A mum says her teenaged son’s life was saved by a Spalding surgery after a hospital missed his cancer diagnosis. Sam Clark was just 17 when, on leave from Army training, he discovered a lump in his neck which turned out to be stage four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. But that was only diagnosed after intervention from concerned doctors at the Spalding ...

Bus services in the county are set to be radically shaken-up with plans for electric or hydrogen cell vehicles carrying passengers. And the popular Call Connect service could be used to transport non-emergency patients on behalf of the NHS. The Local Bus Strategy outlines plans for a ‘green bus revolution’ designed to reduce emissions and encourage passengers. “Zero-emission buses are ...

The Spalding Festival organising committee in 2019.

Blood donor Terry Day has made his 100th donation more than 50 years after his first. Terry was ‘encouraged’ to donate while serving with the Royal Navy at HMS Drake in October 1971. He still has the original certificate issued at the time. Now a member of the Spalding Royal Naval Association Branch, he travelled to Bourne Corn Exchange to ...

South Holland is bottom of the pile when it comes to recycling rates in the county. A survey using figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has revealed that of 338 local authorities in the country, South Holland comes in 318th. With a recycling rate of 27.3 per cent, South Holland is way behind its local authority ...

A 75-year-old woman has said she was left disgusted after saying someone stole her walking stick. The woman, who does not wish to be named, says she was ordering food in Curtis’s in Market Place, Spalding around 10.30am on Wednesday, February 2, when someone took the fold-up stick. The woman, who was in town to volunteer at a nearby charity ...

Vicar Jane Sivers proved to be the queen of the cakes as hundreds was raised for charity at The Great Lizzie Bake Off on Saturday. The baking competition at The Elizabethan Centre in Whaplode Drove proved a success with 18 people taking part. Four independent judges took on the tough task of tasting all of the delicious entries on Saturday, ...

Lincolnshire County Council has backed what is now a five per cent increase in its share of the council tax, something opposition councillors branded ‘morally wrong’. As part of its budget, the authority initially announced a three per cent increase, the proceeds of which would go on adult care. But after its calls for central government to reinstate a £12m ...

A programme about Spalding and the town’s 1961 flower parade is being broadcast on a TV channel this evening (Wednesday, February 23). The Talking Pictures TV channel (Sky channel 328 | Freeview 82 | Freesat 306 | Virgin 445) is showing Look At Life at 6.30pm. The 20 minute long programme is described by the broadcaster as “A look into ...

Free skills training for high street businesses and retailers in South Holland is being offered by the district council. The project is open until March 31 with the first 45 applications receiving one-to-one business support from a team of industry specialists. Support covers a range of topics from identifying customers to designing window displays and product sourcing. It has been ...

Work on repainting a bridge on the busy A17 is due to start on Monday and last for four months. The swing bridge at Sutton Bridge is the main route between Lincolnshire and Norfolk and drivers are being warned of potential delays as a result of the project. The bridge hasn’t been painted for almost 20 years and the combination ...

Looking to stop unleashed dogs attacking others in Holbeach Bank and evicting allotment holders whose bonfire smoke effects visibility on the A17 are measures Holbeach Parish Council are considering. The authority heard both were issues that needed addressing at its most recent meeting last week. The council is looking to put up a sign at Holbeach Bank Playing Fields after ...

This week’s featured nominee for the Selfless Superstar competition is Callum Hawley, who was put forward by his mum Veronica. She said: “After an unexplained medical event I was diagnosed with a neurological condition that causes muscle rigidity, weakness, robs me of my mobility and can render me unable to speak. “I nominate Callum because he has had to mature ...

One of Long Sutton’s biggest success stories is continuing to grow. The Men’s Shed, a scheme started to help alleviate male loneliness, continues to go from strength to strength. There’s now even more for attendees to enjoy including a new iron forge installed. And members are keen to pass on the skills they’re learning to the next generation with a ...

A new Rotary group and business network is in the process of being set up for Long Sutton, Holbeach and the surrounding area. The Holbeach and The Suttons Rotary Network is the idea of Mervyn Lawrie. He wants to combine the community work the Rotary has been renowned for across the globe over the last 117 years and a business ...

Fifty five years after they shared a Spalding stage with Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Pink Floyd, a local band is repeating the trick with another classic 60s band this Saturday. The Swinging Blue Jeans are heading to the South Holland Centre at the weekend and they’ll be joined there by local band Sounds Force 5 who famously played at the ...

From Abba and Elton John to the 1980s and Coldplay, there’s something to cater for all music tastes coming up at the Cresset Theatre. The Peterborough venue has a number of musical shows on offer throughout March, starting with Arrival – The Hits of Abba on Thursday, March 3. This high energy show features the vast catalogue of hits loved ...

Jeremy Vine, one of the UK’s best known broadcasters, is appearing at the King’s Lynn Corn Exchange in April. In more than 30 years at the BBC, he has presented Newsnight, Panorama, Crimewatch, Eggheads and Points of View – as well as his daily Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2, the UK’s most listened-to radio news programme. Plus he ...

Around Christmas time a friend recommended we watch a film called Sing. Released back in 2016, this animated hit from Illumination (the studio which brought us Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets) was an instant hit in our house, with gorilla Johnny becoming a firm favourite with our five-year-old son, Isaac. Fortunately being a bit late to the ...

A man has been jailed after breaching a domestic abuse protection order just hours after it was implemented by the courts. It was made against William Jolly of Quadring Road, Donington by Lincolnshire Magistrates Court on Friday after what Lincolnshire Police describe as reported assaults carried out “over a number of day”. Officers had previously attended an incident on Wednesday, ...