland District Council for the ...

It is an absolute honour and privilege to have an opportunity to serve the people of Spalding west division. I would like to give a very big thank you to the public who voted for me, the electorate who have appreciated and decided upon the great Angela Newton’s legacy and entrusted us, the Independent team, to confidently and competently move ...

There were many reasons why I decided to stand for election to the local council, the main one being that I feel I have so much to offer the local community. As a hard and dedicated worker, I’m one for getting on with the job and getting things done. I’m also a listener and happy to work with my residents ...

A big thank you to whoever found a letter in Morrison’s car park and put it in a postbox for me. Janet HutchinsonBourne RoadSpalding

Noticed this morning that fuel went up 5p litre from last night at Sainsbury’s in Spalding. So they put the price down as they got ripped to pieces in the media and now they’ve put it up even more than it originally was. Absolutely shocking. Won’t be getting fuel from Sainsbury’s any time soon… Diane Virdenvia email

The co-ordinated strikes by left wing, Labour supporting unions is a General Strike in all but name. Very similar to Putin’s war in the Ukraine described as a Special Military Operation. The government is now calling on the services to step in. There is a bigger army waiting in the wings. They are the pensioners who want to help and ...

The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal raised some £12,600 in Holbeach and the surrounding area this year. Alan Sheppard, branch chairman and Poppy Appeal organiser for the town, said the response was more than he could have hoped for. “With the cost-of-living crisis and other continuing pressures on everyone, it is remarkable that people have been so generous once more ...

Festive Pets is back and now is your chance to send in a photo of your pet in Christmas finery. This year’s competition is kindly sponsored by Birchgrove Garden Centre, who are offering a first prize of £50, second prize of £30 and third prize of £20. To be in with a chance of winning send in a picture of ...

A relative of Spalding’s first published Flower Queen is among those vowing for the title of Ambassador for the returning Spalding Flower Parade. Hotel worker and semi-professional model Megan Vellam has applied for the role for the event taking place on May 13 next year. Megan says she “would like to follow in family footsteps” by applying for the role. ...

A teenager has been warned to expect custody after he admitted stabbing a man with a knife in a Lincolnshire village. George Swallow, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. His victim, Linton Doherty, was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary with a suspected stab wound ...

A shop in Fleet has been told it can’t currently sell alcohol after police found illegal workers there. Mace Convivence Store at Fleet Road Garage had applied to change its designated premises supervisor to Arunmolithevan Balamuhunthan, a move Lincolnshire Police objected to. Following a hearing held behind closed doors today (Monday, December 12) South Holland District Council’s Licencing Panel rejected ...

A Donington man has raised £200 for charity by sleeping rough in Spalding. John Stephenson decided to spend two nights sleeping out in the town to raise money. The 46-year-old is currently training to be a peer mentor for the probation service and frequently takes on fundraising efforts. “It was cold but I had a lot of good people looking ...

Local wildlife watchers got front seats for a flypast by some spectacular feathered friends last week. Leading health and wellbeing charity, Royal Voluntary Service, and long-term supporter, Yakult, hosted a free event for older people to meet Baytree Owl and Wildlife Centre, Spalding’s resident birds of prey, as part of their Safe, Warm and Well winter wellbeing campaign. Light refreshments ...

A Sutton Bridge woman who collided with a parked car was found to be almost three times over the legal alcohol level, a court has heard. Kelly Gregory, 42, of Allenby’s Chase, admitted driving with excess alcohol when she appeared beforemagistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said that Mrs Gregory collided with a parked car in Bridge Road at 11.40pm ...

A Spalding man drunkenly crashed his partner’s car into a barrier following an argument, a court has heard. Fabio Santos, 37, of Lilburn Drive, admitted driving with excess alcohol and without a full drivinglicence or insurance, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said police attended a single vehicle collision in West Elloe Avenue at 1.20amon November ...