A husband and wife team who have served customers in their Sutton Bridge pharmacy for more than two decades have stepped away from the business. Paul and Janice Denwood have been familiar faces at Nene Pharmacy on Bridge Road for 21 years, but have recently sold it and are looking forward to the next chapter in their lives. “We want ...

A dolls’ house lovingly created for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee has been brought out again to raise money for two good causes. Creator Christine ‘Kit’ Meggitt, of St Thomas’s Road in Spalding, has been building and collecting dolls’ homes and their furniture for around 30 years. To celebrate the more recent Platinum Jubilee she’s been showing the stately home she ...

The Inner Wheel Club of Spalding celebrated two ‘coronations’ recently. The group’s latest meeting at The Ship in Pinchbeck doubled as a Platinum Jubilee party. And it also included the handing over of the Chain of Office from Kathleen Price to Pauline Start. A spokesman for The Inner Wheel said: “A wonderful evening was had by all in the true ...

A mental health charity has launched a new fund to bring people together through a community picnic. Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind have launched the Good Mood Picnics Fund. Lisa Gibson, South Lincolnshire Partnerships and Project Manager at CPSL Mind, said: “We are really delighted to launch the Good Mood Picnics Fund as a further support in helping ...

A Spalding day centre has shown appreciation to its volunteers through a special lunch. The Meadows Day Centre relies heavily on volunteers with all drivers and escorts and day room helpers giving their time for free. A spokesman said: “Without them, as a small, local charity, we would not be able to provide such an amazing and unique service to ...

Spalding Wargames Club has raised over £1,000 for Cancer Research. Three of the games club’s members, Ian Davison, Martin Jackson and Alec Bell took part in the Race for Life and the same day, they held a special gaming get-together. Demo games were held, including a Harry Potter Dungeons and Dragons game, Star Wars Legion and Warhammer 40,000. A model ...

A Sutton Bridge grandmother who thought she would never eat again after a stroke has told how a course of innovative treatment made it possible for her to enjoy her favourite foods once more. Diana Tavner (81) was diagnosed with dysphagia and left unable to swallow following a stroke in May, 2019. Her speech was also affected. She had to ...

Walkers can take the weight off and enjoy a view of the River Welland thanks to Coun Glynis Scalese. Coun Scalese has used money from her designated council budget to pay for a bench to be installed in Spalding to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Coun Scalese said: “The old one was very worn and I know this bench is ...

A gaming shop at Springfields has suddenly closed its doors. The Spalding branch of GAME announced on Twitter yesterday (Tuesday, July 7) it was to be its last day trading ‘for now’. The Voice understands the six staff were given less than 24 hours notice of the closure and were left in the dark for the reasoning. Yesterday the store ...

A special trophy has been created in memory of a Holbeach stalwart. Les Ward was involved with the Holbeach Town and Country Fair for 30 to 40 years before his death aged 77 earlier this year. That’s on top of playing bass drum with the Holbeach Town Band and his frequent fundraising for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance alongside ...

A parish council has said it’s fed up of the state of its roads and is to lobby for improvements. Members of Pinchbeck Parish Council say they are particularly a concerned about Northgate, a road meant to have a weight limit but still regularly used by HGVs. A council spokesman said one deep pot hole that highways authority Lincolnshire County ...

Officers have charged a man under new legislation which was introduced last month to protect victims of domestic abuse. Benjamin Flatters, aged 31, of Dorchester Road, Spalding was charged with non-fatal strangulation following an alleged assault, reported on June 23. Flatters appeared at Lincoln Magistrates Court on July 1 where he pleaded not guilty to the strangulation charge. Flatters pleaded ...

A Spalding man who admitted perverting the course of justice and stalking his ex-partner was today (Monday) jailed for four months. Timothy Hart, 46, of Alexandra Road, was also made the subject of a two year restraining order which prevents him from contacting his former girlfriend. Lincoln Crown Court heard the offences occurred after the couple’s three and half year ...

Plans to create a place to help integrate veterans in South Holland have been deferred to ask for more information on the project. Project Dignity says it aims to help groups of veterans by providing accommodation, therapy and support to adjust back into civilian life. The scheme would house groups of six veterans in accommodation at Station Road, Gedney Hill ...

Holbeach’s Boston Road South is set for a three-week rebuild with a council saying it hopes to be “back to normal” in five weeks. The road has been plagued with issues and has repeatedly sunken every time it’s thought to have been fixed in over two years. After the completion of an Anglian Water survey, Lincolnshire County Council says it ...

A decision on whether to turn a village pub and replace it with housing has been deferred to allow the applicant to get more financial information together. An outline application has been submitted to turn The Duke of York in Gosberton Risegate into four homes. Planning officers at South Holland District Council recommended the plan be rejected stating: “The proposed ...

A local developer has been told it can’t reduce the number of affordable homes on its more than half built Holbeach site amid worries it would ‘open the floodgates’ to similar applications. Loosegate Developments is building 77 homes off Wignall’s Gate, 19 of which (25 per cent) are designated as affordable homes. It applied to South Holland District Council to ...

A bid to build more than 120 homes on a site in Sutton Bridge has been thrown out for a second time. While a smaller site of 79 homes has previously been passed, developer Loyd Homes wants to build more on a bigger area, part of which is outside of what has been allocated for development as part of the ...

A food company is ending its association with South Holland leaving concerns over the future of 220 jobs. Greenyard has said it is to ‘divest’ its Pinchbeck-based fresh produce business “in the next few months”. The Belgian head-quartered group blamed “Brexit and supply chain disruption” while announcing its intentions for Wardentree’s Greenyard Fresh in its end of year report. It’s ...

I saw this lovely green woodpecker looking rather camouflaged on the pole along the river bank in Sutton Bridge. Julie SmartKing’s Lynn