The death of a 34-year-old man at a property in Spalding earlier this week is no longer being treated as suspicious, police have said. Police found the body after being called to a home in Park Road shortly after 9am on Monday, January 31 and initially treated it as “unexplained”. A 38-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident ...

An 18-year-old student who drove into a telegraph pole and ditch has been banned from driving. Kelly Wright of Roman Bank, Moulton Seas End, Spalding admitted failing to provide a specimen for analysis when she appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said the standard of her driving on Boxing Day last year led a member of the public ...

A Spalding man’s Christmas Day trip to buy milk has led to a £1,000 fine and ban for drink driving. Vaidas Naprys, 32, of Rhone Walk admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said the defendant was seen driving his Audi A6 car at 8.30am on December 25 twice round a roundabout ...

A Spalding man who hid in a ditch and garden while fleeing police after drunkenly crashing his car in a field has been banned from driving for a second time. Declan Dunmore, 25, of Orchard Park, Fleet admitted driving with excess alcohol and obstructing the police when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Paul Wood said Dunmore had crashed ...

A Christmas Day street fight in Spalding had to be broken up using pepper spray and resulted in three men and a woman spending that night in the cells, a court has heard. Danian Buczynski. 27, of West Parade, Patrick Zukowski, 28, Lukasz Czylz, 34, and Angelika Buczynska, 32, all of Winsover Road admitted a variety of charges, including assaulting ...

A 46-year-old man has died following a collision involving a motorcycle and a tractor this afternoon (Wednesday, February 2). The incident occurred on the A16 just north of Surfleet at around 2.20pm. The air ambulance was among the emergency services in attendance while the road remains closed in both directions tonight. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: ”We are appealing ...

The air ambulance is in attendance following a collision between a tractor and a motorbike that’s closed part of the A16 in South Holland. Lincolnshire Police are currently urging people to avoid the stretch of road between Surfleet and Sutterton with traffic busy in the area as a result. A police spokesman said: “We are on scene at a collision ...

A Spalding family helped raise the profile of a rare medical condition by appearing on a TV show and adopting a rescue puppy. Kiya Clarke (11) has mitochondrial disease and visited the Wood Green animal shelter with her family to choose a new furry companion. The meeting was filmed as part of Channel 4’s The Dog House show and the ...

A parish council has vowed to return stocks, types of which have stood in Pinchbeck since the 14th century, after the latest version was destroyed by a driver this week. The historic punishment instrument was found destroyed on Monday morning. After concerns were expressed that it had been vandalised, the family of a driver has since come forward to Pinchbeck ...

The cause of why a Holbeach St John’s home was completely destroyed in a fire last week is still to be determined. Nobody was injured in the incident reported around 6.35pm on Friday, January 29 on St John’s Road. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the fire had destroyed “100 per cent of the property and its contents” but they’d been ...

Students at University Academy Holbeach marked Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday. Pupils made a memorial flame with positive words and phrases and information about the Holocaust was on display around the school. There was also a special assembly for Key Stage 4 and 5 students.

A Spalding-based accountant is taking on the biggest mountain in the world in memory of her dad. Kirsty Holmes is to climb to Everest base camp to raise money for Cruse Bereavement Care which helped her cope. Kirsty said: “My dad died in April 2010, very suddenly and unexpectedly, when he was just 63. We are a really close family, ...

South Holland District Council is to purchase more than 5,000 bins to extend its Garden Waste Collection Scheme. Three full times jobs for a supervisor, HGV driver and loader are also to be created as part of the £29,000 spend. Coun Roger Gambba-Jones, the council’s portfolio holder for environmental services, said: “The scheme is rapidly approaching maximum capacity of 10,000 ...

A Spalding training centre has been told by Ofsted that it ‘requires improvement’ as tutors lack expertise and ‘undertake little training related to the craft of teaching.’ The inspection report of Riverside Training says tutors do not ‘consider in enough detail how to teach apprentices the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need.’ With an overall rating of ‘requires improvement’, inspectors ...

It might have finished after 66 years last year, but a club for the elderly in Holbeach is still have an effect. The Friday Club was set up in 1954 to give pensioners somewhere to go and it’s associated daily Pop In Club officially closed last September. Now the funds built up over the years are being spent on local ...

It’s attracting people from across the globe looking to make life better for the entire world – and it’s right here in Holbeach. Researching how the elderly eat food to aid care homes, using air vacuums to hoist up delicate berries to stop them bruising while placed in meals, finding more eco-friendly ways to produce foods and looking at methods ...

Legendary darts player John Lowe landed in Spalding this weekend. John Lowe popped in to Spalding Services and Social Club on Sunday, January 30 to take on 14 local players in a night of entertainment MC’d by Ian Tilley. And there were famous wins for six of the local darts players – Tracy Harness, Amie Newton, Eileen Barnard, Steve Stancer, ...

Amid criticism of the operator of South Holland’s leisure facilities new options for them are being pursued, it’s been claimed. Coun Angela Newton has been among those leading the calls for replacements for the likes of the Castle Sports Complex. And at a budget scrutiny meeting last week she criticised operator Parkwood’s closure of facilities, particularly the cafe, while the ...

Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School has responded to requests from their pupils to pick up litter in and around the school area. Reception teacher Emily Patman’s Eco Club has received donations from Spalding Wombles and has enjoyed patrolling the community area outside of school to pick up litter. Mrs Patman said: “We found the most litter right next to the benches ...

Act II Theatre Company are taking on a show like no other this week. Their Advanced Skills group will be telling the story of London Road: an innovative and ground-breaking verbatim musical by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork. This show tells the story of the residents of London Road, Ipswich, around the time of a series of murders that shocked ...