A burglar who spray painted the words “sorry lads” on the floor after stealing property valued at over £12,000 from a Pinchbeck business park was jailed for 30 months. Joseph Hutchinson, 38, escaped with power tools and building equipment in the overnight burglary at The Ark Hub in Elsoms Way. Lincoln Crown Court heard the business was left safe and ...

Orange was very much the colour of the weekend in Spalding when everything pumpkin was celebrated. The town was buzzing on Saturday when ‘Pumpkin Street’ was up and running with more than a nod to Halloween. Local artist Jonathan Nichols was displaying his amazing pumpkin carvings while craft activities, live entertainment and food stalls were also on offer to visitors. ...

Multiple award winning independent family run optometrists Molsom and Associates are on the look out for South Holland’s young role models. The company is involved in the Pride of South Holland Awards for the sixth year running and is sponsoring the Young Achiever category. It recognises those young people in the community who have excelled, be it in school, sport, ...

Guitarist Antoine Fleuriot is returning to the Elizabethan Centre in Whaplode Drove on Saturday (October 15). A local musician who has been honing his skills and his amazing covers for decades, Antoine is back by popular demand after a fantastic performance at the venue earlier in the year. A spokesman for The Elizabethan Centre said: “Antoine will bring a fantastic ...

Sutton Bridge Cinema is returning for its second showing. The Duke starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent is the feature at The Curlew Centre on Saturday, October 15. The wonderfully uplifting tale tells the story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver who stole a Goya portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London in 1961. ...

St Nicholas Players are ready to unleash a murderous comedy that’s sure to leave its audience howling. Norman Robbins’s A Tomb With A View is being put on at The South Holland Centre next week by the local group. The darkly comic murder mystery has plenty of surprises sure to keep theatre audiences gripped. A spokesman for the South Holland ...

A Spalding surgery has been hit by a break in. Beechfield Medical Centre was targeted overnight with police called at 4.15am. The Beechfield Gardens surgery was closed this morning (Wednesday, October 12) but has since reopened to those who have appointments. The surgery posted on Facebook: “We currently have no access to the main entrance, downstairs waiting room or dispensary, ...

The latest lecture of the Spalding Gentleman’s Society is a bug’s life. Matt Shardlow the CEO of Buglife will be speaking tomorrow (Friday, October 14) about the consequences of the now recognised sharp decline in insects. A spokesman for the socity said: “Prior to the launch of Buglife in 2002, there was no organisation specialising in invertebrates, which had been ...

Rock the aisles with one of the best Buddy Holly tributes around this Friday at Spalding’s South Holland Centre. Buddy Holly and the Cricketers will be swinging into Spalding tomorrow (Friday, October 14) with a spectacular evening showcasing one of America’s biggest singer and songwriters. One of the original stars of rock ‘n’ roll, timeless classics like That’ll Be The ...

A young cyclist suffered a head injury in a hit and run in Spalding on Tuesday night. The incident happened at the Holbeach Road roundabout, near McDonald’s. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “Officers were called to the incident at 7.20pm on Tuesday (Oct 11). “The cyclist – a young boy – sustained a head injury in the collision and was ...

A banned driver who led police on two dangerous pursuits was today (Tuesday) jailed for 26 months after a judge described him as a “menace” to other road users. Nathan Lake, 32, admitted two charges of dangerous driving following the chases in Wisbech and Spalding. Lincoln Crown Court heard the first incident occurred when Lake was spotted behind the wheel ...

A Spalding man who breached a restraining order by bombarding an ex-partner with up to 30 phone calls a day was today (Tuesday) jailed for one year and ten weeks. Thomas Parr, 24, also carried out a string of crimes across the Spalding area after being bailed for the offence involving his ex-partner. Lincoln Crown Court heard Parr began contacting ...

A man who drove on the wrong side of a road and ended up stuck on the central reservation with two flat tyres had two previous convictions for driving with excess alcohol, a court has heard. After police were called to John Adams Way in Boston the driver was arrested after providing a positive breath test which indicated he was ...

A burglar who targeted a 94-year-old Spalding man and took his walking stick after he bravely fought back was today (Friday) jailed for four years and two months. Georgel Cimbala, 34, of Winsover Road, Spalding, admitted burglary at the pensioner’s address in The Parkway on June 18 this year. A hearing at Lincoln Crown Court was told the victim was hit with ...

New electric vehicle charging points in Crowland, Holbeach and Sutton Bridge have been switched on. Working in partnership with Crowland Parish Council, Sutton Bridge Parish Council and Holbeach Community Association, electric vehicle charging points are now installed at: Snowden Fields Pavilion, Thorney Rd, CrowlandThe Curlew Centre, Bridge Rd, Sutton BridgeHolbeach Community Centre, Fishpond Lane, Holbeach. These add to South Holland ...

A woman who has raised over £27,000 for charity by selling second hand goods from her Holbeach home has been told she can continue to do so. Ann Gregory will be able to sell from her Boston Road South property from 10am to 4pm three days a week (excluding bank holidays and Sundays) after South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee ...

The Johnson Drinking Fountain can be re-erected in Ayscoughfee gardens, councillors have ruled, but they also criticised the council for its lack of planning and consultation over its siting. South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last night granted permission to return it to the hall where it sat from 1956 to 2018. It follows opposition led by the Spalding and ...

A homeless man has been ordered to pay compensation after breaking into the empty house his mother used to live in to escape the rain. Karol Pieczsnski, 28, who gave a care of address in Witham Road in Spalding, admitted damaging a doorwhen he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Mare Stace said Pieczsnski noticed his mother’s former home was ...

A man has been hailed a hero after wrestling what he believed to be a gun off a would be robber in a Spalding store. Sedad Amin was working at Nasza Biendronka on the corner of Sheep Market and The Crescent at around 1.15pm on Thursday, September 27, when a man threatened him with what turned out to be an ...

Long Sutton Parish Council says it could hold an event the same day as next year’s Spalding Flower Parade as it declined to participate in something it said ‘would only benefit the Spalding economy’. Like other parish councils in South Holland, it had been offered the opportunity to have a float at the event scheduled for Saturday, May 6. But ...