Jules Verne’s character, Phileas Fogg managed to circumnavigate the world in 80 days, however Students at Spalding Grammar School have managed to do the same distance in just under 31 days. Throughout the month of March, students, parents, staff and friends of the school were encouraged to walk, run, cycle and row around the world in the new virtual challenge ...

A Pinchbeck family are among 170 in Lincolnshire set to take in families fleeing the war in Ukraine. The Ruddle family are set to welcome a mum and her two children aged 11 and five to stay with them as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme after they fled their home in the south of the country following the ...

Another planning application has been submitted for a 5G telephone mast in Spalding. Initial proposals to construct a 20m and then a 15m pole on the junction of Wygate Park and Claudette Avenue were refused. After two refusals, the company is now submitting plans for a ‘super slimline monopole’ of 15m. The applicant, CK Hutchinson for the Three network said ...

It’s a cafe with a difference and it’s making a big one to people’s mental health in Spalding. The Night Light Cafe is a brilliant collection of individuals, all with their own inspiring stories who are helping each other. It’s bring run by Tonic Health from their Westlode Street base from 4pm to 7pm on Mondays and Thursdays with the ...

A new group of the Rotary Network has been started and it met for the first time recently. Holbeach and The Suttons (pictured above) combines business networking and community service and it received the congratulations of district governor David Morris. The founding members voted on options for meeting frequency and structure and selected to meet online once a month with ...

Spalding-based charity Ella’s Project and the town’s NatWest bank have made Easter special for families in the area. The two joined forces to gather together more than 150 Easter eggs which have been donated by kind-hearted staff and customers at the bank. The eggs will be delivered to families in crisis across South Holland ahead of Easter and both organisations ...

I’m a pensioner. Hardly anything the government has announced to deal with the cost of living crisis will benefit me. A minimal increase in pension, despite inflation already at 6.2 per cent. Being retired I don’t pay National Insurance, so no benefit there. But I’m at home all day and my electricity went up yesterday from 20p per kWh to ...

A developer has applied to build more homes on Holbeach land that’s been the subject of two previous application refusals. The land to the rear of 37 Fleet Road was previously subject to applications to build one home in 2016 and six homes in 2020. Both were turned down by South Holland District Council’s planning officers who felt the homes ...

Volunteers from across Holbeach were treated to a special event at the weekend to say thank-you for all their hard work. Councillors Tracey Carter and Nick Worth funded the tea at the town’s WI Hall where there was plenty of cake for representatives from a number of groups in Holbeach, including Chosen, the foodbank, Little Miracles, the library, Holbeach Hospital ...

A disqualified motorist who admitted driving a VW Golf dangerously through the streets of Spalding while followed by police has today (Monday) been warned to expect jail. Lloyd Peter Hook, 27, pleaded guilty to three driving offences when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court.Hook, of Oxford Gardens, Holbeach, had previously denied all the offences but his case was re-listed before ...

A man has been charged with theft from a Spalding building site on Wednesday, but police are appealing to help catch others who may have been involved in the incident. Lincolnshire Police were called to the site on the junction of Winsover Road and Carrington Road at 7.43pm on March 30. A force spokesman said it was reported five men ...

Thieves have stolen lead from a South Holland church roof for the second time in a fortnight. Police are appealing for help in tracing the thieves who struck at All Saints, Holbeach sometime after 9.50am on Friday and 10.50am Saturday, when the roof was last seen to be intact. The thieves have also caused damage to the building in the ...

A council owned property firm is donating its profit margin totalling £115k to two local charities. Welland Homes, a housing company wholly owned by South Holland District Council, is to give the money to Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Community Voluntary Services. The company was incorporated in 2015 and has 39 open market rental properties. Citizens Advice will receive ...

Today (Thursday March 31) is the last chance for South Holland businesses to sign up for free social media skills boost. The free boost to their social media presence is worth £1,000, through a South Holland District Council initiative funded via the Welcome Back funding. The programme will also offer funded access to expert digital skills training and social media tools ...

Monday saw the start of 2022 Spalding and District Summer Darts league. A spokesman for the league said: “It’s now back up to 16 teams which is great after these difficult times.”In Division 1 Tigers A enjoyed an amazing 9-0 win against Bell Weston Hills and did not drop a leg all night on the way. Tigers’ Gary Mace slotted ...

Holbeach United’s bottom place finish in the United Counties League Premier Division has been confirmed despite a battling performance that saw them clapped off the field. The long-since inevitable relegation spot was confirmed with the 5-2 defeat at Gresley, but the Tigers gave the title chasers a fright coming from 3-0 down to make it 3-2 until two late goals ...

Rob Green with Spalding United’s players and fans at Bedworth on Saturday. Spalding United’s Ben Starkie made his international debut for Tanzania at the weekend. The 19-year-old midfielder played the opening 45 minutes in the east African country’s 3-1 friendly victory over the Central African Republic. He followed that by coming on for the second half in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw ...

Spalding’s bowlers were brought to the fore as Lincolnshire lifted the Liberty Trophy to be crowned national champions for the third time. Twelve of the county’s 24 players selected were from Spalding Bowls Club and they played a key role in winning the tournament in the final against Surrey at Nottingham on Saturday. This competition is the main inter-county knockout ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s ladies continued their winning streak in theIr Trudy Bates league match at home against Skegness last week. Spalding made a terrific start before Skegness got the measure of Spalding’s green with only five shots in the aggregate at the half-way point. Spalding then moved into top gear and extended their lead before closing out an impressive ...

Bedworth United 1 Spalding United 0 Spalding United boss Brett Whaley has challenged his players to show they deserve a place in the squad next year after an 11th minute goal from Ryan Nesbitt condemned a lacklustre Spalding United to defeat on Saturday. It’s now back to back 1-0 defeats for the Tulips in the Pitching In Northern Premier League ...