A Sutton Bridge woman says she’s been left frustrated at what she says is a lack of police action following an alleged assault of her and her pet dog. Janet Lowe (69) says she knows the person who she claims kicked the pet and punched her on May 21 but Lincolnshire Police have been slow in doing anything. The police ...

Spalding Gentlemen’s Society will have two new attractions as it welcomes people in for an open day on Sunday (August 21). A new exhibition entitled Curious Connections: Exploring the World in 18th Century Spalding, is to be unveiled. And at 2pm on the day there will also be the grand unveiling of an early 18th century painting of the scene ...

Police have launched a new road safety campaign in the county urging road-users to ‘have a little patience.’ The initiative comes as 45 people have been killed on Lincolnshire’s roads over the last year. A further 450 people have been seriously injured during the year. The ‘Just have a little patience’ campaign was launched on Wednesday in a bid to ...

A 200-year-old pub looks set to be turned into homes after a council stripped it of its listing as ‘a community asset’. The Chequers in Gedney Dyke is thought to have been the site of a pub since 1793, but its doors were closed for the final time on Christmas Eve 2017 with the owner claiming it was no longer ...

New play equipment has been officially opened in Pinchbeck. The parish council has organised the new features at Rotten Row Playing Field Its chairman James Avery took the opportunity to mention all of the groups, individuals, local companies and primary school age children who had all helped by making donations towards the cost of the new play facilities. Two children ...

Get ready to tuck into another big day in the Holbeach calendar as the food fair returns to fulfil a few appetites. On Saturday and Sunday September 3 and 4, there will be a huge variety of food and drink for you to try in Carter’s Park from 10am to 4pm. And that’s on top of the many stalls and ...

He’s jammed with the likes of George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton – now he’s heading to Spalding. Andy Fairweather Low and his current band the Lowriders are riding into The South Holland Centre on Saturday, September 2. The 74-year-old guitarist has had a stunning career. He shot to fame as lead singer in Amen Corner singing massive hits ...

The oldies will be alright at Pinchbeck Village Hall on Saturday, September 10 as a veteran Lincolnshire band make their debut at the venue. Sleaford-based band The Wrinkly Rockers are playing the venue as part of a fundraiser for it. Boasting a new-look line up, the group are still set to wow with some fantastic rocking numbers. A spokesman for ...

There will be plenty of Magic Moments at The South Holland Centre this Saturday (August 20) thanks to a soulful tribute. Soul Kinda Wonderful is coming to the Spalding stage, an award winning tribute to The Drifters, The Four Tops and The Temptations featuring Richie Sampson. The group itself were award winners at the National Tribute Awards in 2013, 2016 ...

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue received “over 100” calls last night in Pinchbeck and Spalding alone as the area received around a third of the rain it has so far this year in just a matter of hours. The Met Office said its station at Holbeach recorded 145.6 millimetres of rain in 25 hours, nearly three times as much as anywhere ...

A Fleet resident died after falling down stairs on her 60th birthday. Angel Fox had been looking forward to seeing her children and made the descent of the steep staircase unaccompanied, which was not the norm because of her “bad legs”, an inquest heard today (Wednesday). The fall was not witnessed but her husband, Chris, told the hearing in Lincoln ...

Apologies were made to Holbeach residents over the Boston Road South saga at a packed public meeting on Tuesday night, but those affected said they just wanted action. Residents who live nearest to the work said they believe the road is sinking again days after Anglian Water completed its most recent work and with Lincolnshire County Council claiming it would ...

After a busy few weeks battling fires in dry conditions, the area’s fire crews were called into action again in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, August 17) as the area was hit with deluge of rain Following one of the driest summers on record the recent spell of hot weather ended with heavy rain that caused flash floods ...

Lincolnshire County Council says it hopes to have Boston Road South reopened in two weeks. That’s after the authorities Highways department today (Monday, August 15) began work to reconstruct the road following the completion of Anglian Water’s rebuilding of the sewer system in the area. The county council had said it would initially take three weeks to get the road ...

The family of a man who died in a road traffic collision last week have described him as having a “heart of pure gold.” Cameron Shepherd, 28, died when the truck he was driving was involved in a collision with two HGVs at Kings Cliffe in Cambridgeshire at 7.15am on Wednesday (August 10). Officers and paramedics attended, but Mr Shepherd, ...

A Holbeach man has died in a road traffic collision involving two lorries and a truck. Cameron Shepherd, 28, of Wignals Gate, Holbeach was the driver of the truck in the incident which happened on the A47 near Kings Cliffe in Cambridgeshire on Wednesday, August 10. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Police, said: “A ...

A teen is due to appear in court today (Friday, August 12) charged with GBH following an incident that left another with what what police described as a stab wound. Tione Moodie, 19, of Pinchbeck Road, Spalding, has been charged with GBH in connection with this incident which took place on Tuesday August 9 in Westlode Street. Detective Inspector Rich ...

A Spalding man who used his car on a journey that he could have walked in five minutes, has been banned from driving for driving with excess alcohol. Jack Skipworth, 21, of Nursery Way, who admitted the offence on July 23, was seen to cross the central road line while driving his car and was stopped by police in Woolram ...

A host of young people are raising money for good causes in Spalding town centre this lunch time. Those taking part in the National Citizen Service (NCS) are holding a sale at The Sir Halley Stewart Sports Field until 2pm. The two groups are raising funds for good causes including The Lighthouse Project, it’s Karis’s House project and Mind. Hazel ...

Five fire crews were called to a blaze of garden buildings and fencing in Moulton yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. It was reported at River Lane shortly after 3pm with one brick garage, two wooden sheds, one summerhouse and 12 metres of fence belonging to three properties being affected. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say it was caused by an electrical fault within ...