Lincolnshire County Council says it is vowing to fight plans for the ‘silly idea’ of a new electricity pylon line through the district. National Grid’s plan for the connection from Grimsby to Walpole in Norfolk is set to go right through South Holland, including linking up with a sub-station north of Spalding that’s being proposed for the Outer Dowsing offshore ...

A South Holland charity has launched its annual Easter egg appeal. For the past few years Ella’s Project has encouraged others to donate eggs so they can be handed out by social services to young people who might otherwise not receive one.Spalding’s Nat West branch is where you can drop your eggs off.Mark Le Sage, who runs Ella’s Project, said: ...

A developer has been told to meet its promises to the community over a 70-home site in Long Sutton. Stinders Homes was granted full planning permission for the land south and east of 36 Lime Walk in 2022 on the proviso 25 per cent (18) were built to be ‘affordable homes’.However the developer had submitted an application to have no ...

A new group has been set up to improve mental health in Spalding. For the last six years Vanessa Browning has put on a host of groups in the town as part of her Community Mind Matters initiative.The latest to launch will take place in Ayscoughfee Hall on Thursday from 12pm to 3pm.Community Mind Matters already has a bench people ...

It’s too early to say if any of £262m worth of new funding will be used to finance any of the Spalding Western Relief Road, county council officials have said. Lincolnshire County Council is to be given the cash previously allocated to the cancelled HS2 railway line over seven years.The first stage of five of the Spalding Western Relief Road ...

After thousands of reported sewage spills and storm overflows from water companies into the county’s rivers and seas in recent years, Lincolnshire County Council is finally urging the central government to take action. Members of the council’s Flood and Water Management Scrutiny Committee insisted during a recent meeting that such occurrences should not be deemed acceptable in this day and ...

Sheltered housing in South Holland is set for changes after a review of the service. The district council has 33 schemes with a total of 1,032 properties for tenants aged 55 or over.A review was carried out after changes to current equipment would be needed as the pull cords will not work when the analogue telephone lines become digital.“Service charges ...

The chairman of South Holland District Council got quizzical recently and raised hundreds for charity. While taking on the role Coun Andrew Woolf is fundraising for Mencap and Blood Cancer UK.The latest event was a charity quiz at Cowbit Village Hall which was well attended with every table taken and keen competitive quizzers all hoping to win while raising £585.Marcus ...

Government policy makers must dismiss new proposals to raise the retirement age to 71 as a fix all for the UK’s ageing population.The National Pensioner’s Convention believes pushing up the age we can claim our State Pension so high will make things worse not better.It would considerably add to the 2.1 million pensioners, one in five, already living in poverty ...

My husband has many prescriptions and now it is taking over a week to get many items because of severe shortages at chemists!I have seen television reports also talking of shortages.I contacted my doctors’ surgery to tell them and to ask if they had had discussions as to what to do.If my husband can’t get his pain killers he will ...

I would like to respond to Steve Timewell’s letter in The Voice, last week.I was really saddened to hear of your dilemma and I can personally empathise with some people’s opinions and voicing their views, trouble making.It is such a shame that more people are not prepared to do good in the local communities.If we all did one good dead ...

As the Trading Standards office said in your article that the closed shops on Winsover Road were run by out of the country crime syndicates, why or how did they manage to get trading licences?The added insult to the public at large is the fact that they all seem to sell the same produce which cannot make much of a ...

Steve Timewell, I respect your enthusiasm and drive in bringing back the flower parade last year, you have worked endlessly to bring back a tradition that never should have died.So from me, well done, but I have one question – do you or any of the readers think that the UK would ever crown a man as a royal queen ...

For Steve Timewell, please don’t be dismayed by my previous comments two issues back.You have done a brilliant job and please continue with future flower festival plans.My comments previous were only to highlight that a queen is female and a king is male and I felt it unfair that individuals would use our historical annual attraction to draw public attention ...

The EnviroCrime officers run by Kingdom and employed by the under-functioning South Holland District Council, have the power to fine you for spitting.That is, if they can find out who you are and where you live.Spitting is deemed as anti-social behaviour.I wonder why, then, that standing in the middle of town, outside many shops and businesses, shouting out on a ...

Last year’s Young Achiever of the Year has urged others to nominate others for the Pride of South Holland Award. Jack Wheatley, of Spalding Grammar School, was presented the award, sponsored by Molsom’s Opticians, for his work in the community, particularly with the Spalding Community Choir.“It was very humbling to win the award last year and I was grateful to ...

Pupils from Year Seven of Spalding High School have been supporting a charity’s effort to help families in the Philippines and local residents are also invited to get involved. The Spalding Rotary Club branch has been collecting ring pulls from cans for several years as part of the multi-national organisation’s Purple Community Fund.They’re given to women and children who might ...

Spalding Lions Club held a race night with sausage and mash supper at The South Holland Centre. Compere for the night was Lion president Stuart East through ten races which were shown during the evening.A spokesman for Spalding Lions said: “We’d like to thank everyone who came along to the event, Tom Mehew and team, Clark Catering, horse and race ...

A Spalding dentist has failed to make any improvements required by the Care Quality Commission and now faces enforcement action. An announced visit In November to Dr Baber Khan, in The Crescent, found the practice still didn’t meet legal requirements.A previous report a year earlier specified areas which needed to be improved.“We found this practice was not providing safe care ...

A college which has a campus in Spalding has been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. Boston College was inspected by 10 officers in December with them rating it ‘good’ across the board, apart from in provision for learners with high needs which ‘requires improvement’.The inspectors were particularly impressed with the college in several key areas, including learners having access to a ...