Long Sutton Library is to reopen in May. It’s been closed since December to allow for repairs to the building’s roof, but will reopen on Monday May 23. The Click and Collect service that’s been running in its place will end at 1pm on Saturday May 7. The library will then be closed for two weeks while associated internal works ...

Armed police and a helicopter were involved in arresting two suspects in Little Sutton this afternoon. It followed a vehicle associated with a suspect wanted by Suffolk Police being seen crossing the A17 at Sutton Bridge. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “Following an ANPR reading at around 2.40pm today (April 18) on the A17 at Sutton Bridge for a vehicle ...

Halmer Gate roundabout is due to be closed for several hours tomorrow and Wednesday with road works takin slightly longer than initially expected, Lincolnshire County Council has announced. Work on Low Road was due to start tomorrow (Tuesday, April 19) but will now start on Wednesday (April 20) after work on the roundabout itself concludes. As a result, on both ...

A driver told magistrates he thought he’d been found over the alcohol limit because he had not eaten for hours. Szymon Platek, 46, of Eastern Road, Holbeach St Matthews admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Marie Stace, prosecuting, said Platek was stopped by officers when driving his Audi car in Tattershall Road in Boston ...

A Spalding man who told magistrates that driving disqualifications had ‘ruined his life’ as he had wanted to be a professional driver, has been banned again. Valdis Caune, 31, of Regent Street, admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance when heappeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said he was stopped by police while driving his Mercedes C220 in ...

A man has appeared in court at Boston on allegations of making and distributing indecent images of children. Philip Beattie, 39, of George Avenue, Gedney Drove End has denied three allegations ofmaking indecent photographs of children and one of distributing an indecent image. All the offences are alleged to have taken place between October 2020 and May 2021 and involve ...

A terminally ill model train enthusiast whose family have been left aggrieved he didn’t receive a quicker diagnosis has been given a boost thanks to an effort to get a planned project back on track. The anger Clive Forder (68) and his wife Tina felt has been balanced with a wave of goodwill as a funding effort has been launched ...

Services offering mental health support are needed in South Holland more than ever as the pandemic continues to have an impact on residents also facing a hike in living costs. As the funding for the continuation of Spalding’s Night Light Cafe is yet to be confirmed, county councillors are told demand is increasing. Spalding’s Tonic Health hosts the cafe in ...

The pond at the heart of Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Garden is full once again after a huge refurbishment programme. The resident fish, which were temporarily put into holding tanks, have also returned and the gardens are back to their usual best. The £8,000 overhaul started in February and the pond had to be completely drained for repair and maintenance. It was ...

An annual memorial to a World War Two air crash that killed six people took place last Saturday attended by relatives of those who died and a Donington man who witnessed it. April 10 marked the 78th anniversary of the incident that killed the crew of Lancaster ND820 635 Squadron which crashed on a training flight from RAF Downham Market ...

A formal planning application has been submitted to site Spalding’s former drinking fountain in Ayscoughfee Gardens. Despite calls for it to be repositioned in the town centre where it was historically set, it seems likely the fountain will be in the gardens. South Holland District Council has allocated £24,000 for the job of re-siting the fountain, which is not working. ...

A local football manager is putting on a special game this week in memory of his mum who he is also to run this year’s London Marathon for. Bobby Patterson, the co-manager of Moulton Harrox, is working with another of his former sides, Holbeach United, to raise even more money for The British Heart Foundation. Margaret Patterson died suddenly aged ...

Four apprentices at a Donington company are championing the route into work as part of a new campaign. The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) is using their stories to highlight the benefits of becoming an apprentice. Harry Twelves, Alfie Twell, Jan Grzejszczak and Chris Attwood all work as apprentices at George Barnsdale and gained their roles via the apprentice route. All ...

A club to help older people in Crowland enjoyed a tasty start to its 70th birthday celebrations with a present from a local councillor. The Crowland Over 60s club was treated to a special afternoon tea by South Holland district councillor Jim Astill. It holds events every Friday afternoon at Trinity Court in the town as a place for the ...

Former darts world champion Bob Anderson stepped up to the oche in Spalding last week. The Limestone Cowboy who was the 1988 BDO and world number one for nearly three years took on locals at Spalding Services and Social Club. And there were once in a lifetime moments for Sam Roberts and John Savage who both beat the former champion. ...

Another food industry company is looking to move to Holbeach, it’s been claimed. Lincolnshire County Council executive councillor for economic development, environment and planning Colin Davie said that a business currently based in the south east of England was in negotiations for a two-acre plot at the South Lincolnshire Food Enterprise Zone. And he told a meeting of the authority’s ...

Spalding’s top RAF Air Cadets have been recognised for their work within the squadron and the wider community. The 1406 (Spalding) Squadron handed out the awards at a recent meeting where they also inaugurated 20 new members. The winners were:l Best New Recruit – Cdt Cody Witsonl Cadets, Cadet of the Year – Sgt Keris Moorel Non-Commissioned Officer, Cadet of ...

A stretch of road where a meeting was told ‘miscreants’ are regularly seen speeding is to have the limit lowered. Lincolnshire County Council is looking at extending the 30mph limit of Mill Green in Pinchbeck further south. A consultation is to be launched on the proposal after the authority’s Planning and Regulation Committee gave its approval at a meeting on ...

The group that oversees the running of a number of Lincolnshire hospitals has launched a campaign amid an increase in incidents of racial abuse directed towards its staff. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust says that 27 incidents of discrimination against staff have been officially reported in the last year, with 25 of these being race-related. Andrew Morgan, chief executive, said: ...

Calls have been made for Spalding Cemetery to be open for longer now COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted and with longer daylight hours. Chris Wells says the Pinchbeck Road area should be open 8am to dusk like others, so mourners can visit graves throughout the day. It’s currently only open in the summer until 6.30pm with the gates unlocked at ...