Orchards are to be planted in open spaces in Spalding and Quadring. It’s part of 140 fruit trees being planted in 13 locations by the authorities that make up the South and East Lincolnshire Local Partnership, including South Holland. The trees in the area will be planted in Vernatts Green in Spalding and Casswell Drive in Quadring. The funding of ...

Works to traffic lights that will include the closure of Swan Street is now due to start on Monday, February 28, Lincolnshire County Council has said. As reported this week, the county council say the work could take up to 10 weeks while calls had been made not to start it until the currently closed Park Road is open again. ...

Work has begun on building 96 homes on the site of the former Redmile Nursery in Pinchbeck. Developer Bellway was granted outline planning permission for the site off Wardentree Lane in March 2019 with full permission having been granted by planning officers last month. The site will be known as Pinchbeck Fields and have three and four-bedroom houses as well ...

The Thomas Cowley High School in Donington is to join the South Lincolnshire Academies Trust. The trust already oversees Spalding Academy as well as Bourne Academy and Giles Academy in Old Leake. Thomas Cowley, which is for 11 to 16-year-olds and has over 600 pupils, will become part of it in September 2022. It became an academy itself in 2012 ...

June will be an extra special month at Moulton Mill as it celebrates its 200th anniversary with four days of festivities around the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The whole of the village is set to get involved in the events from Thursday, June 2. In the evening there will be a lantern parade around the village from the green to coincide ...

South Holland Concerts are returning this weekend bringing yet more top musicians to the area. Moldovan violinist Ionel Manciu and pianist Kaoru Wada are at Broad Street Methodist Church this Sunday (February 27) from 3pm. Together the pair will perform, Beethoven’s violin sonata number five ‘Spring’, Profokiev’s violin sonata number one and Cezar Franck’s violin sonata. Ionel has been performing ...

Comedian Geoff Norcott blames the parents and he’s heading here to Spalding to tell you all about it. The comedian has become a regular on TV and radio shows in the last few years, be they political satires such as The Mash Report, Mock The Week or The News Quiz or showcasing his talent for anecdotes on the likes of ...

The likely moving of a memorial to a pilot erected less than six months ago, 68 years to the day after he sacrificed his life to save Spalding residents, has been described as ‘like a slap in the face’ by his family. The tribute to pilot officer George Furniss near Two Plank Bridge was consecrated just last September 27 by ...

Motorists face weeks of diversions as two major town centre roads in Spalding are due to be closed at the same time. New traffic lights are being installed in Swan Street, in the centre of town, which will see the road closed for up to 10 weeks. But work that’s closed Park Road since January and meant to be ending ...

A Spalding GP surgery created to replace a failing centre is itself in need of improvement, according to a recently published report. The surgery at the Johnson Community Hospital was established to replace the former Pennygate practice which was in special measures before closing in 2018. The Lincolnshire Community Health Services Trust (LCHS) acted as a caretaker and was registered ...

Plans to create a 330,000-bird poultry unit in Donington have been submitted. With the proposed six sheds – each housing 55,000 chickens – will be two houses for workers at the unit. The application is for land at Gibbet Fen and has been submitted to South Holland District Council on behalf of Wray Trading Ltd, of Northorpe Farm, Donington. According ...

A new memorial garden should be a sea of red, white and purple thanks to the hard work of a group of volunteers. Veterans’ campaigner Harold Payne is creating the garden with 1,000 roses to honour armed forces personnel lost in wars and conflicts in the last 50 years. The garden, in Fleet, can be seen from the A17 and ...

Wygate Park Academy pupils have been helping LIVES as part of Emergency Services Day last week. The event involved learners paying a small donation to come to school dressed in emergency services uniform and was to raise money for the Lincolnshire First Responders charity. A school spokesman said: “LIVES had been in the school a few weeks ago to give ...

Freemasons are donating £1,000 to a group that promotes and encourages opportunities for disabled and non-disabled people to share experiences on an equal basis. The Welland Lodge has donated £500 to the South Holland branch of PHAB. The Masonic Charitable Foundation is set to match that amount for its own donation. Jonathan Cooper, worshipful master of Welland Lodge, presented the ...

Ambitious plans to create a wildlife refuge in Pinchbeck have been revealed. Land owned by the parish council which is adjacent to Pinchbeck Wood could be transformed to provide a public area in ‘woodland poor’ South Holland. Proposals to extend the woods by more than three hectares also include a wildlife pond and meandering footpath. The idea “supports HM’s Platinum ...

Healthwatch Lincolnshire has announced a new date for an event discussing dental care problems in the area. The YourVoice event will be held on March 30 and a panel of experts will be talking about key issues. Residents are invited to submit questions ahead of the online forum and the panel members will answer on the day. The initial date ...

A South Holland man has launched a campaign to change laws as part of a bid to save the former Johnson Hospital building in Spalding. Over 350 people have signed Steve Timewell’s petition ‘Force Compulsory Purchase of the Johnson Hospital’ set up last Friday. The Priory Road building has been derelict for around 13 years. The petition reads: “This hospital ...

Young leaders are being sought in South Holland to take part in a course provided by the Rotary organisation. One person from the area aged 18-26 can be sent for the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), an eight-day residential course at Grafham Water. The Rotary Club of South Holland would like to hear from local young people who would be ...

Council tax payers in Lincolnshire will be hit by another rise this year in a bid to make up a £12m road repair shortfall. Lincolnshire County Council is raising its share of the tax – by far the largest part – by 4.99 per cent as it tries to claw back money to fix the crumbling roads. It had hoped ...

Work to renovate the pond in Ayscoughfee Gardens has begun funded by Section 106 money. £8,000 is to be spent on the improvements which include deep-cleaning of the pond, repairing the main structure and filtration system, re-waterproofing, fixing of the fountains and the planting of new reed beds. The first major improvements since the 1980s, carried out by local contractor ...