A Spalding-based charity has won a major national award for its work for people diagnosed with a genetic condition causing too much iron in the body. Haemochromatosis UK is a national charity and works to improve both the diagnosis and care of those with the condition. It was chosen from more than 350 charities across the UK as one of ...

Almost half of teenagers leaving local authority care in Lincolnshire are not in education, employment or training, members of the county council heard. A report to committee members says 53.1 per cent of care leavers in the county have found a role in one of the three options. “This measure remains below target but is slowly improving, despite fluctuations. “The ...

Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) has said a special thank you to its volunteers. It used Month of the Community to present certificates and personally thank those who help it deliver its vital services. LCVS runs the Volunteer Centre in Spalding which promotes volunteering opportunities and supports volunteers. LCVS also supports community development and provide support to charities and ...

I am writing to express my disgust and anger at SHDC’s failure to refund £150 from council tax that we are entitled to and already paid in April to people who pay by direct debit. We paid our council tax in full at the beginning of the fiscal year. I have made enquiries by phone several times and been given ...

Judging by the patterns of newspaper consumption still favoured, notwithstanding recent price increases, at my local shop, I can’t imagine many local residents will have seen the recent publicity the town received in one more liberal section of the national media. I am afraid it does not reflect well on us. The stubborn inability of local Johnson loyalists to accept ...

I have been a supporter of Ann Gregory and her husband Mac, who have tirelessly worked for the last few years to raise about £23,000 for this charity by organising a “yard sale”. I was shocked and disappointed to learn that SHDC have stopped their admirable devotion to this cause, deciding that they are running a business from their home ...

I write with regard to the letter from Gill Allen (30/6/22), which appears to berate the recent strike action(s) by various workers and having particular reference to the miners’ strike of the 1980s. It is stated how, as a serving police officer at the time, they had to send officers to help other forces, with the inference being that this ...

After looking at all the planning applications for new homes with affordable homes, Help to Buy and shared ownership schemes, I am wondering where there are any for people with mobility issues (bungalows)? If I have missed them please let me know. Please remember people with disabilities would like these schemes. C Harman

I accept the subject of parking fees has been aired several times but I must add my observations to previous remarks. Today I visited Horncastle and parked in the middle of the town. The fee was £1 for up to four hours, but for one hour it was free parking. Is it not possible for South Holland to implement similar ...

All Boris’s faults and weaknesses – habitual lying, shallow thinking, self-interest – were widely known years ago, so Conservatives knew what they were doing when they chose him as leader. The end point was foreseeable and foreseen by many. Presumably, the determining factor in the choice was his good-old-boy manner, which was calculated to bring in votes from those who ...

Pupils, parents and staff had a whale of a time at Ayscoughfee Hall School’s Under the Sea themed summer fete. Organised by the Spalding school’s PTFA, the event offered fun and games for all ages, along with a barbecue and sweet treats. There was a Bake Off competition, which was won by Casey Hilliam (junior) and Rafferty Hicks (infant), a ...

You can help shape a new Spalding town centre attraction as a museum holds its open day this weekend. ARTeFACT is to be a new permanent brass plaque and animated arts trail that will connect the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society to other key and historic Spalding locations. The Broad Street museum itself is holding an open day from 11am to 4pm ...

South Holland’s Poet Laureate has been crowned at a special ceremony. The competition was launched by Spalding Gentleman’s Society thanks to a National Lottery Awards for All grant, with a panel of judges eventually choosing Miles Green as winner with his composition Jubilate (Rejoice). The eight shortlisted finalists recently gathered at the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society museum for an award presentation ...

A new garden to remember armed forces personnel who have lost their lives has been unveiled at a Fleet Hargate motel. After years of raising funds to take veterans back to place likes Normandy, Harold Payne has been more recently raising money for the garden in the ground of the Anglia Motel he owns. It includes 1,000 roses. Last week ...

One of Spalding’s best attractions has been named in the top ten per cent of places to visit in the world. The Spalding Water Taxi has been given the Travellers’ Choice accolade by ratings website TripAdvisor. It’s due to the ratings left by users being so high they rank in the top ten per cent across the globe. The running ...

The annual Summer Reading Challenge has launched with a host of events planned at Spalding Library. Children aged 4-11 can visit the Victoria Street building to meet the Gadgeteers and get involved in a science and innovation themed challenge. The Summer Reading Challenge events are as follows: Thursday July 28, 10am-3pm – Food and cooking up a storm! Come and ...

Get ready to be blown away by an afternoon of country music headlined by The Texas Tornadoes UK. The Elizabethan Centre at Whaplode Drove is putting on the Country Music Afternoon on Sunday, August 7 from 2pm. The Texas Tornadoes are Pete Stothard and Stuart Payne. Pete is a well-known line dancer who made the natural progression into performing himself ...

Get ready for a celebration of dancing as a hugely popular local group returns to the South Holland Centre. Spalding School of Dance is putting on 14 Holly Street from Thursday to Sunday, packed full of brilliant displays from its pupils. The Rangell Gate-based group has been working hard on a host of routines sure to wow and entertain. A ...

An adult gaming centre can open in the centre of Spalding, a central government planning inspector has ruled. Merkur Slots Ltd has been granted change of use planning permission for the former Dorothy Perkins in Market Place. South Holland District Council planning officers had previously rejected the application, but the company appealed to the planning inspectorate which has over-ruled the ...

A person had to be helped out of a car following a traffic collision on a Spalding road this morning. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue attended the incident which happened on Queen’s Road around 10.15am this morning (Monday, July 11). A spokesman for the service said: “Crews stabilised the vehicle to release one casualty who was handed over to East Midlands ...