When a 12-year-old sold some old stuff to buy a new X-box, he had a no idea it would be a catalyst to making him a full time career and TV and internet star. Now 26, Kieran Barnett has made a full-time career out of buying and selling second hand goods. And a decision to document what started as a ...

Santa entertained youngsters and shoppers at Tesco Holbeach on Saturday morning with the help of the Holbeach Fire crew and Chosen charity shop. Together they raised money for the National Firefighters Charity. Youngsters were given sweets and posted letters in Santa’s mobile post box. As the reindeer were resting ready for Christmas Eve, the Holbeach Fire crew stepped in and ...

A 16-year-old from Spalding who acts as a youth ambassador for a national charity has once again been helping others in the run up to Christmas. Jake Winkett has been supporting Kids Out for several years and once again this Christmas arranged a ‘Giving Tree’ to help provide gifts for young people who would otherwise go without a gift this ...

Long Sutton Market traders will have to pay more for a stall after a bid not to put prices up failed. Following a consultation this year, South Holland District Council says it’s bringing all of the market traders into the same price bracket of £7 for a stall after complaints Spalding traders were paying more to stand at its market. ...

Staff and pupils at a West Pinchbeck primary school donned their Christmas jumpers last week to raise money for charity. St Bartholomew’s Primary School staff and pupils each donated £1 to SoLDAS (South Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Service) Boston Women’s Aid.

An award-winning Gosberton 12-year-old who has helped other children like herself in battling anxiety has been setting records in her school. Erin Smith recently landed the Young Achiever Award at the Pride of South Holland Awards after the book she’d written aged ten, Kiki the Worry Monster, was rolled out for other young people to read. She was encouraged to ...

Festive Pets is back and now is your chance to send in a photo of your pet in their Christmas finery and be in with the chance to win a Rooke’s voucher. We will publish all the pictures submitted – quality of image permitting – and choose a winner early in the New Year. Email a picture (1MB or more ...

The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society Museum will be opening for visitors more frequently in the coming months. The next Open Day will be on Sunday, December 19 between 2-4pm and then on each Wednesday starting on December 29 between 11am and 1pm. The museum also plans to open on a Sunday afternoon once a month in 2022 A spokesman said: “Entry ...

A bus operator has announced none of its Saturday services in South Holland will be running from January until April. Brylaine, which runs services including the Spalding Town IT1/IT2, the B13 Boston – Spalding and K59 Boston – Spalding says it’s due to a reduction of drivers. Last October the company announced a reduced service, but now one of those ...

A Spalding restaurant has had to close temporarily after a fire broke out in its kitchen on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the blaze at Rustic restaurant in Winsover Road around 11.15am. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said: “Spalding Wholetime and On-Call crews in attendance on Winsover Road, Spalding at a kitchen on fire. Crews using two ...

Local councils are calling on central government to give Lincolnshire more funding. Lincolnshire County Council had its funding on roads cut by £12m last year and it’s calling for it back. The authority made up the loss from its own reserves, but says it won’t be doing so again. And it follows the South and East Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Partnership which ...

The Sir Halley Stewart has been by vandals and stock taken from the bar ahead of Spalding United’s fixture tomorrow (Saturday). The volunteers that run the Pitching-In Northern Premier League Midlands Division club found the damage this morning when arriving to prepare for the fixture against Yaxley. Windows were broken and furniture turned upside down at the South Holland District ...

A former Spalding United chairman has appeared in court today (Thursday) charged in relation to an investment scheme said to be worth £4million. Chris Toynton, 72, pleaded not guilty to all three charges which arise out of the running of Lottery Syndicate Club Ltd, based in Spalding between 2017 and 2019. Lincoln Magistrates’ Court was told by prosecutor Paul Wood ...

Members of the Holbeach Brownies have been working towards attaining their charity badge. They have decided to raise funds for Jerry Green Dog Rescue, Algarkirk, by donating their toys and books to be sold-off. They were visited by Ann Gregory who has raised more than £14,000 for the animal rescue charity with a stall. The Brownies will be helping her ...

A Gosberton man arrested on a drink driving charge, on the same day after his release from custody, headbutted a police officer who was removing him from a takeaway where he had been offending the female staff. Matthew Sansam, 41, of Rutland Gardens admitted driving with excess alcohol, assaulting a police officerby beating and being drunk and disorderly when he ...

Software costing £40,000 to buy and £1,000 a month to run is likely to be bought to direct garden waste collectors in South Holland. Expanding the popular garden waste collection scheme is on the cards and the software will allow the council to ‘maximise routes and ensure efficiency.’ Members of the district council’s cabinet will be discussing the topic at ...

A health care assistant has appeared in court on an allegation of stealing morphine tablets from apatient in Bourne Road, Spalding. Tracey Brookes, 47, of Queens Road, Boston entered a ‘Not Guilty’ plea on the grounds of her mentalhealth at the time but her solicitor, Sean Conway, told the court that the facts of the case were not denied. The ...

A few weeks ago The Voice asked readers to submit their questions to Supt Mark Housley. Here are some of the questions and his responses. George Mitchell, of Holbeach, asked about Holbeach Police Station – Dear sir, over the years our police station became a police car park, as the force retreated from the community and we were left with ...

Whilst walking around the Market Place visiting the “Christmas Celebration” which I felt was going very well; I could not help but notice that the bookmakers and the existing slot machine shop in town were lit up and had patrons after 7pm and I wondered why the district council planning committee is not unanimously rejecting the application to add another ...

I would like to thank everyone who took part in Pride of South Holland Awards this year.  Without the nominees and sponsors we simply couldn’t have done it. Firstly a huge thank you to all of our sponsors, without whom, none of this would have been possible: Couns Gary Taylor, Paul Redgate, Harry Drury, Jack Tyrrell, Manzur Hasan, Glynis Scalese ...