South Holland continued to pay its respects with the majority of businesses closing to allow staff to watch Monday’s funeral. Holbeach experienced a 21-gun salute thanks to Anglian Motel’s Harold Payne. On Monday at 11am, to mark the start of the funeral service, he fired a specially adapted FH70 gun which was originally on the German Russian border and could ...

Posters are being put up around Spalding as part of a new campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of prostate cancer. The Rightside Trust charity’s Mark Le Sage has launched the initiative and says he’s wanted to do so for decades after seeing a patient while a student nurse who told him he thought the symptoms ‘were just part ...

Two standard bearers who proudly represented the area in the procession for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II have spoken of their pride at playing a part in the historic event. Alan Canham, of Pinchbeck, and Graham Hewitt, of Spalding, were among 72 Royal British Legion standard bearers hand selected to march behind the coffin of the monarch on Monday. ...

A historic World War Two pillbox situated on a Spalding estate is set to get a new lease of life thanks to a history buff and local company. The historic relic on the corner of Buttercup Close and Lavender Way is thought to be one of only a handful of its kind in the UK. It’s been derelict for a ...

South Holland has missed out as the preferred site for a planned new reservoir. It had been revealed that Anglian Water were looking at several locations for the new lake, including between Tongue End and Deeping St Nicholas. But the company has announced it’s now proposing to build the reservoir south east of Sleaford. The plans for the water include ...

I read the report in the Voice last week on the planning decision for a site at Crowland by Ashwood Homes for a revised plan having built dwellings in the wrong place.How this can happen in this day and age with GPS is beyond belief but SHDC approved the new plan, surely Ashwood should have been told to take them ...

Returning to the area after an absence of 40 years down south, I’m surprised to see that tulips are featured so much in advertisements and signs in the area,Tell me, are any actually still grown here? Terry ByattHolbeach

The funeral of our late Queen Elizabeth is one of the most moving, well planned, faultless ceremonies ever staged in this country, bringing almost everyone to a standstill because of the respect we have for the stability and leadership displayed in a modest, human manner.No other country could produce such a spectacle with many memories from the day, either from ...

If South Holland planning visited developments, large or individual builds, maybe this retrospective malarkey could be abolished or at least the applicant can only apply once.Applicants should surely know what they’re building and where, instead planners are left like hamsters on a wheel.Retrospective planning is open to much abuse and is ready for a overhaul.Some applicants do what they want ...

While on holiday in Cornwall, an unfortunate accident in the hotel led me to stay in three different hospitals, Truro, Penzance, and our own Johnson in Spalding. I feel that I must say a huge thank you to each one of these hospitals. Despite the fact that each hospital was short staffed, each member of the doctors and nurses were ...

A new, weekly school has been opened up at a Spalding church to teach children Lithuania. Jolanta Kensminiene, a teacher from Peterborough, has launched the initiative at St Norbert’s Catholic Church after noticing the number of people from the district heading elsewhere for lessons. The sessions will take place every Wednesday from 4.30pm to 7pm and are for four to ...

A man looking to run a new shop in Spalding has been denied an operating licence. Bakhtiar Mohamed Amin applied for the premises licence at 13 Winsover Road, which most recently was a Portuguese themed cafe but has since reopened as a shop. He appeared before South Holland District Council’s Licensing Panel last week, who rejected his application. It follows ...

South Holland’s Good Mood Cafes are proving such a hit that two more are opening. The sessions organised by Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire Mind (CPSL) are weekly, informal ‘get-togethers’ designed to connect people within their communities and boost wellbeing. And after the popularity of ones opened in Spalding, Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge earlier this year, new ones are ...

The 20-year-old owner of a dog which attacked and seriously injured a building surveyor carrying out an energy assessment at a Spalding house, has been given a suspended prison sentence. Lasma Sepetovska, formerly of Queens Road but now living at Mountstevens Avenue in Peterborough,admitted being the owner of the dog, which was dangerously out of control. Prosecuting at Boston Magistrates ...

A Holbeach writer has had his first crime novel published. Colin Mardell (73) started writing stories as a hobby after retiring following 30 years from working with the London Fire Brigade, but it was only during the COVID-19 lockdows that he started taking it seriously. The dad of two and grandfather of three previously had his memories of working in ...

Spalding postman Ade Mills will fulfil a lifelong ambition next month when he runs in the London Marathon. Ade (55) has been a runner for most of his adult life and has completed three marathons but has never had the opportunity to compete in the iconic race around the streets of our capital. Ade (pictured) said: “I can remember watching ...

A charity is putting on special breakfasts for male carers in the district. Carers First has been awarded a grant by Lincolnshire’s Community Asset Development Fund to provide multiple events and activities, specifically for male carers in the South Holland and Bourne areas during the next six months. To start the events off Carers First are inviting local male carers ...

A Spalding 19-year-old has spoken of her journey teaching English in Honduras. Jodie Rhodes was responsible for her own fundraising to make it possible for her to join a team of like-minded adventurous students in spending eight months of her gap year in Honduras before starting studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland were keen ...

A new pop-up museum has opened its doors in Holbeach High Street. Memory Lane tells some of the stories behind the town and is a wealth of information on its past. Coun Tracey Carter came up with the idea for a mini-museum, which will be in place for at least six months initially. With help from Lincolnshire County Council and ...

There’s big plans for Holbeach with a decision to purchase a town centre eyesore made this week while Aldi has launched a consultation on bringing a new store to the town. Deputy leader at South Holland District Council, Nick Worth, agreed to a move of the ‘strategic purchase’ of a disused and run down building in Park Road. Meanwhile discount ...