ChromaSport United Counties League Premier Division North Pinchbeck United 0 Heather St Johns Pinchbeck United have five games to look to secure their ChromaSport United Counties League Premier Division North status after defeat at home to Heather St Johns. James Spruce’s 61st minute strike was enough for fifth placed Heather to take the points. It was a third straight narrow ...

A teen has admitted drug driving after being three times over the legal limit. Archie Parkinson, 19, of Main Road, Deeping St Nicholas, appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Marie Stace, prosecuting, said he was stopped in St Johns Road, Spalding while driving his Honda CRV on October 20 and a blood analysis showed a reading of six micrograms of cannabis, ...

Magistrates have heard a Spalding man who could ‘barely stand up’ when he got out of his car following a collision, failed to give breath or blood samples at the roadside and the police station. Eduards Novikovs, 48, of Winsover Road, admitted failing to provide a specimen when he appeared atBoston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said police had been ...

It’s been a fine season for local hockey clubs with a host of title triumphs. Spalding men celebrated their East Men’s Division One North crown with a 5-5 draw at home to UEA 1st. A strong start from Spalding was rewarded with a flurry of goals, one of which was outrageously finished by Tom Amess who rifled a reverse stick ...

Spalding Cycling Club members have been out in force as the new season kicked off with a real bang. Neil Palmer got things going at the hard riders early season 25-mile time trial (TT), where he was the first veteran with a time of 1.04.13mins. This was quickly followed up by Elliot Stones and Kieran Buffham competing at the first ...

It was tight at the top of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s March Medal with James Watson needing countback to beat Paul Hunt in Division One of the men’s section event. Results: Men’s section: March Medal: Division One – 1st James Watson 80-12=68 (ocb); 2nd Paul Hunt 76-8=68; 3rd Kevin Goude 68+2=70. Division Two – 1st Jason Ward 81-15=66; 2nd ...

It was crunch time in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League as the top two clashed on Thursday night – and it was leaders Pyramid A who cemented their position with victory over Holbeach C. With only three rounds of fixtures left this season, Pyramid prevailed 4-2 thanks to a final frame win from Dean Cole (O7), ...

Kime Racing riders Tom Fisher and Broderick Whitmore-Wilson were at Silverstone for the opening round of the 2022 No Limits Pirelli Super Series 600 Championship. Fisher recorded a brace of podium finishes and a fourth place while Whitmore-Wilson took two top ten finishes and a 13th place last weekend. It was the first meeting of the new campaign for the ...

A Lincolnshire based stonemason who is accused of failing to supply memorial headstones to his customers has today (Wednesday) appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. Julian Karl Gaunt, 53, had been due to go on trial at Lincoln Crown Court in April 2020 – but the hearing was adjourned because of the coronavirus outbreak. It was the third time Gaunt’s trial ...

South Holland District Council has been awarded £150,000 to provide accessible toilet facilities in the area. The money has been allocated as part of the Changing Places Fund released by the government. The South and East Lincolnshire Councils partnership has been awarded a total of £660,000 under the scheme. South Holland will create three new facilities, Boston will have four, ...

A South Holland dad is battling for equal rights when parents go their separate ways. Simon Cobb originally launched the PAPA Equal Parenting Campaign before the pandemic, but is stepping up a gear now restrictions have lifted. He is urging others to support him by displaying posters and lobbying MPs both here and across the country. His Facebook support page ...

A South Holland development company has made £1,000 donation to a charity helping the people of Ukraine. Ashwood Homes handed over a range of items last week, including a fridge, chairs, pens, work gloves and hi-viz clothing. The donation was given to the Boxes of Hope charity which has set up collection points including the Anglia Motel in Fleet Hargate. ...

Officials are being asked to look at increasing the cost of what organisations pay for the use of council facilities due to rising costs. The rising expense of turning on the floodlights at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field was one of the examples given by Spalding Town Forum as to why South Holland District Council should look into whether ...

Holbeach is well and truly on the map with its own video, app and a new wall of art showcasing the town. The new phone and tablet app aims to have information about Holbeach at the touch of a finger and it has been officially launched. The scheme and a new video promoting the town have been funded by the ...

Spalding’s fire crews are among those allegedly breaching traffic regulations and driving through Spalding Town Centre, a meeting has been told. Members of Spalding Town Forum heard last week that CCTV could not be used to prosecute drivers flouting the ban on driving through Market Place and Hall Place between 10am and 4pm, Monday to Saturday. Lincolnshire Police are meant ...

There was double the smiles as a photographic exhibition focusing on Spalding people launched at a town museum. The Portrait Promenade exhibition at the Spalding Gentlmen’s Society was the culmination of two Arts Council grants. South Holland District Council and Transported Arts put on Super Saturdays events in Spalding town centre and photographer Steve Hatton, of Electric Egg, created 30 ...

The proposed locations for Spalding’s new street art walls have been announced along with the initial ideas on their designs. A design promoting the environment is being readied for six to eight panels on the Castle Sports Complex over-looking the car park in Westlode Street, a meeting of Spalding Town Forum has been told. The former toilets behind the bowling ...

So it would seem that the council will go to any lengths to prevent the return of the fountain to its rightful place, despite what the town wants. The reason given is that the buildings surround it have been torn down and replaced. It should be noted that the buildings were destroyed by Hitler’s bombs and on that devastating night ...

The National Pensioner’s Convention has condemned Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spring budget for doing nothing for pensioners struggling with record inflation. On the day inflation hit 6.2 per cent (ONS) – the highest rate for 30 years – the Chancellor failed to announce any relief for pensioners who will only receive a 3.1 per cent rise in their basic state pension ...

Staff and pupils at The Priory School have been able to collect six boxes of goods to donate to Ukrainian refugees. The school presented what it was able to round up to Ella’s Project on behalf of the St Norbert’s Ukrainian Appeal, which helped deliver a host of goods to the Red Cross through the Boxes of Hope appeal set ...